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.
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- 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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mons
These are all the Arsenal cut-outs in the megapack and these are Brentford's. In both cases, all the players have cut-outs but some staff members don't.
This means that you either didn't install the megapack correctly or you didn't download the full megapack. How many images do you have in your megapack folder and can I have a screenshot of it please? This will help me possibly pinpoint the issue.
blank800
https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/mrwBzKLVURCLIvqYFvKx1BvN5SLQ0VoC12OOW6qU.png
Edit: not sure why it doesn't display, but here's the direct link for imgur.
mons
Given the folder size and the amount of files included within it as indicated within your screenshot, it seems like you didn't download the full pack. Download the torrent file for the 12.0 megapack and the 12.01 - 12.06 update packs to be fully up-to-date
P.S. To link directly on the forum to the image uploaded on imgur, it's not as easy as clicking choose link
Click on the get share links button
Then copy the BBCode Forum link
Jhon_pernia
mons
This is an English language forum so please post in English
We have a request forum here. Please read the rules when making requests
Jhon_pernia
mons
Follow the steps in this thread to have them in your game.
It would also be nice if you could upload them on our request forum so that others in the community can use them as well
Jhon_pernia
eley800
llacey19
Once downloaded and extracted there is 2 folders one if faces and the other is icon faces which is the correct one because together they do not work but the faces folder doesn't have enough files in there to be the one I downloaded.
Cheers for any help.
mons
I've moved your posts to here. Both the faces and iconfaces folder are intended to work in parallel and there shouldn't be any problems to have them both in your graphics folder, which is why both are included in the download.
Both folders should include a shade under a quarter of a million files each. If they don't, it's likely that you either downloaded an update pack instead of the full pack, or that your download was interrupted at some point meaning you only have a partial folder...
llacey19
mons
There's a screenshot in the opening post on how the folder structure should look
svschv21
For months I had the player faces and suddenly all the images are in-game away .. In the folder are still all there...
need help guys......
mons
Did you add any graphics at all prior to the faces not appearing?
svschv21
mons
Can you upload a screenshot of your faces folder then please? Showing clearly the folder path and amount of files in it please. Do you have a folder titled config.xml in your faces folder?
Also if possible a screenshot of how a player looks like in-game, a player which you would normally expect to have a cut-out.
NGKMFH
mons
I asked him for some screenshots. Same goes for you
Richard Swan
Richard Swan
mons
You're almost there, not much far to go.
Remove the file you've downloaded from the graphics folder and put it in the Downloads folder for now.
Download WinRar and install it.
Go to Downloads and open the file you downloaded with Winrar. There will be a faces and iconfaces folder - put them in the faces folder you've already created within Documents / Sports Interactive / Football Manager 2020 / graphics.
This will take a fair while. Once it's done, load FM20 and make sure the preferences are as indicated in the opening post.
That should be it.
Richard Swan
Koen Hendriks
now i have downloaded the file, but when i want to open it with winrar it asks for an password. where can i find this password, as i am an premium member?
mons
Are you sure that you've downloaded the correct file? How big is it in terms of filesize? This file is not password protected, never has been and never will be as long as I'm involved with the project, so I suspect that either the file didn't fully download or that something happened during the download.
fregen
What did I do wrong? I'm on Mac.
Btw, you guys are the best! In these troubled times FM is such a great escape and these packs add so much to the game.
mons
Looks like you may installed 12.07 in a separate folder. You should have one folder and one folder only for faces, same for iconfaces and no sub-folders.
fregen
Oh, so you mean I should place all the Sortitoutsi 1,2,3 updates etc should go in the original Sortitoutsi- folder? In that case I might have not been getting none of the updates...? But this is the first time they all disappeared though.
If that's the case, can I just put the sub folders in the original one and hit reload? Or do I have to download them again and open them up in there?
mons
You've confused the hell out of me with that explanation
I can't be much more clear than this: you should have one folder and one folder only for faces, no sub-folders for each update pack. Same for iconfaces.
How you achieve that is up to you
fregen
Haha, sorry.