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.
- 482,917
- 2025.01 - Released on 04 Dec 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
The post immediately above yours addresses the exact same issue.
Rex New
i dont understand
mons
I don't know how to explain it any differently 😕
aqs123
Used the current Megapack for FM 15 and the majority if faces don't seem to work. They have 4 greyed out faces in place. Tried downloading the FM 15 megapack but no seeds . Any help would be great.
Nisylro
Hi,
I have a problem please.
I play with this mod, no problem for many weeks, it's fine (thanks)
Yesterday i want make a picture for one of my regens and when i make this, thousands pictures are remove of another players ….. 😢
Il have delete picture of my regens but despite this the picture don't reappear !
I have reloaded the cache but it's not working.
It's crazy because it worked fine before this and i have delete the regen picture i wanted but another picture (50% of players) don't reappear ingame
I think it's my fault with the regen picture but why don't reappear since i have deleted this unhappy regen picture ?
I have so disapointed…
Thanks for help
mons
Download the most recent pack and use the config file contained within it.
If you want to add custom images, do so in a separate folder with a separate config file to avoid this kind of issue.
Lydia TrashCløwn
Apologies if this isn't the correct place to ask, I'm not sure where exactly to ask. Is there any specific reason I receive a Cloudflare timeout error when trying to download any packs older than v7.00? I have been assuming it's something related to the recent release of 2023.05 but I'd like an authoritative voice to my question. Thanks.
mons
I suspect it's simply that it's such an old file that it's no longer being hosted.
Lydia TrashCløwn
That's strange. I was able to view the download page a few days ago. Thanks for the reply
Cruijff
Good morning, I want to download the Facepacks Cut Out files, parts 4, 5 and 6 and the links do not appear. Can you tell me how to download these parts? Thank you and good work to all the staff of this site.
mons
Which website are you talking about?
Cruijff
@mons , this one mate …. Archive - Cut Out Player Faces Megapack (sortitoutsi.net)
mons
Sorry, I wasn't clear. What mirror site are you using to download them?
Cruijff
@mons , i want to download the 4.00 file and I don't see any link to download the pack and the others doesn't appear either.
mons
It's a file from 12 years ago, mate…
Cruijff
@mons , thank you friend and sorry for the inconvenience.
mikr
Hello guys. I've just bought Fm23 and decided to download packs with club logos, player icons and none of them works. I tried reloading skin but it didn't solve me problem either. And I just realised that I have two folders with Football Manager and I wonder if that matters where I'll put graphics folder. Also I heard something about config folder but I don't know what it is. Does anyone know how to help me make those packs work ?
mons
I've moved your post to here. Read the FAQs at the top of the page, and see if they help.
If they don't, then post a screenshot of where you've installed the files.
SeanD22
Hello people,
Im after a bit of help and advice hopefully someone has had the same problem I’m currently having and has a solution.
Basically the other night my game crashed and said FM had ran out of disk space. I ended up buying myself a USB stick and transferring everything across and it works fine and I haven’t had the message since (touch wood) however my facepacks aren’t working since I transferred everything across. I’ve changed my settings on steam so my game loads from my usb stick and not my laptop (there’s a YouTube video explaining how very well) I’ve cleared my cache, reloaded skin and I’ve even deleted all the facepacks and downloaded them again and put them in the relevant folders however I’m still having no joy!
has anyone every experienced this before so they have a solution?
thanks in advance
sean
mons
Can we see your facepack folder, and how many images it contains, as well as your in-game preferences?
Can we also have a screenshot of what your game looks like? Does Harry Kane have an empty space instead of his image, or the black default image?
SeanD22
Hi mate I’m just in work at the moment then I’ve got footy after work so won’t be able to show a pic until later on, the facepack is the one from this website the cut out face pack and the players have a black default image yeah
chiakiouzi
Hello staff. I have a question. In FM22, if there is no corresponding image for a player/coach, a male/female black image will be used to replace the person. But in FM23, the black image is just gone - in other words, the place for a person's image becomes empty.
Is it normal in FM23 or do I just mess up some settings?
mons
A blank space is only displayed in cases where a config file is pointing to an image which isn't in the corresponding folder.
I suspect this means that you don't have the full megapack. How many images do you have in your faces folder? And can you give an example of a player this issue is manifesting itself for?
chiakiouzi
I just found it weird, at least I haven't encountered that kind of problem in the past few years in FM. I used to download the latest face pack, only use and put the latest config file in my original graphics folder - it worked before.
Anyway it doesn't affect playing the game. Thanks for your reply.
mons
Perhaps this time you either missed out on an update pack, or maybe didn't install it correctly without knowing.
SeanD22
Hi sorry mate thanks for getting back.
Bottom left there saying I only have 57715 pictures but I've literally transferred the same things across is should be 300k+ surely?
mons
For whatever reason, you don't have the full megapack. Delete what you have and download the full megapack again.
SeanD22
Sorted mate nice one cant believe it was something as simple as that think i must of been downloading the updates or something by mistake thanks again mate
SergiCska
I had the same problem as him, I used the wtcs skin, but after switching to tato, all the faces appeared
What could it be?
mons
Changing the skin refreshes the cache, which might have done the trick in your case.