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).
Nils Ljung
10 years ago
3 years ago
8
Hello this is my first time downloading an update pack to your facepacks, I usually just go for the base pack and then switch it out when the new FM comes out hence this noob question: I have now downloaded the 11.01 pack, am I now supposed to drag the "new" sortitoutsi folder that has been created into the Graphics folder and press overwrite? Or should I do something else?

Thanks in advance for fantastic work and hopefully an answer.
mons
17 years ago
11 hours ago
85,497
Hello this is my first time downloading an update pack to your facepacks, I usually just go for the base pack and then switch it out when the new FM comes out hence this noob question: I have now downloaded the 11.01 pack, am I now supposed to drag the "new" sortitoutsi folder that has been created into the Graphics folder and press overwrite? Or should I do something else?

Thanks in advance for fantastic work and hopefully an answer.

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
10 years ago
3 years ago
8
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


Answers the question perfectly. You really are fantastic answering all of these questions that has probably been said atleast 30 times before!
mons
17 years ago
11 hours ago
85,497
Answers the question perfectly. You really are fantastic answering all of these questions that has probably been said atleast 30 times before!

You're welcome - happy to help
Nils Ljung
10 years ago
3 years ago
8
You're welcome - happy to help

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
17 years ago
11 hours ago
85,497
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?

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
10 years ago
3 years ago
8
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.

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
17 years ago
11 hours ago
85,497
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.

Close enough to my initial diagnosis Though 15GB seems a bit bigger than I seem to remember it being...
Nils Ljung
10 years ago
3 years ago
8
Close enough to my initial diagnosis Though 15GB seems a bit bigger than I seem to remember it being...

Absolutely your advice sparked my thought! and yeah could be 11-14 GB also dont remember entirely.
mons
17 years ago
11 hours ago
85,497
Absolutely your advice sparked my thought! and yeah could be 11-14 GB also dont remember entirely.

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
10 years ago
3 years ago
8
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

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
10 years ago
3 years ago
8
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.

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
13 years ago
3 days ago
144

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
17 years ago
11 hours ago
85,497
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.

The torrent is still there in the exact same location it's always been Just scroll to the bottom of this page until you come to the torrent tabs and download the 11.0 version.




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 ...

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
5 years ago
5 years ago
191
Premium
Hi, I've been trying to download the mega pack (11.01) recently and haven't been very successful. I've downloaded the pack successfully before (same computer) but had to remove it due to space issues. I bought premium sortitoutsi membership to speed the process up but for whatever reason, the pack get someone from about 2GB to 4GB before the download fails. When I downloaded as a non-premium user last time it worked fine. I've probably had about 10 unsuccessful download attempts. I'm on a macbook air (OS 10.12.6 currently).
mons
17 years ago
11 hours ago
85,497
Hi, I've been trying to download the mega pack (11.01) recently and haven't been very successful. I've downloaded the pack successfully before (same computer) but had to remove it due to space issues. I bought premium sortitoutsi membership to speed the process up but for whatever reason, the pack get someone from about 2GB to 4GB before the download fails. When I downloaded as a non-premium user last time it worked fine. I've probably had about 10 unsuccessful download attempts. I'm on a macbook air (OS 10.12.6 currently).

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
5 years ago
5 years ago
191
Premium
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


Ah cool thanks I'll try Chrome!
kilombos
13 years ago
3 days ago
144
mons
17 years ago
11 hours ago
85,497
<a href='http://subirimagen.me/uploads/20181110092140.png'>Tu Imagen</a>

of the total files (211,479) there are about 20 or 30 created by me. The config is created with the FM Graphics Configurator v1.2, but before putting my faces and generating that config, many images in the game were not seen either.

What torrent do I have to download to download again? Thank you

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_
11 years ago
6 months ago
51
I've just downloaded an updated facepack.. do I just unzip them in to my current facepack folder or put them in a separate folder?
mons
17 years ago
11 hours ago
85,497
I've just downloaded an updated facepack.. do I just unzip them in to my current facepack folder or put them in a separate folder?

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
12 years ago
1 hour ago
5,597
Premium
@mons @Rob
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
17 years ago
11 hours ago
85,497
@mons @Rob
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

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
5 years ago
7 hours ago
3
hello,
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
17 years ago
11 hours ago
85,497
hello,
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.

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
5 years ago
7 hours ago
3
Thanks mons, problem solved

Even I'm not a fan of chrome, in this case it help me a lot resuming interrupted download .
Horky
17 years ago
4 days ago
450
Does anyone know why I see the pictures of the players on their team and not in France? Thank you!!!


http://img.fenixzone.net/i/le8MJtF.jpg

http://img.fenixzone.net/i/M3wPG1o.jpg
mons
17 years ago
11 hours ago
85,497
@mons @Rob
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




Does anyone know why I see the pictures of the players on their team and not in France? Thank you!!!

http://img.fenixzone.net/i/le8MJtF.jpg

http://img.fenixzone.net/i/M3wPG1o.jpg

This is due to licensing restrictions and can be fixed by downloading this file.
Should be sorted now Thanks @Rob
jonathan smith15
8 years ago
3 months ago
5
Premium
Hi there, installed the pack countless times over the years. However, this year getting the following error everytime I download. I still try to get pics to work normal way by going into preferences clear cache etc... but not working. Please help

mons
17 years ago
11 hours ago
85,497
Hi there, installed the pack countless times over the years. However, this year getting the following error everytime I download. I still try to get pics to work normal way by going into preferences clear cache etc... but not working. Please help

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

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