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 475,000 player faces to spice up your copy of Football Manager.
- 480,827
- 2025.00 - Released on 29 Oct 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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Simon Tangen
I’ve tried for a long time now to download the megapack using my MacBook Air from 2017. I’ve downloaded the file and extracted it to the correct folder using unArchiver, and the loading screen which shows how far the extracting has come shows 13,37 Gb of 13,37 Gb extracted. What’s weird is that the extraction isn’t complete, as the uploaded objects is going down from 285 000 as we speak, and that will take ages... All of my RAM/CPU is going to the download/extraction but its reallyyy slow.. Is this just my Mac being garbage?
Please help
mons
It definitely shouldn't be taking that look but I don't use a Mac so can't really pinpoint possible issues. I suggest trying Winrar to extract the files instead of unarchiver; maybe that could help.
Truelsen_
I use a Mac and can say unarchiver is the best one to use, as I don’t even think u can get winrar for Mac. @Simon Tangen in my experience it takes a while from when the extraction shows as finished to when it’s done. I don’t extract it to the graphics folder directly myself so maybe try extract it in the downloads folder and then move it over
Simon Tangen
All right, cheers! It’s done now but for future needs I will try out your solution! Thanks for the feedback!
david horne
edit the part I cant extract is the faces megapack I put kits twice by mistake
david horne
mons
Hi there.
It's not very clear what you mean - could you upload screenshot of the error message?
Also could you answer these questions please?
How big is the file you've downloaded? What program are you using to extract it? As it's a large file, do you have enough space where you're trying to extract it?
david horne
I'm trying to install all the essentials for fm2019 the kits logos and stadium backgrounds as well as the file fix names were downloaded and extracted to the correct place without a problem but the facepacks just won't extract and once I try extract after about 1minute I get an error message saying access denied create file(s) failed it creates a folder called sortitoutsi inside the graphics folder but it's completely empty I've tried deleting and starting over extracting to different folders and drives even tried the old turn it off and on again and when that doesn't work that's me stumped
To answer your questions
File size is 12.45 gig im using winzip universal to extract it and it's a brand new laptop with 500gig storage wherever its going there should be room for it
Thanks for your help any suggestions?
mons
Could you try using Winrar to extract it? It would also help if you took a screenshot of the error message itself
david horne
mons
I think the file got scared I would need to intervene
Liu Song
mons
It may be an issue with your internet connection. As it's such a large file, the chances of a brief interruption happening naturally increase. If you use Google Chrome, it should be possible to resume the download from the point where it was interrupted, rather than downloading it again from scratch.
If that doesn't work, try to look at this: https://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000839.htm
SimonBrowne
krissmed
Moved your post here.
Do you get a error message?
SimonBrowne
Fingers crossed it seems to be actually downloading at moment. Maybe i was trying to download too much too quickly
SimonBrowne
It finally downloaded and extracted but no changes are appearing in game. This includes the logo pack that i downloaded aswell. Am I doing something wrong. I've ticked both boxes in the interface menu and reloaded cache.
mons
Can I have screenshots of the location and contents of the respective folders please?
SimonBrowne
No worries, i sorted it. I was being thick
mons
All's well that ends well
Dmitri-K
weeniehutjr
You need to search by player UID, e.g. John Terry's UID is 108625 and shows these requests. Be careful that you haven't left a space before or after the UID as well.
Lebohang Mokoena
mons
If the request list is filtered (e.g. rejected missing images) and/or sorted by comments, then the search results will only be from within that group of images, rather than the entire range of requests. It works perfectly fine if the request list isn't filtered at all.
I'll delete him from the config file, so he won't appear in-game, but the way the file is built means that he will still appear on the site's database. Ideally we manage to find a source image for the right player so we can fix it, but I haven't been able to do so.
GiovanniMadonne
Every other face works except for the french national players that was in that game, no longer working in other games either. When France calls up a player his face vanishes, but all other national teams are just as fine. Only france is the team having this problem
(Rabiot, Griezmann, Lloris, all players in the national team)
Can anybody help me out on how to fix this? I already tried deleting cache and reloading skin, no player face is missing in the faces or iconface
UPDATE: Seems like the face vanishes if you're in the french national team interface, but the faces don't appear unless you put your player in the starting 11 in your team
This is an annoying bug, how to fix it?
I'm on FM18, it shouldn't change much from FM19
mons
This is a licensing issue; when viewed from the national team page, French and Dutch national team players do not appear unless you download and apply this file
GiovanniMadonne
Thanks mate
Bryn fryer
Hi, thanks for the reply.
Sorry to sound silly but how do I do that? Ive got the screenshot saved but not sure how to upload it on here, I've only just got a Macbook so just getting used to it haha. Every time I click the image icon it asks me for a URL, is there not an option to just upload the photo?
Many thanks
mons
If you click on add attachment, you'll get a popup like this:
Alternatively, you can upload the screenshot to imgur or another image-hosting site and link directly to it
Bryn fryer
Thanks for that mate, hopefully this helps!!