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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Muhammad Mauraga
So, I just found the problem, As you said, I forgot that I put a backup of my old config in my football manager 2021 file, and it seems this is what caused the problem even though I didn't put it in the graphics file, thank you so much for your help, you are the best.
Captain Beefheart
Facepack wont show, despite Logos and Kits working.
What I have, and have done:
C:\Users\Personal\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2021\graphics\faces
Tricks I have tried that have seemingly worked for others:
I have made sure that it is a complete download with all the necessary photos.
Any ideas?
mons
Thanks for that comprehensive breakdown, but screenshots speak a thousand words 🙂 Screenshots of (a) your megapack folder and (b) of a player in-game you believe should have a cut would help.
Do you have any other facepacks installed perhaps? How many images do you have in your faces folder?
Not sure changing font size and/or skin would resolve your problem, and having more than one config file is a guarantee for it not working, if anything.
Captain Beefheart
My apologies for not thinking to screen shot these things sooner.
Here are screenshots that I hope will help diagnose the issue.
mons
The last screenshot is for the config file of the icons file. If that's what you have in your faces folder, no wonder it's not working. The config of the faces folder and the icon faces are different for a reason. How did it end up there?
Captain Beefheart
I will reinstate the original and see if it helps
EDIT: It did not, sadly.
Any other avenues I can pursue to fix this darned thing?
mons
I've sent you a PM to suggest something 👍
Bielsa is a Legend
did you fix?
if it helps i place my faces into pictures, not direct to graphics
try my config attached
mons
Sorted out via PM 😉
He had two megapack folders, one of which had only 20k-odd images, which meant the proper one didn't display…
Bielsa is a Legend
Good news.
the support on this site is second to none, well done.
blankblankblank
Excuse me, for the update files do i have to install them in order 1, 2, 3, …. 13? Or can i isntall them randomly?
mons
It has to be in order.
An Ju
Hello guys, I recently switched from a PC to a Mac and have reinstalled FM20 on my new machine. I managed to install my skins, logopacks and my backups but I cannot install my cut out facepack. I have tried everything but can't do it. So what is the path to follow on Mac to install the facepack? Thank you in advance for your help !
mons
Copied from the opening post 😉
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 2020’
An Ju
Thanks for the quick reply.
Actually, I already saw that and I followed instructions. But it don't work.
There is a screenshot, I put the 2 folders on the Football Manager 2020 folder but I don't know if I have to put them in “graphics” or something.
mons
If they're not in graphics, then the game won't detect them, so if you move them into that folder, you should be fine 🙂
An Ju
It still does not work… :/
I tried everything but still…
The proof with the screenshot.
mons
Can you change the preferences so that they are like the ones in the first post? Also, how many images do you have in your faces folder?
bp89
I would like to ask, what is the problem with this player? As far as I understand, it is Milan Ilić from Crvena Zvezda (currently on loan at Loznica), but he is not in the game, so I assume that he was created in this way, but it is not possible to access his profile? https://sortitoutsi.net/football-manager/official/62070164/milan-ilic
Also, I have one question unrelated to this, and that is where can I suggest pictures of players who are not currently in the game so that one of the cutters can set that picture to game ready?
Carlos Alberto
First of all, thanks mons for being quite responsive and helpful here in the forum.
I have the base pack running perfectly fine in my Mac FM21 install, but now I decided to download the updates. From what I understood here, I MUST download all the updates since the base install I have.
But I have a 2nd question regarding installing the update is how to install it in my base. Do I copy the folders inside the Base folders? Or do I copy the contents of these updates to the respective base folders, replacing when necessary? If so, what happens to the config.xml ? Does the updated file include the contents of everything before? Do I need to rename that config.xml file?
mons
That Milan Ilic whose profile you linked is actually a referee. The Milan Ilic loanee at Loznica is not in the FM database yet.
In reply to your second question, if a person is not currently in the database, then he cannot be added to the megapack and therefore there is no point in requesting him here. Once he is added to the database, at this point once FM22 is released, then he can be requested accordingly, but until then there are other, more pressing, priorities for our cutters to focus on.
The contents of the faces folder from the update pack are to go into the faces folder of your megapack folder, and same for the iconfaces folder. You will be prompted if you want to overwrite a number of files - which prompt you are to accept 👍
Faiqq
Can someone send me a cut out face for john murtough because it didnt include in cut out facepack
mons
We have a search function here.
TheVermonster
Hello. I have a strange problem. I have the Megapack, and it was working fine, but then I had to reinstall FM 21, and now, none of the faces of the Dutch players are showing up. Has anyone else had this problem? Does anyone know of a solution? I've tried reloading the skin and doing the usual turning of caching.
mons
Download the real name fix, which removes this licensing-related issue.
TheVermonster
Awesome advice, Thanks for the help.
Faiqq
face for john murtough didnt appear in game? how can I fix it?
mons
Just downloading his cut-out isn't enough. You need to modify the config file so the game knows which image to display for which person.
Backup your existing config and follow the instructions from here on how to change it.
hariz zakwan
Sorry for the interrupted, I just want to say, can you bring this torrent file season by season. I miss this btw.
mons
The download links are there - do they not work?