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
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By Богдан Пејановић 06 March 2021 - 17:11 PM UTC 

Problem is also with Nikola Knezevic (Red Star U-19). I can't  access his profile in any way. Can i get the link with the his profile on database, please?

Thanks a lot. 

 

Here you go

Speedylad123
11 years ago
1 week ago
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Hello, I recently downloaded the cutout mega pack followed all the usual instructions (never had a problem adding graphics etc in the past) and when I use the unarchiver to extract the download to “graphics” about a quarter of the way through I get a message saying "could not extract sortitoutsi/faces then obviously a big number archive:failed to write to file

 

the options are to stop or continue and a apply to all box that I can tick. I have clicked continue and it keeps appearing and then I clicked apply to all and then continues to extract them but at the end of the process there is nothing in the “graphics” folder.

 

@mons can you help me please? Thank you 

mons
17 years ago
1 hour ago
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By Speedylad123 06 March 2021 - 20:13 PM UTC 

Hello, I recently downloaded the cutout mega pack followed all the usual instructions (never had a problem adding graphics etc in the past) and when I use the unarchiver to extract the download to “graphics” about a quarter of the way through I get a message saying "could not extract sortitoutsi/faces then obviously a big number archive:failed to write to file

 

the options are to stop or continue and a apply to all box that I can tick. I have clicked continue and it keeps appearing and then I clicked apply to all and then continues to extract them but at the end of the process there is nothing in the “graphics” folder.

 

@mons can you help me please? Thank you 

 

I suggest extracting the file to a temporary folder of choosing, then moving it to your graphics folder afterwards.

 

Make sure you have enough space on your hard-drive beforehand, too 👍

Speedylad123
11 years ago
1 week ago
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By mons 06 March 2021 - 20:17 PM UTC 

I suggest extracting the file to a temporary folder of choosing, then moving it to your graphics folder afterwards.

 

Make sure you have enough space on your hard-drive beforehand, too 👍

 

Thank you will try this and see if it fixes. Im guessing any folder on the computer is fine? 

mons
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By Speedylad123 06 March 2021 - 20:21 PM UTC 

Thank you will try this and see if it fixes. Im guessing any folder on the computer is fine? 

 

Anywhere you want is fine. Also, how big is the file you've downloaded? If it's not 19.25GB, you'll need to redownload it, actually.

Speedylad123
11 years ago
1 week ago
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By mons 06 March 2021 - 20:38 PM UTC 

Anywhere you want is fine. Also, how big is the file you've downloaded? If it's not 19.25GB, you'll need to redownload it, actually.

 

it was 20.67GB. Okay so its done majority of the player faces now and I've loaded the game up but there are a lot missing. Griezemann, Bergwijn are some of the ones I've clicked on. No idea why

mons
17 years ago
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By Speedylad123 06 March 2021 - 21:00 PM UTC 

it was 20.67GB. Okay so its done majority of the player faces now and I've loaded the game up but there are a lot missing. Griezemann, Bergwijn are some of the ones I've clicked on. No idea why

 

You say it's done the majority of player faces now. What do you mean? If you haven't extracted the full file, it stands to reason that some might not have been extracted yet and so they won't appear in-game; sorry if I've misunderstood you.

 

As for Dutch and French national team players, download and apply this file to get round the licensing restriction which prevents player faces from being displayed when viewed from the respective national teams.

Speedylad123
11 years ago
1 week ago
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By mons 06 March 2021 - 21:07 PM UTC 

You say it's done the majority of player faces now. What do you mean? If you haven't extracted the full file, it stands to reason that some might not have been extracted yet and so they won't appear in-game; sorry if I've misunderstood you.

 

As for Dutch and French national team players, download and apply this file to get round the licensing restriction which prevents player faces from being displayed when viewed from the respective national teams.

Sorry I'm confused myself too. I'm presuming its because of the message I said in my first post about “could not extract sortitoutsi/faces then obviously a big number archive:failed to write to file” but I'm not sure.

 

I checked and there are more than just the dutch and French players faces missing. 

mons
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By Speedylad123 06 March 2021 - 21:16 PM UTC 

Sorry I'm confused myself too. I'm presuming its because of the message I said in my first post about “could not extract sortitoutsi/faces then obviously a big number archive:failed to write to file” but I'm not sure.

 

I checked and there are more than just the dutch and French players faces missing. 

 

You're confusing me too. I don't understand how the file you've downloaded is 20.5GB in size, when the full megapack download is 19.25GB

 

How many files are there in your faces folder? There should be a shade over 301,000.

Speedylad123
11 years ago
1 week ago
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By mons 06 March 2021 - 22:27 PM UTC 

You're confusing me too. I don't understand how the file you've downloaded is 20.5GB in size, when the full megapack download is 19.25GB

 

How many files are there in your faces folder? There should be a shade over 301,000.

 

Okay so I just checked and there is 230,000 and 15GB in the faces folder. That is obviously why some are missing but now I do not understand why.

mons
17 years ago
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By Speedylad123 06 March 2021 - 22:52 PM UTC 

Okay so I just checked and there is 230,000 and 15GB in the faces folder. That is obviously why some are missing but now I do not understand why.

 

I can only suggest redownloading the megapack again. Use Google Chrome to resume the download if it gets interrupted and since you're a premium member, you can get it in one click from our site.

 

It's easier like that, at this stage.

Qvordrup
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By Speedylad123 06 March 2021 - 22:52 PM UTC 

Okay so I just checked and there is 230,000 and 15GB in the faces folder. That is obviously why some are missing but now I do not understand why.

 

You probaby haven't got the full file when downloading it. Use chrome so you can resume any interruptions in the download. So delete everything you got and download the full file again from HERE 

Speedylad123
11 years ago
1 week ago
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By Qvordrup 06 March 2021 - 22:57 PM UTC 

You properly haven't got the full file when downloading it. Use chrome so you can resume any interruptions in the download. So delete everything you got and download the full file again from HERE 

 

Thank you, will try this tomorrow.

Speedylad123
11 years ago
1 week ago
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By mons 06 March 2021 - 22:55 PM UTC 

I can only suggest redownloading the megapack again. Use Google Chrome to resume the download if it gets interrupted and since you're a premium member, you can get it in one click from our site.

 

It's easier like that, at this stage.

 

I deleted the whole file and re-downloaded on google chrome and it was 19.5GB on the chrome downloads menu area, did all this fine only took about 25 minutes and then when I used unarchiver to extract the files to graphics section it got all the way to the end and gave me the same message about couldn't write the file “apply to all” “continue” etc.. 

 

check the graphics folder and it isn't in there. I don't know what I'm doing wrong. when I check system storage on the Mac the file is coming down at 20.5 for some reason.

mons
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By Speedylad123 07 March 2021 - 10:57 AM UTC 

I deleted the whole file and re-downloaded on google chrome and it was 19.5GB on the chrome downloads menu area, did all this fine only took about 25 minutes and then when I used unarchiver to extract the files to graphics section it got all the way to the end and gave me the same message about couldn't write the file “apply to all” “continue” etc.. 

 

check the graphics folder and it isn't in there. I don't know what I'm doing wrong. when I check system storage on the Mac the file is coming down at 20.5 for some reason.

 

I've told you already to extract it to a temporary folder instead of the graphics folder, not sure why you didn't do it that way 😕

 

Can we have a screenshot of where you're extracting the folder? And screenshots are infinitely better when describing an issue as I'm not sure I've understood what the last bit of your first paragraph is referring to.

Speedylad123
11 years ago
1 week ago
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By mons 07 March 2021 - 11:14 AM UTC 

I've told you already to extract it to a temporary folder instead of the graphics folder, not sure why you didn't do it that way 😕

 

Can we have a screenshot of where you're extracting the folder? And screenshots are infinitely better when describing an issue as I'm not sure I've understood what the last bit of your first paragraph is referring to.

 

I just attempted to extract them to a separate file on my Mac, same problem appeared. Please find attached screenshots of the error message I'm getting, the graphics folder inside fm21 and the RAR file I downloaded and stored on my Mac.

mons
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By Speedylad123 07 March 2021 - 13:00 PM UTC 

I just attempted to extract them to a separate file on my Mac, same problem appeared. Please find attached screenshots of the error message I'm getting, the graphics folder inside fm21 and the RAR file I downloaded and stored on my Mac.

 

a) Do you have enough empty space remaining on your Mac?

b) What happens if you press continue?

Speedylad123
11 years ago
1 week ago
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By mons 07 March 2021 - 13:40 PM UTC 

a) Do you have enough empty space remaining on your Mac?

b) What happens if you press continue?

 

Yes there is enough space on the Mac I presume. 40gb spare before the download started.

 

When I press continue the same message keeps popping up until I tick “apply to all” and then hit continue.

 

I checked the folder after the most recent extract and there was no images.png in there. SO CONFUSED 

mons
17 years ago
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By Speedylad123 07 March 2021 - 14:00 PM UTC 

Yes there is enough space on the Mac I presume. 40gb spare before the download started.

 

When I press continue the same message keeps popping up until I tick “apply to all” and then hit continue.

 

I checked the folder after the most recent extract and there was no images.png in there. SO CONFUSED 

 

Try using Winrar for Mac instead of the Unarchiver and see if that works.

NuclearAroma
3 years ago
3 months ago
1

Hi all,

 

I am playing FM20 but want to use the FM21 faces, I know it works that way from previous experiences.

 

This post is to point out that I cannot find a torrent link to the FM21 cut-out-faces megapack to download. I hope someone can direct me there or send me a link to the torrent base file. 

 

Thank you.

mons
17 years ago
1 hour ago
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By NuclearAroma 14 March 2021 - 19:14 PM UTC 

Hi all,

 

I am playing FM20 but want to use the FM21 faces, I know it works that way from previous experiences.

 

This post is to point out that I cannot find a torrent link to the FM21 cut-out-faces megapack to download. I hope someone can direct me there or send me a link to the torrent base file. 

 

Thank you.

 

Does this link work?

oliver marriott
3 years ago
2 months ago
7

Hi there

 

Just wondering whether you really have to download all of the updates for the this facepack?

 

Or whether you can just go to the most recent ones?

 

Also how easy is it to do individual people say in a particular save?

 

Ta

mons
17 years ago
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By oliver marriott 16 March 2021 - 19:09 PM UTC 

Hi there

 

Just wondering whether you really have to download all of the updates for the this facepack?

 

Or whether you can just go to the most recent ones?

 

Also how easy is it to do individual people say in a particular save?

 

Ta

 

Whether it's necessary or not depends entirely on how much faces you want to have in your save. The 13.0 base pack also available via torrent contains just under 280,000 images. If you download all the update packs released since then, you'll have 300k+ and a multitude of improved images.

 

If you want to add individual images to that, you can download them from the submissions forum and add them using the methods outlined in this thread.

JustX
3 years ago
2 weeks ago
2

Hi, it's since this morning that i can't access to the complete pack, it relocate me at 13.06 update, so i can't download part 19 of complete pack, someone can copy me the link or help me to take it?

Jonfun
16 years ago
2 days ago
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Premium

JustX        Sortitoutsi, site is not working for any downloads. I'm trying to get the latest face pack update and some 3D match kits.

Unforgotten
6 years ago
3 months ago
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By Jonfun 17 March 2021 - 12:31 PM UTC 

JustX        Sortitoutsi, site is not working for any downloads. I'm trying to get the latest face pack update and some 3D match kits.

 

I have the same issue. I can not download any files.

 

Greetings

mons
17 years ago
1 hour ago
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@JustX , @Jonfun  and @Unforgotten, there's an issue with downloads not working for the time being due to technical issues. Please bear with us while it gets sorted 👍

JustX
3 years ago
2 weeks ago
2

Thank you for the answers 🙂 

Unforgotten
6 years ago
3 months ago
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By mons 17 March 2021 - 13:21 PM UTC 

@JustX , @Jonfun  and @Unforgotten, there's an issue with downloads not working for the time being due to technical issues. Please bear with us while it gets sorted 👍

 

Thank You.

STYLIANOS KALANTZAKIS
4 years ago
2 years ago
3

I can not download it. As long as I press to download it I go to choose which one I want. I press again that I want the full pack and then the same again. after all it has no torrent option

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