Cut-Out Player Faces Megapack
Our Cut-Out Faces Megapack is the biggest collection of Football Manager Player Faces available. All players are available in the default cut-out style. When you download our Cut-Out Faces Megapack, you'll receive over 480,000 player faces to spice up your copy of Football Manager.
- 482,917
- 2025.01 - Released on 04 Dec 2024
Installation Instructions
1. How do I install the cut-out megapack if I’m using Steam on Windows?
Watch this YouTube tutorial video, which should you guide you on the steps you need to follow to install it. Although it is for an older version of FM, the steps are still the same. You need to use Winrar (or a similar program) to extract the downloaded file.
This is what the MP folder should look like for the respective version of FM you're using:
Anything beyond the blue line is up to you and how you want to structure your folders.
The preferences should look like in the below screenshot:
To get them to look like this, navigate to your preferences on the welcome screen or by using the drop-down menu near the top right of the menu within your save game.
Choose the advanced tab (the blue square within the screenshot above) and select all from the drop-down menu on the right (the red square within the screenshot above).
Scroll down to the interface section near the middle of the list, where you are to make sure that:
• the “Use caching to decrease page loading times” box is unticked
• the “Reload skin when confirming changes in Preferences” box is ticked
After clicking confirm, it may take a few seconds or minutes for all the graphics to be loaded and you should now see all the graphics you have downloaded appear in your save game.
Once your skin is reloaded, you can re-tick the "Use Caching to Decrease Page Loading Time" button so that the splash screen at the start takes a lot less longer to load. However, the above process needs to be undertaken every time you add graphics to your game to ensure that the game "reads" them.
2. How do I install the cut-out megapack if I’m using a Mac OS?
From FM20 onwards, there's been a substantial change to how Mac FM documents are stored. Previously the files would automatically go in the Documents folder here:
Users/YOUR Mac USERNAME/Documents/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 202x
Now the files will instead appear in the following location:
Users/YOUR Mac USERNAME/Library/Application Support/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 202x
By default this folder is hidden, so to access you need to do as follows:
Open Finder
Click ‘Go’ from the menubar
Press and hold down the ‘Option’ (Alt) key
This will bring up the ‘Library’, click to enter then go to ‘Application Support’ -> ‘Sports Interactive’ -> ‘Football Manager 202x -> graphics’ (create the last folder if necessary
Anything beyond this path line is up to you and how you want to structure your folders.
The preferences should look like in the below screenshot:
To get them to look like this, navigate to your preferences on the welcome screen or by using the drop-down menu near the top right of the menu within your save game.
Choose the advanced tab (the blue square within the screenshot above) and select all from the drop-down menu on the right (the red square within the screenshot above).
Scroll down to the interface section near the middle of the list, where you are to make sure that:
• the “Use caching to decrease page loading times” box is unticked
• the “Reload skin when confirming changes in Preferences” box is ticked
After clicking confirm, it may take a few seconds or minutes for all the graphics to be loaded and you should now see all the graphics you have downloaded appear in your save game.
Once your skin is reloaded, you can re-tick the "Use Caching to Decrease Page Loading Time" button so that the splash screen at the start takes a lot less longer to load. However, the above process needs to be undertaken every time you add graphics to your game to ensure that the game "reads" them.
3. I don’t want to have the megapack in the default user data folder – can I place it elsewhere and how would I do so?
You need to change your user data location. Simple steps on how to do so can be found here.
The above step does not apply if you’re playing on Gamepass, in which case the user data location has to be the default one (i.e. Documents / Sports Interactive / Football Manager 202x)
It is recommended that the user data location is not placed within the Steam installation folder as this may cause issues.
4. How do I install the cut-out megapack if I’m using Gamepass?
If you're using Gamepass, then you have to use the default user data folder - point 4 above does not and can not apply to you.
Frequently Asked Questions
If you're not a premium member, it is recommended that you download the base megapack via torrent by going to our cut-out megapack download page. After which, you should then download all the update packs released to date and apply them chronologically.
If you're a premium member, just download the most recent complete pack.
If you already have a version of our Cut-Out Faces Megapack installed, then click "Download Latest Changes" and you'll be presented with a list of all the updates we've released since you've last downloaded a file. Simply download any you might have missed, starting with the oldest.
This is what the MP folder should look like:
The preferences should look like in the below screenshot:
To get them to look like this, navigate to your preferences on the welcome screen or by using the drop-down menu near the top right of the menu within your save game.
Choose the advanced tab (the blue square within the screenshot above) and select all from the drop-down menu on the right (the red square within the screenshot above).
Scroll down to the interface section near the middle of the list, where you are to make sure that:
• the “Use caching to decrease page loading times” box is unticked
• the “Reload skin when confirming changes in Preferences” box is ticked
After clicking confirm, it may take a few seconds or minutes for all the graphics to be loaded and you should now see all the graphics you have downloaded appear in your save game.
Once your skin is reloaded, you can re-tick the "Use Caching to Decrease Page Loading Time" button so that the splash screen at the start takes a lot less longer to load. However, the above process needs to be undertaken every time you add graphics to your game to ensure that the game "reads" them.
Users/YOUR Mac USERNAME/Documents/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 202x
Now the files will instead appear in the following location:
Users/YOUR Mac USERNAME/Library/Application Support/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 202x
By default this folder is hidden, so to access you need to do as follows:
Open Finder
Click ‘Go’ from the menubar
Press and hold down the ‘Option’ (Alt) key
This will bring up the ‘Library’, click to enter then go to ‘Application Support’ -> ‘Sports Interactive’ -> ‘Football Manager 202x’
Anything beyond the blue line is up to you and how you want to structure your folders.
The preferences should look like in the below screenshot:
To get them to look like this, navigate to your preferences on the welcome screen or by using the drop-down menu near the top right of the menu within your save game.
Choose the advanced tab (the blue square within the screenshot above) and select all from the drop-down menu on the right (the red square within the screenshot above).
Scroll down to the interface section near the middle of the list, where you are to make sure that:
• the “Use caching to decrease page loading times” box is unticked
• the “Reload skin when confirming changes in Preferences” box is ticked
After clicking confirm, it may take a few seconds or minutes for all the graphics to be loaded and you should now see all the graphics you have downloaded appear in your save game.
Once your skin is reloaded, you can re-tick the "Use Caching to Decrease Page Loading Time" button so that the splash screen at the start takes a lot less longer to load. However, the above process needs to be undertaken every time you add graphics to your game to ensure that the game "reads" them.
The above step does not apply if you’re playing on Gamepass, in which case the user data location has to be the default one (i.e. Documents / Sports Interactive / Football Manager 202x)
It is recommended that the user data location is not placed within the Steam installation folder as this may cause issues.
Torrent files need a torrent client to be downloaded. I personally use µTorrent but other common clients are BitTorrent, Vuze and Deluge. For those using torrents for the first time, here is a general walk-through on how to download torrents and a specific guide for µTorrent.
Be aware that it will take a substantial amount of time to download the file due to its sheer size and that other people depend on you hosting the file to get it so please leave your torrent client on after you have fully downloaded it. The etiquette is generally accepted to be to upload as much as you download, although this might not always be possible. The older the torrent file, the less likely it is that there will still be users seeding it.
If done correctly, you should be asked if you want to overwrite files – accept. You should have one folder for faces and another folder for iconfaces, and no sub-folder whatsoever in them.
These steps are to be repeated for every update pack downloaded, and they are to be installed chronologically.
Secondly, for files as large as this, the calculation of the extraction time will be wildly incorrect at the start. After a while, it'll show a more realistic timeframe, which shouldn't be more than an hour or two if you have a good setup and few programs running at the same time.
Try using Google Chrome in incognito mode (or the equivalent mode for other browsers) and you should be able to resume the download from the point it was interrupted, if that happens.
The likelihood is that you've put the iconfaces in the faces folder, or used the wrong config file for each folder. As a result, the smaller images (in 25x18) are being upscaled to be displayed in the person's profile, hence the blurring. Re-install the update pack again, making sure you put the contents of each folder in the right place.
Alternatively, you can download fmXML and generate a config yourself. There's a video on YouTube on how to use it but it's really easy and the instructions are quite straight-forward.
To get them to show, you should individually download the cut-out faces that you want from here (or use the UID to find them in your existing facepack if you don't use the cut-out megapack), put them in a separate folder to your existing facepack and create a config file just for them using the method outlined in here (which works for all facepack styles, not just the cut-out megapack).
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maxjusttyped
Paul Pogba and Eduardo Camavinga (that i've noticed so far) are missing for me after the last update.
maxjusttyped
Should we replace the new config in the Pogba download with the one that's already in the megapack folder? I've also noticed a few other players (Jude Bellingham, Eduardo Camavinga) are also missing too. Safe to say those players will be replaced? I'm sure it's annoying having so many people asking about this, but thank you for the help and patience.
mons
Yes, overwrite the config.
Not sure why you're saying that Bellingham and Camavinga are missing. Both players' UID's are in the config file. Do you have any sub-folders in your megapack folder perchance?
mons
Read this to solve this issue.
The latter isn't missing, no.
maxjusttyped
Then I'm sure this issue is unique to me. Unfortunately, neither of those players faces have appeared since I downloaded the update. Is it possible for me to download their images individually? I'm sorry if this is the wrong place to ask.
mons
I suspect you haven't downloaded the megapack in its entirety then. How many images do you have in your megapack folder? You can find a person's UID by looking him up in our online database. Check whether you have a file with that UID as its name in your megapack folder and in your config (which you can open with Notepad).
maxjusttyped
I have 226,501 images in my megapack folder. I know that I didn't have the entirety of it downloaded, but these were players whose image I had until earlier today. Camavinga's UID number is appearing in the config but I don't see his actual picture in my megapack. Is there a way for me to individually download his image? I feel like I'm missing something very obvious. Thank you again.
mons
It could be that Camavinga's pic was the default SI cut, which was overwritten by the config in the update pack (which assumes you have a cut-out in the megapack). That's why you'll probably need to download all the update packs from 11.0 because that's really the only way to avoid having pockets of missing images. I reckon you're missing at least 5 or 6 update packs tbh. I'd download the 12.0 torrent, then apply 12.01 and 12.02.
If you want to download individual cuts, use the search function I linked to above to find the person's profile and enter it. You can then save the cut into your megapack folder
tiddy666
mons
How big is the file you've downloaded? Can I have a screenshot of its contents?
tiddy666
tiddy666
mons
I can see that you've put the iconfaces folder in, but that's not exactly what I asked. Do you still have the file you downloaded? Can you open it with Winrar and upload a screenshot of its contents? I.e. does it have a faces folder too in it?
tiddy666
im reloaded the complete pack from the site.after deleted the previous download so ill keep you posted
mons
It may have been the case that you extracted the iconfaces only. The main pack is in the faces folder. When you finish the download copy it into the same location where the iconfaces folder is, and that should do the trick
Exscalibur
Hi Mons, I did this and it's not working. I put the files in this path "C:\Users\Kongen\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2020\graphics\sortitoutsi\faces", both config and the png file asked to overwrite, I pressed yes. Booted up the game, reload skin. Still no Pogba picture
Exscalibur
Oh god, I unticked it, how the fuck has it been ticked again
GeorgeBarker
Does anyone know why all faces appear to be working apart from Paul Pogba? There may be others but can't see them.
Many thanks
mons
Read this to solve this issue.
logan59102
Mac user here and it is not getting any easier for me. Anyway, here are screenshots of my folders and settings, any help is appreciated
mons
That's completely the wrong place to be putting your graphics. Move them to Users/YOUR Mac USERNAME/Library/Application Support/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2020/graphics.
logan59102
CHeers mate! I knew I shouldnt try to figure those things out late at night but oh well
brian18_fife
Pogba seems to be missing since I downloaded latest face pack update
weeniehutjr
Read this to solve the issue with Pogba's cutout
Request missing players to be added to the megapack here
STD
mons
How big are the files you've managed to download?
STD
mons
That doesn't really answer my question. How big are the files you've managed to download? I know the downloaded file is supposed to be 13GB+, and that the file you have is an IE icon, but how big is the file?
I suspect the download is stopping at some stage, and that the file is an incomplete download. If you download it using Chrome, you should be able to resume the download if that happens.
STD
brian18_fife
done that Pogba showed up but then rest of facepack didn't work any ideas what else to do? thanks