Cut-Out Player Faces Megapack
Our Cut-Out Faces Megapack is the biggest collection of Football Manager Player Faces available. All players are available in the default cut-out style. When you download our Cut-Out Faces Megapack, you'll receive over 480,000 player faces to spice up your copy of Football Manager.
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- 2025.01 - Released on 04 Dec 2024
Installation Instructions
1. How do I install the cut-out megapack if I’m using Steam on Windows?
Watch this YouTube tutorial video, which should you guide you on the steps you need to follow to install it. Although it is for an older version of FM, the steps are still the same. You need to use Winrar (or a similar program) to extract the downloaded file.
This is what the MP folder should look like for the respective version of FM you're using:
Anything beyond the blue line is up to you and how you want to structure your folders.
The preferences should look like in the below screenshot:
To get them to look like this, navigate to your preferences on the welcome screen or by using the drop-down menu near the top right of the menu within your save game.
Choose the advanced tab (the blue square within the screenshot above) and select all from the drop-down menu on the right (the red square within the screenshot above).
Scroll down to the interface section near the middle of the list, where you are to make sure that:
• the “Use caching to decrease page loading times” box is unticked
• the “Reload skin when confirming changes in Preferences” box is ticked
After clicking confirm, it may take a few seconds or minutes for all the graphics to be loaded and you should now see all the graphics you have downloaded appear in your save game.
Once your skin is reloaded, you can re-tick the "Use Caching to Decrease Page Loading Time" button so that the splash screen at the start takes a lot less longer to load. However, the above process needs to be undertaken every time you add graphics to your game to ensure that the game "reads" them.
2. How do I install the cut-out megapack if I’m using a Mac OS?
From FM20 onwards, there's been a substantial change to how Mac FM documents are stored. Previously the files would automatically go in the Documents folder here:
Users/YOUR Mac USERNAME/Documents/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 202x
Now the files will instead appear in the following location:
Users/YOUR Mac USERNAME/Library/Application Support/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 202x
By default this folder is hidden, so to access you need to do as follows:
Open Finder
Click ‘Go’ from the menubar
Press and hold down the ‘Option’ (Alt) key
This will bring up the ‘Library’, click to enter then go to ‘Application Support’ -> ‘Sports Interactive’ -> ‘Football Manager 202x -> graphics’ (create the last folder if necessary
Anything beyond this path line is up to you and how you want to structure your folders.
The preferences should look like in the below screenshot:
To get them to look like this, navigate to your preferences on the welcome screen or by using the drop-down menu near the top right of the menu within your save game.
Choose the advanced tab (the blue square within the screenshot above) and select all from the drop-down menu on the right (the red square within the screenshot above).
Scroll down to the interface section near the middle of the list, where you are to make sure that:
• the “Use caching to decrease page loading times” box is unticked
• the “Reload skin when confirming changes in Preferences” box is ticked
After clicking confirm, it may take a few seconds or minutes for all the graphics to be loaded and you should now see all the graphics you have downloaded appear in your save game.
Once your skin is reloaded, you can re-tick the "Use Caching to Decrease Page Loading Time" button so that the splash screen at the start takes a lot less longer to load. However, the above process needs to be undertaken every time you add graphics to your game to ensure that the game "reads" them.
3. I don’t want to have the megapack in the default user data folder – can I place it elsewhere and how would I do so?
You need to change your user data location. Simple steps on how to do so can be found here.
The above step does not apply if you’re playing on Gamepass, in which case the user data location has to be the default one (i.e. Documents / Sports Interactive / Football Manager 202x)
It is recommended that the user data location is not placed within the Steam installation folder as this may cause issues.
4. How do I install the cut-out megapack if I’m using Gamepass?
If you're using Gamepass, then you have to use the default user data folder - point 4 above does not and can not apply to you.
Frequently Asked Questions
If you're not a premium member, it is recommended that you download the base megapack via torrent by going to our cut-out megapack download page. After which, you should then download all the update packs released to date and apply them chronologically.
If you're a premium member, just download the most recent complete pack.
If you already have a version of our Cut-Out Faces Megapack installed, then click "Download Latest Changes" and you'll be presented with a list of all the updates we've released since you've last downloaded a file. Simply download any you might have missed, starting with the oldest.
This is what the MP folder should look like:
The preferences should look like in the below screenshot:
To get them to look like this, navigate to your preferences on the welcome screen or by using the drop-down menu near the top right of the menu within your save game.
Choose the advanced tab (the blue square within the screenshot above) and select all from the drop-down menu on the right (the red square within the screenshot above).
Scroll down to the interface section near the middle of the list, where you are to make sure that:
• the “Use caching to decrease page loading times” box is unticked
• the “Reload skin when confirming changes in Preferences” box is ticked
After clicking confirm, it may take a few seconds or minutes for all the graphics to be loaded and you should now see all the graphics you have downloaded appear in your save game.
Once your skin is reloaded, you can re-tick the "Use Caching to Decrease Page Loading Time" button so that the splash screen at the start takes a lot less longer to load. However, the above process needs to be undertaken every time you add graphics to your game to ensure that the game "reads" them.
Users/YOUR Mac USERNAME/Documents/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 202x
Now the files will instead appear in the following location:
Users/YOUR Mac USERNAME/Library/Application Support/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 202x
By default this folder is hidden, so to access you need to do as follows:
Open Finder
Click ‘Go’ from the menubar
Press and hold down the ‘Option’ (Alt) key
This will bring up the ‘Library’, click to enter then go to ‘Application Support’ -> ‘Sports Interactive’ -> ‘Football Manager 202x’
Anything beyond the blue line is up to you and how you want to structure your folders.
The preferences should look like in the below screenshot:
To get them to look like this, navigate to your preferences on the welcome screen or by using the drop-down menu near the top right of the menu within your save game.
Choose the advanced tab (the blue square within the screenshot above) and select all from the drop-down menu on the right (the red square within the screenshot above).
Scroll down to the interface section near the middle of the list, where you are to make sure that:
• the “Use caching to decrease page loading times” box is unticked
• the “Reload skin when confirming changes in Preferences” box is ticked
After clicking confirm, it may take a few seconds or minutes for all the graphics to be loaded and you should now see all the graphics you have downloaded appear in your save game.
Once your skin is reloaded, you can re-tick the "Use Caching to Decrease Page Loading Time" button so that the splash screen at the start takes a lot less longer to load. However, the above process needs to be undertaken every time you add graphics to your game to ensure that the game "reads" them.
The above step does not apply if you’re playing on Gamepass, in which case the user data location has to be the default one (i.e. Documents / Sports Interactive / Football Manager 202x)
It is recommended that the user data location is not placed within the Steam installation folder as this may cause issues.
Torrent files need a torrent client to be downloaded. I personally use µTorrent but other common clients are BitTorrent, Vuze and Deluge. For those using torrents for the first time, here is a general walk-through on how to download torrents and a specific guide for µTorrent.
Be aware that it will take a substantial amount of time to download the file due to its sheer size and that other people depend on you hosting the file to get it so please leave your torrent client on after you have fully downloaded it. The etiquette is generally accepted to be to upload as much as you download, although this might not always be possible. The older the torrent file, the less likely it is that there will still be users seeding it.
If done correctly, you should be asked if you want to overwrite files – accept. You should have one folder for faces and another folder for iconfaces, and no sub-folder whatsoever in them.
These steps are to be repeated for every update pack downloaded, and they are to be installed chronologically.
Secondly, for files as large as this, the calculation of the extraction time will be wildly incorrect at the start. After a while, it'll show a more realistic timeframe, which shouldn't be more than an hour or two if you have a good setup and few programs running at the same time.
Try using Google Chrome in incognito mode (or the equivalent mode for other browsers) and you should be able to resume the download from the point it was interrupted, if that happens.
The likelihood is that you've put the iconfaces in the faces folder, or used the wrong config file for each folder. As a result, the smaller images (in 25x18) are being upscaled to be displayed in the person's profile, hence the blurring. Re-install the update pack again, making sure you put the contents of each folder in the right place.
Alternatively, you can download fmXML and generate a config yourself. There's a video on YouTube on how to use it but it's really easy and the instructions are quite straight-forward.
To get them to show, you should individually download the cut-out faces that you want from here (or use the UID to find them in your existing facepack if you don't use the cut-out megapack), put them in a separate folder to your existing facepack and create a config file just for them using the method outlined in here (which works for all facepack styles, not just the cut-out megapack).
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mons
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
Would be much appreciated.
mons
What kind of issues are you having?
kieran ryan
Download error near enough every 15 minutes (im using WINRAR) & the facepacks not reloading despite reloading skin and clearing cache.
SolidOryx
mons
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.
kieran ryan
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
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
mons
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
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
I tried on Flut and Tad Twenty skins.
The icon pack is in this location graphics/sortitoutsi/iconfaces
mons
How many images do you have in that folder? And where are you looking for them?
mortmaru
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
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
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
Can you give me a couple of screenshots of these places?
Callum1409
mons
Can you give us a screenshot of what you mean? What you're describing is not very clear.
Powa
Or maybe, after downloaded the entire file, to choose the leagues i want?
My pc can't process the entire megapack...
Thanks
mons
Unfortunately not. Explanations as to why this is not easily achieved can be read in this thread.
Callum1409
so when I click on the players profile to players image wont appear?
freiburgfan
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
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
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
then i click on him then this happens?
Onoslo
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
Onoslo
I have redownloaded the full pack and the same issue is still happening? I am not running any other facepacks for this no.
mons
Can you also confirm that the preferences are as indicated in the opening post, ideally with a screenshot of them?