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
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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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XScorpionX06
+1 pls fix XML error metallic logo and cut out face pack on getfiles.co.uk link
Thorsten1974
no, i downloaded also in first instance the original 2024.0 folder of course. Why it is now shown in my history? i do not know. As you can see. both folders (faces + iconfaces) contains over 400k pictures)
this is the information from the folder:
only a view pictures were loaded. but in summary: also stadium backgrounds and other pictures from skin were not loaded
mons
And you have changed your in-game preferences?
benn2004
Hi guys
I’ve followed the workthespace guide for the cut out mega pack and have done it perfectl, but the faces are still not loading in the game. Anyone know anything that may be causing this??
mons
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?
emrayd59
Hi everyone, i want to add cutout images to my game but every time i tried to dowload it with torrent i see that there is no seed in torrent file.
Have you ever faced this problem if you know how to solve it please inform me.
Dirk Müßener
thx for the info!
Joookie
I get this as well. Doesn't seem to be an answer so far unfortunately. Unless you've got it working?
smtmk
Hello. I switched to SSD and clean installed windows 10 again. I reinstalled FM17 and FM 23 and downloaded the cutout megapack fm 24.00 torrent and installed as instructed. Everything is working properly in FM 23 but not in FM 17.
I never had problems with installing graphics. There are few pictures that appear as intended but for the rest a glitched weird pic appears instead of the normal black face picture. My game crashed as well a few times until I deleted the pack from the graphics folder.
Solutions I tried:
Nothing works.
I am attaching pictures that show the graphics path, the faces and iconfaces file content and examples of ingame face glitches.
Please help cuz I am out of ideas.
Qvordrup
There is unfortunately nothing you can do 🤷♂️ it is a know bug, and the newer versions of the cut out pack does not work for older versions of the game. Only solution is to download a older version of the cut out pack. from before v.2022 I think.
Thorsten1974
cleared cache. loaded skin . all the needed things from the manual of course.
thats the weird thing why i do not get it running. thats frustrating for me.
smtmk
I would love to but I haven't been able to locate a complete torrent cut out file pre 2023. If any of you reading is aware or in possession of older torrent cutout files I'd love a PM
Clown89
I want to add that you can not download the cutout images via the getfiles links
Sawcrot
Hi, I already downloaded the full pack from the fm23 and I thought i just need to download the new update and moved the previous megapack to the new fm24 folder. Should I download the full megapack for the fm24 as well then? Thanks!
mons
As already explained, download the 2024.00 torrent file, then added the update pack on top of it 👍
ramie
Is tthere a fix for it yet?
Dmitri-K
There's an issue with WEBP format.
If a user uploaded pictures in webp format, when you download them, they are renamed (but not converted) to .png
krisftw
Hello my game is instantly crashing when i add the cut out faces and when i remove them the game works fine
mons
Completed cut-outs can only be uploaded in png format. If a request is uploaded in webp format, it is up to the user downloading it to decide what extension it is saved as 😕
You haven't installed them correctly, but you've given me no way in which I can tell how.
krisftw
How should i install them ? There is only 2 folders here when i add the faces it starts crashing . Should the game be closed when i extract them ?
Dmitri-K
You can't choose the extension if you download a pack.
mons
I need to see the full path of that folder.
I see, but what difference does it make?
krisftw
Which folder ?
mons
Can I see what your cut-out folder looks like when you install it in the graphics folder, including how many images are it in total?
krisftw
What else do i need to screenshot ?
mons
All seems fine 😕
krisftw
Anything else i should try to do ?
Del18boy
Please advise as I have downloaded the entire 13 parts and have noticed that the Pic in one are also in another, What ids the difference. Thanks at my age I always wonder why I am waiting for as I currently see it , No good reason.
Thank you for your time and explanation.
Joshua Quiambao
I downloaded all 13 face packs plus the update face packs but some of them aren't showing up. I realized some don't have an XML file but even after downloading again it still didn't work. I am using a Mac for this.
Joshua Quiambao
I used the Getfiles Links