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.
- 463,302
- 2024.07 - Released on 15 Apr 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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peji911
Hi,
I downloaded the torrent file. Am I missing something?
As for the location, I know it's correct for the updated Mac settings (ie: selecting library, whilst pressing option, etc). The other graphics work: kits, other faces, logos, skins, etc.
What do you mean by "one of the properties of that folder, showing the total amount of files in the pack"?
Thanks for the help 😊
mons
The reason I ask for a screenshot is not only to verify it's in the right location but to check the contents.
As for the properties, it's the Mac equivalent of the below screen:
Chirag Thakkar
I have today tried to start with a new save and when creating the new game I got a strange error where only 13.01 faces were showing up and not all the old faces.. I know this because 13.01 had many youth player faces of the club I manage added to it and those faces are showing but the earlier mega pack or older pack I had stopped showing up I came on here only to notice there was a 13.02 update I swiftly downloaded it and have installed them too and I believe both the 13.01 and 13.02 faces are showing now however the original faces are not showing. Can anyone tell me what I may have done wrong here?
Sorry and Thanks in advance..
mons
It's not entirely clear what your situation is. Can we have screenshots of your megapack folder please?
Chirag Thakkar
Basically the faces I downloaded initially before 13.01 and 13.02 are not showing up in my game somehow.. I have attached the screenshots I think you needed?
p.s sorry for posting my message in the wrong thread earlier and thanks for moving it over to the right one..
peji911
Hi, so you were right. When I downloaded the torrent, it was fine. I had 17GB but when I downloaded the admins, it overrwrote what I already had.
How exactly do you install the add-on? I just open the folder and dragged the images over the original cutout faces??
mons
In the 3rd screenshot, you have a folder named faces. Remove it and you'll probably be fine.
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.
4Ramos
mons
There isn't a thread, but there's a whole section for it 😉
Use the search function to check if a game-ready image hasn't been recently produced for a person and, if not, upload an image you find as a source - the bigger, the better 👍
MT55
Qvordrup
You can check yourself here (just use the search field) : https://sortitoutsi.net/graphics/submissions/1
this is what you get when searching Harvey Vale : https://sortitoutsi.net/graphics/browse/1/1239195/timeline
Neilboy29
Afternoon Mons, Sorry wanted to reply earlier but works manic!! Just a quick update.... I managed to download the full pack via Incognito Google Chrome just like you suggested. Not sure if it makes a difference but my Laptop was screensaving if idle for 4mins and this was coinciding with the downloads stopping....? Maybe this is common knowledge and i'm just thick... LOL. Im not really computer literate. Anyway thought it was worth mentioning incase it helps anyone else. Once again thanks for your support and all you do on here... you have been doing this for years now mate... how many exactly?? Anyway its all much appreciated... the game would be nowhere near as good without this site and all the work you guys do. 👍
JWL10
mons
Most large files are usually saved as compressed to try and save on downloading time. You'll generally need a file like the Unarchiver or Winrar to open them. This pack definitely works with Macs; the location where they should be installed in is found in the first post of this thread.
rico leharico
est ce normal que les images soient de petites tailles ? ou ai je louper qq chose
merci
mons
This is an English language forum; please post in English 👍
bp89
mons
I'm not exactly sure how that file works so it's possibly better to ask them than us since any changes you need to make or undo will be related to how that file works rather than this one...
John Oglesby
mons
Let's have some screenshots of (a) your graphics folder and (b) your faces folder.
John Oglesby
mons
In screenshot 57, you have an iconfaces folder in your faces folder which has no business being there. Remove it, or merge it with the iconfaces shown in screenshot 56.
Also in screenshot 57, it's clear you don't have the full megapack. Once you've taken away that rogue iconfaces folder, how many files do you have in total in there? You should have 287,000+
rico leharico
mons
You haven't installed the files properly. Look at the installation instructions and the first post of this thread and try again. If it doesn't work, post screenshots of your megapack folder 👍
Tom Worden
If I was to buy and insert a micro sd and move the "sega interactive" file from documents to the sd card, would this work? Or would it need a config?
Any help would be much appreciated.
Cheers
mons
If your graphics are not in Documents, then you need to change your user data location. Simple steps on how to do so can be found here.
DenisT
i did a cut face for Nikita Kovalchuk ID 2000017912.
Is this one good? I can make more Face cuts, if this is okay.
mons
Doesn't look too bad, but the source doesn't seem to have been ideal; would be nice to see it. If it was big enough, it should be in 250x250. Also, you should rotate the source before cropping it so that the face is upright rather than tilted to one side.
Have a look at this thread for some more tips
Littlebird31
Is there the older folders (fm 14/15/16/17/18/19/20) in the bigger complete megapack (18 Gb) ?
Thanks
mons
The megapack will work with FM14, but you'll have 6 year's worth of extra cuts. I suggest downloading the 8.0 torrent if there are any seeds left for it...