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).
corsaro83
12 years ago
4 months ago
14
Are there any download mirrors for the Cutout pack? I've been using this site for years but this time around, I'm getting a TERRIBLE download rate. Average 200 kbs with as low as 80 kbs. At this rate, It's going to take me a month to download.

Any suggestions?
mons
17 years ago
7 hours ago
85,281
Are there any download mirrors for the Cutout pack? I've been using this site for years but this time around, I'm getting a TERRIBLE download rate. Average 200 kbs with as low as 80 kbs. At this rate, It's going to take me a month to download.

Any suggestions?

It looks like it may be an issue with your internet connection, I'm afraid. It's downloading at 5MB/sec here and we haven't had any other users mentioning this particular issue yet. Are other files you're trying to download suffering from the same issue? May be worth restarting your modem/router and see how it goes, or downloading it later. If that still doesn't solve it, you could try downloading the torrent file...
Michael_Myers
6 years ago
8 hours ago
78
Hello everyone, i recently downloaded the newest facepack and i installed it, but it doesn't show the faces in-game because of the missing of the config.xml.
mons
17 years ago
7 hours ago
85,281
Hello everyone, i recently downloaded the newest facepack and i installed it, but it doesn't show the faces in-game because of the missing of the config.xml.

Which version of the file did you download? Can we have a screenshot of it?
Michael_Myers
6 years ago
8 hours ago
78
Which version of the file did you download? Can we have a screenshot of it?

I downloaded the Complete Pack - sortitoutsi_cutout_megapack_12.00.rar .
Screenshot of which file do you want?
In the iconfaces file there is the config.xml document.
mons
17 years ago
7 hours ago
85,281
I downloaded the Complete Pack - sortitoutsi_cutout_megapack_12.00.rar .
Screenshot of which file do you want?
In the iconfaces file there is the config.xml document.

I'd have liked a screenshot of the lower part of the faces folder sorted by alphabetical order just to confirm the file did indeed download fully. Are there over 235,000 cuts in the faces folder?
Michael_Myers
6 years ago
8 hours ago
78
I'd have liked a screenshot of the lower part of the faces folder sorted by alphabetical order just to confirm the file did indeed download fully. Are there over 235,000 cuts in the faces folder?

here you go

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/qT2PMWsMeLJAM6hTzoQ8AYaq0fUzGmm2ZI5AfKxm.png
mons
17 years ago
7 hours ago
85,281
Michael_Myers
6 years ago
8 hours ago
78
mons
17 years ago
7 hours ago
85,281

As suspected, the file didn't download fully. There are only 141,000 images, when there should be 94,000 more (plus the config). Best to redownload it again.
Lebohang Mokoena
17 years ago
2 hours ago
11,496
Apologies if this has been answered elsewhere but is there any way to use the remove.bg tool without a paid account? I've used all of my alternative emails to claim the " 1 free cut "


You can make all the cuts you want. Just resize/crop the pic to 500x500 pixels maximum before upload. Even if you upload a bigger picture, you can dowload a preview instead the full image
JoeMoon1506
5 years ago
3 days ago
1,436
Premium
You can make all the cuts you want. Just resize/crop the pic to 500x500 pixels maximum before upload. Even if you upload a bigger picture, you can dowload a preview instead the full image


Thanks pal
Brasciolo
10 years ago
6 months ago
5
@Brasciolo If the last pack you downloaded is 11.00 and you haven't downloaded any update packs, I would suggest downloading the update packs from version 11.01 and up to have the most up to date megapack https://sortitoutsi.net/graphics/download-changes/1

@Mustang13297 ok i have the files. And now? what i will do?
mons
17 years ago
7 hours ago
85,281
@Mustang13297 ok i have the files. And now? what i will do?

What files do you have? If you have download update packs 11.01 - 11.14 and update packs 12.0 and 12.01, then all you need to do is put them into the faces folder in chronological order, accepting overwrite when prompted.
Mustang13297
8 years ago
4 days ago
22,873
Just extract the faces to your faces folder usually located at Documents > Sports Interactive > Football Manager 2020 > graphics . faces and you're done
Brasciolo
10 years ago
6 months ago
5
@Brasciolo If the last pack you downloaded is 11.00 and you haven't downloaded any update packs, I would suggest downloading the update packs from version 11.01 and up to have the most up to date megapack https://sortitoutsi.net/graphics/download-changes/1

@Mustang13297 @mons I have the old FM19 file "sortitoutsi_cutout_megapack_11.00" and now I have downloaded all the files (11.01,11.02, etc.) up to 12.01. Now what should I do exactly?
mons
17 years ago
7 hours ago
85,281
@Mustang13297 @mons I have the old FM19 file "sortitoutsi_cutout_megapack_11.00" and now I have downloaded all the files (11.01,11.02, etc.) up to 12.01. Now what should I do exactly?

As I told you earlier, put the contents of each download into the faces folder in chronological order, accepting overwrite when prompted. You should have one folder and one folder only, with everything in it
MY DON KARL DAVIS
4 years ago
4 years ago
4
Do you have to save the files onto your desktop, or just open them as when I open them and follow the rest of the steps nothing happens and it stays default. I have created a graphics folder and have extracted the files and updated in-game preferences but nothing happens.
mons
17 years ago
7 hours ago
85,281
Do you have to save the files onto your desktop, or just open them as when I open them and follow the rest of the steps nothing happens and it stays default. I have created a graphics folder and have extracted the files and updated in-game preferences but nothing happens.

I'm sorry but I'm not understanding what you're trying to say. Can I have a screenshot of your megapack folder pls?
MY DON KARL DAVIS
4 years ago
4 years ago
4
I'm sorry but I'm not understanding what you're trying to say. Can I have a screenshot of your megapack folder pls?
These are the screenshots from my fm 20 graphics folder.
mons
17 years ago
7 hours ago
85,281
These are the screenshots from my fm 20 graphics folder.

You need to download Winrar and extract all those compressed .rar files.
MY DON KARL DAVIS
4 years ago
4 years ago
4
You need to download Winrar and extract all those compressed .rar files.
How do i extract the .rar files
mons
17 years ago
7 hours ago
85,281
How do i extract the .rar files



You're literally quoting what needs to be done. Download Winrar and use it to extract the files
frodomin
16 years ago
1 month ago
166
Premium
Is Pogba missing in the latest update for anyone else? I have just applied the latest download and now he is blank, similar to Cancelo at City was prior to this update?

Just checked the config and there is no entry for his UID
Tommy Hughes
11 years ago
16 hours ago
645
Is Pogba missing in the latest update for anyone else? I have just applied the latest download and now he is blank, similar to Cancelo at City was prior to this update?


I just searched him in my facepack folder and found both his photo and a line matching his ID number in the config. It's possible that I haven't yet clicked his profile in FM 2020 while playing the game, but there's no reason why his picture should not appear...
(I'm using the latest megapack by the way.)
MY DON KARL DAVIS
4 years ago
4 years ago
4


You're literally quoting what needs to be done. Download Winrar and use it to extract the files
Every time I try to extract the cut out faces it says the file has been damaged.
frodomin
16 years ago
1 month ago
166
Premium
I just searched him in my facepack folder and found both his photo and a line matching his ID number in the config. It's possible that I haven't yet clicked his profile in FM 2020 while playing the game, but there's no reason why his picture should not appear...
(I'm using the latest megapack by the way.)

His picture is in the folder and he was showing before i applied today's update - there is no UID for him in my config, are you using today's megapack update?
mons
17 years ago
7 hours ago
85,281
Is Pogba missing in the latest update for anyone else? I have just applied the latest download and now he is blank, similar to Cancelo at City was prior to this update?

Just checked the config and there is no entry for his UID

I just searched him in my facepack folder and found both his photo and a line matching his ID number in the config. It's possible that I haven't yet clicked his profile in FM 2020 while playing the game, but there's no reason why his picture should not appear...
(I'm using the latest megapack by the way.)

Sorry lads, a cock-up my end - hopefully rectified soon. In the meantime, use these files.




Every time I try to extract the cut out faces it says the file has been damaged.

Ah yes, now that I pay a bit more attention it appears that the file you've downloaded is just over 10GB in size. The 12.00 file (and you can now download the updated 12.01 file too if you want) should be over 13GB plus. It looks like your download wasn't completed, and you'll need to download it again.
frodomin
16 years ago
1 month ago
166
Premium
Sorry lads, a cock-up my end - hopefully rectified soon. In the meantime, use these files.


Cheers mons
Tommy Hughes
11 years ago
16 hours ago
645
His picture is in the folder and he was showing before i applied today's update - there is no UID for him in my config, are you using today's megapack update?


My bad, I was using the 12.0 Megapack. I hadn't noticed the 12.01 update pack was out. So that must be why he looks okay for me. If it helps, his UID is 85028014 and the line you need in the config.xml file is:
<record from="85028014" to="graphics/pictures/person/85028014/portrait"/>

EDIT: I see Mons already answered and helped with the issue. Cheers for that!

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