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 Iโ€™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:
โ€ข the โ€œUse caching to decrease page loading timesโ€ box is unticked
โ€ข the โ€œReload skin when confirming changes in Preferencesโ€ 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 Iโ€™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 โ€˜Goโ€™ from the menubar
Press and hold down the โ€˜Optionโ€™ (Alt) key
This will bring up the โ€˜Libraryโ€™, click to enter then go to โ€˜Application Supportโ€™ -> โ€˜Sports Interactiveโ€™ -> โ€˜Football Manager 202x -> graphicsโ€™ (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:
โ€ข the โ€œUse caching to decrease page loading timesโ€ box is unticked
โ€ข the โ€œReload skin when confirming changes in Preferencesโ€ 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 donโ€™t want to have the megapack in the default user data folder โ€“ 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 youโ€™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 Iโ€™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).
Qvordrup
16 years ago
2 hours ago
137,144
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

Delete anything you have on "cut out" faces. Then download the full pack again and install it in the right place.
Posh Josh
14 years ago
4 months ago
2
Premium
Hi guys...having a major problem with extracting the megapack this year. The logos etc have all worked perfectly, but the latest megapack is taking forever to extract (50+ hours) with winrar and 7-Zip.

I've been using megapack 11.00 the last few years so decided to update it. The 11.00 pack takes about an hour to extract, but is around half the size of 13.00. Even so, any ideas as to why the latest full download is taking so long to extract. I've re-downloaded it but it's still doing it.

Thanks.
Qvordrup
16 years ago
2 hours ago
137,144
Hi guys...having a major problem with extracting the megapack this year. The logos etc have all worked perfectly, but the latest megapack is taking forever to extract (50+ hours) with winrar and 7-Zip.

I've been using megapack 11.00 the last few years so decided to update it. The 11.00 pack takes about an hour to extract, but is around half the size of 13.00. Even so, any ideas as to why the latest full download is taking so long to extract. I've re-downloaded it but it's still doing it.

Thanks.

Reboot your computer, so you are sure the computer is not running an over load of programs. Then just unzip the file... sometimes with such a big file the computer gets the calculation of extraction time wrong and it speeds up after a veil.
Qvordrup
16 years ago
2 hours ago
137,144
Hi guys...having a major problem with extracting the megapack this year. The logos etc have all worked perfectly, but the latest megapack is taking forever to extract (50+ hours) with winrar and 7-Zip.

I've been using megapack 11.00 the last few years so decided to update it. The 11.00 pack takes about an hour to extract, but is around half the size of 13.00. Even so, any ideas as to why the latest full download is taking so long to extract. I've re-downloaded it but it's still doing it.

Thanks.

And just a thought. If you are extracting it on to the full 11.00 pack that is the problem.... it will check if all the file are there or not taking it for ever. You can of course do that, but then you need to let it unzip over night and when you look at it next day it will ask if you what to overwrite all the updates from 13.00. Otherwise just delete what you have and then extract the 13.00 file.... I'm sure it will make a huge difference ๐Ÿ™‚
Stuart Norton
5 years ago
3 weeks ago
2
I'm not sure if I'm having issues but ive got some obvious people missing such as Jurgen klopp and Sergio aguero. Are these not in the pack?
mons
17 years ago
16 hours ago
85,497
I'm not sure if I'm having issues but ive got some obvious people missing such as Jurgen klopp and Sergio aguero. Are these not in the pack?

You either haven't installed it properly or you don't have the full megapack.

Screenshots of your megapack folder would help us determine which of these is the case.
Stuart Norton
5 years ago
3 weeks ago
2
Its ok I've fixed it that all I needed to know. Thank you
axristeas
9 years ago
1 year ago
4
Delete anything you have on "cut out" faces. Then download the full pack again and install it in the right place.


It didn't work as well.
The solution was to delete the general config file(the one in documents/sports interactive/fm21),and let it recreate itself.
Damn I lost two days of FM
FM Bard
9 years ago
1 day ago
72
Premium
I'm not sure if I'm having issues but ive got some obvious people missing such as Jurgen klopp and Sergio aguero. Are these not in the pack?


They are in the pack. Something has gone wrong with your file. If you've already tried deleting cache and reloading re-loading skin it may just be best to download the entire file.
mons
17 years ago
16 hours ago
85,497
They are in the pack. Something has gone wrong with your file. If you've already tried deleting cache and reloading re-loading skin it may just be best to download the entire file.

I like to keep technical support issues in that thread so I answered the guy there ๐Ÿ˜‰ I'd usually move the post into that thread too, but it's not possible on the new site just yet...
FM Bard
9 years ago
1 day ago
72
Premium
I like to keep technical support issues in that thread so I answered the guy there ๐Ÿ˜‰ I'd usually move the post into that thread too, but it's not possible on the new site just yet...


All good just trying to help out. ๐Ÿ‘
IIdoB23
3 years ago
2 years ago
3
Is there any way to speed up the download through chrome of the 19 parts? Its downloading 150KB per second.
mons
17 years ago
16 hours ago
85,497
Is there any way to speed up the download through chrome of the 19 parts? Its downloading 150KB per second.

The download speed from external sites is completely out of our hands. We suggest downloading the torrent file which will download much quicker ๐Ÿ‘
IIdoB23
3 years ago
2 years ago
3
The download speed from external sites is completely out of our hands. We suggest downloading the torrent file which will download much quicker ๐Ÿ‘

I will prefer to download it via a torrent but I have heard utorrent and bittorrent have had security issue, can you recommend me what to do?
mons
17 years ago
16 hours ago
85,497
I will prefer to download it via a torrent but I have heard utorrent and bittorrent have had security issue, can you recommend me what to do?

I've never had an issue using torrents myself, but if you feel you can't use them, that's obviously your decision to take.
IIdoB23
3 years ago
2 years ago
3
I've never had an issue using torrents myself, but if you feel you can't use them, that's obviously your decision to take.

Of course, can you recommend me which torrent client to use?
mons
17 years ago
16 hours ago
85,497
Of course, can you recommend me which torrent client to use?

I use utorrent.
George Mirotis
8 years ago
9 months ago
2
Excuse me, can i ask you something guys ? I know that its not the ideal place to ask this, but i cant find where i can create a new discussion.
Where i can download the whole facepack ( cut out ) and no single-single part ?
George Mirotis
8 years ago
9 months ago
2
With who can i talk ? Where i can find the technical support ?
Thanks for the response, Mons
mons
17 years ago
16 hours ago
85,497
With who can i talk ? Where i can find the technical support ?
Thanks for the response, Mons

This is our main forum and the technical support thread is usually at the top or very near to it. Its first post also contains a guide on how to find the torrent file.
Andi
12 years ago
2 weeks ago
11
Everytime I try to download 13.0.0 it doesn't give me an individual link and keeps sending me to download the complete package which I don't need, only 13.0.0.
mons
17 years ago
16 hours ago
85,497
Everytime I try to download 13.0.0 it doesn't give me an individual link and keeps sending me to download the complete package which I don't need, only 13.0.0.

Which link on which page are you clicking, and where is it taking you? Can you post screenshots please?
Andi
12 years ago
2 weeks ago
11
Which link on which page are you clicking, and where is it taking you? Can you post screenshots please?

I don't know if someone did something after I posted the comment but it works now despite not after like 5 tries earlier, sorry to bother you.
mons
17 years ago
16 hours ago
85,497
I don't know if someone did something after I posted the comment but it works now despite not after like 5 tries earlier, sorry to bother you.

No worries - always happy to be of assistance ๐Ÿ‘
mons
17 years ago
16 hours ago
85,497
Please help. Only installed small faces and no folder called "Faces". Still have no player faces after downloading that big file. Other peoples downloads seem to have the other folder with "faces" i dont. Help?

Can we have screenshots? Most probably the file didn't fully extract, so try and extract it again. How big is the file you've downloaded?
NedCorrigan
4 years ago
18 hours ago
4
Premium
I downloaded the whole pack. Around 37GB not at screen so don’t know full amount. Site said I had downloaded the whole pack. Now it keeps stopping the download. I’m genuinely already sick of this. Paid a tenner to sit here all morning trying to sort it out. It’s currently 4PM... refund or what
mons
17 years ago
16 hours ago
85,497
I downloaded the whole pack. Around 37GB not at screen so don’t know full amount. Site said I had downloaded the whole pack. Now it keeps stopping the download. I’m genuinely already sick of this. Paid a tenner to sit here all morning trying to sort it out. It’s currently 4PM... refund or what

These files work and these files are perfectly downloaded directly from the site. It's neither our fault if you have internet connectivity issues, nor that you don't know how to install it ๐Ÿ˜•

Plus, you're not making much sense. Did you download the whole pack or is the download stopping? Can't be both ๐Ÿ˜• If you keep getting the download interrupted, use Google Chrome which allows you to resume downloads which have stopped or failed.

If you want us to help, flailing and threats aren't going to do you much good. We're here to help, but that attitude's just not on, I'm afraid.

If you need help with the 37GB backgrounds file, it's this thread you'll need ๐Ÿ‘

This is the cut-out faces megapack forum and the total file size is 17GB. If it's this file you're having issues with, my earlier question still applies: "Can we have screenshots? Most probably the file didn't fully extract, so try and extract it again."

Bit hard to help without seeing what the issue actually is.
Wessiaans
4 years ago
3 days ago
13
Premium
Hello guys, I try to download the megapack cutout faces. For some reason after a little while it shows: network error. Is there anything on my end I need to adjust to make this work?
mons
17 years ago
16 hours ago
85,497
Hello guys, I try to download the megapack cutout faces. For some reason after a little while it shows: network error. Is there anything on my end I need to adjust to make this work?

Looks like you have a bit of a weak internet connection with a download speed that slow. The slower the download speed, the longer it'll take and the more chance there is of an interruption, sadly.

If you have some streaming services or other downloads in the background, best to stop them.
MarcMCFC1986
12 years ago
4 months ago
19
Just paid £10 and click to download the Complete Megapack - just keeps saying 'Can't create file'

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