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
3 hours ago
85,497
@kwiatek23, it looks to me like you have just the 11.03 UPDATE PACK. You need to download the FULL PACK. To do so, it is best to download the 11.0 torrent (scroll to the bottom of this page until you come to the torrent tabs and download the 11.0 version), then download and apply the 11.01, 11.02 and 11.03 update packs.

This is what the MP folder should look like:

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/gq5WH7x02eeFzgwC9FTIkiUSwHtEiGo1ucoXY7aT.png

Anything beyond the blue line is up to you and how you want to structure your folders. But it MUST be WITHIN the graphics folder. Your screenshots suggest the 11.03 folder is directly in the Sports Interactive folder, which is WRONG.
kwiatek23
12 years ago
2 days ago
106
@kwiatek23, it looks to me like you have just the 11.03 UPDATE PACK. You need to download the FULL PACK. To do so, it is best to download the 11.0 torrent (scroll to the bottom of this page until you come to the torrent tabs and download the 11.0 version), then download and apply the 11.01, 11.02 and 11.03 update packs.

This is what the MP folder should look like:

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/gq5WH7x02eeFzgwC9FTIkiUSwHtEiGo1ucoXY7aT.png

Anything beyond the blue line is up to you and how you want to structure your folders. But it MUST be WITHIN the graphics folder. Your screenshots suggest the 11.03 folder is directly in the Sports Interactive folder, which is WRONG.

Thanks for the hint I will download everything slowly and I will try to upload it will inform you again thanks
Eltarian
5 years ago
6 months ago
5,718
Good spot - will be rectified shortly


Thanks a lot!

How do I see "it's done"? ^^
mons
17 years ago
3 hours ago
85,497
Thanks a lot!

How do I see "it's done"? ^^

I'll let you know...
merengue59
11 years ago
1 week ago
11
Premium
I downloaded the 11.03 version of the faces but there is a problem for the icons, it misses the file config, how can i get it please ? Thanks.
mons
17 years ago
3 hours ago
85,497
FAO @Eltarian and @merengue59 and everybody else really, the 11.03 download has been fixed and the iconfaces folder now contains the config file
edam22
12 years ago
6 hours ago
11
Premium
Thank you for the amazing work that you all seem to do!

However, with the latest update, none of the images seem to be appearing for me. It has been fine with all of your previous megapacks and updates but this one just doesn't work. I have tried redownloading the full megapack again and still no luck.

Any help would be much appreciated
mons
17 years ago
3 hours ago
85,497
Thank you for the amazing work that you all seem to do!

However, with the latest update, none of the images seem to be appearing for me. It has been fine with all of your previous megapacks and updates but this one just doesn't work. I have tried redownloading the full megapack again and still no luck.

Any help would be much appreciated

Thanks for your kind words

That's a bit of a strange one, all's fine my end. You will probably have made a mistake when installing the files for 11.03 - can you give me a screenshot of your current megapack folder? And what exactly is the issue? Do you get a blank space or the black default image?
henrytg
12 years ago
1 year ago
188
In the same boat, has worked for me every year until now...what am I doing wrong?

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/l5uLdWhvAy220S0RbhGvru1T1CAWf59m3QNQINC4.png

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/rWOIMabqobL9r9niJXsMsNaI1eSN6Y8ZHWSkk7iG.png

EDIT: For the record, the logos aren't working either
mons
17 years ago
3 hours ago
85,497
In the same boat, has worked for me every year until now...what am I doing wrong?

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/l5uLdWhvAy220S0RbhGvru1T1CAWf59m3QNQINC4.png

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/rWOIMabqobL9r9niJXsMsNaI1eSN6Y8ZHWSkk7iG.png

EDIT: For the record, the logos aren't working either

That folder structure looks perfectly fine I assume all the folders have the config.xml file, right?

Can you try changing skins around in-game? Just in case...

Also, what is the size of the faces folder - how many images do you have in there?

Finally, can I have a look in the Documents / Sports Interactive / Football Manager 2019 folder?
henrytg
12 years ago
1 year ago
188
Aha, so maybe that's why... can't find a config.xml file in the faces folder.

Also, no config.xml folders in the folders shown for the logos, but I don't know if that's normal...

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/SQyXBEcKSvbbtxiM9prUjyNNLwRC4VUQ1Fdnrh8a.png

But here's my FM19 folder anyway...

https://i.imgur.com/auviT5H.png
mons
17 years ago
3 hours ago
85,497
Aha, so maybe that's why... can't find a config.xml file in the faces folder.
That's quite strange The config file is the file needed to get the game to read the images, so no wonder you're not seeing the faces. Can you download the latest update pack and use the config file from there? (Instead of downloading the whole thing unnecessarily)

How many images in total do you have in there?


Also, no config.xml folders in the folders shown for the logos, but I don't know if that's normal...

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/SQyXBEcKSvbbtxiM9prUjyNNLwRC4VUQ1Fdnrh8a.png

That's perfectly normal.

But here's my FM19 folder anyway...

https://i.imgur.com/auviT5H.png

All fine there...
papito37
6 years ago
2 years ago
3
Hey!

I recently downloaded the full facepack with one of the free sites and did everything as suggested. I extracted them over WinRar and have them saved in the graphics folder I created. While downloading (because it takes quite a while) I was reloading the skin after every new folder out of the 16 parts to see if it worked/how many players I already had loaded. It worked pretty well up until around the 13th or 14th folder when - after again reloading my skin - suddenly all the faces were gone. I tried loading everything again without those two folders but it isn`t working. Also, only half of the folders had the config file but adding it to all of them didn`t do anything either.

Another thing: Are you supposed to have all player faces before the `update` files? Because I didn`t have a whole lot and just figured They`d have the rest.
Would appreciate some help.
henrytg
12 years ago
1 year ago
188


Right, worked out the issue. my RAR extractor wasn't extracting all the files for some reason. Anyway, changed the app I'm using and it works
mons
17 years ago
3 hours ago
85,497
Hey!

I recently downloaded the full facepack with one of the free sites and did everything as suggested. I extracted them over WinRar and have them saved in the graphics folder I created. While downloading (because it takes quite a while) I was reloading the skin after every new folder out of the 16 parts to see if it worked/how many players I already had loaded. It worked pretty well up until around the 13th or 14th folder when - after again reloading my skin - suddenly all the faces were gone. I tried loading everything again without those two folders but it isn`t working. Also, only half of the folders had the config file but adding it to all of them didn`t do anything either.

Another thing: Are you supposed to have all player faces before the `update` files? Because I didn`t have a whole lot and just figured They`d have the rest.
Would appreciate some help.

My understanding of the pack when downloading it via split files is that you should download ALL the packs. Once they're all in place, extracting the first one will see a chain reaction of all the packs being extracted in the correct order. It looks like you may have not done this correctly.

The safest bet at the moment would be to delete all the files you've downloaded so far and download the whole thing again, this time via torrent (guide on how and where to do so in the opening post of this thread). The torrent file downloads the whole 11.0 megapack. To be fully up-to-date, you would then need to download the 11.01, 11.02 and 11.03 update packs and apply them in order...
kwiatek23
12 years ago
2 days ago
106
Thanks for the hint I will download everything slowly and I will try to upload it will inform you again thanks
Finally, there are pictures Thanks
JayJay777
16 years ago
4 days ago
41
For some reason all megapack cut-outs have started to appear blurred out like the picture below. This is only the case when in game, though.

When i go in to the folders of the megapack and open the images they all appear as normal.

It's happening with every player, this is just one example.

Any ideas what the problem is?

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/UzG0ftyLvT6P3zCBttKyXZeEn6ecZsNSYZWcLY0M.png
mons
17 years ago
3 hours ago
85,497
For some reason all megapack cut-outs have started to appear blurred out like the picture below. This is only the case when in game, though.

When i go in to the folders of the megapack and open the images they all appear as normal.

It's happening with every player, this is just one example.

Any ideas what the problem is?

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/UzG0ftyLvT6P3zCBttKyXZeEn6ecZsNSYZWcLY0M.png

You seem to have the iconfaces and main megapack config files swapped around.

Can you upload the config file in your faces folder?
JayJay777
16 years ago
4 days ago
41
Here is the config i have in my megapack folder.
mons
17 years ago
3 hours ago
85,497
Here is the config i have in my megapack folder.

That looks fine. What about the one in your iconfaces folder?
papito37
6 years ago
2 years ago
3
My understanding of the pack when downloading it via split files is that you should download ALL the packs. Once they're all in place, extracting the first one will see a chain reaction of all the packs being extracted in the correct order. It looks like you may have not done this correctly.

The safest bet at the moment would be to delete all the files you've downloaded so far and download the whole thing again, this time via torrent (guide on how and where to do so in the opening post of this thread). The torrent file downloads the whole 11.0 megapack. To be fully up-to-date, you would then need to download the 11.01, 11.02 and 11.03 update packs and apply them in order...


Alright, so I downloaded it all again like you said (with Torrent) and saved them in a random folder. Then I extracted the first file (11.0 megapack) which has around 200.000 files, but the update packs were'nt extracted automatically like you said. Also, what do you mean by apply them in order? Sorry if its a stupid question, and thanks for your time!
Swedie
12 years ago
4 hours ago
5,592
Premium
Alright, so I downloaded it all again like you said (with Torrent) and saved them in a random folder. Then I extracted the first file (11.0 megapack) which has around 200.000 files, but the update packs were'nt extracted automatically like you said. Also, what do you mean by apply them in order? Sorry if its a stupid question, and thanks for your time!
After you've extracted 11.0, go ahead with 11.01 then 11.02 etc.
papito37
6 years ago
2 years ago
3
After you've extracted 11.0, go ahead with 11.01 then 11.02 etc.


Got it now, thanks for the help!
jimihendrixnr1
10 years ago
4 months ago
3
Hello,

Ik have got a question,

I downloaded the " Cut Out Facepack Changes " and I see in a Folder named IRONFACES.
What are those and were to put them ?
I noticed that the pictures are much smaller of the players, but I also see that te PNG files have the same name.....

Cheers.
mons
17 years ago
3 hours ago
85,497
Hello,

Ik have got a question,

I downloaded the " Cut Out Facepack Changes " and I see in a Folder named IRONFACES.
What are those and were to put them ?
I noticed that the pictures are much smaller of the players, but I also see that te PNG files have the same name.....

Cheers.

I've moved your thread to here. First of all, it's iConfaces

Secondly, this sister pack displays the tiny preview images you get in some menus within the game. They are effectively a much smaller version of the main cut-out. They have been in place for years now and they are to be installed alongside the main pack.

Hope this helps
jimihendrixnr1
10 years ago
4 months ago
3
I've moved your thread to here. First of all, it's iConfaces

Secondly, this sister pack displays the tiny preview images you get in some menus within the game. They are effectively a much smaller version of the main cut-out. They have been in place for years now and they are to be installed alongside the main pack.

Hope this helps


Thanks for your anwser !
Kallum Brindle
8 years ago
1 week ago
2
Premium
a player i was using previously had a face but when i added the latest face pack his face was removed, any idea why its Luke Offord ID: 29175459
edam22
12 years ago
6 hours ago
11
Premium
That's a bit of a strange one, all's fine my end. You will probably have made a mistake when installing the files for 11.03 - can you give me a screenshot of your current megapack folder? And what exactly is the issue? Do you get a blank space or the black default image?


Here's my folders. Unlike @henrytg my config.xml files are in the folders.

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/6MqzflqmZqT9PHBfLtxY5OBMsFWixdfwMQGGQIwD.png

I get the default blank image for my players and, for some reason, even when i delete the megapack and then redownload it, the same issue occurs. I have faces that are already in the game.

Thank you for your help, hopefully we can get to the bottom of this
mons
17 years ago
3 hours ago
85,497
Here's my folders. Unlike @henrytg my config.xml files are in the folders.

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/6MqzflqmZqT9PHBfLtxY5OBMsFWixdfwMQGGQIwD.png

I get the default blank image for my players and, for some reason, even when i delete the megapack and then redownload it, the same issue occurs. I have faces that are already in the game.

Thank you for your help, hopefully we can get to the bottom of this

How many images in total do you have in your faces folder?
edam22
12 years ago
6 hours ago
11
Premium
How many images in total do you have in your faces folder?


215,317 in the faces and 213,893 in iconfaces

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