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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Bielsa is a Legend
like mine
Burton Brewer
Bielsa is a Legend
You don’t need sortitoutsi folder
graphics/pictures/faces
mons
Don't confuse matters please mate. The folder structure is perfectly fine.
Now @Burton Brewer, can you right-click on the faces folder, choose properties and take a screenshot of the ensuing screen? Also, the properties of the file you've downloaded would help too.
Bielsa is a Legend
Just trying to help
mons
I know but we're probably confusing the poor chap offering help in stereo 😂
Burton Brewer
mons
As suspected, that contains a fraction of the images included in the megapack. I have no way of knowing what you've actually downloaded, but it's definitely not the full megapack.
My suggestion is to download the torrent file, and then download and apply the subsequent update packs. Have a look at the readme file and the FAQ on how to install the lot 👍
Burton Brewer
ok thanks
@mons Don't know if this only applies to staff, but I don't have the option to download the base versions anymore? If you download the .00 ones, it only gives you the actual update pack, with about 4,000 faces in this case
mons
I'm afraid I have no idea. @Footygamer's the one to ask on that…
Footygamer
As a premium user there should be no reason to download the base file since you can download the complete file.
I noticed lots of people were still downloading the first pack and every update even when they were premium and didn't need to.
I moved around a bunch of things on that page to try and avoid that a few weeks ago.
Is there a reason to get the base pack?
Maybe not so much for this year, but more if you want to play an older game version. For example if I want to start a FM16 save with the faces that were around back then, my only option now is to download all the update packs from 2010 up to 2016.
Footygamer
I can add a page just for downloading older complete files that's a bit more hidden away so it doesn't confuse the average user.
Baja
Mate,I'm having a trouble with downloading latest updates.When I click on download,I'm getting this.
Matias Savino
Hola.. descargue todo el pack, tengo 339.794 caras.. y no veo ni la mitad en el juego (descargue las 3 ultimas actualizaciones) Alguna ayuda?
mons
This is an English language forum; please post in English.
Also, 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 👍
Erdem Çil
sortitoutsi_cutout_megapack_2016 8.00 torrent sürümü bozuk uygulama torrent arızalı
mons
This is an English language forum, so please post in English. Where are you downloading the torrent from and what is the exact error message?
austin akroyd
I have the mega pack downloaded and added to graphics then faces and have had no problem with it, i’ve downloaded all the updates in chronological order but when i add them all my game does not load/ can’t reload skin so i only added updated 3 so i could get Mitoma for my brighton save, however, when i add update 3 to my faces subfolder it completely overrides the megapack so the only faces i get is the update 3 and not everything else. Hope i can get some help (on mac btw)
mons
Posting it once was enough 😉
I believe copy/pasting works different for Macs when compared to PC, which effects how you install update packs. Instead of copying the whole folder, you need to copy the contents of the update pack.
austin akroyd
Yeah that still hasn't worked, it was fine up until recently now i can't work out whats going wrong
mons
Can I see a screenshot of your faces folder, showing clearly (a) the full path and (b) the amount of images contained therein?
austin akroyd
I deleted the updates and redownloaded them and it seems to have sorted it really dk why it was overwriting itself before
EndOfDaysX7
Any ideas, anybody why the small icons of players are not loading for me, normal pictures of players loading but small icons is a no go for me help please
mons
Can I have a screenshot of your iconfaces folder? How many images are there in there? Are there any sub-folders? Is there a file titled config.xml in there?
EndOfDaysX7
number of images 339,639
one folder with one XML in there…
mons
I'm assuming you don't have the full megapack, given the amount of images, but that shouldn't be an issue in itself. All seems fine otherwise.
Can you give me an in-game screenshot of a player you think should have his icon appearing please?
@mons @Footygamer It seems that on the site the most recent icon faces haven't been updated yet
EndOfDaysX7
ok here is screenshot of current game, does every update folder have to be kept separate, and it all not merged to work??..