Cut Out Player Faces Megapack

Our Cut-Out Faces Megapack is the biggest collection of Football Manager Player Faces available. All players are available in the default cut-out style. When you download our Cut-Out Faces Megapack, you'll receive over 450,000 player faces to spice up your copy of Football Manager.

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  • 2024.06 - Released on 17 Mar 2024
Cut Out Player Faces Megapack

Installation Instructions

1. How do I install the cut-out megapack if I’m using Steam on Windows?

Watch this YouTube tutorial video, which should you guide you on the steps you need to follow to install it. Although it is for an older version of FM, the steps are still the same.  You need to use Winrar (or a similar program) to extract the downloaded file.

 

This is what the MP folder should look like for the respective version of FM you're using:


Anything beyond the blue line is up to you and how you want to structure your folders. 

 

The preferences should look like in the below screenshot:

 

To get them to look like this, navigate to your preferences on the welcome screen or by using the drop-down menu near the top right of the menu within your save game.

 

Choose the advanced tab (the blue square within the screenshot above) and select all from the drop-down menu on the right (the red square within the screenshot above).

 

Scroll down to the interface section near the middle of the list, where you are to make sure that:
• the “Use caching to decrease page loading times” box is unticked
• the “Reload skin when confirming changes in Preferences” box is ticked

 

After clicking confirm, it may take a few seconds or minutes for all the graphics to be loaded and you should now see all the graphics you have downloaded appear in your save game.

 

Once your skin is reloaded, you can re-tick the "Use Caching to Decrease Page Loading Time" button so that the splash screen at the start takes a lot less longer to load. However, the above process needs to be undertaken every time you add graphics to your game to ensure that the game "reads" them.

 


2. How do I install the cut-out megapack if I’m using a Mac OS?

From FM20 onwards, there's been a substantial change to how Mac FM documents are stored. Previously the files would automatically go in the Documents folder here:

Users/YOUR Mac USERNAME/Documents/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 202x

 

Now the files will instead appear in the following location:

Users/YOUR Mac USERNAME/Library/Application Support/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 202x

 

By default this folder is hidden, so to access you need to do as follows:

Open Finder
Click ‘Go’ from the menubar
Press and hold down the ‘Option’ (Alt) key
This will bring up the ‘Library’, click to enter then go to ‘Application Support’ -> ‘Sports Interactive’ -> ‘Football Manager 202x -> graphics’ (create the last folder if necessary

 

Anything beyond this path line is up to you and how you want to structure your folders.

 

The preferences should look like in the below screenshot:

 

To get them to look like this, navigate to your preferences on the welcome screen or by using the drop-down menu near the top right of the menu within your save game.

 

Choose the advanced tab (the blue square within the screenshot above) and select all from the drop-down menu on the right (the red square within the screenshot above).

 

Scroll down to the interface section near the middle of the list, where you are to make sure that:
• the “Use caching to decrease page loading times” box is unticked
• the “Reload skin when confirming changes in Preferences” box is ticked

 

After clicking confirm, it may take a few seconds or minutes for all the graphics to be loaded and you should now see all the graphics you have downloaded appear in your save game.

 

Once your skin is reloaded, you can re-tick the "Use Caching to Decrease Page Loading Time" button so that the splash screen at the start takes a lot less longer to load. However, the above process needs to be undertaken every time you add graphics to your game to ensure that the game "reads" them.

 


3. I don’t want to have the megapack in the default user data folder – can I place it elsewhere and how would I do so?

You need to change your user data location. Simple steps on how to do so can be found here.

The above step does not apply if you’re playing on Gamepass, in which case the user data location has to be the default one (i.e. Documents / Sports Interactive / Football Manager 202x)

It is recommended that the user data location is not placed within the Steam installation folder as this may cause issues.

 


4. How do I install the cut-out megapack if I’m using Gamepass?

If you're using Gamepass, then you have to use the default user data folder - point 4 above does not and can not apply to you.

Frequently Asked Questions

If you've never downloaded the pack before, you should just download the larger "complete pack".

If you're not a premium member, it is recommended that you download the base megapack via torrent by going to our cut-out megapack download page. After which, you should then download all the update packs released to date and apply them chronologically.

If you're a premium member, just download the most recent complete pack.

If you already have a version of our Cut-Out Faces Megapack installed, then click "Download Latest Changes" and you'll be presented with a list of all the updates we've released since you've last downloaded a file. Simply download any you might have missed, starting with the oldest.
Watch this YouTube tutorial video, which should you guide you on the steps you need to follow to install it. Although it is for an older version of FM, the steps are still the same. You need to use Winrar (or a similar program) to extract the downloaded file.

This is what the MP folder should look like:
https://i.imgur.com/85lGeDc.png

The preferences should look like in the below screenshot:

https://i.imgur.com/jbZkFfw.png

To get them to look like this, navigate to your preferences on the welcome screen or by using the drop-down menu near the top right of the menu within your save game.

Choose the advanced tab (the blue square within the screenshot above) and select all from the drop-down menu on the right (the red square within the screenshot above).

Scroll down to the interface section near the middle of the list, where you are to make sure that:
• the “Use caching to decrease page loading times” box is unticked
• the “Reload skin when confirming changes in Preferences” box is ticked

After clicking confirm, it may take a few seconds or minutes for all the graphics to be loaded and you should now see all the graphics you have downloaded appear in your save game.

Once your skin is reloaded, you can re-tick the "Use Caching to Decrease Page Loading Time" button so that the splash screen at the start takes a lot less longer to load. However, the above process needs to be undertaken every time you add graphics to your game to ensure that the game "reads" them.
From FM20 onwards, there's been a substantial change to how Mac FM documents are stored. Previously the files would automatically go in the Documents folder here:

Users/YOUR Mac USERNAME/Documents/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 202x

Now the files will instead appear in the following location:

Users/YOUR Mac USERNAME/Library/Application Support/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 202x

By default this folder is hidden, so to access you need to do as follows:

Open Finder
Click ‘Go’ from the menubar
Press and hold down the ‘Option’ (Alt) key
This will bring up the ‘Library’, click to enter then go to ‘Application Support’ -> ‘Sports Interactive’ -> ‘Football Manager 202x’

Anything beyond the blue line is up to you and how you want to structure your folders.

The preferences should look like in the below screenshot:
https://i.imgur.com/jbZkFfw.png

To get them to look like this, navigate to your preferences on the welcome screen or by using the drop-down menu near the top right of the menu within your save game.

Choose the advanced tab (the blue square within the screenshot above) and select all from the drop-down menu on the right (the red square within the screenshot above).

Scroll down to the interface section near the middle of the list, where you are to make sure that:
• the “Use caching to decrease page loading times” box is unticked
• the “Reload skin when confirming changes in Preferences” box is ticked

After clicking confirm, it may take a few seconds or minutes for all the graphics to be loaded and you should now see all the graphics you have downloaded appear in your save game.

Once your skin is reloaded, you can re-tick the "Use Caching to Decrease Page Loading Time" button so that the splash screen at the start takes a lot less longer to load. However, the above process needs to be undertaken every time you add graphics to your game to ensure that the game "reads" them.
You need to change your user data location. Simple steps on how to do so can be found here.

The above step does not apply if you’re playing on Gamepass, in which case the user data location has to be the default one (i.e. Documents / Sports Interactive / Football Manager 202x)

It is recommended that the user data location is not placed within the Steam installation folder as this may cause issues.
If you're using Gamepass, then you have to use the default user data folder (i.e. Documents / Sports Interactive / Football Manager 202x)
The torrent file includes the base megapack uploaded just before that year’s FM version is released. Any and all subsequent update packs are to be downloaded separately.
For those who have never used torrents, in the vast majority of cases, it's just a question of downloading the client program (a small file, less than 1MB) and then downloading the megapack torrent file (a tiny file, around 20k) and then letting the program do the job.

Torrent files need a torrent client to be downloaded. I personally use µTorrent but other common clients are BitTorrent, Vuze and Deluge. For those using torrents for the first time, here is a general walk-through on how to download torrents and a specific guide for µTorrent.

Be aware that it will take a substantial amount of time to download the file due to its sheer size and that other people depend on you hosting the file to get it so please leave your torrent client on after you have fully downloaded it. The etiquette is generally accepted to be to upload as much as you download, although this might not always be possible. The older the torrent file, the less likely it is that there will still be users seeding it.
You need to copy and overwrite the faces and the new config file from the update pack into the faces folder and follow the same procedure for the iconfaces folder.

If done correctly, you should be asked if you want to overwrite files – accept. You should have one folder for faces and another folder for iconfaces, and no sub-folder whatsoever in them.

These steps are to be repeated for every update pack downloaded, and they are to be installed chronologically.
Please report this so that they can be reuploaded.
Extracting the file will take a while, but it shouldn't take the hours and hours that the program extracting will sometimes say it will. To speed it up, it is recommended that you have as few programs running as possible so that the system can dedicate as many resources to the extraction as it possibly can.

Secondly, for files as large as this, the calculation of the extraction time will be wildly incorrect at the start. After a while, it'll show a more realistic timeframe, which shouldn't be more than an hour or two if you have a good setup and few programs running at the same time.
You might have a poor internet connection or your browser might have some extensions which interrupt this download. Having loads of downloads ongoing and/or streaming may also de-prioritise this download.

Try using Google Chrome in incognito mode (or the equivalent mode for other browsers) and you should be able to resume the download from the point it was interrupted, if that happens.
This download has two folders: one is the faces folder which contains the cut-outs which should be displayed on this screen. There is also a file titled config.xml which tells the game which images to assign to which person. The other folder is the iconfaces folder which contains the smaller images displayed near a person's name on the menu which comes up when you right-click on them, and also includes a different config file for this folder.

The likelihood is that you've put the iconfaces in the faces folder, or used the wrong config file for each folder. As a result, the smaller images (in 25x18) are being upscaled to be displayed in the person's profile, hence the blurring. Re-install the update pack again, making sure you put the contents of each folder in the right place.
The most recent update pack will include the most recent config file, so you can choose to download it and use it from there.

Alternatively, you can download fmXML and generate a config yourself. There's a video on YouTube on how to use it but it's really easy and the instructions are quite straight-forward.
Down the years, after an update pack was released, it was noted that some images included therein where of the wrong person, with a wrong extension or duplicated. Due to the way the download system is structured, these cannot be removed from the download, so there may well be a couple of hundred images’ worth of difference, depending on the version you download.
Our megapack covers 25,000 teams and it's impossible to cater for these kind of requests since players and staff get transferred or sacked or retire etc and recreating and reuploading 25,000 different smaller packs would be an impossible task. That's why we have all the images in a megapack so that everything is captured therein.
These persons do not appear in the default database for licensing reasons. This means that they only appear in your save-game because they were added via a custom file, generally the real name fix file. However, this means that their UID (which is what is used to map a person's image to the right individual) is different, and so the game cannot assign the image to them from your existing facepack.

To get them to show, you should individually download the cut-out faces that you want from here (or use the UID to find them in your existing facepack if you don't use the cut-out megapack), put them in a separate folder to your existing facepack and create a config file just for them using the method outlined in here (which works for all facepack styles, not just the cut-out megapack).
Swedie
12 years ago
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Can anyone who has finished downloading the torrent seed? There are several people(including me) stuck at 99.7%.
I've been seeding the whole day. Uploading about 150GB, so there shouldn't be any trouble getting the full file.
ProphetRaven
8 years ago
4 days ago
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Several people have this problem. Don't get me wrong, I don't blame you, I know you're doing everything you can.
I'm just letting you know so you can figure out what's wrong. https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/USwmkdVcgSai1kviMUOI5KagPZkvhQlIfh777yQO.png
mons
17 years ago
31 minutes ago
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Moved all the torrent chat to here. I'm not really knowledgeable about all the torrent stuff, but can we try to give it a chance to get to a 100% overnight, just in case.
Swedie
12 years ago
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Several people have this problem. Don't get me wrong, I don't blame you, I know you're doing everything you can.
I'm just letting you know so you can figure out what's wrong. https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/USwmkdVcgSai1kviMUOI5KagPZkvhQlIfh777yQO.png
Stop your torrent and do ha rehash, see if that helps

Make sure you have DHT activated. I tried downloading the torrent again and I'm connecting to ~20 seeders.
king dekoning
14 years ago
1 year ago
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I'm going to seed asap, but the download for premium subscribers aint that fast too




ot: lmao 8 years member, first post. Thank god for discord.
Swedie
12 years ago
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I'm going to seed asap, but the download for premium subscribers aint that fast too




ot: lmao 8 years member, first post. Thank god for discord.
For me the torrent was faster, at least at the time when I downloaded the file
ProphetRaven
8 years ago
4 days ago
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Stop your torrent and do ha rehash, see if that helps

Make sure you have DHT activated. I tried downloading the torrent again and I'm connecting to ~20 seeders.


I rehashed and made sure DHT was active and it's still stuck. Also forgot to mention that it's been showing 0 seeds since the beginning even though it downloaded just fine.
https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/nu4pOLaFPHPlmLeGjhkWme7vO9DP73TfynVPXF1v.png
Swedie
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I rehashed and made sure DHT was active and it's still stuck. Also forgot to mention that it's been showing 0 seeds since the beginning even though it downloaded just fine.
https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/nu4pOLaFPHPlmLeGjhkWme7vO9DP73TfynVPXF1v.png
Hmm, what client are you using? Check so that peer exchange is activated as well You could also try using another client to see if that helps.
ProphetRaven
8 years ago
4 days ago
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Hmm, what client are you using? You could try using another client to see if that helps.


qBittorent but as you saw in the previous screenshot people with different clients had the same problem. I'll give it a try though.
Swedie
12 years ago
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qBittorent but as you saw in the previous screenshot people with different clients had the same problem. I'll give it a try though.
No sure if you saw my edit. Make sure peer exchange is activated as well. Not quite sure what it's called in qBittorrent.
ProphetRaven
8 years ago
4 days ago
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No sure if you saw my edit. Make sure peer exchange is activated as well. Not quite sure what it's called in qBittorrent.


Peer exchange was on by default and the problem persists on Deluge as well. I don't know everything about torrents but you have to have the files in order to seed, maybe you have some corrupted files and can't seed them
Swedie
12 years ago
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Peer exchange was by default and the problem persists on Deluge as well.
That's really wierd... To be honest I'm running out of ideas.

As you can see I'm connecting to multiple seeds just fine.
https://s1.postimg.org/6hlcgyoa73/Namnl_s.png
ProphetRaven
8 years ago
4 days ago
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That's really wierd... To be honest I'm running out of ideas.

As you can see I'm connecting to multiple seeds just fine.
https://s1.postimg.org/6hlcgyoa73/Namnl_s.png


Is it possible that group of people isn't connected to a certain tracker and thus can't get what you're seeding? I'm really reaching because my knowledge is limited but I'd rather have them soon since I'm already playing the beta. Thanks for your time although we haven't found a solution yet.
Swedie
12 years ago
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Is it possible that group of people isn't connected to a certain tracker and thus can't get what you're seeding? I'm really reaching because my knowledge is limited but I'd rather have them soon since I'm already playing the beta. Thanks for your time although we haven't found a solution yet.
Theoretically that could be the problem yes. But I'm still getting connected to a lot of seeders even with all trackers removed and only using peer exchange and DHT. That's a thing you could try as well.

What does your settings in your client look like? Try increasing the number of connections allowed.
ProphetRaven
8 years ago
4 days ago
21
Is it possible that group of people isn't connected to a certain tracker and thus can't get what you're seeding? I'm really reaching because my knowledge is limited but I'd rather have them soon since I'm already playing the beta. Thanks for your time although we haven't found a solution yet.


Here are the settings you've mentioned on qBittorrent and I haven't really fiddled with them in the past, I only now maximized the connections. And obviously Deluge is on default settings as I just downloaded it.
https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/9CwDx1MdGCqHuY42aojklaRpKM8vGDW5a1sgO2NR.png https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/zH6spjusEzryCyr039ToKTL4VuA1hDkupFChZXkn.png
Swedie
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Here are the settings you've mentioned on qBittorrent and I haven't really fiddled with them in the past, I only now maximized the connections. And obviously Deluge is on default settings as I just downloaded it.
https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/9CwDx1MdGCqHuY42aojklaRpKM8vGDW5a1sgO2NR.png https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/zH6spjusEzryCyr039ToKTL4VuA1hDkupFChZXkn.png
Try putting both to a lower number, like 100. I don't think that's what causing the problems but it could be worth a try. And also as I mentioned in my last post try removing all the trackers from the torrent. Usually done by rightclicking the torrent in your client and choosing settings or similar. And also making sure DHT is activated for the specific torrent
ProphetRaven
8 years ago
4 days ago
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Try putting both to a lower number, like 100. I don't think that's what causing the problems but it could be worth a try. And also as I mentioned in my last post try removing all the trackers from the torrent. Usually done by rightclicking the torrent in your client and choosing settings or similar. And also making sure DHT is activated for the specific torrent


Put them both to 100 and removed all trackers on qBittorrent, was disconnected from all peers after resuming but gradually connected to the same ones, with 99.7% progress. If you could copy me a peer's IP and port I would be able to connect to them, maybe that would allow me to download the files they have that I don't.
Swedie
12 years ago
9 hours ago
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Put them both to 100 and removed all trackers on qBittorrent, was disconnected from all peers after resuming but gradually connected to the same ones, with 99.7% progress. If you could copy me a peer's IP and port I would be able to connect to them, maybe that would allow me to download the files they have that I don't.
Sent you a PM. But I'm running out of ideas :/ Are your ports open in your router?
bimbo1989
13 years ago
1 week ago
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Sent you a PM. But I'm running out of ideas :/ Are your ports open in your router?
Could I have the PM too, please?
ProphetRaven
8 years ago
4 days ago
21
Sent you a PM. But I'm running out of ideas :/ Are your ports open in your router?


It didn't work, the only port forwarding I have is the automatic one from torrent clients. Checked and my chosen port on qBittorrent is open.
Swedie
12 years ago
9 hours ago
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It didn't work, the only port forwarding I have is the automatic one from torrent clients. Checked and my chosen port on qBittorrent is open.
I'm all out of ideas, since it's working for quite a lot of people I'm assuming there's something not working as it should in your end. What it is, I'm not sure of :/
tv_capper
16 years ago
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Sure, feel free to pass the me the UIDs.
Dider Deschamps (8079) is one thats missing from the config, I'll keep an eye out for any others
Nick Vitolano
11 years ago
5 months ago
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Ugh. Tried everything and my facepacks are still not showing up in game. Logopacks are showing up which is weird,.
mons
17 years ago
31 minutes ago
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Dider Deschamps (8079) is one thats missing from the config, I'll keep an eye out for any others

No it's there, but the French national team has a licensing restriction wherein faces are not displayed. You need to download the real name fix to overcome it



Ugh. Tried everything and my facepacks are still not showing up in game. Logopacks are showing up which is weird,.

Can I have a screenshot of your megapack folder please?
king dekoning
14 years ago
1 year ago
7
I got the same issue, but neither is working https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/W1yJ6Qog5pq2C2gfnX2IuFV9PwxayGBxOGeXubuQ.png
bimbo1989
13 years ago
1 week ago
15
Definetly not a router problem: tried with three different ones, still 99.7%. @ProphetRaven had my same problems.
ProphetRaven
8 years ago
4 days ago
21
Definetly not a router problem: tried with three different ones, still 99.7%. @ProphetRaven had my same problems.


Only fix I found was to get a new torrent file, it connected me to peers with 100% progress and it's downloading really fast but you have to download it from the beginning again.
mons
17 years ago
31 minutes ago
85,494
I got the same issue, but neither is working https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/W1yJ6Qog5pq2C2gfnX2IuFV9PwxayGBxOGeXubuQ.png

Have you changed the preferences? Also, try a different skin to get it to load all the graphics, then change back to your preferred skin.
bimbo1989
13 years ago
1 week ago
15
Only fix I found was to get a new torrent file, it connected me to peers with 100% progress and it's downloading really fast but you have to download it from the beginning again.
Yep, that seems to work. Weird issue, but not a problem. Thanks!
king dekoning
14 years ago
1 year ago
7
Have you changed the preferences? Also, try a different skin to get it to load all the graphics, then change back to your preferred skin.


Tried that..

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