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.

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2025.00 - Released on 29 Oct 2024

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Installation Instructions

How to install Cut-Out Player Faces Megapack

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).

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.

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

Which Version Should I Download?

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.

How do I install the Cut-out Megapack if I’m using Steam on Windows?

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.

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’

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:

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.

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 (i.e. Documents / Sports Interactive / Football Manager 202x)

What does the torrent download include?

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.

What is a torrent file and how do I use it?

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.

How do I install update packs?

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.

Some links on the mirror sites aren’t working – what can I do?

Please report this so that they can be reuploaded.

I’ve downloaded the megapack but it’s telling me that it’ll take a very long time to extract. Is this normal and what can I do?

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.

The premium download keeps stopping after a while – what should I do?

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.

After applying an update pack, some of the cut-outs on a player’s profile are blurred and of a very low quality – what happened?

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.

I edited the config file and messed it up – can I recreate a new one without needing to download the full megapack?

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.

The amount of images in my faces folder is less than what is the head-count in the banner at the top of the cut-out section – what’s wrong?

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.

The megapack is too large for me. I'd only like to have cuts from a specific nation/division - is it possible?

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.

The Ajax non-playing staff/Hans-Dieter Flick don't have their faces displayed. What's wrong?

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).

Cut-outs for Dutch/French players aren't displayed when viewed through their national team, but appear fine when viewed from their club team. What's wrong?

It's a licensing issue. Download this file (or the equivalent for your version of FM) to resolve it.

mons

18 years ago

1 hour ago

90,889

14 Oct 2022 16:39:56

Please bear with us while we investigate the possible causes and possible solutions for the issue some of you are experiencing.

By bambam51 14 October 2022 - 15:57 PM UTC

Hello. I am really desperate. I downloaded the megapack but no new faces show up in the game.

I put the “sortitoutsi” folder in the graphics folder
Cache was cleared
the “Use caching to decrease page loading times” box is unticked
the “Reload skin when confirming changes in Preferences” box is ticked
Skin has been reloaded
No faces show up
M1 MB Air

Can anyone help please? 😢

Thanks!

Can I have a screenshot of your faces folder? Showing clearly (a) the full path and (b) the amount of images contained within

Jorgen

18 years ago

2 weeks ago

119

15 Oct 2022 00:09:49

I have my faces megapack in this folder: C:\Users\name\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2022\graphics\players\faces

and C:\Users\name\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2022\graphics\players\iconfaces but it won't show in my game. I ticked and unticked the right boxes, as it shows all my other graphics in my game, but not the player faces. What am I doing wrong?

mons

18 years ago

1 hour ago

90,889

15 Oct 2022 07:45:46

By Jorgen 15 October 2022 - 00:09 AM UTC

I have my faces megapack in this folder: C:\Users\name\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2022\graphics\players\faces
and C:\Users\name\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2022\graphics\players\iconfaces but it won't show in my game. I ticked and unticked the right boxes, as it shows all my other graphics in my game, but not the player faces. What am I doing wrong?

Can I have a screenshot of your faces folder? Showing clearly (a) the full path and (b) the amount of images contained within

Jorgen

18 years ago

2 weeks ago

119

15 Oct 2022 16:22:34

@mons Here you are:

mons

18 years ago

1 hour ago

90,889

15 Oct 2022 17:32:42

By Jorgen 15 October 2022 - 16:22 PM UTC

@mons Here you are:

You need to download the whole megapack again. You've got less than one-sixth of the faces, and only the iconfaces from the last update pack.

T4RG4

13 years ago

4 weeks ago

Premium

15 Oct 2022 18:36:14

In the most recent megapack, there is no config file or iconfaces?

sortitoutsi_cutout_megapack_2023.00

OK, I can see from some earlier posts a few issues are apparent. I thought the entire pack would contain everything, to be a nice clean download and apply but there is a fault in the file extraction and some elements appear to be missing.

Jorgen

18 years ago

2 weeks ago

119

15 Oct 2022 22:22:34

By mons 15 October 2022 - 17:32 PM UTC

You need to download the whole megapack again. You've got less than one-sixth of the faces, and only the iconfaces from the last update pack.

Mons, I've download the latest 9 GB megapack again and got only 62100 faces out of it

mons

18 years ago

1 hour ago

90,889

16 Oct 2022 07:36:26

By Jorgen 15 October 2022 - 22:22 PM UTC

Mons, I've download the latest 9 GB megapack again and got only 62100 faces out of it

What download method did you use? Torrent or split files?

Jorgen

18 years ago

2 weeks ago

119

16 Oct 2022 08:18:06

@mons The 9 GB torrent. With unzipping it said it missed one file and that there was more info after the header or something like that.

mons

18 years ago

1 hour ago

90,889

16 Oct 2022 13:04:39

By Jorgen 16 October 2022 - 08:18 AM UTC

@mons The 9 GB torrent. With unzipping it said it missed one file and that there was more info after the header or something like that.

I'll just let @Footygamer know so that he can investigate and fix anything necessary 👍

okulcio

15 years ago

14 hours ago

16 Oct 2022 13:46:00

@mons - split files is OK, torrent is broken.

Launch

2 years ago

2 months ago

16 Oct 2022 19:25:26

I just downloaded the Cut Out player facepack for FM22 on mac, I have done this before with no problems. I know that I have extracted it to the correct folder and everything, that shouldn't be the problem. I downloaded the pack with torrent and got a .zip file named “sortitoutsi_cutout_megapack_2023.00.rar” the file is on 10.22 gb however when I extract the file the folder is only 1.8 gb and only contains 62.103 objects (facepack supposed to have over 360k pictures). I can also only find .png files in the folder, no .xml or config file. I'm also sure that I downloaded the latest and complete pack, not just an update file.

What is the problem, and what can I do?

Jorgen

18 years ago

2 weeks ago

119

16 Oct 2022 19:57:57

By mons 16 October 2022 - 13:04 PM UTC

I'll just let @Footygamer know so that he can investigate and fix anything necessary 👍

Thank you

mons

18 years ago

1 hour ago

90,889

16 Oct 2022 20:04:55

By Launch 16 October 2022 - 19:25 PM UTC

I just downloaded the Cut Out player facepack for FM22 on mac, I have done this before with no problems. I know that I have extracted it to the correct folder and everything, that shouldn't be the problem. I downloaded the pack with torrent and got a .zip file named “sortitoutsi_cutout_megapack_2023.00.rar” the file is on 10.22 gb however when I extract the file the folder is only 1.8 gb and only contains 62.103 objects (facepack supposed to have over 360k pictures). I can also only find .png files in the folder, no .xml or config file. I'm also sure that I downloaded the latest and complete pack, not just an update file.
What is the problem, and what can I do?

Moved this to here - known issue and being investigated, as per previous posts.

Elixir

17 years ago

5 months ago

17 Oct 2022 08:19:43

Hi there !

It's been a while since my last posting here… hehe

I have an issue as Jorgen and Launch. I have Mac and downloaded complete pack 2023.

See the screenshot below.

Hope it will be resolved soon)

Thank you in advance!

mons

18 years ago

1 hour ago

90,889

17 Oct 2022 10:10:46

By Elixir 17 October 2022 - 08:19 AM UTC

Hi there !
It's been a while since my last posting here… hehe
I have an issue as Jorgen and Launch. I have Mac and downloaded complete pack 2023.
See the screenshot below.
Hope it will be resolved soon)
Thank you in advance!

Did you download the file via torrent or via the direct download?

Elixir

17 years ago

5 months ago

17 Oct 2022 10:13:07

By mons 17 October 2022 - 10:10 AM UTC

Did you download the file via torrent or via the direct download?

Direct download

Footygamer

18 years ago

7 hours ago

98,190

17 Oct 2022 11:46:51

Not sure what's going on here, i'm rebuilding the pack now.

Footygamer

18 years ago

7 hours ago

98,190

17 Oct 2022 12:29:51

Premium download has now been updated, i'm still testing it myself and will make another torrent when i've confirmed it's definitely fixed.

MarcLister

16 years ago

2 hours ago

Premium

17 Oct 2022 13:02:02

By Footygamer 17 October 2022 - 12:29 PM UTC

Premium download has now been updated, i'm still testing it myself and will make another torrent when i've confirmed it's definitely fixed.

I've just downloaded it and unpacked the file without any issues. Did you find out what the problem was?

Footygamer

18 years ago

7 hours ago

98,190

17 Oct 2022 14:12:10

Nope just repacked it, sometimes these things can happens, just computers 😀

Ben Affleck

3 years ago

3 weeks ago

Premium

17 Oct 2022 14:16:37

Hi, trying to download the latest complete pack and it says “failed - forbidden”. Anybody come across this before?

Footygamer

18 years ago

7 hours ago

98,190

17 Oct 2022 14:51:14

Where does it say that?

Footygamer

18 years ago

7 hours ago

98,190

17 Oct 2022 14:51:31

The torrent should be updated now as well.

Elixir

17 years ago

5 months ago

17 Oct 2022 15:29:25

By Footygamer 17 October 2022 - 11:46 AM UTC

Not sure what's going on here, i'm rebuilding the pack now.

It's working now. Thank you!

Zo5o

4 years ago

2 years ago

17 Oct 2022 16:14:51

By Footygamer 17 October 2022 - 14:51 PM UTC

The torrent should be updated now as well.

Hi! Torrent link does not seem to work. Nothing is being downloaded after clicking on it

mons

18 years ago

1 hour ago

90,889

17 Oct 2022 16:16:31

@Jorgen @Launch @Hoàng Thọ @Gabez Gabez @6scholl6 @okulcio @DrewJS66 @steff222 @gai jin @dispatch @T4RG4 and anyone else who's had issues with the file, the download has been updated and you should be able to download and install it without any issues. Apologies to all for the inconvenience!