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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mons
For some reason, you have around ⅔ the amount of faces, while the amount of iconfaces is correct. Either the file didn't fully download or you have to extract them again.
Just download the torrent file 😉
OJ Gatez
I extracted the file again and I now have all of the images. Thank you so much 🙂
zauron
so i have the same problem as last year with pics. This year nothing is working. Tried making new config file with FMXml but to no avail. Im pretty tech savvy so ive read and tried everything. I copied the graphics folder from fm23 to fm24. yes its in Documents/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 24/Graphics
destino32
I downloaded the face pack. I am always grateful for your help. The photos of J League players are old, so I could provide new photos of all the clubs, but where should I post them?
Vishal Reddy
I have downloaded the facepack and while extracting always throws an error. seems corrupted file.
mons
Have you changed the preferences too?
We have a submission forum here. Given the game was released on Thursday, and the most recent version of this pack is from last week, it's no wonder the Japanese images in it are sporadic and/or old. Before requesting images, the site's database has to be updated to reflect the people added in the new game, so hold off for the time being.
Try downloading it again, maybe it didn't fully download. File is fine.
destino32
Mr. Mons thank you. I have all the clubs that are being used in this year's J League, so if you let me know the timing, I will post them. By the way, is the Japanese referee also in this pack?
mons
Just check the forum from time to time to see if they're available. Anyone in the game, you can add cuts for them.
In the meantime, you can cut some of the images yourself too 😉
Art919
The getfiles links are unfortunately broken, and I don't want to use the torrent. Any chance these can be fixed? Thanks for your hard work!
aird
Hi folks,
I'm trying to get a cutout made of Lamine Yamal, however when I use the contribute button he doesn't appear in the list of in game items. Used both his name and ID.
Anywhere I can upload the image to have it made?
I tried myself, but it's been a while since I made cutouts .
Infact, nevermind. I manage to get it
zauron
First time i launched game it worked. Then i used the name fix. And the pics stopped working. Deleted the name fix, reinstalled the game. Pics still didnt work. Used FMXML to make new configs, didnt work. Validated the files in Steam. Still didnt work. Uninstalled the game and deleted all the files i every folder that FM 24 creates. Deleted the graphics too. Re downloaded the face- and logopacks and put them in a different folder. Then i installed FM again, started it so it can make folders again. Then i moved graphics to its folder. Still didnt work and without namefix. Preferences are turned off cache and reload skins. Tried to switch the folder settings too in preferences but still nothing. Im lost right now on what to do. Skins works though… Last year it worked with making a new config file.
Edit: i see the xml file say: <record from="10" to="graphics/pictures/nation/10/logo"/> does that mean that i need to have the files in the following folder structure : graphics/pictures/nation/ ?
Edit 2: Tried turning off folder access in win 11 too. I removed access first and then it wouldnt even show the custom skin. Let fm.exe through and skin are back, but still no pics! Another thing thats weird is even if i uninstalled FM 23 from steam it still shows when i right click steam in the taskbar. When i click fm 23 it wants to install.. this is the weirdest thing. Will try to find old FM 23 files in the filesystem and see if that is conflicting
johnk1988
I've downloaded the full pack and it's given my first youth intake some real faces. Is this normal? It's never happened on previous FM's
gerry scahill
I started to download the facepack and i got over halfway and now its saying
File not available on site?
JSFM98
Evening, I've downloaded the full pack plus update but noticed Gabriele Biancheri at Man Utd on my save doesn't have a pic but when i search on here in the cut outs there is a picture for him. Just wondering if he should be in the megapack?
mons
@Footygamer, is there anything we can do about this, or is it out of our hands?
I've lost track on what it is you've done. Can I have screenshots of your megapack folder, showing clearly the full path it’s located in as well as how many images are in that folder?
Hmm, strange. It could be that there are some cuts with UIDs not in the default database added by mistake, which happen to be the same UIDs of your first youth intake's youngsters. Can you give me a UID of one of them so that I can check?
No idea what might have happened there, but all seems fine at my end 😕
There isn't anybody with that name in the site's database, let alone in Man Utd's squad. Not sure how you're saying there's a cut-out of him on the site 😕
Seems like he was added in FM24. I'm sure there will be a cut-out for him and thousands of other newly-added players in upcoming update packs 👍
johnk1988
@mons unique id of one of my youth intake - 2000125465
mons
Erm, that UID is for a former Salford youth player named Stephen Padrao who has been in the game since FM21 😕
What version of FM is it that you're playing?
johnk1988
Playing on FM24. Used this face pack for years and never had this issue
mons
Must be a bug with the game. I can't see how a newgen can have the same UID as an existing player 😕
Can I have a screenshot of the player in-game?
johnk1988
Padrao is not in my game, but this is the newgen. About 7 of my youth intake had real faces and I'm guessing countless others in the world
mons
I'm baffled, I genuinely have no idea how that can happen and who that guy's image is
Can you make a search in the graphics folder of the following UID: 2000125465? Before you take a screenshot, can you post the results in the manner outlined below?
This can be achieved by posting the UID in the red circle, choosing the view tab via the blue circle, the details option in the black circle and making sure the folder column in the green circle is long enough to display the full path.
When you run the search, can you change the below search options?
This will help me see if there is one or more other folders in your user data folder which contains one or more other facepacks, and where that image is coming from within your files…
johnk1988
Trying to do this but it keeps crashing my explorer when searching
johnk1988
So, when I search the number, this shows:
But it's clearly in my folder as below:
mons
@johnk1988, not quite in the format I asked, those screenshots, so I can't tell exactly what the issue might be just yet 😢
johnk1988
Is this better? I'm on windows 11 so the options look a little different on mine
Vishal Reddy
I have redownloaded the file “sortitoutsi_cutout_megapack_2024.00”. Is this file password-protected? I am having the same issue while extracting.
mons
Hmm, your search function still doesn't seem to be working fine, since it doesn't pick up the image itself. Tbh, I have no idea how that particular image is showing for that particular player 😕
mons
No idea what could be causing that issue. Try using Winrar to extract the file.
kingjericho
@mons I have the same issue as the user above - around 5 of my newgens from the youth intake have cut out faces. I was wondering if there are IDs in the config for newgens or do these newgens pick up IDs from players not in the database for the save that is loaded.
mons
According to the above screenshot, it seems that the game is assigning existing UIDs to newgens for some reason. It's not something I have control over and tend to think it's a bug in the game at this stage.