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 475,000 player faces to spice up your copy of Football Manager.
- 480,827
- 2025.00 - Released on 29 Oct 2024
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'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.
This is what the MP folder should look like:
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.
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:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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mons
Hmmm, have you tried shutting the game down, turning Steam off, then loading it all up again? Have you tried reloading the cache?
What do you get in-game? Is it the default black cut or is it a blank space?
Swedie
king dekoning
I tried everything I could think of, including shut down of steam and pc.
I just get the logos and faces that are included with the game...
Here's a screenie of my settings at the moment:
edit: Maybe it is because I moved the "My Documents" folder to another drive? (but still, my tactics / filters etc. are loading) Im going to try and create a "fake" my documents folder on my C drive and copy everything to it.
mons
If your graphics are not in My Documents, then you need to change your user data location. Simple steps on how to do so can be found here.
cutty
Just one question, which app would you recommend to extract the images because I'm having trouble using winrar with it not responding all the time
juanchisanz15
The pack seems to reload coorectly but all the faces are blurry
mons
The file was created with winrar so it's the program I'd suggest. If you have a computer a bit on the slow side, you may experience periods where it appears not to be responding. This is because of the time needed to extract the images. It's an 8.something GB file, after all. May take you an hour or two to extract, I reckon...
Did you change the iconfaces config file?
Kyo Schelfhout
I tried installing this facepack, and now I can't play FM18 anymore, have reinstalled it twice and reinstalled steam as well...
Miles said I needed to contact you guys.
mons
Crikey, how did you manage to do that? Where did you install the files?
Did you place them in the Steam folder perchance instead of the Documents folder as clearly indicated in all the installation instructions?
Kyo Schelfhout
Nope, placed them in my documents -> SI -> FM18 -> graphics -> sortitoutsi
I just want to play FM18 xD
mons
Can I see a screenshot of your megapack folder please? With contents if possible
Kyo Schelfhout
mons
Care to share? Maybe it'll help me answer similar questions in the future...
Kevin Swain
What do you get in-game? Is it the default black cut or is it a blank space?
All I get is the black cut out faces. I installed the sortitoutsi folder into the Document > FM18 > graphics folder. The kits and logos work fine in the same place, which is weird. I've deleted and downloaded the .rar file twice and still get the same issue.
mons
That doesn't look to me like the correct folder. Can I have a screenshot of where you have placed it? And how large is your megapack folder? In terms of folder size and amount of images.
blank800
I'm using 9.0 megapack for FM17, it is working fine, however it is not displaying Reiss Nelson face, and a few others from my Arsenal youth, I've tried to download his face individually and paste it into the folder, but it still now working as it is showing only default black picture. Can anyone help me how to fix it? I've tried 2 different pics and nothing.
mons
It's probably easier to download the whole 10.0 torrent at this point tbh
blank800
mons
Because the 9.0 pack did not have his face as he was only added in the 9.01 update pack. And if just added him without updating the config, then the game simply doesn't have the tools to display him.
Read this thread for instructions on how to change the config file yourself. Do take a backup of your present config file in case you mess it up, though
blank800
RoCCo_42
mons
As Rocco below has demonstrated, issue is at your end. Have you changed the preferences in-game?
ScottyP1
Thanks, Scott
Mike Coll
My logo's and kit work fine i just have an issue with the face pack.
My folder is C:\Users\myname.Laptop\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2018\graphics
Have also changed the launch options in steam to --user_data_location="<C:\Users\myname.Laptop\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2018>"
Any idea on why the faces are not working? just get the black cut out and in-game license faces.
People have said they found a solution - if they could share that would be a great help!
Kevin Swain
This is where it's located.
Ceacus
mons
How many images in total do you have in your megapack folder?
That looks fine. How many images in total do you have in your megapack folder?
I'm not on my PC right now so can't take a screenshot, but it's in the interface section.
mons
Moved your post to the right place to ensure it doesn't get missed.
I'm afraid you must not have installed this pack or some other graphical pack incorrectly. Where have you placed the facepack please? Can you upload a screenshot of the folder?
king dekoning
Thanks, this fixed the issue :-)
Mike Coll
Thanks for the reply - i just installed the latest update (10.0) and just see if their images on the players within that pack work before copying my whole images over as it takes a good 2+ hours.