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
Cut-Out Player Faces Megapack

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've never downloaded the pack before, you should just download the larger "complete pack".

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.
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:
https://i.imgur.com/85lGeDc.png

The preferences should look like in the below screenshot:

https://i.imgur.com/jbZkFfw.png

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.
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’

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:
https://i.imgur.com/jbZkFfw.png

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.
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.
If you're using Gamepass, then you have to use the default user data folder (i.e. Documents / Sports Interactive / Football Manager 202x)
The torrent file includes the base megapack uploaded just before that year’s FM version is released. Any and all subsequent update packs are to be downloaded separately.
For those who have never used torrents, in the vast majority of cases, it's just a question of downloading the client program (a small file, less than 1MB) and then downloading the megapack torrent file (a tiny file, around 20k) and then letting the program do the job.

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.
You need to copy and overwrite the faces and the new config file from the update pack into the faces folder and follow the same procedure for the iconfaces folder.

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.
Please report this so that they can be reuploaded.
Extracting the file will take a while, but it shouldn't take the hours and hours that the program extracting will sometimes say it will. To speed it up, it is recommended that you have as few programs running as possible so that the system can dedicate as many resources to the extraction as it possibly can.

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.
You might have a poor internet connection or your browser might have some extensions which interrupt this download. Having loads of downloads ongoing and/or streaming may also de-prioritise this download.

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.
This download has two folders: one is the faces folder which contains the cut-outs which should be displayed on this screen. There is also a file titled config.xml which tells the game which images to assign to which person. The other folder is the iconfaces folder which contains the smaller images displayed near a person's name on the menu which comes up when you right-click on them, and also includes a different config file for this folder.

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.
The most recent update pack will include the most recent config file, so you can choose to download it and use it from there.

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.
Down the years, after an update pack was released, it was noted that some images included therein where of the wrong person, with a wrong extension or duplicated. Due to the way the download system is structured, these cannot be removed from the download, so there may well be a couple of hundred images’ worth of difference, depending on the version you download.
Our megapack covers 25,000 teams and it's impossible to cater for these kind of requests since players and staff get transferred or sacked or retire etc and recreating and reuploading 25,000 different smaller packs would be an impossible task. That's why we have all the images in a megapack so that everything is captured therein.
These persons do not appear in the default database for licensing reasons. This means that they only appear in your save-game because they were added via a custom file, generally the real name fix file. However, this means that their UID (which is what is used to map a person's image to the right individual) is different, and so the game cannot assign the image to them from your existing facepack.

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).
Nexus85
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By mons 13 November 2021 - 12:06 PM UTC 

The contents of the faces folder(s) from the update pack(s) should go into this folder. If done right, you should be asked if you want to overwrite - say yes//accept/ok.

 

Same for the contents of the iconfaces folder.

 

I'm not sure how to answer the second question 😕 Do the above and you should be fine.

 

Now I have done what you told me, and it still doesnt work 😢 Alle the other pictures from the logoes and kits are there but the faces doesnt show. 

Any idea of what I should do?

mons
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By Nexus85 13 November 2021 - 12:16 PM UTC 

Now I have done what you told me, and it still doesnt work 😢 Alle the other pictures from the logoes and kits are there but the faces doesnt show. 

Any idea of what I should do?

 

You haven't installed it correctly. It's really not hard 😕

 

Send me a private message, I may have a solution.

Nexus85
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By mons 13 November 2021 - 12:30 PM UTC 

You haven't installed it correctly. It's really not hard 😕

 

Send me a private message, I may have a solution.

 

I fixed it 🙂 I just had to clear cache and I resetted the setting ingame and the pictures was back.. But thank you so much for the quick respond and help. This is why I have been using this site for 10 years, I cant play FM without you guys here 🙂 

aureluis
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Hello I can not install the facepack as soon as I download it I do not have the photos can you explain to me how to do it thank you very munch

mons
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By aureluis 13 November 2021 - 15:36 PM UTC 

Hello I can not install the facepack as soon as I download it I do not have the photos can you explain to me how to do it thank you very munch

 

Watch this video

 

aureluis
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taylormonk
13 years ago
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Hi all, 

 

Having big issues with both a mega pack and a PL pack I downloaded this season. Neither packs are showing in game and at one point have been extracted into my graphics folder. My trophies, logos, kits and backgrounds all working fine but no luck with the faces, even when clearing the cache etc. 

 

I'm on a Macbook if that's any help. 

 

No idea what I'm clearly doing wrong this time. 

mons
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By taylormonk 13 November 2021 - 17:44 PM UTC 

Hi all, 

 

Having big issues with both a mega pack and a PL pack I downloaded this season. Neither packs are showing in game and at one point have been extracted into my graphics folder. My trophies, logos, kits and backgrounds all working fine but no luck with the faces, even when clearing the cache etc. 

 

I'm on a Macbook if that's any help. 

 

No idea what I'm clearly doing wrong this time. 

 

Let's have some screenshots of your faces folder so we can see what the matter might be, showing clearly the full path they're in as well as how many images are in that folder.

taylormonk
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By mons 13 November 2021 - 18:02 PM UTC 

Let's have some screenshots of your faces folder so we can see what the matter might be, showing clearly the full path they're in as well as how many images are in that folder.

Thanks Mons, 

 

I've only got the PL pack in my graphics at the moment, I moved the mega pack out of graphics onto an SD card earlier when trying to test a different pack. 

I've attached the paths and the current interface settings too. 

 

The images are not showing on the player profile when clicked on either. 

 

mons
18 years ago
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@taylormonk, as per the first post and 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 2020’

taylormonk
13 years ago
11 months ago
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By mons 13 November 2021 - 18:12 PM UTC 

@taylormonk, as per the first post and 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 2020’

 

Hi mons, 

I've moved it over to that pathway and still no luck. My other graphics are still showing, which are in the original pathway in the screenshot above. 

 

Thanks for helping. 

mons
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By taylormonk 13 November 2021 - 18:33 PM UTC 

Hi mons, 

I've moved it over to that pathway and still no luck. My other graphics are still showing, which are in the original pathway in the screenshot above. 

 

Thanks for helping. 

 

I can't see a reason why they shouldn't work, but I can't really tell much more because it's not the actual megapack which is installed.

 

What's in the comp folder?

 

Can you a search for files titled config.xml within your graphics folder and post the result, showing the path they're located in?

vandewoy
4 years ago
1 year ago
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Hi perhaps a stupid question and probably asked before. I downloaded part 1 till part 17. Do I have to unpack each part seperately? Because when I start unpacking part 2 it asked if I wanted to overwrite files. Thanks for our answer.

mons
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By vandewoy 14 November 2021 - 10:23 AM UTC 

Hi perhaps a stupid question and probably asked before. I downloaded part 1 till part 17. Do I have to unpack each part seperately? Because when I start unpacking part 2 it asked if I wanted to overwrite files. Thanks for our answer.

 

I don't know offhand how many parts there are. But if you download them all, then the extracting program (e.g. Winrar or 7zip) will automatically extract all of them at the same time.

aureluis
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No photo installed I followed the tutorial there is nothing how you do I am on a PC can you explain it to me by writing I will be grateful

mons
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By aureluis 14 November 2021 - 16:28 PM UTC 

No photo installed I followed the tutorial there is nothing how you do I am on a PC can you explain it to me by writing I will be grateful

 

Let's have screenshots of the folder you're installing it in.

aureluis
7 years ago
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This us how I do on thé file but nothing is done in the game

mons
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By aureluis 14 November 2021 - 17:00 PM UTC 

This us how I do on thé file but nothing is done in the game

 

WHERE are you're installing it in? Can I have screenshots of that FOLDER?

 

I know the installation instructions, makes no sense to give me screenshots of it 😕

aureluis
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aureluis
7 years ago
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In the game do this on the interface Aldo I checked thé first box nothing is done

mons
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By aureluis 14 November 2021 - 17:49 PM UTC 

Here is where I instal it

 

What is in the faces folder?

aureluis
7 years ago
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There are the faces that I downloaded at thé end of the face file In have his

aureluis
7 years ago
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On sortitoutsi I download the first three files for 2022

mons
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By aureluis 14 November 2021 - 18:12 PM UTC 

There are the faces that I downloaded at thé end of the face file In have his

 

You have 14,000 images. The full pack is 335,000+ images.

 

What you need to do is to download the complete pack:

 

aureluis
7 years ago
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For the full pack I can do it I do them twice ans I got a virus

mons
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By aureluis 14 November 2021 - 18:32 PM UTC 

For the full pack I can do it I do them twice ans I got a virus

 

I understand English isn't your mother tongue but please use Google Translate because I can't understand what you're trying to say.

 

This file does not have a virus, maybe it's a false positive.

 

Remove the files in your screenshots, download the full file and install it as per the video tutorial posted earlier, and you should be fine.

Marblehead
13 years ago
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Hi,

 

Part 13 of 17 appears to not be available on either mirror.

 

Thanks

 

M

mons
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By Marblehead 15 November 2021 - 09:44 AM UTC 

Hi,

 

Part 13 of 17 appears to not be available on either mirror.

 

Thanks

 

M

 

Since the files are hosted outside our pages, there isn't much we can do about this unfortunately. You could try downloading the pack via torrent and get it this way.

Maelito
8 years ago
1 month ago
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Hello everyone! 
Is there a way to only upload faces for a particular league (La liga)?

I am on mobile data I cannot afford to download the big 15giga pack.
Thanks! 

mons
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By Maelito 15 November 2021 - 14:28 PM UTC 

Hello everyone! 
Is there a way to only upload faces for a particular league (La liga)?

I am on mobile data I cannot afford to download the big 15giga pack.
Thanks! 

 

I'm afraid not 😢

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