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 475,000 player faces to spice up your copy of Football Manager.
- 480,827
- 2025.00 - Released on 29 Oct 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
If mirrors for that far back are no longer available, then I would suggest downloading the 4.0 torrent (which will contain the 3.0 pack and all the 3.xx update packs) or whichever more recent torrent file is available 👍
Julian Coleman
Hi Guys
Any reason why there isn't a face in any of the packs for Curtis Jones of Liverpool ?
I always thought it was because of not being allowed to add faces to the younger players but Curtis isn't as young any more.
Cheers
Brockie19
There is
Saptarsi Mukherjee
Hi Guys.
I have downloaded the 13.00 Megapack using torrent.
Now do I have to download all the updates to the megapack or just the latest update?
Please help.
mons
You need to download all the updates and install them chronologically.
ChrisMooUK
Hi guys,
I have been trying to download the megapack all day, tried different browsers, tried different internet connections, keeps failing.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Chris
mons
Need a bit more info mate. What happens? I recommend using Google Chrome in incognito mode. No extensions to potentially interrupt the download and the facility to resume an interrupted download if it happens.
ChrisMooUK
I downloaded it on my Mac, then downloaded it on my PC. Then noticed I had done it wrong on my Mac, so wanted to download the Megapack again but every time I get a message saying failed after a short while.
I just tried incognito mode on Chrome which seemed better and then failed again.
Internet is fine. I am wondering if its because I have downloaded the file more than a couple of times?
mons
I don't think it should make a difference that you've downloaded it more than once. What do you mean by failed? Can you take a screenshot? Using Chrome, you should be able to resume interrupted download. It is also recommended that you avoid having other downloads going on at the same time or other bandwidth-intensive applications such as streaming, torrents etc.
ChrisMooUK
I tried at 7am, and nobody else was up or using any of the Internet indoors.
Then later and got the same.
7pm, tried again with no joy and also on Incognito.
Each time I clicked retry and had no joy at all.
I am having another go now and will screenshot it if it goes wrong.
ChrisMooUK
Done 1.47gb and then this. I click retry, and then it shows the same again and removes the file from the download folder. IT 101 is next!
mons
You should have a resume download (or similar) button when you click that arrow, is it not there?
ChrisMooUK
Yeah I clicked the arrow, clicked resume, it said the same thing and deleted the file from the download folder.
mons
Must be a Mac thing then, on PC you can click resume multiple times if required.
Have you tried using a download manager?
ChrisMooUK
It worked fine on the Mac previously. I just noticed some of the pics were missing so thought I'd just get the whole lot again.
What download manager would you recommend?
mons
No idea to be perfectly honest, Chrome is usually enough for my needs.
ChrisMooUK
Sussed it! It was something to do with my anti-virus stopping it.
At least if someone else gets stuck like I did then it's fixable 🙂
mons
Great to hear that 👍
Bruxy
I've tried downloading both the 19-part files and the single Megapack (I became a subscriber to do it) and unarchiving the rar file keeps going wrong with unarchiver on Mac. I've also tried downloading it via Firefox and Google Chrome. I've been able to get the kit packs to work fine but both logos and faces have been giving me trouble, so clearly I'm doing something wrong? Can anyone help? I've tried to follow all of the instructions to the detail, but I must be doing something wrong somewhere.
mons
Are you sure you've downloaded the full file? How big is the rar file you've downloaded?
Bruxy
22.01GB.
mons
The complete pack is “only” 20.5GB, not sure where you're getting the extra 1.5 from.
Greaves_
When torrented, it's 18.2 GB, is that correct?
Also, when i try to extract the full torrented package, winrar tells me it will take about 24 hours and 7zip goes crazy and tells me it will take months. I'm extracting to the same drive and have a decent computer. Am i doing something wrong or is it legitimately going to take 24 hours?
I tried to extract overnight with 7zip, but when i came back it had only done a fraction.
mons
I'm not entirely sure about the torrent file as I can't check right now, but that sounds about right, yeah.
I'm aware that sometimes with such a big file, the computer gets the calculation of extraction time wrong but it does speed up after a while. Based on what other users say, it may take around an hour or slightly more with all conditions being ideal, so close any running programs and Chrome tabs for example.
I would recommend that you have as few apps open as possible when extracting it because I am led to understand the extraction process is very resource-intensive and focusing the computer's resources solely on it will speeden up the process. If you leave it overnight and it's only partly extracted means there's something wrong somewhere. Perhaps restarting the system and giving it a clean slate before starting the extract process might help. I also recommend using Winrar instead of 7zip.
Bruxy
Well, I feel like an idiot. It was a storage issue on my end. Cleared that up, re-downloaded the file and extracted without problem. Thanks for the help and for all the work to put the pack together, it's so awesome!
mons
Happy to hear it worked out fine for you in the end 👍
s15ynwa
Hi
Im downloading all part and no face for Dane Scarlett, Filip Jorgensen and too much young and prospect talents…
Bielsa is a Legend
They are both in my version
HarryMahon26
Any way the 3.00 facepack could be fixed. I click it and I get ‘This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below.' Wanting to play some old FMs and it's a nightmare to find facepacks with links still working, wonder if there's anyway of getting this one.
mons
Perhaps @Footygamer can check to see what's happened there.
Having said that, the 3.00 facepack was released in October 2010 so don't get your hopes too high on it still being available…