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
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This isn’t megapack related but didn’t know where to ask. Does anyone know how to add staff onto the game that aren’t in the database?

You can add them yourself using the editor. Here's not the right place to go into more detail, but you can find plenty of guides online on how to use the pregame editor, it's quite basic.
maxiclarkee04
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Could you link me to a website mate?
mons
17 years ago
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Could you link me to a website mate?

I can't right now, but just Google "how to use fm editor" and I'm sure you'll find plenty of links
steveb14
3 years ago
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Thanks , Google Chrome tip working well. just double checking the latest face pack works on FM 2017? The second one on the list certainly does although not sure the skin does.
mons
17 years ago
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Thanks , Google Chrome tip working well. just double checking the latest face pack works on FM 2017? The second one on the list certainly does although not sure the skin does.

Yep, it works just as well

Not sure what list you're referring to, let alone the second link on it or which skin you mean? What I can tell you is that while faces and logos can be carried across from one version of the game to another, skins aren't as transferable so you'll need an FM17 specific skin.
steveb14
3 years ago
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I meant the recommended skin which is at the bottom of one of the face pack pages but that's good to know the skins aren't transferable.

Thanks a lot
steveb14
3 years ago
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Yep, it works just as well

Not sure what list you're referring to, let alone the second link on it or which skin you mean? What I can tell you is that while faces and logos can be carried across from one version of the game to another, skins aren't as transferable so you'll need an FM17 specific skin.



Oh and I meant the second face pack in the list. Kind of don't like the players names on the photos but hey, perhaps i have too much time on my hands...!!
mons
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Oh and I meant the second face pack in the list. Kind of don't like the players names on the photos but hey, perhaps i have too much time on my hands...!!

I see, but it's entirely up to you which graphics you use. Different strokes for different folks, as they say, which is why we offer a variety of them, after all
Alper Kaplan
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Alper Kaplan
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I applied the facepack 12.00 successfully, how do I update these faces with 12.01 update facepack? Do I simply copy and paste this folder over 12.00
mons
17 years ago
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I applied the facepack 12.00 successfully, how do I update these faces with 12.01 update facepack? Do I simply copy and paste this folder over 12.00?

Yep. If done correctly, you should get a prompt asking you if you want to overwrite files.
Alper Kaplan
3 years ago
11 months ago
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Yep. If done correctly, you should get a prompt asking you if you want to overwrite files.


Then I say yes, I am fully uptodate then, thanks 👍
JBDee1690
3 years ago
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Hi! Sorry if I'm posting this in the wrong place to begin! Just wondering if the cut out face pack will work with fm touch for android. Or any face pack on here for that matter! I have tried and tried many times not sure if I'm doing something wrong although I have been able to get logos kits and real name fix working no problem so not sure why face packs seem to be such an issue for the android version. I downloaded the cut out face pack which took an hour then unzipped in graphics folder which took another hour then cleared cache restarted device and launched the game and took about three hours to load to find all I had done is remove the faces that are built into the game and added none!! Some help from somewhere would be fantastic. Hoping this page does exactly what it says on the tin and hopefully si can sort it out and create a watered down facepack for android touch or maybe figure out how to get the cut outs to work.

Thanks 😊
mons
17 years ago
4 hours ago
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Hi! Sorry if I'm posting this in the wrong place to begin! Just wondering if the cut out face pack will work with fm touch for android. Or any face pack on here for that matter! I have tried and tried many times not sure if I'm doing something wrong although I have been able to get logos kits and real name fix working no problem so not sure why face packs seem to be such an issue for the android version. I downloaded the cut out face pack which took an hour then unzipped in graphics folder which took another hour then cleared cache restarted device and launched the game and took about three hours to load to find all I had done is remove the faces that are built into the game and added none!! Some help from somewhere would be fantastic. Hoping this page does exactly what it says on the tin and hopefully si can sort it out and create a watered down facepack for android touch or maybe figure out how to get the cut outs to work.

Thanks 😊

Do either of the below links help?

https://www.reddit.com/r/footballmanagergames/comments/aqqqr6/installing_logos_and_facepacks_on_fm2019_touch/

https://steamcommunity.com/app/1100620/discussions/0/1660069015249336258/

I'm really sorry but as I don't use FMT or Android myself, I can't really offer more specific help as I'd like to
JBDee1690
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Do either of the below links help?

https://www.reddit.com/r/footballmanagergames/comments/aqqqr6/installing_logos_and_facepacks_on_fm2019_touch/

https://steamcommunity.com/app/1100620/discussions/0/1660069015249336258/

I'm really sorry but as I don't use FMT or Android myself, I can't really offer more specific help as I'd like to

Thanks for the reply mate. Yeah I've seen the post on steam community followed instruction on there but no joy will try the instructions from reddit post see how that goes if not will just put it down to my device
JBDee1690
3 years ago
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Right I am going to start this facepack downloading again tonight as soon as the missus and baby are in bed! Can someone tell me if I should only be downloading the mega pack or do I need to download the megapack or do I need that and all updates and if so where do I extract updates? And also do I need to create a folder inside graphics called faces or players? I am not the most computer savy human on the planet to say the least lol
mons
17 years ago
4 hours ago
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Right I am going to start this facepack downloading again tonight as soon as the missus and baby are in bed! Can someone tell me if I should only be downloading the mega pack or do I need to download the megapack or do I need that and all updates and if so where do I extract updates? And also do I need to create a folder inside graphics called faces or players? I am not the most computer savy human on the planet to say the least lol

As you're a premium member, you just need to download the latest full version, 12.12.

There are installation instructions within the file; follow them and you'll be fine.
JBDee1690
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As you're a premium member, you just need to download the latest full version, 12.12.

There are installation instructions within the file; follow them and you'll be fine.

So is 12.12 the full 15g mega pack then??
mons
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So is 12.12 the full 15g mega pack then??

Click the download full pack button, yeah.
JBDee1690
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Click the download full pack button, yeah.

Thanks mate appreciate it
Gregg Leon
10 years ago
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Hi there

can anyone help... I've noticed some faces that won't load in game such as 28121564 and 83228802 just for example.

Ive re-downloaded their images from the web too and overwritten the sortitout file in player faces folder with the new png file with the same unique id and still the image wont load

does anyone have any thoughts?


Gregg
mons
17 years ago
4 hours ago
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Hi there

can anyone help... I've noticed some faces that won't load in game such as 28121564 and 83228802 just for example.

Ive re-downloaded their images from the web too and overwritten the sortitout file in player faces folder with the new png file with the same unique id and still the image wont load

does anyone have any thoughts?


Gregg

Looks like you either don't have the complete megapack or you haven't installed it correctly.

Can I have a screenshot of the inside of your faces folder? How many images in total do you have in there? For those 2 players, what do you get in-game - is it a blank space or the default black silhouette?
JBDee1690
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So is 12.12 the full 15g mega pack then??


Hi again I have now discovered that the reason I can't get it to work on my device is because I have only have 26g memory of which I have 18 left as this is for touch on amdroid so therefor downloading the pack is fine but then extracting it duplicates it and I don't have the memory for that so my question now is I have plenty space on my phone which I can download and extract it no problem but do you k ow any way for me to transfer from my phone to my tablet as I will have space for it that way?

Thanks for your help so far though appreciate it!!


Ignore me I have just replied to myself! How stupid haha
mons
17 years ago
4 hours ago
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Hi again I have now discovered that the reason I can't get it to work on my device is because I have only have 26g memory of which I have 18 left as this is for touch on amdroid so therefor downloading the pack is fine but then extracting it duplicates it and I don't have the memory for that so my question now is I have plenty space on my phone which I can download and extract it no problem but do you k ow any way for me to transfer from my phone to my tablet as I will have space for it that way?

Thanks for your help so far though appreciate it!!

Sorry mate, I don't have a tablet so can't really offer any specific help
JBDee1690
3 years ago
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Sorry mate, I don't have a tablet so can't really offer any specific help


OK no probs thanks anyway I'm just going to do it see if it works no harm trying lol
Gregg Leon
10 years ago
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Looks like you either don't have the complete megapack or you haven't installed it correctly.

Can I have a screenshot of the inside of your faces folder? How many images in total do you have in there? For those 2 players, what do you get in-game - is it a blank space or the default black silhouette?






Yeah I unerstand why you'd think that but it's all there. Installed correctly and pretty much every other face loads as far as I've noticed. The file size and format for those two are the same as all the others. Doen't make any sense. Their image is there in the folder along with all the others but in game just the black default silhouette displays...?
mons
17 years ago
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Yeah I unerstand why you'd think that but it's all there. Installed correctly and pretty much every other face loads as far as I've noticed. The file size and format for those two are the same as all the others. Doen't make any sense. Their image is there in the folder along with all the others but in game just the black default silhouette displays...?

Check if the preferences are the same as in the opening post
beto jr
11 years ago
23 hours ago
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Guys, I had to format my PC and lost my graphics folder, can anyone tell me if they have the cut out files from 12.00 to 12.12 in torrent? or just downloading through depositfiles?

It would make it much easier if you had another way, or website to download depositfiles or uploaded.
mons
17 years ago
4 hours ago
85,281
Guys, I had to format my PC and lost my graphics folder, can anyone tell me if they have the cut out files from 12.00 to 12.12 in torrent? or just downloading through depositfiles?

It would make it much easier if you had another way, or website to download depositfiles or uploaded.

I'm afraid that's the only place from where they can be downloaded.
beto jr
11 years ago
23 hours ago
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I'm afraid that's the only place from where they can be downloaded.


Thank you friend

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