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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Nick Scire
This may be a dumb question, but I cannot find it anywhere so far. Does the face cutouts go in the graphics folder? I am assuming they do, but that is not working for me, going through the instructions though the graphics folder isn't mentioned and it is saying to drop it right in the Football Manager 24 folder I believe? If any one knows please help me out, I am a Mac user.
mons
Yamal was only added in FM24, whereas the most recent update pack was released a week before the early access version dropped. He'll be added in 2024.01, don't worry.
However, Tomas Gonzalez is in the megapack, and has been for a while. Given you've created a new config file, I have no way of knowing whether the issue is located in the config, the amount of images in your megapack and your folder structure. 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.
I've moved your post to here. Have a look at the FAQ at the top of this thread for guidance on how to install the megapack on a Mac 👍
jofrik
Sure i can show you!
mons
The 2024.00 version of the megapack has 435,000+ images, whereas you have “just” 391,000. Looks like you missed out on some update packs. My recommendation would be to delete what you have, and download and install the torrent file to be fully up-to-date.
jofrik
Hi there,
ok im going to do that, i will get back to you!
jofrik
Yeh its fixed, my friend! Thanks for the help! Have a good weekend!
vandetad
Hello, is there any other links to download these facepacks. Both links do not appear to work. I am facing with Eufiles that i cant download it and with the other website it says about the link is not there.
Thanks
mons
You can download it via torrent.
Grestok
Hi,
Impossible for me to download Cut Out Facepack on Getfiles :
This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below.
<Error>
<Code>NoSuchKey</Code>
<Message>The specified key does not exist.</Message>
</Error>
Help please ! Thank you !
Edit : I just went back to Premium so it's ok for me! Maybe this will be useful to someone else !
vandetad
sorry to be a pain but what do you exactly mean?
mons
Have a look at the FAQs at the top of the page; this is explained in there 👍
Efe99
regens has real face bro can you fix that
mons
Bug with the game, got nothing to do with this pack, unfortunately.
Footygamer
Is this since the full release of FM24 or with the BETA?
Bielsa is a Legend
It’s a problem with 24.1 too
i have young players with women faces from the cut out pack
fhweuifi
having trouble downloading the torrent file, it has a "stalled" status. anyone else having this issue or could it be something on my end?
Footygamer
@Efe99 @Bielsa is a Legend is it's happening since the full release of FM24 please report it here: https://community.sigames.com/bugtracker/football-manager-2024-early-access-bugs-tracker/all-other-issues/newgen-players-are-taking-existing-player-uid-r17722/
Hayes Humphreys
I am having this same issue - downloaded and attempted to extract over several different days and via all available methods - currently downloaded with the torrent.
mons
and @darrendazman:
Try using Winrar - tell me if it works then.
jackstarrr
Hi, I'm not sure how but my iconface folder only has 50k files in it even though my faces folder has 450k+. Is there a way to download just the iconfaces or am I going to have to do the whole download from scratch again?
mons
It could be the file didn't install fully or that it didn't extract properly. There's not really any way of knowing. I'd download the whole thing again to be sure tbh…
jackstarrr
Thought that might be the case, I'm already downloading again anyway, thanks.
MatMatic
I pasted both faces and iconfaces in graphics, but nothing happened…then deleted both faces and iconfaces from graphics, re-pasted only faces folder and now everything is working properly, so I'm confused, what iconfaces exactly does? Do I need to have that file?
mons
I have no idea what you've done but it all works fine if you install it in this manner:
adambell5
Hi i Have both sortitoutsi faces and df11 faces downloaded packs I was wondering if I could put the sortitoutsi face in to the df11 face pack but not paste over any duplicate and just add the ones missing from the df pack with the sortitoutsi pack hopefully that makes sense
mons
Afraid not. Punctuation and screenshots would help.
Gunbuster903
Hi,
I've owned FM for years and never had a problem installing graphics packs before FM24 - but I just can't get it to work…
Skin setting are as per (and as I always have them)…
Graphic packs are saved to the right place (and have their config files)
I've uninstalled and reinstalled FM24 and Steam with no effect. I've also downloaded the graphic packs several times now…
I'm wondering if the file path is somehow wrong…? As another example the game won't let me upload a profile picture from the ‘Pictures’ folder (I get an error saying ‘Could not open the file’), but will upload it if I save it in my Downloads folder..!
Any help would be gratefully received, like I say I've never had a problem before and this is driving me nuts!
Gunbuster903
Added to the above, and another reason I think it might be a file path issue is that I get the following error message when I start the game (though it then starts fine)
mons
@Gunbuster903, the second screenshot is far too small, but I don't seem to see the cut-out pack there 😕
If that doesn't help, it'd be great if you could 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.
Gunbuster903
Thanks for putting the post in the right place and for the initial advice. Apologies the screenshot was too small!
The pack shows 442,157 items and as you can see the config file is there too…
File path is as shown below
"C:\Users\steve\OneDrive\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2024\graphics"
I can't get any graphics packs to show (logos, kits, faces etc.) which makes me think it's just not looking in the right place for the files - though how I've done that I've no idea!