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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mhn.des
my game doesn't open💀
mons
The screenshots I asked you for don't actually need the game to be running 🤷🏻♂️
However, I have no idea how you could have possibly messed up the installation so badly that the game doesn't even open.
Salvatore Ruggero
Currently downloading the face cutout megapack and I see that apart from all 13 original parts, there are 10 “changes” rar files. Do I need to download these and extract them also in order for my face packs to work? Or can I just download the original 13 parts?
mons
You need to download the 13 parts first, then all 10 update packs too.
It might be easier to download the torrent file instead of the 13 parts, though.
Kamen Dulev
I have an issue that most of the cut out pictures of player in youth teams are not loading in game. I downloaded 20ish cut outs to update some of old ones in game and everything was OK … but the faces of players like Harry Amass , Jack Fletcher, Mikey Moore, Shea Lacey was not loaded… strangely all of them are in youth teams. Where might be the problem?
mons
As far as I can tell, you have only downloaded up to update pack 2024.02. If you've downloaded cuts for people who weren't in the megapack at that point, then the config file you have will not include these people. I would suggest you download all the update packs released since then to be sure it all works out fine.
vbj2660
i was extracting the premium file when all of a sudden it asked me if i want to replace file ,i clicked yes but im scared i replaced something importend???
xbenjaminx
If you're not sure, then download the entire megapack and install again - otherwise you were probably overwriting a face with the same UID or a config.xml file.
smorti
My PC has currently taken over 12 hours and counting to extract the whole megapack from the zip file, is that a normal amount of time? It seems crazy.
mons
Definitely not normal, and suggestions on how to improve it can be found in one of the FAQs at the top of this thread.
giograna07
if i am using gamepass, in which folder should i install the mods? help pls !!
Where's the link to download the whole megapack? It says on the site there should be a 2024.10 megapack that's over 12gb big, but I can only find the link for the original 2024.00. Great work as always mons & the team, FM wouldn't be FM without you :9
mons
The user data folder (i.e. where your editor data files, graphics and save games are saved) is different to the above. I believe the user data folder for Gamepass is
\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2024\, so the installation instructions should be the same for you.That link for the entire megapack is only for premium users. If you aren't, you can download the 2024.00 torrent file and the subsequent update packs separately.
giograna07
hey, after I set up everything, there is some players of my club that their face is not in the pack, so they are shown like in the photo, is there a solution for this or shall i install the new gen pack ?
mons
Lucas Besozzi is in the megapack, so you don't have the full megapack. Remove what you have and download everything from scratch.
grimtoffee
Hi - I don't think this is covered in the FAQs but apologies if it is. I have downloaded the megapack and keep getting an error message when trying to unzip it. Have tried downloading Winrar and using that to unzip, but having the same issue.
The error message says an unexpected error is preventing the archive from being extracted. And no error description is available.
Any suggestions welcomed! Thanks
mons
It might very well be that the full file somehow didn't get downloaded, so it can't be extracted. Try downloading it again - the downloaded file should be 12.39GB.
grimtoffee
Thanks - I've just downloaded again and had the same issue
mons
Can I have a screenshot of the Winrar error message?
grimtoffee
FMStrawzy
I had this error couple months ago, used 7zip instead and it worked perfectly
mons
Same as @FMStrawzy said, really, but only saying Winrar instead.
That error message is shown if you try to extract the file with the default Windows extractor, which doesn't work for the megapack file.
FMStrawzy
Its a weird error tbf, is it something to do with the compression used?
mons
It's a rar file, which the Windows extractor doesn't deal too well with.
FMStrawzy
ah makes sense
Dennis Bormann
es die Möglichkeit, sich Spielerbilder zu wünschen?
mons
I've moved this to the pinned and dedicated technical support thread.
This is an English-language forum; please post in English.
grimtoffee
Thanks all. Sorted now - new computer so was expecting extract all to use Winrar once installed - but was using Windows extractor. Once I did ‘open with’ > use Winrar that fixed it. Cheers!
GaNgSta LoVe
2024.11 riccardo calafiori then this happened, how do I fix it?
mons
Open the file config.xml contained within the faces folder, and add the below line within all the other similar ones:
<record from="43424738" to="graphics/pictures/person/43424738/portrait"/>