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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mons
Yes
Liam Wintrip
An example is Alejandro Iturbe (ID 2000049485). His photo exists in the graphics folder but does not appear in the game.
Any ideas how to fix?
Thanks
mons
The chances are that these people were added in 13.01. If your preferences aren't looking as per the screenshot in the main post, then they won't display.
Liam Wintrip
Thanks for your swift reply. I downloaded the full pack again for FM21. Preferences look the same as the screenshot. Most player faces have worked except the 'ID 20000****' players from what I can tell.
mons
Can I have a screenshot of your preferences to be sure?
Liam Wintrip
Sure. Please find attached.
mons
Download the 13.01 update pack and replace the config file in your current faces folder with the config file included in the faces folder of the download. Could be you're still using the previous one.
Liam Wintrip
Replacing the config files worked. Thanks for your help!
Jamie Roe
mons
You need to have a faces folder to display the larger faces and the iconfaces folder to see the smaller version of the respective cut-out displayed when you right-click on a player. Both folders should contain 284,000+ images and a config file.
If you don't have the above, then you either didn't download the full pack or you haven't installed it correctly.
Screenshots of your folder structure and contents would help me to see which of the above is the case 👍
cadbri
mons
We had this issue a couple of weeks back but it appeared to have been resolved. I'm tagging our site owner and administrator @Footygamer to make him aware of this. In the meantime, give him a little while to check and hopefully it'll all be fine to download by tomorrow at the latest 👍
Edit: Ignore the above @Footygamer
mons
cadbri
cadbri
Thanks again
mons
Nothing to apologise for - I only came upon the 'solution' by happenstance tbh 😀
Enjoy 👍
Jamie Roe
Thanks for the quick reply. I only had an icons faces subfolder in my sortitoutsi folder. I downloaded it from the torrent link in the website? Should that have included the faces folder also? I deleted everything, downloaded the torrent file again, currently extracting it, will get bk to you if I have the same issue.
FOTIS TSORONIS
Jamie Roe
mons
Put the contents of the faces folder in your download into the faces folder containing all the cut-outs. Same for the iconfaces. Click OK when asked if you want to overwrite.
mons
Just answered this here 🙂
Jamie Roe
Thanks alot man, appreciate the quick replies 👍🏼
gewrgios21
mons
Make sure to read and follow carefully the installation instructions, including the correct location to install them and how to change the preferences for the cut-outs to be displayed.
When you're asking for help, it's always good if you provide as much information as possible, including screenshots 😉
Neilboy29
mons
Try downloading it with Google Chrome in incognito mode. It has a resume download function which may come in useful in cases like this.
peji911
I am on a Mac (M1 MBP). All face packs I have tried have worked except the cutout face pack, which is the one I want because it's smaller than the rest.
I have a config file and even used FMXML to create a different config file. Not a single face loads.
Any other ideas?
Thank you.
Neilboy29
Cheers Mons, Ill give that a go... I did try downloading the full pack using Chrome on my Mac and kept getting the same problem (albeit this was in 2019). All other downloads have always worked fine and I had the Face pack on my Mac for some 6 years and would just add the updates. Is there any known reasons why the Megapack seems to crash mid download? Just wondering incase your suggestion doesn't work... Cheers for the quick response and help.... always appreciated.
mons
Can I have a screenshot of the location you're installing the cutout megapack in? And also one of the properties of that folder, showing the total amount of files in the pack.
Are you sure you're downloading the full pack? It's 17GB+ and it's the biggest facepack for FM as far as I'm aware; could it be you're not downloading the full pack?
mons
As it's such a large file, there's simply more of a possibility of the download connection being temporarily interrupted. That's why I recommend it's downloaded with as little background applications running, to avoid potential interruptions caused by other files being downloaded by the user.