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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jdedwards1
I am also having issues with the face pack not working properly. Kits, logo packs, backgrounds and trophies all work fine. Had no issue downloading the file. I put the faces and icon faces files in the graphics folder. I cleared the cache and reloaded the skin and am only seeing a few faces. Not sure what is causing the issue. I've never had troubles in previous versions of the game when installing the face packs.
Any help is appreciated.
jdedwards1
I linked some screenshots if that helps.
mons
Given there's a blank space instead of the default black silhouette, I'd say you have another config file in a different folder to that shown in your screenshot of the faces folder.
You seem to have downloaded the 2024.01 update pack. If it's installed elsewhere, please remove it completely.
Shippaz
EDIT : solved my issue, couldnt find a delete post button, sorry!
chile
Problem solved! Unpacked with latest Winrar, and iconfaces folder is there.
Marrccc
When I try Downloading the facepack following page shows up:
Anyone who knows why and might be able to help?
CMQ
Hi there
Long time reader first time poster 🙂
I've never come across this issue before, I downloaded the the updated full facepack but have noticed that in the game some pictures are not showing, for example there no image for Nicky Butt at Salford. There is literally no image there, not even the black generic outline. Has anyone else noticed or experienced this? Is it something I am doing wrong?
Many thanks guys.
jdedwards1
It was the config file. There was one in my graphics folder that I moved and replaced the one that was in the faces folder. It's working now.
Thanks!
Martin Forster
I get the same as this as well. No idea why though.
feeliixx98
Just downloaded the latest update of the megapack today, had my youth intake a bit later and about one third of my newgens already have a photo. I believe those photos are from the latest update since the date of one of the photos is November 5th 2023. I haven't checked all of them but here is the ID of one of the photos which is the same as one of my newgens: 2000208305. I have no idea who this guy is but I doubt that it's my 15 year old newgen 😉
mons
It's a known bug with the game, unfortunately, and has got nothing to do with this download 😢
In fact, that UID is of a player already in the game.
feeliixx98
Oh man, yet another bug… Thanks for the quick answer!
Didi63
Could you please check the download, I got always an error message when trying to download the complete cut out player faces package.
Thanks
ConnorM00
I don’t know if it’s a mac problem but when I download the file it only brings the faces folder, not the icon faces one so when I boot the game up all my players end up with blank spaces rather than the black silhouette or real face. I’ve downloaded 3 times from the website on one torrent and it never moves over.
Any advice?
mons
Download directly from the site instead of through the torrent.
kinny887
I have correctly installed the face pack which and saved it in my graphics folder but the player faces are not showing and there is just a blank space where they should be on the game
ConnorM00
i’ve downloaded through the site 3 times and it doesn’t come across
mons
Then you haven't installed it correctly, buddy 😉
Can you give us screenshots of your megapack folder, showing clearly the full path it’s located in as well as how many images are in that folder?
How strange, can you give me screenshots of the contents of the downloaded files?
Thorsten1974
i think many times you had the same silly questions - the same silly solutions but i does not get it managed so far:
I tried everything with Flut Dark Skin or SAS24.NOV.
But graphic packs were not loaded at all:
all the graphics were not loaded! as you can see in the Finder screenshot : the “graphics” folder is present and the pictures in the sub folders as well.
the screen is in German language but you can see that i followed the instructions how to enable all the pictures within the sub folders.
Please advise what i maybe do wrong. thank you very much for your answers.
Hayes Humphreys
Winrar did, in fact, solve the problem. I have faces! Thank you for the troubleshoot.
DannyLCFC1
I have the same problem with Flut Skin but only with all back grounds, faces and icons working fine
JamesDavies10
Probably a daft question but do I need to download every single individual update since I last downloaded the complete pack?
SaintOfSelhurst
The link to use getfiles isn't working and the other link is just way too slow to even consider. Any update on a fix?
Sawcrot
Hi, i just downloaded the facepack. But several players in my club didnt have any face. Can someone help me?
josephdot
this is what im wondering too as its about 36gb and over 2m pictures or just the 1st over im over my fresh hold now on my laptop
XScorpionX06
Yes me too. Metallic logo pack and cut out face pack I got XML error on getfiles.co.uk link fix pls
mons
As a premium member, it's easier for you to delete what you have, and just download the entire 2024.01 pack from scratch.
Download the 2024.00 torrent file, and then download the 2024.01 update pack afterwards.
@Footygamer, is there anything we can do about this pls?
mons
How many images do you have in your faces folder? And how many folders do you have in there?
Going by your downloaded file history, you only downloaded the 2024.01 update pack, which only contains ~10k images, not the full megapack which has over 440k.
Download the 2024.00 torrent file, then added the update pack on top of it 👍
Dirk Müßener
Hey guys,
I have a probably stupid question.
Your screenshot in the installation guide for the pack says, it goes into the folder …graphics/players.
In the tutorial videos it goes into ..graphics/faces. I have to admid, I'm a bit confused where to put the 2 folders I have downloaded.
Thx for your help and kind regards
mons
Makes no difference, as long as it's within the graphics path. It's just a matter of personal preference on how you like your files to be organised.