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).
mons
17 years ago
14 minutes ago
85,496
Buongiorno ragazzi ma come mai non riesco a scaricare i file delle faccine?
se apro il link mi dice che la pagina non esiste
mi potete aiutare?

Per trovare il link per il download del torrent, scorri fino alla fine di questa pagina fino a quando non entri nelle schede torrent e scarichi la versione 10.0. Per essere completamente aggiornato, è comunque necessario scaricare gli eventuali successivi pacchetti di aggiornamento separatamente.
Halil Can
6 years ago
8 months ago
2
Hello guys. Any torrent link for cutout facepack ? It's 9Gb. So hard to download one by one. Im waiting your helps
vossmaj
12 years ago
3 years ago
0
Hi all,

I am a premium member and tried to download the Cut Out faces megapack twice today. Both times it said "failed" afterwards. But I have two files that together have around 9.3 GB (as it should have altogether). So is that something I will be able to work with? If yes, how? Just extracting one after another? Doesn't sound promising.

And if no, what should I do? Try again and again until it works?

Thanks for any help on this!

SCREENSHOT of filenames I got

After Starting the download with a plugged in Notebook it turns to sleep Mode After a while. You know, the Kind when you sign into windows again. But I trust that the Download continues anyway, right?
Gamma022
9 years ago
9 hours ago
251
Hey guys,

Probably a silly question but do the updated changes go in sub-folders inside the main pack or do I just extract the rar into the main pack

Thanks
mons
17 years ago
14 minutes ago
85,496
Hi all,

I am a premium member and tried to download the Cut Out faces megapack twice today. Both times it said "failed" afterwards. But I have two files that together have around 9.3 GB (as it should have altogether). So is that something I will be able to work with? If yes, how? Just extracting one after another? Doesn't sound promising.

And if no, what should I do? Try again and again until it works?

Thanks for any help on this!

SCREENSHOT of filenames I got

After Starting the download with a plugged in Notebook it turns to sleep Mode After a while. You know, the Kind when you sign into windows again. But I trust that the Download continues anyway, right?

Both appear to be partial downloads, and they cannot be combined. What you should do is download the pack with Chrome, then resume the download when it stops




Hey guys,

Probably a silly question but do the updated changes go in sub-folders inside the main pack or do I just extract the rar into the main pack

Thanks

You should have only 1 folder with no sub-folders, and all the cuts should be contained within this folder. If you install each pack correctly, you should be prompted to overwrite some files, to which you should click Yes/OK.
Gamma022
9 years ago
9 hours ago
251
You should have only 1 folder with no sub-folders, and all the cuts should be contained within this folder. If you install each pack correctly, you should be prompted to overwrite some files, to which you should click Yes/OK.


For some reason I keep getting things like this happening with pictures from the updates with the older photo showing up ingame
https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/CqzL5wmRYly78v6nJhQ2jg3AGbULBGnHNgfVH4e2.jpg
mons
17 years ago
14 minutes ago
85,496
For some reason I keep getting things like this happening with pictures from the updates with the older photo showing up ingame
https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/CqzL5wmRYly78v6nJhQ2jg3AGbULBGnHNgfVH4e2.jpg

That's probably because you've put it in a sub-folder. You should have one folder, and one folder only, with all the cuts in there.
vossmaj
12 years ago
3 years ago
0
Ah, excellent. Chrome seems to have done the trick. I hads tried it with Firefox before. Thanks!
iamstelam
17 years ago
18 minutes ago
7
I'm having a bit of trouble downloading the 10.03 update.

I havent updated since 10.01 and tried downloading the last 3 installments.
.02 and .04 were fine. But the 10.03 decides to stop downloading at around a quarter to half way through, no matter which source I download from.

Does anyone have any ideas how to get around this?
mons
17 years ago
14 minutes ago
85,496
I'm having a bit of trouble downloading the 10.03 update.

I havent updated since 10.01 and tried downloading the last 3 installments.
.02 and .04 were fine. But the 10.03 decides to stop downloading at around a quarter to half way through, no matter which source I download from.

Does anyone have any ideas how to get around this?

What browser are you using? Chrome allows you to resume interrupted downloads from the point they were stopped - that should help
12qw
13 years ago
1 day ago
10
The faces are not showing up in my games anymore. It was working perfectly until 2 weeks ago - I don't know what might have changed since then other than an update from SI? The files are in the same place on my computer as before and I've not fiddled with any settings in-game. It's strange, because some faces are showing - like VvD at 'Pool and some of the most famous Juve players.

I've tried clearing cache, reloading skin, un-ticking "skin cache" or whatever it is called, and deleting settings and letting Steam rebuild the file. Nothing makes a difference. I am on Win 8.1.
mons
17 years ago
14 minutes ago
85,496
The faces are not showing up in my games anymore. It was working perfectly until 2 weeks ago - I don't know what might have changed since then other than an update from SI? The files are in the same place on my computer as before and I've not fiddled with any settings in-game. It's strange, because some faces are showing - like VvD at 'Pool and some of the most famous Juve players.

I've tried clearing cache, reloading skin, un-ticking "skin cache" or whatever it is called, and deleting settings and letting Steam rebuild the file. Nothing makes a difference. I am on Win 8.1.

Did you add the latest update pack perchance? Have you put in a separate folder within the main MP folder?

If yes, just put the contents of the update pack in the main folder, overwriting when prompted, and you should be fine.
12qw
13 years ago
1 day ago
10
Did you add the latest update pack perchance? Have you put in a separate folder within the main MP folder?

If yes, just put the contents of the update pack in the main folder, overwriting when prompted, and you should be fine.


I didn't change anything with regars to the packs. Just suddenly it stopped working. And the only thing I figure that might have changed is the official patch from SI being automatically downloaded and installed via Steam somewhere in the last 14 days.

The contents are within the "graphics" folder. In root of this folder I have folders "Iconfaces", "faces", "kits", and "metallic logos". It worked flawlessly before.

If someone can give me a "checklist" of everything to try that would be appreciated.
mons
17 years ago
14 minutes ago
85,496
I didn't change anything with regars to the packs. Just suddenly it stopped working. And the only thing I figure that might have changed is the official patch from SI being automatically downloaded and installed via Steam somewhere in the last 14 days.

The contents are within the "graphics" folder. In root of this folder I have folders "Iconfaces", "faces", "kits", and "metallic logos". It worked flawlessly before.

If someone can give me a "checklist" of everything to try that would be appreciated.

Can I see a screenshot of your megapack folder? Maybe I can spot if anything is wrong there.
12qw
13 years ago
1 day ago
10
Can I see a screenshot of your megapack folder? Maybe I can spot if anything is wrong there.


See attachment
Swedie
12 years ago
8 minutes ago
5,592
Premium
Ha wants screenshot from inside the faces folder. How many files do you got in there and do you got a config-file?
12qw
13 years ago
1 day ago
10
Ha wants screenshot from inside the faces folder. How many files do you got in there and do you got a config-file?


195 137 faces. Attached is the config file.
mons
17 years ago
14 minutes ago
85,496
195 137 faces. Attached is the config file.

That number looks to be a bit strange to me.

10.00 contained 192,442 images.
10.01 took the MP image total to 193,601.
10.02 took the MP headcount to 195,238.
10.03 then took the number to 197,031 and 10.04 to 198,836.

As you can see, the amounts don't quite match. The closest I can tell is that you downloaded 10.02, which had some of the images in the MP deleted automatically (duplicates, wrong UIDs) etc.

Can you right-click on your config file and tell me the date it was modified? It should correspond to one of the dates in which update packs were released, and may help me assess what the issue is.

I can't tell in the config you attached because the data modified is the date I downloaded, which renders the exercise pointless

Also, what I really need is a screenshot of inside your megapack folder please - displaying clearly the inner folder structure.
Swedie
12 years ago
8 minutes ago
5,592
Premium
As Mons are saying, you don't have all the files. If I were you I would download, 10.01, 10.02. 10.03 and 10.04, just the be sure the to get the latest updates of all cuts.
12qw
13 years ago
1 day ago
10
That number looks to be a bit strange to me.

10.00 contained 192,442 images.
10.01 took the MP image total to 193,601.
10.02 took the MP headcount to 195,238.
10.03 then took the number to 197,031 and 10.04 to 198,836.

As you can see, the amounts don't quite match. The closest I can tell is that you downloaded 10.02, which had some of the images in the MP deleted automatically (duplicates, wrong UIDs) etc.

Can you right-click on your config file and tell me the date it was modified? It should correspond to one of the dates in which update packs were released, and may help me assess what the issue is.

I can't tell in the config you attached because the data modified is the date I downloaded, which renders the exercise pointless

Also, what I really need is a screenshot of inside your megapack folder please - displaying clearly the inner folder structure.


config file was last modified 6th January 2018 (I assume right around the time the faces stopped working). Now that I think of it, I might have fiddled with this file when trying to add Mads Solbakken's face into the game. Can someone send me the new original config file?
Swedie
12 years ago
8 minutes ago
5,592
Premium
config file was last modified 6th January 2018 (I assume right around the time the faces stopped working). Now that I think of it, I might have fiddled with this file when trying to add Mads Solbakken's face into the game. Can someone send me the new original config file?
https://www.sendspace.com/file/3hnyag

That's the latest config-file. If you want to add faces that are missing, I would recommend creating a folder inside your faces folder and have your own config-file in there. Which makes it easier to fix if something goes wrong
mons
17 years ago
14 minutes ago
85,496
config file was last modified 6th January 2018 (I assume right around the time the faces stopped working). Now that I think of it, I might have fiddled with this file when trying to add Mads Solbakken's face into the game. Can someone send me the new original config file?

And what's the date created? Either way, as Swedie suggests, I would download 10.0, 10.01, 10.02, 10.03 and 10.04, and apply them in chronological order. This would ensure you have the latest images and the right config file

I can't seem to find a Mads Solbakken in the database. If you want to add a player's cutout, I would strongly suggest putting it in a separate folder and create a separate config file. This would mean that the megapack and your cutout can thus operate in parallel...
iamstelam
17 years ago
18 minutes ago
7
What browser are you using? Chrome allows you to resume interrupted downloads from the point they were stopped - that should help


That did it. Thanks very much!
12qw
13 years ago
1 day ago
10
And what's the date created? Either way, as Swedie suggests, I would download 10.0, 10.01, 10.02, 10.03 and 10.04, and apply them in chronological order. This would ensure you have the latest images and the right config file

I can't seem to find a Mads Solbakken in the database. If you want to add a player's cutout, I would strongly suggest putting it in a separate folder and create a separate config file. This would mean that the megapack and your cutout can thus operate in parallel...


Thanks boys, it worked now that I replaced the file.

Apologies, his name is Markus Solbakken. Expect him to be given a boost in next SI update.
MadeiraOliveira
9 years ago
3 years ago
40
Faces are not appearing in-game. Do someone know what's wrong?

Print screen
mons
17 years ago
14 minutes ago
85,496
Faces are not appearing in-game. Do someone know what's wrong?

Print screen

Looks to me like you have not downloaded the full megapack but only part of it, somehow. You should have 198,000+ images in your megapack folder if you have downloaded all the update packs. How many do you have?
MadeiraOliveira
9 years ago
3 years ago
40
Looks to me like you have not downloaded the full megapack but only part of it, somehow. You should have 198,000+ images in your megapack folder if you have downloaded all the update packs. How many do you have?


I've dowloaded "sortitoutsi_cutout_megapack_10.03_changes.rar" and "sortitoutsi_cutout_megapack_10.04_changes.rar" with 132 mb + 127 mb. I assume this is not correct.
mons
17 years ago
14 minutes ago
85,496
I've dowloaded "sortitoutsi_cutout_megapack_10.03_changes.rar" and "ortitoutsi_cutout_megapack_10.04_changes.rar" with 132 mb + 127 mb. I assume this is not correct.

You assume correctly. You should first download the main 10.0 megapack file (instructions on how to download it via torrents can be found in the opening post). Once downloaded and installed, you should then download update packs 10.01, 10.02, 10.03 and 10.04 and apply them in chronological order.
yusuf141
6 years ago
5 years ago
5
I can not download unfortunately from the links you have added facepacks.help me

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