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
Have you heard about this file?
ArnDaddy
I don't suppose there are any known issues about the latest pack are there? Since I downloaded it my game has suddenly turned super slow, especially the loading screen
weeniehutjr
Once the pack is installed you can re-enable Use Caching - you only need it to be disabled when reloading the skin to show the new cutouts.
ArnDaddy
I think it is a different issue, the icons came up and worked fine but the game now is unplayably slow. I've done the things that usually would work - clear cache, delete preferences, update drivers etc. Even when I take the graphics folder out the game is still slow and I can't understand it.
Taylan#2963
Dfiles link for the latest update says ‘file does not exist’ when trying to download from there. I used the other link but it also stopped the download at 500mb with 20mb left…And now have to wait 180 for the next try.
Joe Churchman
thank you so much this is an absolute game changer
IamOverrated
For some reason my face pack doesn't work either anymore after I installed the latest update. It worked perfectly before but now every single face is missing. I believe I've installed everything correctly. the folders are in users/username/library/application support/SI/Fm21/graphics/faces as you can see on the bottom of the screenshots. There's also a config file in the faces folder.
Caching has been disabled and skin gets reloaded.
mons
It may well be that you've installed the pack wrongly then. Do you have any sub-folders within the faces and/or iconfaces folder? How many images do you have in each folder?
IamOverrated
No subfolders in either folder, there are 305.519 files in the faces folder and 309.510 in the iconfaces folder.
mons
Hmm, the numbers don't seem to match for the faces folder. You didn't put the files from the faces folder in the update pack elsewhere did you? That would mean that the game reads only the images in the update pack and ignores the others, which I suspect is what happened.
Without knowing how you installed or seeing all your folders, I can't be sure but I suspect that's what's happened. If you search for config.xml files within the graphics folder, does anything seem amiss? Perhaps you can screenshot me the search and I could spot what's wrong; I'll need to see all the full paths in this screenie 🙂
IamOverrated
Yup, you're a 100% right! When I first copied the update I accidentally dropped them into the logos folder instead of the faces folder. I thought I had deleted all those files but it seemed like there was still a duplicate config.xml in the logos folder. Deleted that and all the icons are back!
Thanks a lot mate!
mons
No worries - enjoy your game 🙂
Ewan Smith
Should the extracting of files take a long time? Mines at 1% and has been for 20 minutes.
mons
Sometimes with such a big file the computer gets the calculation of extraction time wrong and it speeds up after a while. Be prepared for it to take a fair while. It may take around an hour or slightly less with all conditions being ideal, so close any running programs and Chrome tabs for example.
If you can't find the time to leave your PC unused to extract the files, perhaps it might be worth letting it extract overnight, making sure there aren't any power settings which send the system to sleep if inactive after a period of time.
Nichlas Foged
i have downloaded all 19 parts by Dfiles now and I cant extract them because I haven't enough disc space on my pc. I have deleted every game and single thing on my pc. Its only FM21 left and these. So now after seriously 30 hours downloading i still don't have the faces in my game…..
The turrent does that make a quick download? And how much does the file for the facepack use if I download through torrent? Because right now I really don't want to use more hours in this…
mons
Like I told you beforehand, there is an easier method to get the files. If you didn't want to take it, that's your decision so you can't really complain it's taking you so long 😕
If you don't have enough space on your hard disk, again that's not something we have any control over really. How large is your hard disk? Have you emptied your Recycle Bin?
The torrent shouldn't take too long to download. I believe it's in the region of 15GB but I'm not 100% sure.
Gustavo Rocha Campos
I am not able to extract the file in the folder. Win-rar is asking for a password to continue the process and I don't have one. What is the password?
mons
There is no password. What file did you download?
Lanofo
Learn intall here. This video is the best.
More info: http://fumacrom.com/9Ito
Lanofo
http://fumacrom.com/9Ito
Gustavo Rocha Campos
The complete pack: sortitoutsi_cutout_megapack_13.08.rar
Gustavo Rocha Campos
Thanks for the help, mate. However, the problem remains
mons
How large is the file? I suspect it's not downloaded fully.
mons
How large is the file? I suspect it's not downloaded fully.
Gustavo Rocha Campos
19,9 GB
mons
My suspicions were unfounded, that's the correct size.
Try using another program to extract it, like 7zip. Maybe there's something wrong with your Winrar, because there definitely is no password for the megapack file…
Gustavo Rocha Campos
I tried with another software(FreeArc), but another error happened. I'll download again, both by torrent and by the browser. If I get an error again, I'll send it here
Nemziz
Worked for trophies, badges etc
mons
I've moved it to here.
This file works if installed properly. If not, you may have issues, and this is what I suspect has happened here.
Can we have screenshots of the location in which the megapack was installed in?
Nemziz
sure
so now after playing some other games FM2021 randomly started but now Im stuck in the Loading screen