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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Nils Ljung
Thanks in advance for fantastic work and hopefully an answer.
mons
If you placed the sortitoutsi folder for the base megapack into the graphics folder, then yes, all you need to do is drag the sortitoutsi folder from the 11.01 update pack, and accept any overwrite prompt warning. If you don't get them, then you haven't installed it correctly.
Hope that helps
Nils Ljung
Answers the question perfectly. You really are fantastic answering all of these questions that has probably been said atleast 30 times before!
mons
You're welcome - happy to help
Nils Ljung
Just want to make sure every thing is in place here...
So when I followed the instructions my sortitoutsi folder is now only 300 MB with about 6100 objects, doesn't this a bit small?
mons
Instead your sortitoutsi folder, you should have a faces and an iconfaces folder. Each should have around 211,000 images.
Given the amount of images, I suspect you downloaded update pack 11.0 and added 11.01 to it. What you should have done is downloaded the full 11.0 base pack, then followed it with 11.01.
Nils Ljung
I think I figured out the problem, and that is that I didn't download the 11.0 update pack but instead went straight to the 11.01 pack. Because my folder went from around 15 GB to 300 MB.
mons
Close enough to my initial diagnosis
Nils Ljung
Absolutely your advice sparked my thought! and yeah could be 11-14 GB also dont remember entirely.
mons
I only mentioned it in case there was a small risk you had any extra stuff in there, which may affect how and if the MP works. Hope you get it sorted either way
Nils Ljung
Well I'm devastated right now because the 12GB base pack went corrupt after I overwrote it and when I went back here to the website I see that the combined torrent download link was gone and that I now have to download every single part one at a time since I don't have a premium membership. I'm such an idiot.
Nils Ljung
Is there anything I can do except for paying for premium membership? I'm a student so I really try to save every penny sticking to my budget. Can I help here on the site or something in exchange?
EDIT:
You know what, I'm sorry for being such a screw up. You have already done enough for me, focus on other persons problems instead.
kilombos
There are many faces that do not come out in the game, example:
67246435 alex collado
67258411 Juan Miranda
67258407 riqui puig
And so, many more, does anyone know where the problem is?
neither do the faces created by me appear ...
mons
The torrent is still there in the exact same location it's always been
Looks to me like you haven't installed this pack correctly. How many images in total do you have? Are the in-game preferences set as indicated in the screenshot in the opening post? How many images in total do you have in your megapack folder and can I have a screenshot of it?
YaYaKoLo
mons
I don't think it will have anything to do with your system. It will probably depend on the quality of your internet connection or on the stability of our servers. With a file this big, it often happens that there is an interruption at some point. If you use Google Chrome, it should allow you to resume your download from the point it was cut off, which should hopefully allow you to download the file fully
YaYaKoLo
Ah cool thanks I'll try Chrome!
kilombos
mons
Whenever adding new images, I would suggest putting them in a separate folder entirely. Just in case the new config you generate to add them doesn't work well.
I've loaded up my FM and those 3 players you mention all appear perfectly fine in my game. Are you sure you installed the pack (and any updates) correctly? Cos it seems like the issue is at your end, rather than with the MP...
To get the torrent, scroll to the bottom of this page until you come to the torrent tabs and download the 11.0 version. Then download the 11.01 update pack to be fully up-to-date
MisterStubbs_
mons
Put them inside your facepack folder. If done right, you should get an overwrite warning; click yes. You should have one folder, and one folder only, with all the cuts in it
Swedie
Not quite sure if it's the right thread. But the face search tool doesn't always show the most recent face when searchig for a team.
Example, when I search for FC Midtjylland (id 526) the player Bozhidar Kraev is shown with the cut from 9.12 instead of the one from 11.01. Makes the search process for team packs more time consuming
mons
That's a bit strange and I can see how irritating it can be. I'm hopeful that this issue will be resolved once the FM19 database is updated on the site
luca.cas
I'm having troubles to download cut out faces, the download is very slow and it broken after few minutes. It results I have already download it, but actually just start download but then I have stopped coz I have not time.
No problems with other download.
I'm premium membership.
Sorry for my bad english
Thanks.
mons
I've given it a go on my crappy work connection and it's downloading quickly and without any issues so far. It's a 10GB file, so it'll take a little while, naturally.
Can you try downloading it through Chrome? Chrome allows resuming interrupted downloads, which may help you...
luca.cas
Even I'm not a fan of chrome, in this case it help me a lot resuming interrupted download .
Horky
mons
This is due to licensing restrictions and can be fixed by downloading this file.
Should be sorted now
jonathan smith15
mons
I can't tell 100%, but going by the cropped screenshot, it looks to me like the download got interrupted at some point and that you are try to extract a corrupted or part-downloaded file. Try using Chrome, which shows you when a download is stopped and also allows resuming