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
15 hours ago
85,497
Excuse me Sir, if i want to play FM 20 from what version of mega pack should i install ? i have since 10.00 version until 12.03. Thanks before

You should be fine then. To be sure you're up-to-date, check your faces folder. You should have over 241,000 images in there without sub-folders.
Torichin
7 years ago
3 years ago
3
You should be fine then. To be sure you're up-to-date, check your faces folder. You should have over 241,000 images in there without sub-folders.

so should i use all versions ? how if i use start from 11.00 version ?
mons
17 years ago
15 hours ago
85,497
so should i use all versions ? how if i use start from 11.00 version ?

You can use whichever version you like. The more recent the version you use, the more images you have naturally.
ya777
8 years ago
2 months ago
1
Not sure if this is the right thread, but I can't find archive file no. 6. both mirrors link to file no. 3 if I click on the link for no 6
Carlito85
16 years ago
2 months ago
627
Can anyone help me out here?

I'm trying to open the config file for the normal sized face pics in Notepad++ but it's saying the file is too big to open? It's only 17.5mb, and the config file for the icon pics opens without any issues (16.5mb)
mons
17 years ago
15 hours ago
85,497
Not sure if this is the right thread, but I can't find archive file no. 6. both mirrors link to file no. 3 if I click on the link for no 6

The external links are generated automatically, so we don't really have any control over them. I should be releasing update pack 12.04 in the coming days, can you check the link once I do in case the wrong one is then corrected?

Also, if that is still a problem, perhaps you can download the torrent instead




Can anyone help me out here?

I'm trying to open the config file for the normal sized face pics in Notepad++ but it's saying the file is too big to open? It's only 17.5mb, and the config file for the icon pics opens without any issues (16.5mb)

I've never had any problem opening them using plain Notepad. Could be that Notepad++ has an issue with files over a certain size...
arockalex
5 years ago
1 day ago
2
Premium
So I've been downloading the face pack for about two hours now, and its only about 1 1/2 GBs in. Prior to this, I had attempted it several times, but each time it would fail and say "Network failed". How can I get this is tom actually download quickly like was promised when I signed up for the premium? Not trying to be rude, I just want to get my money's worth.

Thanks for the assist!
mons
17 years ago
15 hours ago
85,497
So I've been downloading the face pack for about two hours now, and its only about 1 1/2 GBs in. Prior to this, I had attempted it several times, but each time it would fail and say "Network failed". How can I get this is tom actually download quickly like was promised when I signed up for the premium? Not trying to be rude, I just want to get my money's worth.

Thanks for the assist!

It looks to me an issue with your internet connection, I'm afraid. I'm getting 4MB/s download and my internet speed isn't the greatest.

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

Alternatively, try later today or tomorrow. I uploaded the files for the latest update pack yesterday and it may be that the process affected your download speed...
arockalex
5 years ago
1 day ago
2
Premium
It looks to me an issue with your internet connection, I'm afraid. I'm getting 4MB/s download and my internet speed isn't the greatest.

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

Alternatively, try later today or tomorrow. I uploaded the files for the latest update pack yesterday and it may be that the process affected your download speed...

Well, I am on vacation at my family's house, so maybe it is the internet. However, when I try to resume it, it won't work after failing. So maybe I should just wait to get home, although I don't think their internet is all that bad...perhaps my computer is just acting up because of the new wifi or something. Anyways, thank you for the help! I'll come back if it still doesn't work within the next days.
mons
17 years ago
15 hours ago
85,497
Well, I am on vacation at my family's house, so maybe it is the internet. However, when I try to resume it, it won't work after failing. So maybe I should just wait to get home, although I don't think their internet is all that bad...perhaps my computer is just acting up because of the new wifi or something. Anyways, thank you for the help! I'll come back if it still doesn't work within the next days.

Are you sure you're using Google Chrome for this to happen?
Chris Sperling
4 years ago
1 week ago
1
hi, at mega face pack he hangs up every time when extracting.
mons
17 years ago
15 hours ago
85,497
hi, at mega face pack he hangs up every time when extracting.

I'm sorry but it's not clear what you're trying to say. If you're having issues with extracting the complete 13.89 GB file, I suggest using Winrar. Make sure the file has downloaded fully.
tannon.kylor
4 years ago
4 weeks ago
1
Did you guys really removed torrent option? I don't think anyone is going to download 15 part main file, waiting a minute for each before downloading.

Updates, i understand but main file should be 1 part.
mons
17 years ago
15 hours ago
85,497
Did you guys really removed torrent option? I don't think anyone is going to download 15 part main file, waiting a minute for each before downloading.

Updates, i understand but main file should be 1 part.

I've moved your post to a thread in whose opening post you can find how to locate the torrent
mons
17 years ago
15 hours ago
85,497
I've done everything that was asked and instructed. I've clear cache, ticked and unticked boxes, and changed skins, but it still hasn't worked. Please help. Thanks in advance!

Can I see what's inside the faces folder?
jun2210
4 years ago
2 weeks ago
36
Premium
Can I see what's inside the faces folder?


This is what I have.
mons
17 years ago
15 hours ago
85,497

I thought I would be able to tell how files are in that folder, but I can't. Could you tell me? Also, do you have a file named config.xml in there?
jun2210
4 years ago
2 weeks ago
36
Premium
I thought I would be able to tell how files are in that folder, but I can't. Could you tell me? Also, do you have a file named config.xml in there?


They're PNG, is that what you mean? And, I don't think I have a file names config.xml in there. That's strange though.
jun2210
4 years ago
2 weeks ago
36
Premium
I thought I would be able to tell how files are in that folder, but I can't. Could you tell me? Also, do you have a file named config.xml in there?


There is a file named config.xml in my 'iconfaces' file.
mons
17 years ago
15 hours ago
85,497
They're PNG, is that what you mean? And, I don't think I have a file names config.xml in there. That's strange though.

Windows has a small bar at the bottom listing how many files are in a folder. It's not the same on a Mac.

The reason I asked is that I thought you may not have downloaded the full megapack, which should contain 244,000+ images and a file named config.xml, which is the file which tells the game what image to assign to which player. As it's absent, the game cannot know which images to display...

Can you check how many images in total you have? My advice will depend on the answer
jun2210
4 years ago
2 weeks ago
36
Premium
Windows has a small bar at the bottom listing how many files are in a folder. It's not the same on a Mac.

The reason I asked is that I thought you may not have downloaded the full megapack, which should contain 244,000+ images and a file named config.xml, which is the file which tells the game what image to assign to which player. As it's absent, the game cannot know which images to display...

Can you check how many images in total you have? My advice will depend on the answer


'Faces' has a total of 1.79 GB for 29,170 items and 'facesicon' has 338.6 MB for 244,265 items. They do not add up to a total of 14.91 GB. By the way, thank you so much Mons for helping me right now! Should I extract the downloaded file again? What is your advice?
mons
17 years ago
15 hours ago
85,497
'Faces' has a total of 1.79 GB for 29,170 items and 'facesicon' has 338.6 MB for 244,265 items. They do not add up to a total of 14.91 GB. By the way, thank you so much Mons for helping me right now! Should I extract the downloaded file again? What is your advice?

The iconfaces folder is fine, but the faces folder is lacking over 200,000 images. No wonder it isn't working

How large is the file you have downloaded? If it's 13.89GB, then extract it again. If it isn't, then you need to re-download it all.
jun2210
4 years ago
2 weeks ago
36
Premium
The iconfaces folder is fine, but the faces folder is lacking over 200,000 images. No wonder it isn't working

How large is the file you have downloaded? If it's 13.89GB, then extract it again. If it isn't, then you need to re-download it all.


It is 14.91 GB. I'll extract it again, then update you!
jun2210
4 years ago
2 weeks ago
36
Premium
The iconfaces folder is fine, but the faces folder is lacking over 200,000 images. No wonder it isn't working

How large is the file you have downloaded? If it's 13.89GB, then extract it again. If it isn't, then you need to re-download it all.


It's worked! Thank you very much!
mons
17 years ago
15 hours ago
85,497
It's worked! Thank you very much!

Excellent news - enjoy!
evertonton
10 years ago
2 years ago
4
Olá alguém tem estes arquivos upados para fazer download pelo utorrent? Pois nos dois sites que se encontra hospedados demora muito pra baixar. Cut Out Players Face Megapack
mons
17 years ago
15 hours ago
85,497
Olá alguém tem estes arquivos upados para fazer download pelo utorrent? Pois nos dois sites que se encontra hospedados demora muito pra baixar. Cut Out Players Face Megapack

This is an English language forum.

Look in the first post of this thread to see a guide on how to find the torrent for this pack
evertonton
10 years ago
2 years ago
4
This is an English language forum.

Look in the first post of this thread to see a guide on how to find the torrent for this pack
Hello does anyone have these updated files to download by utorrent? For the two sites we find hosted take a long time to download. Cropped players face Megapack
mons
17 years ago
15 hours ago
85,497
Hello does anyone have these updated files to download by utorrent? For the two sites we find hosted take a long time to download. Cropped players face Megapack

Only the base pack is available via torrent. For the update packs, you can only download them via the mirrors.

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