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
6 hours ago
85,281
HI i have installed megafacepack on pc and installed but no jordan shipley at coventry, for one example, no biamou, coventry, either so i think i have installed it wrong. can someone confirm these two are in the pack before i delete and redownload.

thanks

To check if a player is included in the megapack, you can search for him using the database search tool. You can then see that Jordan Shipley does have a cut-out included in the megapack, yes.

To check if you have the full megapack downloaded and installed correctly, your faces folder should have in excess of 270,000 images included in it
kieran ryan
3 years ago
3 weeks ago
5
Premium
I need help, purchased the premium subscription today and I’ve downloaded a number of kits/logos etc. However, I’m struggling downloading this current pack and was wondering whether somebody would be willing to send me the extracted folder so I can just add to my graphic folder.

Would be much appreciated.
mons
17 years ago
6 hours ago
85,281
I need help, purchased the premium subscription today and I’ve downloaded a number of kits/logos etc. However, I’m struggling downloading this current pack and was wondering whether somebody would be willing to send me the extracted folder so I can just add to my graphic folder.

Would be much appreciated.

What kind of issues are you having?
kieran ryan
3 years ago
3 weeks ago
5
Premium
What kind of issues are you having?


Download error near enough every 15 minutes (im using WINRAR) & the facepacks not reloading despite reloading skin and clearing cache.
SolidOryx
8 years ago
2 years ago
5
Got a strange issue with the cut out player faces megapack, for some reason the entire French national team have no faces, but their faces show up for their respective teams. I have the latest version. Anyone else get this?
mons
17 years ago
6 hours ago
85,281
Download error near enough every 15 minutes (im using WINRAR) & the facepacks not reloading despite reloading skin and clearing cache.

These appear to be 2 separate issues. What is the download error? If the file isn't fully downloading, then you won't be extracting anywhere near the full pack. How many images in total do you have in your megapack folder?

Also, if your download is interrupted, you can resume it if you're using Google Chrome, rather than having to restart it.



Got a strange issue with the cut out player faces megapack, for some reason the entire French national team have no faces, but their faces show up for their respective teams. I have the latest version. Anyone else get this?

Download the licensing fix, which solves this issue, among others.
kieran ryan
3 years ago
3 weeks ago
5
Premium
These appear to be 2 separate issues. What is the download error? If the file isn't fully downloading, then you won't be extracting anywhere near the full pack. How many images in total do you have in your megapack folder?

Also, if your download is interrupted, you can resume it if you're using Google Chrome, rather than having to restart it.

Download the licensing fix, which solves this issue, among others.


I am using google chrome which will always have a network error and even if i try to continue it will never get past 1GB. I've tried the gunzo and the cut out packs and they never get any furthe than previously said.

I've only downloaded a individual premier league face pack edition.

It will most likely be the size is to large for my laptop in why its being so hard to download, this is usually why I have friends send over an copy of the extracted file over via email.
mons
17 years ago
6 hours ago
85,281
I am using google chrome which will always have a network error and even if i try to continue it will never get past 1GB. I've tried the gunzo and the cut out packs and they never get any furthe than previously said.

I've only downloaded a individual premier league face pack edition.

It will most likely be the size is to large for my laptop in why its being so hard to download, this is usually why I have friends send over an copy of the extracted file over via email.

It's a 16.5+GB file and that is certainly too large to send via email. I don't really know what else I can tell you other than to keep trying and have a look at this to see if helps at all: https://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000839.htm
Liam McDonald
11 years ago
2 years ago
4
Trying to download the faces megapack but when it reaches 4.1GB it comes up with a download error, just wondering if anyone else has experienced this?
mons
17 years ago
6 hours ago
85,281
Trying to download the faces megapack but when it reaches 4.1GB it comes up with a download error, just wondering if anyone else has experienced this?

If you're having persistent issues with internet connectivity, with regular disconnections, I suggest using Google Chrome to download it. With it, 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
Liam McDonald
11 years ago
2 years ago
4
If you're having persistent issues with internet connectivity, with regular disconnections, I suggest using Google Chrome to download it. With it, 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


It's chrome that I use as a default browser. It previously downloaded no bother, but I had to delete to make space on my laptop. As for connectivity, other downloads haven't been an issue.
mortmaru
13 years ago
1 day ago
19
I can't get the smaller icon faces to appear the large cut outs are fine.

I tried on Flut and Tad Twenty skins.

The icon pack is in this location graphics/sortitoutsi/iconfaces
mons
17 years ago
6 hours ago
85,281
I can't get the smaller icon faces to appear the large cut outs are fine.

I tried on Flut and Tad Twenty skins.

The icon pack is in this location graphics/sortitoutsi/iconfaces

How many images do you have in that folder? And where are you looking for them?
mortmaru
13 years ago
1 day ago
19
How many images do you have in that folder? And where are you looking for them?


iconface folder contains 235,290 files

It was a fresh extract from Complete Pack - sortitoutsi_cutout_megapack_12.00.rar torrent posted here I extracted it to place the readme states no extra update packs have been applied yet so I have the full size cutouts in faces folder and these are in iconfaces

Not sure what you mean where am I looking for them?
mons
17 years ago
6 hours ago
85,281
iconface folder contains 235,290 files

It was a fresh extract from Complete Pack - sortitoutsi_cutout_megapack_12.00.rar torrent posted here I extracted it to place the readme states no extra update packs have been applied yet so I have the full size cutouts in faces folder and these are in iconfaces

Not sure what you mean where am I looking for them?

I meant to say in-game where are the icons not displaying that you think they should? And do the preferences in-game look like that on the first page of this thread? Finally, do you have a config file in the iconfaces folder?
mortmaru
13 years ago
1 day ago
19
I meant to say in-game where are the icons not displaying that you think they should? And do the preferences in-game look like that on the first page of this thread? Finally, do you have a config file in the iconfaces folder?



Prefs are the same as image on first page even tried changing them to see it it would make a difference it didn't which is why i thought it may be a skin issue which is why I tried different ones to rule that out.

The places i looked for the icons to appear was in all different menus I ended up going in random places to see if they would appear is their one area I should focus on?

The config file in iconfaces folder is the same one that came with the pack I included it for you to see.
mons
17 years ago
6 hours ago
85,281
Prefs are the same as image on first page even tried changing them to see it it would make a difference it didn't which is why i thought it may be a skin issue which is why I tried different ones to rule that out.

The places i looked for the icons to appear was in all different menus I ended up going in random places to see if they would appear is their one area I should focus on?

The config file in iconfaces folder is the same one that came with the pack I included it for you to see.

Can you give me a couple of screenshots of these places?
Callum1409
3 years ago
2 months ago
6
Premium
I've recently downloaded Sortitoutsi-Cut-Out Faces Megapack, and some players face are showing when I hover over them but when I click on there player profile the player face disappears. does anyone know how to fix this problem. Cheers.

mons
17 years ago
6 hours ago
85,281
I've recently downloaded Sortitoutsi-Cut-Out Faces Megapack, and some players face are showing when I hover over them but when I click on there player profile the player face disappears. does anyone know how to fix this problem. Cheers.

Can you give us a screenshot of what you mean? What you're describing is not very clear.
Powa
13 years ago
11 months ago
4
There is a way to download only the leagues i want?

Or maybe, after downloaded the entire file, to choose the leagues i want?

My pc can't process the entire megapack...

Thanks
mons
17 years ago
6 hours ago
85,281
There is a way to download only the leagues i want?

Or maybe, after downloaded the entire file, to choose the leagues i want?

My pc can't process the entire megapack...

Thanks

Unfortunately not. Explanations as to why this is not easily achieved can be read in this thread.
Callum1409
3 years ago
2 months ago
6
Premium
Can you give us a screenshot of what you mean? What you're describing is not very clear.


so when I click on the players profile to players image wont appear?
freiburgfan
6 years ago
4 weeks ago
339
Hey guys,

do I just have to put all the pictures of the faces and icon folder of the latest changes folder into the old one (including the config file), or should I save them seperately? If so, how should I call them, that the game uses the newer pictures.

Best regards
mons
17 years ago
6 hours ago
85,281
so when I click on the players profile to players image wont appear?

I'm seeing Shaw's iconface appearing there in the correct place as intended. Can't see anything at all wrong in that screenshot
mons
17 years ago
6 hours ago
85,281
Hey guys,

do I just have to put all the pictures of the faces and icon folder of the latest changes folder into the old one (including the config file), or should I save them seperately? If so, how should I call them, that the game uses the newer pictures.

Best regards

You should put the contents of the faces folder in the download into the faces folder of your megapack, overwriting when prompted. Same for the iconfaces. You should not save them separately.
Callum1409
3 years ago
2 months ago
6
Premium
I'm seeing Shaw's iconface appearing there in the correct place as intended. Can't see anything at all wrong in that screenshot


then i click on him then this happens?
Onoslo
3 years ago
4 weeks ago
18
Premium
I'm seeing Shaw's iconface appearing there in the correct place as intended. Can't see anything at all wrong in that screenshot


https://ibb.co/r68PbVC

https://ibb.co/bs3rDfv

The same issue as above poster, small icons are showing, however, when accessing the player page their image is not showing.
Have run through all troubleshooting methods for this and downloaded/reinstalled again but the issue still persists with this.

New update 17/08 hasn't fixed the issue either, any suggestions?
mons
17 years ago
6 hours ago
85,281
@Callum1409 and @Fintan Collins, both of you seem to have installed it wrongly somehow unfortunately. Can I have a screenshot of your megapack faces folder, ideally showing clearly the amount of files in there? Also, are you running any other facepacks?
Onoslo
3 years ago
4 weeks ago
18
Premium
@Callum1409 and @Fintan Collins, both of you seem to have installed it wrongly somehow unfortunately. Can I have a screenshot of your megapack faces folder, ideally showing clearly the amount of files in there? Also, are you running any other facepacks?


I have redownloaded the full pack and the same issue is still happening? I am not running any other facepacks for this no.
https://ibb.co/sQrGqMc
mons
17 years ago
6 hours ago
85,281
I have redownloaded the full pack and the same issue is still happening? I am not running any other facepacks for this no.
https://ibb.co/sQrGqMc

Can you also confirm that the preferences are as indicated in the opening post, ideally with a screenshot of them?

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