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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croc1977
1)apology if i ask on another facepack as i am trying out different. if it's work i will delete and use offical source from here but till now doesn't work
2)
3/4) can eloborate?
sorry im still playing with no pics now kind of sad for me .
mons
Re 3 and 4, I don't believe I can explain it any clearer. You have a lot of images in one folder, and separate update packs as sub-folders within it. That is not how it should be. You should have one folder, and one folder only, with all the images in it and one config.xml.
croc1977
hi
apology do you have any sample screenshots of what you meant?
should it be graphics/pictures or graphics/faces ?
croc1977
Do you mean like this?
stiil same after clear cache and reload skin
mons
It doesn't make a difference what is the folder name as long as it's in the graphics folder.
I'm not at home so I can't take screenshots of my own folder but I can't explain it any simpler than this: Whatever you name the folder, in it you should have one folder, and one folder only, with all the images in it plus one config.xml.
mons
Essentially, yes, that's how it should look like.
There's a number of possibilities as to why they don't display yet. Is the config file the final one for whichever facepack you're using? Do you have any other player faces elsewhere within your graphics folder?
croc1977
thanks mate . this statement helps
but lastly i got one problem . my premier league club less united display all original club logo....any reason why?
mons
Again, and with the greatest of respect, that is not an issue with the cut-out faces megapack so why are you asking it here? How should we know what the issue is?
Best to ask the creator(s) of whichever file you're using
croc1977
never mind thanks anyway
Ethan Foster
Is there anyway of downloading individual club faces? That way I can just sort the relevant players in my squad and avoid the 18 hour extraction.
Thanks.
mons
Use the FM database search tool available (from the menu on the right) to search for the team or teams that you want and then download each player and staff members cut out individually. You then need to create a tailor made config file so the game can recognise the cutout that you have downloaded.
One reason why the downloaded file may be taking so long to extract is that you may be running a lot of applications alongside it.
Ethan Foster
Exactly what I was looking for, thanks for your help.
ripsizripzis
mons
It takes a while for the premium membership payment to be cleared and for your access rights to be modified. I see that you have now been given premium membership access, though. Is it working fine now?
lewisf0
Yeah it’s working now thank you
maxiclarkee04
mons
Which version of the megapack did you download, and how many images in total did you have in it? I suspect you didn't download the full megapack tbh...
maxiclarkee04
JónAxel
mons
If you've downloaded the complete 12.11 pack, then you should have over 262,000 images in your faces folder and you should be all set. You don't need to download anything else for now
If that doesn't answer your question, then please tell me exactly how many cuts you have in your faces folder, and some screenshots of where you placed them
maxiclarkee04
maxiclarkee04
mons
If you're a premium user, then those are the quickest servers we've got. Perhaps try using Chrome in Incognito mode may help.
What speeds are you getting? I have a terrible internet connection and I'm still getting around 1MB/s which'd take me around 3-4 hours, so I suspect the issue is somehow at your end rather than pertaining to the servers.
mons
Looks like you either didn't download the 12.11 megapack or it didn't install or extract fully.
So again, I ask you, which version of the megapack did you download? There's a reason why I'm asking these particular questions because they will hopefully help me resolve your issue more quickly
maxiclarkee04
I downloaded the torrent file for fm20
mons
The torrent file is for the 12.0 base megapack. If you want to be fully up-to-date, you'll have to download the 12.01 update pack and all subsequent update packs.
Alternatively, you're a premium member so you can have a one-click download for the full latest version of the megapack, which is version 12.11
maxiclarkee04
Is that where it says download full pack?is that the latest one? I’m a premium member
mons
I know you're a premium member, which is why I said so in the second paragraph
Yep, you click download full pack and it'll do just that
maxiclarkee04
maxiclarkee04
Thanks for your help mate