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
Did you edit the config files at all? Can't think how there could be an issue with them tbh
Can I have a screenshot of the folder you've installed the files in? Showing clearly (a) the full path and (b) the amount of images contained within it.
Tarık Afacan
i didnt edit the config file. there is 6376 objects in the folder.
i changed the downloaded update faces/iconfaces folder (sortitoutsi folder) to main faces/iconfaces folder. is this a problem? should i select all images and paste into the main folder?
mons
I'm not sure how you only have 6,376 images, because that is the amount of images in the most recent update pack. You should have over 373,000 images in the faces folder, and the same in the iconfaces folder, because that's the total megapack image head-count.
Best not to have the iconfaces folder as a sub-folder of the faces folder, nothing to be gained by doing so, and you add an extra layer of complication when applying update packs by doing so.
I would suggest starting from scratch. Install the base 2022.00 megapack, and install the update packs after it chronologically using the method in bold above 👍
Burton Brewer
Hi all
well I'm utterly baffled and I don't know what else to do. I've downloaded the cut out faces megapack to FM2022 - graphics - sortitoutsi. There are 2 files inside called FACES and ICONFACES.
I go into the game and go to preferences from the pull down tab. Click the advanced tab and scroll to the SKIN heading then untick the box “USE CACHING” and tick the box “RELOAD SKIN” and then I click on reload skin at the bottom. The faces are just not showing even when I leave the game and restart it. Should I be clicking on a CLEAR CACHE button somewhere. I've used this pack for years and normally there's no problem. I've downloaded a new skin and a few graphics packages which have loaded into the game ok. Please help I cannot play it without the faces.
mons
I've moved this post to this thread. Have a look at the FAQs and see if they help you sort it out.
If not, please provide screenshots of your megapack folder, showing clearly the full path it’s located in as well as how many images are in that folder so that we can try to see what the issue is 👍
Burton Brewer
sorry I don't know how to do a screenshot the file says it is 346 MB (362,957,454 bytes)
mons
Without screenshots, I can't be sure what you've downloaded. But you seem not to have anywhere close to the full megapack, which is much larger and contains well over 373,000 faces.
Burton Brewer
ok thanks I'll try DF11 megapack
Bielsa is a Legend
The filepath should be
fm22/graphics/pictures/faces
do as above but replace faces to icon faces
Bielsa is a Legend
Your path is wrong
mons
To be precise, it's Documents / Sports Interactive / Football Manager 2022 / graphics.
It can be anywhere within that folder.
Burton Brewer
that is where I have put it.
Bielsa is a Legend
Indeed, I was assuming that as read 🙂
mons
Then you need to download the megapack again, because what you have isn't the full file.
Bielsa is a Legend
You had graphics/sortitoutsi/
you need pictures/faces
Burton Brewer
so I create a file called pictures in graphics then a file called faces in pictures? then put the faces and iconfaces in there?
mons
In my experience, I've learned never to assume anything in terms of where and how people install these files, which is why screenshots are so helpful.
Bielsa is a Legend
Yes, but separate for faces and icon faces
pictures should have all your kits, faces, balls, adverts etc in
mons
Where are you seeing this? I've not seen any screenshots 😕
Bielsa is a Legend
From my structure
Burton Brewer
still no good I'll download again from another site.
mons
What exactly are you trying to download? Be specific.
There's no way you've downloaded the full megapack, all 17gb of it, in the few minutes since we've started speaking.
Bielsa is a Legend
Just checked I have over 370,000 faces
Burton Brewer
i downloaded the cut out faces megapack which I have not just downloaded, it took me 2 hours earlier
Bielsa is a Legend
Do a screen snip, you are clearly doing something wrong
Burton Brewer
sorry I don't know how.
mons
@Burton Brewer, here's how to take a screenshot. We're tying ourselves in knots unless you provide us with one, as we presently have no way of knowing what you're doing wrong.
Bielsa is a Legend
376,549 files
18.4GB
ignore the DT and wonderkid folders-they are archives, the staff file is for putting cut outs to the personal asst and press officer
Burton Brewer
what do you need a screenshot of?
mons