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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Chayanboy01
still no luck, have you any idea what's wrong?
Side Splitting Pass
Just to check, you do have more than 855mb free on the hard drive you are trying to download to?
Chayanboy01
Yepp i have over 400Gb of storage on my hard drive left, I will try again
Chayanboy01
I also tried to download the file on my sons Mac, same problem there.
I'm about to give up
mons
I just tried it myself on a not particularly good internet connection and got past the 1GB without any issues at all. It might well have something to do with your internet connection and/or any extensions to your browser.
To get past the last issue, I've just realised I didn't suggest trying to download it using Google Chrone in incognito mode (i.e. with all extensions automatically disabled). See if that works.
Chayanboy01
I'm positive that my internet connection isn't the problem, it has to be some other issue.
I did download the file before I was a member but the file was damaged and I couldn't unzip the file.
This text is above the download file:
"It looks like you've already downloaded this megapack before, in which case you might prefer to download one (or more) of the small update packs below.
But you can still download the bigger complete pack if you wish"
Strange considering that il never succeeded.
Is there some other way for me to get hold of the file?
I tried one last time via Firefox same problem and I'm using Nord vpn so I'm incognito all the time.
mons
At this stage, I'm genuinely out of options for suggestions on how you can get it 😢 If the download's working for me and others, but not for you, then the logic follows that it's something at your end which is stopping it from working for you as intended. I suggested the internet connection because it's the most likely solution.
Do I remember right that you said you've tried download managers and they don't work either?
Chayanboy01
Ok. thanks for your support
I downloaded download manager for chrome and activated it in the toolbar, I think that I did it right?
mons
I would imagine so, but I can't really advise on how to install third-party applications…
Letzelter
Hello,
First, sorry if my english is bad, I'm french.
I need help with this megapack: When I was playing FM 2020, this megapack was working nice. But I buy FM 2021, install the pack and it doesn't work. Some faces are in game, other not, with no reason. Even worst, on FM 2020, if I load my old game, it's work, but if I create new game, it's doesn't work. I'm on steam and Windows 10.
2 exemples: Karim Benzema and Didier Deschamps.
FM2021:
FM 2020 new game:
Graphic pack:
FM 2021:
FM 2020 new game:
FM 2020 old game:
FM2020 old game if I delete megapack:
Graphic pack:
Config.xml:
I don't understand why it's work in a old game, but not in new game and not in FM 2021.
I try:
After each try, I clear cache and reload skin.
Some screens:
I don't understand where the error is.
Please, can you help me ?
mons
@Letzelter, for licensing reasons, if you view a person from the French national team page, then their cut-out will not display.
You will need to download this file for FM21 (and its equivalent for FM20 - use the search function to find it) and it will fix this issue (and many others) in your existing save game.
Letzelter
@mons Thank you very much, I have this mod, but I forgot update this after new FM 2021 update 2140, now it's work !
Dmitri-K
This photo has unnormously big size (2,6 MB):
https://sortitoutsi.net/football-manager-2021/person/59115308/sahin-zekiyev
mons
I've uploaded it with a more reasonable size 👍
Salopian_Ryan
evening I recently downloaded the facepack but it comes up with There is no application set to open the document and then struggling to get it to work all together.
mons
Download Winrar for Mac or the Unarchiver or a similar program to extract the file you've downloaded.
Salopian_Ryan
I have done this which has now got all the faces now I just can not find how to extract them in to fm21 which I have downloaded from steam
mons
What you've typed doesn't make a lot of sense, sorry. Can you upload a screenshot of what you've got right now?
There is a Word document with installation instructions, at what stage are you?
Salopian_Ryan
sorry.
so I have now downloaded the unarchiver which has now made it possible to access all the cut outs off staff and players.
however now I can not find the graphic part to stick this file in
mons
Are you even reading what I'm posting?
Read the installation instructions and post screenshots if that doesn't work.
Salopian_Ryan
This the stage I am at
mons
Where? Nothing's showing 😕
mons
Showing now. You need to navigate to the folder displayed in the installation instructions.
Salopian_Ryan
I have just attached the images as they did load at first
mons
It's useless asking for help if you aren't bothering to follow the installation instructions. You need to navigate to the folder displayed in the installation instructions:
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
Now the files will instead appear in the following location:
Users/YOUR Mac USERNAME/Library/Application Support/Sports Interactive
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 2021’
That's where I need to see a screenshot of, otherwise I can't really help.
Salopian_Ryan
sorry for all the inconvenience caused but after many hours of YouTube videos and working out how to use a MacBook I have finally got to this stage.
mons
It's really rather straight-forward. All you need is in my previous post.
From the screenshot you posted, it's impossible to tell if this is the folder in your screenshot: Users/YOUR Mac USERNAME/Library/Application Support/Sports Interactive. If it isn't, then that's where you graphics folder needs to go.
What's inside the sortitoutsi folder? You should have a faces folder and an iconfaces folder there, both of which should contain 300k+ images and a file named config.xml.
andrey987
i've done everything, but still doesn't work((
macbook air m1
copy in default folder - nope
copy in documents - nope
copy in library - nope (((
mons
You only seem to have logos in the graphics folder in your second screenshot - I'm not seeing the faces or iconfaces folder there? Bit difficult for the files to work if they're not in there 😕
andrey987
:-D
i've tried only for logos, and i think that with faces will be the same problem. i cant find folder where to put downloaded files.
may be there is some more setting to be changed (exept cathing and reload)
maybe i use wrong folder. Folder “Sports Interactive” was created by me.
This is the only comment folder where somebody speak about installing problems on mac that i can find.
If i need to download faces pack to discuss further i will do it))