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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JSFM98
Just tried it and still not working. Also ive noticed that in the database search there should be images for mason greenwood and harvey neville and they arent loading in my game either
richard wynn
dan.clarke
dan.clarke
Rowan
Erm...the updates go inside your main facepack, they are NOT stand-alone packs.....but additions. Can we see a screenshot of your pack in location?
Rowan
Let's start with Greenwood... type "28121564.png" into a computer search and see if you have actually downloaded the update properly...if it is indeed showing up and in the correct location...namely your Megapack folder, then perhaps you can also post a screenshot so we can see it's in the right place?
Rowan
Can you take a screenshot of where you have placed the folder? Also, have you checked all the troubleshooting tips on THIS thread? (Also, better to post there than starting a new topic)
mons
Mason Greenwood isn't displaying, but Harvey Neville is
Both are included in 11.01 as far as I can see, and both are included in the config file.
I'm a bit perturbed now. I'll have to delve deeper to see what could be causing this.
@Rowan it looks like some images were included in the latest update pack and its config file, but still aren't displaying in-game
Rowan
Just to add confusion, Mason Greenwood & Harvey Neville are both displaying for me no problem, and I downloaded the update from here with no probs....
JDubsNZ
mons
Looks to me like you didn't download the full megapack, which should include the config file within it. How many images do you have in total in your megapack folder?
JDubsNZ
JSFM98
Attached as word doc again
Thanks
JSFM98
I haven't changed anything but suddenly working!! Thanks for your help
mons
Good to hear that
That said, the file total looks to be that of when 10.12 was released. Make sure to download the 11.0 and 11.01 update packs to be fully up-to-date
richard wynn
Hello rowan ive now deleted the files the license fix works and so do the kit pack but ive downloaded them a few times and they will not work . I have used the tips yes but still not loading correctly..
richard wynn
Can you take a screenshot of where you have placed the folder? Also, have you checked all the troubleshooting tips on THIS thread? (Also, better to post there than starting a new topic)
[/quote hello again I’ve again tried downloading the mega pack it has downloaded as it should I’ve extracted it to graphics file and still will not work I have no idea what has gone wrong did the same for fm18 and it worked straight away. Thank you for any support you can offer!!
mons
Like Rowan said, can you please give us screenshots of where you have placed the folder?
And also what, say, Harry Kane looks like in-game, and also of your preferences?
richard wynn
Hello I’ve tried to attach shots of what you said I hope you can see them clear enough. Thank you
richard wynn
richard wynn
slackpanda
mons
You need to untick the top tick box
Can I also see inside the sortitoutsi/faces folder? Particularly the amount of images in it.
a) What program are you using to extract them? I recommend Winrar, as other programs have been known to have issues for some reason
b) Both are quite large files and it could well happen that the download gets interrupted part-way through the download (possibly due to an intermittent internet connection your end or server issues our end). You could then be trying to extract an incomplete download, which is why they fail to extract. What error message are you getting? Make sure that the final file size for both the face and logo megapacks is the same as that indicated on the respective download pages. I suggest downloading both files through Chrome, since it allows resuming of downloads which have stopped
richard wynn
Hello the programme I was using is win 7 or something like that I’ll attach the phooto of the file which box do I need to untick?
richard wynn
mons
This is what your preferences should look like:
I have no idea what kind of program that is. Try extracting the file you've downloaded with Winrar.
If you want me to help you, can you please give me what I ask for, mate? I asked to "see inside the sortitoutsi/faces folder? Particularly the amount of images in it." You gave me a photo of the iconfaces folder, with the section of the bar in the bottom left folder where the amount of files included in the folder is displayed being cropped out. I can't really help you unless you help me to do so...
richard wynn
Okay thank you sorry I sent you the wrong file I will have a try changing the preferences. I appreciate your help
mons
Hopefully changing the preferences will do the trick
richard wynn
I’ve re downloaded the fm mega pack I used the program you said and changed the preferences but it still hasn’t worked. Sorry for being a pain
mons
Mate, I've asked you to give me screenshots of specific and particular pages and/or folders 2/3 times already in this thread. It's late and I'm knackered and I really can't be bothered to trawl through the thread to find them, so it's up to you to do so. Take the time to read and understand what I'm asking you, so that you can provide me with the info I'm asking you for. With all the best will in the world, I can't help you otherwise.
What you're doing is like asking your mechanic to diagnose your car's fault through a telephone call and making him hear the sound the engine is making via your mobile's speaker and expecting him to solve your problem. Not even the best mechanic can do that.
Sorry if that sounds harsh, but I wanted to make it clear that you need to help me help you, otherwise my hands are tied.