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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Ian Scotcher
Anyone know where I can download the 3.00 facepack from as the premium link on this website isn't working?
lucas battistelli
I delete the config there is a way to get it alone
mons
Maybe @Footygamer has some way of retrieving it, but it's a 10 year old file so it might not really be possible anymore.
Here's the most recent one from the 13.12 update pack. Why on earth would you do anything like that though? 😕
Vladislav995
Some faces mostly of young players is not working.How can I fix it ?
Bielsa is a Legend
Depends on team, if a small team they may not be in yet
mons
How many images do you have in your megapack folder? Have you downloaded all the update packs?
mons
I checked a couple of the names and it seems they're Valencia youngsters and they do have cut-outs in the megapack.
Bielsa is a Legend
Just checked my Valencia squad and yes half the kids are there, must be a config issue
Vladislav995
I don't downoload megapack,I downoload individually pictures from cut out search.Where I may found other updates? Maybe is problem with XML Document?
Thanks.
mons
Read this to see how you can add cut-outs to your game. Once you do so, make sure that the preferences look the same way as the screenshot in the main post.
Can we see a screenshot of your folder which contains the cut-outs?
Vladislav995
Sure
mons
Location is fine, so it's either an issue with the config file or you haven't changed your preferences.
Vladislav995
Now is working,thanks so much.
Hectaris
Hi, I can't get 13.0 torrent for some reason, is there any way i can get it ?
mons
Can you not download it from here?
Hectaris
When i click on the torrent link, it does open a white page and doesn't start download anything
(thanks for putting me in the right thread)
mons
It should take you to this page, where the first link is the torrent file. Does it not download from there?
Hectaris
Update : Found out that this torrent doesn't work with Brave Browser - works with Chrome
imba#7241
Hi, sorry I have a question:
I just downloaded the megapack, now I have 2 files inside my zip: faces - iconfaces.
Where should I extract those files? in > My Documents > Sports Interactive > Football Manager 20xx > graphics > sortitoutsi > HERE
So inside > My Documents > Sports Interactive > Football Manager 20xx > graphics > sortitoutsi > i will have faces and icon faces (2 differents folder?)
mons
Yes, that's fine, like the screenshot in the opening post
imba#7241
Sorry, in the opning post there is
It's different from my post, that is C:\Users\Utente\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2021\graphics\sortitoutsi and here inside faces - iconfaces
mons
I didn't feel the need to include the first bit to avoid confusing users, but it's clearly the same folder.
The best way to check if they work is simply to load the game up and see if cutouts appear…
quecks
hi …i download the sortitoutsi_cutout_megapack_13.00.rar with the utorrent web (app?) …18gb it have..but so many faces i miss…from german borussia dortmund the gittens …so i think about to download the 12 part update packs …but i only find the two links ..where i have to wait over 2 hours for one small file ?!
any other links with utorrent maybe ? …plz help
greeting queck
mons
Let me give you a brief explanation of how the system works, it's really quite straight-forward.
Every year, just before the game is released, the base cut-out megapack for that version is released. For example, the 13.0 base pack for FM22 was released on 3 November and it included 279,278 cut-outs.
Update packs are released every 2-4 weeks to add images to people who don't have one yet and to add better images for people in the megapack. 12 update packs for 13.0 have been released to date and as a result, the most recent update pack takes the total of images in the megapack to 323,666. Dortmund's Bynoe-Gittens was added to the megapack in the 13.02 update pack, for example, and so will naturally not be included in the base megapack, as it was released prior to his cut being produced.
So, in simple terms, for somebody to be fully up-to-date, they first need to download the 13.0 base pack, then the 13.01 update pack, then the 13.02 update pack etc. etc. until the 13.12 update pack.
I'm not sure I agree that each update pack is a small file, since almost all of them are 500MB+, as per the below screenshot. For technical reasons which I'm not going to go into, only the presently-used mirror sites can host the update packs. We're looking at potentially having the update packs available in torrent format in the future, but we need to see how it would work so it's not something which is going to happen immediately. I appreciate that having to download around 6GB worth of files to be up-to-date is not ideal, but given the size of the megapack, I can't see a lot of options tbh. Ideally, users download update packs when they are released so that the process is not as slow and cumbersome.
quecks
i know that ..but i need another links dude..i cant download one part ..i need 2 hours for one part ! and i have a 1000 download / 50 upload connect …wtf 😢
quecks
3 hour for one update …wtf ..i dont buy premium for this !
Bielsa is a Legend
took less than 2 mins start to finish, suggest problem is your end
mons
As I said, it's not ideal, but it's an issue with how fast the mirror sites allow downloads to go, unfortunately, not with us.
As you're not a premium member, you can't get the file from our servers. Not exactly sure what it is you're saying here.
quecks
i can start the download..but i have to wait 3 hours for 500mb ! ..but after 1 hour the download stop everytime ERROR ! ..i take another facepacks now..shit of u ! ..this download managmend its 3rd world !
mons
You're getting a file for free, and you're complaining because it'll take a while to download? How self-entitled are you?
You have 3 options:
a) Become a premium member and download it for free directly from the website at a quicker speed
b) Download it from a mirror site for free, which will take a little longer to download.
c) Throw a hissy fit and flounce elsewhere
If you've chosen option c, it's your loss frankly 😕