Cut-Out Player Faces Megapack
Our Cut-Out Faces Megapack is the biggest collection of Football Manager Player Faces available. All players are available in the default cut-out style. When you download our Cut-Out Faces Megapack, you'll receive over 480,000 player faces to spice up your copy of Football Manager.
- 482,917
- 2025.01 - Released on 04 Dec 2024
Installation Instructions
1. How do I install the cut-out megapack if I’m using Steam on Windows?
Watch this YouTube tutorial video, which should you guide you on the steps you need to follow to install it. Although it is for an older version of FM, the steps are still the same. You need to use Winrar (or a similar program) to extract the downloaded file.
This is what the MP folder should look like for the respective version of FM you're using:
Anything beyond the blue line is up to you and how you want to structure your folders.
The preferences should look like in the below screenshot:
To get them to look like this, navigate to your preferences on the welcome screen or by using the drop-down menu near the top right of the menu within your save game.
Choose the advanced tab (the blue square within the screenshot above) and select all from the drop-down menu on the right (the red square within the screenshot above).
Scroll down to the interface section near the middle of the list, where you are to make sure that:
• the “Use caching to decrease page loading times” box is unticked
• the “Reload skin when confirming changes in Preferences” box is ticked
After clicking confirm, it may take a few seconds or minutes for all the graphics to be loaded and you should now see all the graphics you have downloaded appear in your save game.
Once your skin is reloaded, you can re-tick the "Use Caching to Decrease Page Loading Time" button so that the splash screen at the start takes a lot less longer to load. However, the above process needs to be undertaken every time you add graphics to your game to ensure that the game "reads" them.
2. How do I install the cut-out megapack if I’m using a Mac OS?
From FM20 onwards, there's been a substantial change to how Mac FM documents are stored. Previously the files would automatically go in the Documents folder here:
Users/YOUR Mac USERNAME/Documents/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 202x
Now the files will instead appear in the following location:
Users/YOUR Mac USERNAME/Library/Application Support/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 202x
By default this folder is hidden, so to access you need to do as follows:
Open Finder
Click ‘Go’ from the menubar
Press and hold down the ‘Option’ (Alt) key
This will bring up the ‘Library’, click to enter then go to ‘Application Support’ -> ‘Sports Interactive’ -> ‘Football Manager 202x -> graphics’ (create the last folder if necessary
Anything beyond this path line is up to you and how you want to structure your folders.
The preferences should look like in the below screenshot:
To get them to look like this, navigate to your preferences on the welcome screen or by using the drop-down menu near the top right of the menu within your save game.
Choose the advanced tab (the blue square within the screenshot above) and select all from the drop-down menu on the right (the red square within the screenshot above).
Scroll down to the interface section near the middle of the list, where you are to make sure that:
• the “Use caching to decrease page loading times” box is unticked
• the “Reload skin when confirming changes in Preferences” box is ticked
After clicking confirm, it may take a few seconds or minutes for all the graphics to be loaded and you should now see all the graphics you have downloaded appear in your save game.
Once your skin is reloaded, you can re-tick the "Use Caching to Decrease Page Loading Time" button so that the splash screen at the start takes a lot less longer to load. However, the above process needs to be undertaken every time you add graphics to your game to ensure that the game "reads" them.
3. I don’t want to have the megapack in the default user data folder – can I place it elsewhere and how would I do so?
You need to change your user data location. Simple steps on how to do so can be found here.
The above step does not apply if you’re playing on Gamepass, in which case the user data location has to be the default one (i.e. Documents / Sports Interactive / Football Manager 202x)
It is recommended that the user data location is not placed within the Steam installation folder as this may cause issues.
4. How do I install the cut-out megapack if I’m using Gamepass?
If you're using Gamepass, then you have to use the default user data folder - point 4 above does not and can not apply to you.
Frequently Asked Questions
If you're not a premium member, it is recommended that you download the base megapack via torrent by going to our cut-out megapack download page. After which, you should then download all the update packs released to date and apply them chronologically.
If you're a premium member, just download the most recent complete pack.
If you already have a version of our Cut-Out Faces Megapack installed, then click "Download Latest Changes" and you'll be presented with a list of all the updates we've released since you've last downloaded a file. Simply download any you might have missed, starting with the oldest.
This is what the MP folder should look like:
The preferences should look like in the below screenshot:
To get them to look like this, navigate to your preferences on the welcome screen or by using the drop-down menu near the top right of the menu within your save game.
Choose the advanced tab (the blue square within the screenshot above) and select all from the drop-down menu on the right (the red square within the screenshot above).
Scroll down to the interface section near the middle of the list, where you are to make sure that:
• the “Use caching to decrease page loading times” box is unticked
• the “Reload skin when confirming changes in Preferences” box is ticked
After clicking confirm, it may take a few seconds or minutes for all the graphics to be loaded and you should now see all the graphics you have downloaded appear in your save game.
Once your skin is reloaded, you can re-tick the "Use Caching to Decrease Page Loading Time" button so that the splash screen at the start takes a lot less longer to load. However, the above process needs to be undertaken every time you add graphics to your game to ensure that the game "reads" them.
Users/YOUR Mac USERNAME/Documents/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 202x
Now the files will instead appear in the following location:
Users/YOUR Mac USERNAME/Library/Application Support/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 202x
By default this folder is hidden, so to access you need to do as follows:
Open Finder
Click ‘Go’ from the menubar
Press and hold down the ‘Option’ (Alt) key
This will bring up the ‘Library’, click to enter then go to ‘Application Support’ -> ‘Sports Interactive’ -> ‘Football Manager 202x’
Anything beyond the blue line is up to you and how you want to structure your folders.
The preferences should look like in the below screenshot:
To get them to look like this, navigate to your preferences on the welcome screen or by using the drop-down menu near the top right of the menu within your save game.
Choose the advanced tab (the blue square within the screenshot above) and select all from the drop-down menu on the right (the red square within the screenshot above).
Scroll down to the interface section near the middle of the list, where you are to make sure that:
• the “Use caching to decrease page loading times” box is unticked
• the “Reload skin when confirming changes in Preferences” box is ticked
After clicking confirm, it may take a few seconds or minutes for all the graphics to be loaded and you should now see all the graphics you have downloaded appear in your save game.
Once your skin is reloaded, you can re-tick the "Use Caching to Decrease Page Loading Time" button so that the splash screen at the start takes a lot less longer to load. However, the above process needs to be undertaken every time you add graphics to your game to ensure that the game "reads" them.
The above step does not apply if you’re playing on Gamepass, in which case the user data location has to be the default one (i.e. Documents / Sports Interactive / Football Manager 202x)
It is recommended that the user data location is not placed within the Steam installation folder as this may cause issues.
Torrent files need a torrent client to be downloaded. I personally use µTorrent but other common clients are BitTorrent, Vuze and Deluge. For those using torrents for the first time, here is a general walk-through on how to download torrents and a specific guide for µTorrent.
Be aware that it will take a substantial amount of time to download the file due to its sheer size and that other people depend on you hosting the file to get it so please leave your torrent client on after you have fully downloaded it. The etiquette is generally accepted to be to upload as much as you download, although this might not always be possible. The older the torrent file, the less likely it is that there will still be users seeding it.
If done correctly, you should be asked if you want to overwrite files – accept. You should have one folder for faces and another folder for iconfaces, and no sub-folder whatsoever in them.
These steps are to be repeated for every update pack downloaded, and they are to be installed chronologically.
Secondly, for files as large as this, the calculation of the extraction time will be wildly incorrect at the start. After a while, it'll show a more realistic timeframe, which shouldn't be more than an hour or two if you have a good setup and few programs running at the same time.
Try using Google Chrome in incognito mode (or the equivalent mode for other browsers) and you should be able to resume the download from the point it was interrupted, if that happens.
The likelihood is that you've put the iconfaces in the faces folder, or used the wrong config file for each folder. As a result, the smaller images (in 25x18) are being upscaled to be displayed in the person's profile, hence the blurring. Re-install the update pack again, making sure you put the contents of each folder in the right place.
Alternatively, you can download fmXML and generate a config yourself. There's a video on YouTube on how to use it but it's really easy and the instructions are quite straight-forward.
To get them to show, you should individually download the cut-out faces that you want from here (or use the UID to find them in your existing facepack if you don't use the cut-out megapack), put them in a separate folder to your existing facepack and create a config file just for them using the method outlined in here (which works for all facepack styles, not just the cut-out megapack).
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Ugo Ibeabuchi
Yeah didn't realise I downloaded both and mistakenly installed the Scope one. Cut Out pack now installing so fingers crossed. Licensing works perfectly as it has done for previous iterations so anticipating no problems
Krafturinn
this is strange i downloaded the torrent file it is 17.3 gb can you check whats wrong ?
mons
I can't for the simple reason that it's on your computer 😕 I can help you try and find out what the matter could be 🙂
If the file downloaded fully, then perhaps it's just a question that it didn't extract fully - perhaps you stopped the extraction before it completed. Please try extracting it again 👍
AndyR
mons
You should be able to resume downloads with Google Chrome. Also, try downloading it in Incognito mode.
AndyR
Krafturinn
hi there again and thanks for your comment. I noticed it also that it was 524.000 after I saw your reply so I downloaded the torrent again and extracted it and then it came at 559.000 and the lost images are now in their correct places. I would like to thank you for your help 🙂
Lars van Kooten
mons
If you have enough space, I don't see any reason why it wouldn't work for FM mobile too.
Lars van Kooten
Okay okay.. Interesting.. Just one more week haha, can't wait! Thanks for your very quick reply!
By the way, do you maybe also know if this pack contains staff pictures as well and if these are shown in FM21 Mobile..? In the last version staff members didn't have pictures in their profiles for some reason, but their picture would come up in small in your inbox if they would be mentioned..
mons
I don't play FM mobile so I cannot really tell you 😢
Lars van Kooten
Okay, thanks for your reply. Maybe someone else will know! 🙂
Aljo24
mons
The same for faces - anywhere within Documents \ Sports Interactive \ Football Manager 2020 \ graphics
rbcuk
JamesDavies10
I don't mind if a handful of players won't have faces in FM18, but just wanted to check if it'd work in general? The downloads for the FM20 pack took ages and I don't want to go through downloading everything again if I can help it!
mons
It'll certainly work and you should have all the faces you need. If anything, you will have a fair few thousand images extra from players added in FM18-FM21, but that really shouldn't interrupt your enjoyment of this pack and the game 😉
JamesDavies10
That's great, will give it a go. Cheers!
JamesDavies10
Ah. I've just tried and all of the badges and kits work, but the faces aren't showing. My files are set up as shown below, I copied the whole folder over from FM20 to make sure everything is the exact same so not sure why they'd work on FM20 but not FM18, any ideas?
https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/26G89H8gLWaoyVdRqHDAl3UTyr6q19eY7NnYdM3l.png
Then...
https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/duv0C9ISjXdnTxgafEEeHgIOsriAtdh9ZhcFBe1P.png
And finally...
https://i.imgur.com/aRJWblJ.png
mons
No attachments included 😕
JamesDavies10
Sorry mate. Deleted them as I meant to post as screenshots (which still haven't worked), but they should show from the link above I think.
mons
In the first screenshot, there is no need to keep the split files you downloaded. In the third screenshot, it's not clear how many images you have in there. If you only have up till update pack 12.09, you should have in the region of 257,500 cut-outs in there. Do you have a file titled config.xml in there too?
JamesDavies10
I thought that but didn't want to delete just in case! Will get rid of them now.
There are 257k files in the folder. And yeah, the config file is also there...
mons
And you have changed the preferences as per the first post? If yes, you may have another faces file somewhere in your graphics folder which may be stopping the main file from working. For instance, one user I helped earlier this month actually had a secondary faces folder in his kits folder 😀 So do check in your files just in case 😉
JamesDavies10
Oh wow. It was as simple as unticking 'use caching to decrease page loading times' when I reloaded the skin. Now I feel stupid haha. Thanks for the help mate!
axristeas
The issues came when I tried to install an individual face on my own.I found the player ID,the photo itself,I added the column in the config file,and the face was properly shown up.
The case is,that EACH AND EVERY other face of the facepack wasn't appearing.
I tried cleaning cache,reloading skin,and restarting the game multiple times,until I decide to just remove the face I added(deleting the picture and re-installing the old config I had backup),yet no faces were showing up.
I even attempted a re-install(via overwriting) of the megapack,without any success.
The number of files inside the faces folder is 279547,I think it's good
mons
Looks like you may not have edited the config file in the right manner. Did you follow the steps outlined in this thread?
Can you upload the image you've added and the config file as well so I can maybe have a look?
axristeas
Here is my edit on the config,I did the process twice,first without the guide you posted and the second with it,I even used different pictures as well,but all I managed to do was to show up only the specific picture I added.
I have overwritten the config so it is not available anymore.
I don't want to add the picture I wanted anymore,I just want the facepack to work as before
mons
Best thing to do is to download the latest update pack and take just the config file from it, because that is guaranteed to work. If you want to add another cut-out, I would strongly suggest you do it in a separate sub-folder, creating a config file just for that one image.
axristeas
It still doesn't work for me,I even tried to completely delete and re-install the files but to no avail.
I am frustrated that I cannot get it to work,while every file is in its place.
Here is the current config I have