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 480,000 player faces to spice up your copy of Football Manager.
- 482,917
- 2025.01 - Released on 04 Dec 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
Either you cut them yourself and post them in the no-ID folder for me to collect or you just collect the images and wait till they have a UID before requesting them.
weeniehutjr
mons
In the request forum, click the button in the screenshot. You can then upload the whole teampack in this way. Once you do, it is automatically posted in the facepacks release thread and I will download it from the completed requests section to check and compare with the present MP and add any cuts deemed as improvements
CMYGQZ
mons
Due to the way the files are structured, I'm afraid it isn't. Can't you use another browser just for downloading this file and the metallic logo pack?
Emba
Plz help
weeniehutjr
Rename the image you want with the regen's UID (go to interface preferences and tick "Show screen IDs in Title Bar to assist skinning" to see the UID, not sure what it's called in Swedish sorry) and put the image in Graphics -> Players folder
Then open the config.xml file in Notepad++ or a similar program and add <record from="UID" to="graphics/pictures/person/UID/portrait"/> to a new line. If you don't have a config.xml you can download a facepack and edit the file from that one.
Carlito85
weeniehutjr
Your 3 unfinished requests are already cut out so I think everyone assumed you were going to upload as completed cutouts.
However I think maybe this request could do with its edges being cleaned up/discoloration fixed which I can do soon. The cutouts of your other two requests look fine to me.
edit: 675500 completed
mons
In addition to what weeniehutjr said, every week or so I collect the 15 oldest requests still pending to allow requesters who have reached the limit to be able to request again. I hope to be able to do so tonight or tomorrow...
Carlito85
I'm new to the system so it never crossed my mind I could complete it myself lol. I was thinking they needed to be verified first.
Emba
I dont get it to work. Is it possible for u to upload a "clean" config? One for "faces" and one for "iconfaces". I would really appreciate it!
Emba
Anyone?
mons
Have a look at this thread to see how you can do that yourself
sam17111989
Got a new laptop so tried to transfer megapack from old one to new one. They haven't all transferred as it says some are corrupt.
I've then tried to download the complete megapack on to new one and it says some files are corrupt. I've then downloaded each one individually and I'm missing quite a few. The first megapack from FM11 Update pack 3.0 also downloads but then it says can't find file due to being corrupt.
Hope to have some help, as it just doesn't feel the same without quality graphics.
Thanks
mons
As you're a premium member, I would suggest you download the complete pack again (or maybe wait a couple of days or so for 10.11). I suggest using Chrome to download it because, in case the download gets interrupted, you are able to resume the download from the point it was stopped. I also suggest using Winrar to extract the pack as that's what it was built with.
I don't really know how and why the files at your end keep appearing as corrupt, especially the ones in the megapack on your old laptop.
bernd schmidt
thx
weeniehutjr
So far it's taking more time than I expected to cut out all the players/staff (thanks to busy backgrounds and some players with complex hair), should I upload the teampack half-complete just so it gets into the next database update, or wait until I've cut all of them before uploading the teampack?
mons
I'm hoping to release 10.11 in the coming days, so maybe you can release what you've done so far as "part 1"...
mons
It appears to be the case, and I'll see what we can do about it, but can I ask why you're downloading FM2013 files? As a premium member, all you really need to do is download the latest complete pack. It's backward compatible
krissmed
mons
mons
krissmed
Great
Bulcsú Székely
In the last years i always downloads the update pack's, and i have al face pictures, just the config file I lost!
Can u send me in email the config file? My email [email protected]
Thanke you for your help!
mons
If you download the latest update pack, you can use that config file from it
Bulcsú Székely
thx! Last question, in the latest update config file, there are the all data from previous face or just what is inside in the latest update?
mons
Each config file contains data for all the faces in the megapack
Womaz
mons
We meet again
I suggest using Winrar. It really depends on the speed of your system nut 2 hours for 10% does seem a bit excessive anyhow.