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
13 minutes ago
85,305
Same. No changes. I've tried edge browser, incognito and all of these always stop exactly on the same place. One interesting thing is if you are downloading another file on the same file this issue will stop every other downloads from your website...

At my end, I was able to download the full cut-out megapack alongside multiple individual facepacks without any issues. I'm genuinely not sure what the matter can be, or how I can help you for now
ChrisKyrm
5 years ago
1 month ago
4
There are some players faces that dont appear in my game even though their faces are in the faces folder.
I think it has something to do with the config file but I dont know what I'm supposed to do.
The main player missing is joao cancelo but there are plenty u19 players missing even though their faces are in the folder.
mons
17 years ago
13 minutes ago
85,305
There are some players faces that dont appear in my game even though their faces are in the faces folder.
I think it has something to do with the config file but I dont know what I'm supposed to do.
The main player missing is joao cancelo but there are plenty u19 players missing even though their faces are in the folder.

How many images do you have in your megapack folder? Which version of the megapack did you download? What is the date modified of the config.xml file?
ChrisKyrm
5 years ago
1 month ago
4
How many images do you have in your megapack folder? Which version of the megapack did you download? What is the date modified of the config.xml file?

I Downloaded the full pack on 19-9-20 so it should be the latest version, the config.xml file was modified on 28-10-19 and there are 552.526 files in the faces and iconfaces folders
mons
17 years ago
13 minutes ago
85,305
I Downloaded the full pack on 19-9-20 so it should be the latest version, the config.xml file was modified on 28-10-19 and there are 552.526 files in the faces and iconfaces folders

You're somehow using the wrong config file, the one released with the 12.0 base pack. What download method did you use?

Download the latest update pack, and replace your current config files (faces and iconfaces) with the one from the download.
ChrisKyrm
5 years ago
1 month ago
4
You're somehow using the wrong config file, the one released with the 12.0 base pack. What download method did you use?

Download the latest update pack, and replace your current config files (faces and iconfaces) with the one from the download.

I just downloaded the full pack from uploaded.net and extracted it , I dont know how that happened. And thanks in advance for your help and quick response
Berat Küçük
6 years ago
3 months ago
3
Is it actually mathematically possible to download all the parts and updates in a few days without paying? That is really a torture to try downloading this pack from the scratch. It is 2020.
mons
17 years ago
13 minutes ago
85,305
Is it actually mathematically possible to download all the parts and updates in a few days without paying? That is really a torture to try downloading this pack from the scratch. It is 2020.

Read this as to why it's not as straightforward as you might think.

You can download the torrent file, and follow it up with the update packs. Or wait for the 13.0 torrent at some point next month.
Berat Küçük
6 years ago
3 months ago
3
Read this as to why it's not as straightforward as you might think.

You can download the torrent file, and follow it up with the update packs. Or wait for the 13.0 torrent at some point next month.


I can at max download a single part at 60kbps speed, which normally must be at least 1200kbps with my connection. And there is a cooldown in between all the downloads while there are more than 16 parts out there to download. It feels impossible to download them all, i hope that 13.0 will arrive soon.
mons
17 years ago
13 minutes ago
85,305
I can at max download a single part at 60kbps speed, which normally must be at least 1200kbps with my connection. And there is a cooldown in between all the downloads while there are more than 16 parts out there to download. It feels impossible to download them all, i hope that 13.0 will arrive soon.

Like I said, you can download the existing 12.0 torrent which contains a solid base with 235,000+ cut-outs, and then you can download the 17 (soon to be 18) update packs separately afterwards. It's just a question of whether you're patient enough.

Understandably, we don't have control of download speeds from sites external to us, so there's not much more we can do there.
Berat Küçük
6 years ago
3 months ago
3
Can anyone share me a few photos of their Graphics and Faces folders? I somehow destroyed my game while trying to install this facepack on top of another pack called Scopefaces. Every graphics mods including logos and kits are gone with faces at the moment, i appreciate any help. Heyy found a solution, i just deleted the config.xml i had directly on Football Manager 2020 folder and it fixed. Dunno if it will create any other problem but it looks fine now if anyone has the same issue.
mons
17 years ago
13 minutes ago
85,305
Can anyone share me a few photos of their Graphics and Faces folders? I somehow destroyed my game while trying to install this facepack on top of another pack called Scopefaces. Every graphics mods including logos and kits are gone with faces at the moment, i appreciate any help. Heyy found a solution, i just deleted the config.xml i had directly on Football Manager 2020 folder and it fixed. Dunno if it will create any other problem but it looks fine now if anyone has the same issue.

There is a screenshot in the opening post of this thread, for future reference.

You can run multiple facepacks at the same time without any issues (in fact I do so), but they must be in separate folders, each folder with its separate config You must also remember, however, that if there are multiple images for the same person in the graphics folder, the game will only display the one in the first folder by alphabetical order.

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/SPmzlcB2hhvUkr8Sftf0x8O3GxOWH7ad7KpQVtuf.png

In this case, if there are photos of the same person in each folder, the game will only display the one in the cut-outs folder. If there isn't one in the cut-outs folder, it will display the one in the DF11 folder. And so on and so forth.

I remove duplicate files anyway to save space (and because I'm a bit pedantic like that), but it's not necessary, if you keep the above in mind.
Kenny_G7
3 years ago
3 weeks ago
126
@mons What can I do with the 12.0 series? I pass it to FM21 and download the 13.0 update or remove all and download the 13.0 torrent?
mons
17 years ago
13 minutes ago
85,305
@mons What can I do with the 12.0 series? I pass it to FM21 and download the 13.0 update or remove all and download the 13.0 torrent?

The bit in bold is enough
JonjoShelvey
9 years ago
3 years ago
59
Banned
You've got space for the logos as well then


Late reply but wouldn't logos not work? The Pc version uses bigger logos, right?
mons
17 years ago
13 minutes ago
85,305
Late reply but wouldn't logos not work? The Pc version uses bigger logos, right?

As far as I'm aware, FM resizes them to fit. Not sure if that's the case for FMM, though.
paranoidpixie95
8 years ago
1 year ago
2
I can't get the base 12.0 megapack to run in my FM2020 game. I've made a graphics folder and extracted the megapack into C:\Users\[user]\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2020\graphics, but when I try to load the skin in game, all players are still the black silhouette, no matter what club I try to search through. Any solutions? Does it only work once you make a new save file?

I'm running on Windows 10 via the Epic Games Store client.
mons
17 years ago
13 minutes ago
85,305
I can't get the base 12.0 megapack to run in my FM2020 game. I've made a graphics folder and extracted the megapack into C:\Users\[user]\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2020\graphics, but when I try to load the skin in game, all players are still the black silhouette, no matter what club I try to search through. Any solutions? Does it only work once you make a new save file?

I'm running on Windows 10 via the Epic Games Store client.

Have you changed the preferences as outlined in the opening post of this thread?

If yes, and it's still not working, can we have a screenshot of your faces folder, showing clearly the path as well? Additionally, is there also a folder titled games in C:\Users\[user]\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2020?
paranoidpixie95
8 years ago
1 year ago
2
My mistake was not having the option for caching unchecked. I've unticked that and now everything has loaded up nicely. Thanks for the help!

For the purpose of all the update packs, since they're also packaged within a folder called 'sortitoutsi', do I extract only the contents within the 'faces' and 'iconfaces' folders into what's already in my library?
Greentrunk
17 years ago
43 minutes ago
172
Premium
Great work as usual guys. Does anyone know if this is compatible with FM Mobile 20?
mons
17 years ago
13 minutes ago
85,305
My mistake was not having the option for caching unchecked. I've unticked that and now everything has loaded up nicely. Thanks for the help!

For the purpose of all the update packs, since they're also packaged within a folder called 'sortitoutsi', do I extract only the contents within the 'faces' and 'iconfaces' folders into what's already in my library?

Yep, if you do it right, you should be prompted to overwrite some existing files, which you should accept



Great work as usual guys. Does anyone know if this is compatible with FM Mobile 20?

Based on discussions in this very chat a few days ago, it results that it is indeed compatible, yes.
GavinMHolder
4 years ago
1 month ago
1
Hello there,

I have installed FM20 on a new MAC and have dowloaded the latest facepack
however whatever I do I cannot get players faces to load.

I have copied the folder to /Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2020/graphics
I have also ticked on reload skin when confirming changes in prefs and unticked use cache to decrease loading times.

it takes ages to load I the skin which makes me think its loading the face pack, but when it load I have the Silhouette face for every player.
is there anything else I should be doing ?

Gavin

mons
17 years ago
13 minutes ago
85,305
Hello there,

I have installed FM20 on a new MAC and have dowloaded the latest facepack
however whatever I do I cannot get players faces to load.

I have copied the folder to /Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2020/graphics
I have also ticked on reload skin when confirming changes in prefs and unticked use cache to decrease loading times.

it takes ages to load I the skin which makes me think its loading the face pack, but when it load I have the Silhouette face for every player.
is there anything else I should be doing ?

Gavin

Can we have a screenshot of your graphics folders? And of the faces folder too? Ideally showing the full path
12345cieza
12 years ago
15 hours ago
5,735
I can't download several packs, it appairs the next text:


We do not currently have any free mirrors for this file. There are two completely opposite reasons this happens:

Possibility 1) The file is very new, and a mirror is still being created, this hopefully shouldn't take more than 5 more minutes.

Possibility 2) The file is very old and you should seek out a newer version. Old files still exist on our servers so if you REALLY need to access it please get in contact with an administrator. Alternatively all archived files held on our server are available to premium members instantly.

This file was uploaded on: 20-10-2020 13:36:12
mons
17 years ago
13 minutes ago
85,305
I can't download several packs, it appairs the next text:


We do not currently have any free mirrors for this file. There are two completely opposite reasons this happens:

Possibility 1) The file is very new, and a mirror is still being created, this hopefully shouldn't take more than 5 more minutes.

Possibility 2) The file is very old and you should seek out a newer version. Old files still exist on our servers so if you REALLY need to access it please get in contact with an administrator. Alternatively all archived files held on our server are available to premium members instantly.

This file was uploaded on: 20-10-2020 13:36:12

This is a side-effect of the failed launch of the new site, I'm afraid. As soon as it's back up, normal service should be resumed
12345cieza
12 years ago
15 hours ago
5,735
There was the same problem last 12th July in this forum.

Ican´t download next files for this problem:


Karlslunde
Austrian Mixpack 11
Westerlo
Europa pack_after 12.18_v1 (new 88 images)
mons
17 years ago
13 minutes ago
85,305
There was the same problem last 12th July in this forum.

Ican´t download next files for this problem:


Karlslunde
Austrian Mixpack 11
Westerlo
Europa pack_after 12.18_v1 (new 88 images)

And that was also slightly related to work being done in the background related to the site. In fact, all those packs were released after yesterday. If you can tag the file creators, perhaps they can upload them to a mirror
12345cieza
12 years ago
15 hours ago
5,735

I hope so.

Thank you Mons.
Enuka
3 years ago
3 years ago
1
Hi!! I'm new on this, so: The content of the 33 face packs have to be in the same folder? or can they go in separate folders? I say this because there are so many .rar files and I am a bit clumsy in joining the files.
mons
17 years ago
13 minutes ago
85,305
Hi!! I'm new on this, so: The content of the 33 face packs have to be in the same folder? or can they go in separate folders? I say this because there are so many .rar files and I am a bit clumsy in joining the files.

I'm confused, what 33 facepacks are you referring to?

Irrespectively, files from update packs should all be in the same folder, not separate ones. To be clear, all faces should be directly in the faces folder without any sub-folders, and same goes for the iconfaces.

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