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.
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- 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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Jubez
nvm, got it sorted eventually. This post can be deleted.
cahels
The megapack torrent doesn't open (not speaking of the update, I mean the 15GB one). I tried opening the torrent file with uTorrent, as well as opening it as a link in uTorrent. Neither works.
Edit: Actually – none of the torrents open any downloads. With the link it gives 401.
mons
Working perfectly fine here 😕 This file gets the download started.
cahels
I changed the program from uTorrent and it worked. Must have been something with the program.
mons
I used uTorrent to download it, actually. All's well that ends well, anyway 😉
JDubsNZ
hi, is it possible to download just the latest config file? I have been adding the updates but I'm thinking my config file is not lining up if that makes sense
mons
If you download just the latest update pack, you can use the config file from there 👍
If you're having issues with cuts not showing, remember you should have one folder for the cuts with no sub-folders.
JDubsNZ
cheers, thank you
fatmup
Am I missing something here? I've never had an issue with any other facepacks, they're always easy to use but neither these cut out faces or the metallic logos pack (the logos I copied over directly from my FM21 folder) are showing in my game. Do they not work with the BETA?
mons
Course they do. You probably haven't installed things correctly.
Did you change the preferences to look like this?
kingrobbo
Hi all
I removed all my old facepacks /backgrounds etc which were working fine, and updated them to the current mega packs
I cleared cache and reloaded the skin but found this happening
mostly seems to be the French national team
stadiums/backgrounds all working fine
skin is Flut
cheers
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kingrobbo
started a new save and now Pogba is back but none of the other French squad though
hang on clicked on attributes and he is gone again lol
seems to be if I view a player via French squad the pic goes
return to club squad view and pic is gone there too, move from profile page to attributes and pic is back how odd
Leeds1919
I had this last week, had to reapply the real name fix then all worked again, only happened to French players
kingrobbo
thanks will try that now
cheers
Leeds1919
Also, I tweaked the player overview in Flut skin to separate the kits, looks better for me, can send it if you like
mons
@kingrobbo, this is a licensing issue. As @R Charlston rightly says, installing the real name fix should solve it 👍
kingrobbo
The odd thing is I have the real name fix mate and pics were fine before I upgraded thanks for the help I will have a play around tomorrow
Cheers
mons
Are you sure you installed it correctly? Make sure the 2201 folders look exactly like the ones in the screenshot of the main post of the real name fix.
kingrobbo
on checking for some reason when I copied over your fix to 2201 folder it kept the old lnc file inside the new one, I usually manually delete the files before installing your fixes..Ive not seen that happen before😉
thanks for your help it is appreciated
cheers
mons
That is precisely why the installation instructions specify that the original folders should be deleted outright, rather than those of the download merely copied in 😉
kingrobbo
I always do ….it was a man multi tasking, say no more😀
but the strange thing is the faces were showing using my old facepack, not to worry all sorted
pedrochapps
Hey guys i seem to be having an issue where my other gfx will load but player faces wont ive downloaded the latest pack via Torrent,
I also have the real name fix applied as per reading above, Made no difference.
I tied the config from my previous install still no difference,
Ive been playing the Game all the way back since it was on the first released on the Amiga so ive a fair idea how it works but this has me stumped.
mons
Can I have a screenshot of your faces folder? I'd need to see the full path and the number of images in it 👍
pedrochapps
its the Exact same as fm 21 as you can see
\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2021\graphics\sortitoutsi
\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2022\graphics\sortitoutsi
mons
Have you changed the preferences as set out in the first post too?
pedrochapps
Yea i have a million times
mons
Can I see a screenshot of it, as well as what a person without a cut looks like in-game?
How large in terms of MBs is the config file you're using? Do you have any other graphics within the graphics folder? Can I see a screenshot of that too?
pedrochapps
I will do that tonight currently at work.
pedrochapps
ok it looks like it was a conflict from another face pack i was using in fm21. All sorted now 🙂
thanks for your help 🙂
s-d-b89
is that possible? I've downloaded the last Cut Out Facepack V.2022.00 and at the faces/folder there's no config? Only at the iconfaces folder