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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Ted Lisi
Hi, im in the process of adding faces for players who currently dont have one and new players added in fm23. I name the image after the players ID number and then place the image into the faces folder but after reloading skin in game the player does not have the face. Am i doing something wrong? This only happens for players who have never had a face before in fm
mons
Read this on how to add images to your game.
Ted Lisi
ive followed these steps and the players still dont have faces
EDIT: Working fine now. Thanks for the help
pezzahawkins
Hey,
I recently updated my pack, I simply deleted old one and downloaded the new version, this contains iconfaces (smaller faces), I had this before with normal and small.
I've just loaded game and faces are appearing but they're no appearing in the staff list this time, before you'd had little faces but not in fm23? Is this just the game or is this the actual pack not showing?
Tried this with both the FM skin and WTS skin.
Thanks in advance.
mons
I'm not entirely sure what you mean. Can you give us screenshots of your iconfaces folder (showing the amount of images contained therein), as well as an in-game screenshot of where you think they should be displayed
Leon Louis
Hi guys - I've download the Cut Out Player Faces megapack - however can't see the faces of places when I load the game.
As you can see below I have reload skin when confirming changes in preferences ticked + I have cleared the cache.
I have also created my own graphics folder and can see all player/manager faces so not sure what I am doing wrong.
The only thing I am thinking is that maybe the fact that my config xe is showing as blank may be an issue?
Any assistance please?
mons
Can I see (a) the full path of the faces folder and (b) the amount of images contained therein?
Also, how large is the config file?
Leon Louis
The full path is below. It says there is 2860 files contained within them. The config file size is 27.7 MB
mons
You have only the latest update pack, and not the full megapack, containing 380k+ images.
pezzahawkins
Hey, so the pack has 2 folders, yes? one with normal sized faces and one with smaller.
On fm22 if I clicked on a club page for example, let's say Liverpool… then you view all staff and it will list the all staff at club, from chairman down to physios, yeah?
I'm sure that on Fm22 with the pack I had (with both normal and small faces) that the smaller faces would show here, no?
Sorry unable to attach screenshot just now.
mons
It might be the case that you've mistakenly not installed the pack correctly or in the wrong place or don't have the full pack. Until I see screenshots of these, any assistance I may offer may well be futile and possibly further complicate matters. It might be a skinning thing too.
Once you provide the screenshots, I should be in a position to pinpoint what the matter is, and why it is happening 👍
That has to do with the skin that you are using, some skins will display the faces in areas that that base skin doesn't. So it's not an issue with the facepack.
pezzahawkins
Thanks, I've attached screenshot of the 2 folders I have in graphics, they're in a folder called 'player faces" - they work but just not sure if the smaller iconfaces are.
My game is down (STEAM won't update) so can't get access to game screenshot just yet.
Thanks!
mons
Can you give us screenshots of your iconfaces folder (showing the amount of images contained therein), as well as an in-game screenshot of where you think they should be displayed?
There's a reason I ask the questions I do, and that's to help the both of us get to the bottom of the issue. If you don't answer them, it's just gonna take the both of us that little bit longer to get there. Since your FM23 is down, can you get an in-game screenshot of FM22 where the iconfaces are showing that they're not in FM23 in the same place?
pezzahawkins
Thanks Mons, yeah I appreciate it.
Hopefully the attached answer your question?
One is the staff page I was mentioning and I have highlighted where faces might appear. The other is iconfaces folder (so the smaller faces).
Perhaps it's just that they should not appear here in the new game or this skin… but I am curious and not all too bothered if they do, just wanting to clarify that both size faces are working as the pack contained both.
Leon Louis
Thanks for this Mons - I have now downloaded the full pack as the file now says there is over 700,000 files….however when I load the game - still nothing!
CalcioRyan
Hi just loaded up a Juventus save and there's a fair chunk of players whose faces are missing e.g., Locatelli Kulusevski etc. I've used this pack for a couple years now and not had this problem before, any ideas?
mons
As intimated earlier, it is a skinning issue. The default skin does not display iconfaces on that page.
Can I see (a) the full path of the new faces folder and (b) the amount of images contained therein?
Also, how large is the new config file?
Can you please provided screenshots as per above?
CalcioRyan
Here are two examples of each, seems to be no noticeable correlation, isn't just my own teams players and I have installed the complete mega pack
Please post a screenshot of this folder, showing the full path above and also the total amount of images in the bottom left
CalcioRyan
So you only have around 223,000 faces while the megapack has over 378,000 in total, do you remember anything going wrong with extracting the file? It might be best to download the complete pack again
CalcioRyan
Yeah I can see certain numbers are missing i'll delete the folder and reinstall
Nate James
is it possible to break up the images into subfolders without having to make multiple config.xml files? I play on multiple computers and would like to sync everything between them, but I have a 50,000 file limit per folder
mons
Not as far as I'm aware, no 😢
esca
Am I crazy or is Emre Tezgel has a default faces in beta? And Mons how do you know Endrick ID before beta was released because I think you put the faces in update 2023.00..
mons
Perhaps Tezgel has a default face since he is at a Championship club.
And there are some questions I'd rather not answer, is it really that important?
esca
No, not really just confused whether I have download the latest update or is there a new one I miss when browsing for wonderkids just now 🙂
nmwald1
I'm trying to download the complete pack but every time I get up to 1 gig downloaded it fails and says “network error”. I've tried resetting my modem and router, turning off my firewall and virus protection but nothing helps. Any suggestions?
nmwald1
Nevermind, I think I figured it out. Issue with some of my browser extensions. Thanks anyway!