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
1 hour ago
85,307
Hi Guys, I've downloaded one of the add on files for Bolton. i have saved it in ' Sports interactive- Football manager 2020- graphics- faces'. Extracted the file. Started the game followed the instructions on the forum and still absolutely nothing, is there anything else that could be preventing the images from appearing on the game? Thanks

Do you have a file named config.xml in that folder? The config file is what makes the game read the images and assign to the correct person.
EW1996
8 years ago
17 hours ago
164
Premium
Do you have a file named config.xml in that folder? The config file is what makes the game read the images and assign to the correct person.

I dont think it does, it has 'DS Store' in the top left hand corner when you click on the file
mons
17 years ago
1 hour ago
85,307
I dont think it does, it has 'DS Store' in the top left hand corner when you click on the file

Then you'll have to create it yourself, using the steps outlined in this thread
stevent short
3 years ago
2 years ago
1
Hi ive done everything needed for the cut out face pack to be on my fm20 game but still cant get it to pop up...im not a techy guy but felt like i have done the right things..got iconfaces and faces put into a graphics folder in the fm 20 file
kokarel
4 years ago
2 years ago
10
hi everyone,
I don't know how to open a discussion so I'm writing here. If you had to activate your premium account, how would you be able to deactivate it afterwards?
mons
17 years ago
1 hour ago
85,307
Hi ive done everything needed for the cut out face pack to be on my fm20 game but still cant get it to pop up...im not a techy guy but felt like i have done the right things..got iconfaces and faces put into a graphics folder in the fm 20 file

Can I have a screenshot of where you've put the files you've downloaded? Also, one from inside the faces folder if possible.


hi everyone,
I don't know how to open a discussion so I'm writing here. If you had to activate your premium account, how would you be able to deactivate it afterwards?

Here would be the best place to post this
Charlie Barber
10 years ago
3 months ago
4
Downloaded and followed the instructions exactly for the facepack but it's not working in the game. Any ideas?
mons
17 years ago
1 hour ago
85,307
Downloaded and followed the instructions exactly for the facepack but it's not working in the game. Any ideas?

It looks like you may not have installed the full megapack correctly in the right place. Can we have a screenshot of your megapack folder please? Showing clearly the path and the amount of images in the faces folder if possible.
Charlie Barber
10 years ago
3 months ago
4
It looks like you may not have installed the full megapack correctly in the right place. Can we have a screenshot of your megapack folder please? Showing clearly the path and the amount of images in the faces folder if possible.


Is this okay?
The logos and licenses fix are all working fine.
mons
17 years ago
1 hour ago
85,307
Is this okay?
The logos and licenses fix are all working fine.

I'm not a Mac User so I can't tell if the folder is this one: Users/YOUR Mac USERNAME/Library/Application Support/Sports Interactive

Also, can I have a screenshot of the properties of your faces folder? You definitely look like you don't have the full megapack in there. If you download the full 12.08 pack, you should have over 254,000 images.
Charlie Barber
10 years ago
3 months ago
4
I'm not a Mac User so I can't tell if the folder is this one: Users/YOUR Mac USERNAME/Library/Application Support/Sports Interactive

Also, can I have a screenshot of the properties of your faces folder? You definitely look like you don't have the full megapack in there. If you download the full 12.08 pack, you should have over 254,000 images.


I definitely downloaded the full megapack but it there is only 31000 images in there. I assume the best way would be to delete them and start over?
mons
17 years ago
1 hour ago
85,307
I definitely downloaded the full megapack but it there is only 31000 images in there. I assume the best way would be to delete them and start over?

Do you still have the original file you downloaded? Can I see a screenshot of it?
kikinhas
11 years ago
3 months ago
0
Is it just me or the download link for the full pack is super slow. My download speed is just 100kb/s... Is this a commons problem or just for me?
mons
17 years ago
1 hour ago
85,307
Is it just me or the download link for the full pack is super slow. My download speed is just 100kb/s... Is this a commons problem or just for me?

Looks like it's an issue from your end. I've got a poor connection and when I tried to download it just now, the speed was fluctuating between 600-800kb/s. Do you have a torrent client running or anything on the whole network (not just on your PC) which might be clogging up the bandwidth?
kikinhas
11 years ago
3 months ago
0
Looks like it's an issue from your end. I've got a poor connection and when I tried to download it just now, the speed was fluctuating between 600-800kb/s. Do you have a torrent client running or anything on the whole network (not just on your PC) which might be clogging up the bandwidth?


I'm not so sure about that, I moved to another network and everytime I retry downloading it it starts with 4Mb/s for 5 seconds until it lowers to ~400kb/s
mons
17 years ago
1 hour ago
85,307
I'm not so sure about that, I moved to another network and everytime I retry downloading it it starts with 4Mb/s for 5 seconds until it lowers to ~400kb/s

I'm not sure what I can say. It's fine at my end
Nereiden
3 years ago
1 year ago
2
Sorry my english is verry bad

I cant see the pictures. My Ordner is


What is wrong
mons
17 years ago
1 hour ago
85,307
Sorry my english is verry bad

I cant see the pictures. My Ordner is


What is wrong

Rename your Graphics folder to graphics.

Also, make sure your preferences (or German equivalent) are as per the below screenshot:

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/rGXaZCKTDb4ARrv7KHZPVcbCMyn29lEAXTviyHsT.png

Finally, how many images in total do you have in your faces folder?
Pneu
13 years ago
1 week ago
2
Premium
Hello,
I cant download any Pack from this Site. I made a PremiumAccount and want download Cut Out Faces. After 2 Gigabytes the download stops. "Fail".
I had stoped my Kaspersky, reload my Network , tried all out. From other Sites I can download without Problems. What can I do to get the Packs. Please help and sorry for my bad english.
mons
17 years ago
1 hour ago
85,307
Hello,
I cant download any Pack from this Site. I made a PremiumAccount and want download Cut Out Faces. After 2 Gigabytes the download stops. "Fail".
I had stoped my Kaspersky, reload my Network , tried all out. From other Sites I can download without Problems. What can I do to get the Packs. Please help and sorry for my bad english.

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
Pneu
13 years ago
1 week ago
2
Premium
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


Thank you very much. I have downloaded Google Chrome, now it Works. Before I used Firefox.
Previti17
10 years ago
8 months ago
2
Salve, ho scaricato il pack 2020 cutout, avevo già il 2019 ed è molto più leggero di questo nuovo, infatti scaricando il 2020 il gioco nemmeno riesce a partire vista la grandezza del file, è possibile? con il pack 2019 funziona normalmente... ho un pc gaming di ultima generazione e mi sembra tutto molto strano, ci mette circa 4/5 ore per estrarre il file di 14/15, cosa posso fare? aiutatemi gentilmente... grazie
mons
17 years ago
1 hour ago
85,307
Salve, ho scaricato il pack 2020 cutout, avevo già il 2019 ed è molto più leggero di questo nuovo, infatti scaricando il 2020 il gioco nemmeno riesce a partire vista la grandezza del file, è possibile? con il pack 2019 funziona normalmente... ho un pc gaming di ultima generazione e mi sembra tutto molto strano, ci mette circa 4/5 ore per estrarre il file di 14/15, cosa posso fare? aiutatemi gentilmente... grazie

This is an English language forum so please post in English.

Sto pubblicando questo in italiano per aiutarti, ma ti preghiamo di pubblicare in inglese in futuro, tramite Google Translate come me, se necessario

Quanto è grande il file che hai scaricato? Posso vedere dove lo stai posizionando? E cosa intendi esattamente con "il gioco nemmeno riesce a partire vista la grandezza del file"? Gradirei screenshot per capire cos'e la situazione esattamente.
tiestorocco
12 years ago
5 months ago
3
hello. i downloaded megapack and all updates, and i have that kind of pictures https://s6.ifotos.pl/img/lewyjpg_qassrhh.jpg. I have done everything like in instruction. In fm19 or fm18 i didnt have that problem. It was happen after I updated megapack.
mons
17 years ago
1 hour ago
85,307
hello. i downloaded megapack and all updates, and i have that kind of pictures https://s6.ifotos.pl/img/lewyjpg_qassrhh.jpg. I have done everything like in instruction. In fm19 or fm18 i didnt have that problem. It was happen after I updated megapack.

Well that image is not from our megapack, so perhaps you can ask help from wherever you downloaded that pack.
FMAgents7
4 years ago
3 years ago
1
Hello guys,

Ive been playing FM for long years my graphic folder has a lot of items. But after the recent update faces are not showing. I have the confi.xml file in faces folder inside graphics folder.
mons
17 years ago
1 hour ago
85,307
Hello guys,

Ive been playing FM for long years my graphic folder has a lot of items. But after the recent update faces are not showing. I have the confi.xml file in faces folder inside graphics folder.

Let's have screenshots of your faces folder, you must have installed it wrongly, I'm afraid.
Kevin Coleman
3 years ago
2 years ago
6
Hi,

Is this possible to download the Mega Facepack files in smaller portions than the 14gib file? I subscribed to the website thinking they would be available as the free method was going so slow.

However my internet is quite slow and I'm unable to pause and resume the 14gib file as it errors each time.
mons
17 years ago
1 hour ago
85,307
Hi,

Is this possible to download the Mega Facepack files in smaller portions than the 14gib file? I subscribed to the website thinking they would be available as the free method was going so slow.

However my internet is quite slow and I'm unable to pause and resume the 14gib file as it errors each time.

Moved this to here.

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
HouseVX
9 years ago
4 days ago
1
Can someone help me ? i download all parts but its taking me like 30 hours to extract is that normal?

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