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 475,000 player faces to spice up your copy of Football Manager.
- 480,827
- 2025.00 - Released on 29 Oct 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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*Joan*
As I said, I've done this countless times before, but this time I get only 60 000 of the 475 000 files….? I did everything right. Could it be the anti virus again?
Katie B.
I'm trying to download the FM2012 face packs but there's no mirrors listed, how do I get these?
mons
It's not really an issue that's been raised before, so it looks like something is not going right at your end - but I don't have enough info to ascertain what it could be.
Here's the torrent file, but don't be surprised if there aren't any seeds for it - it's a 12-year old file, after all.
Suhas_59
whenever I try to download using the getfiles.co.uk link it says the link is invalid. what do i do?
*Joan*
Can't get it to work. What kind of info do you need? I've downloaded all parts, I extract the last one, part 13, but it's only 60 000 and not 475 000 and the folder faces is empty. If its extracting I've done it correctly, right?
PoorJack
Of course... Part 13 is 1 of the 13 parts of the pack. That's why it's 60,000 in Part 13 of the whole 475,000.
Hope I'm not mistaken about what happened:
You don't just extract Part 13. You need all the 13 parts ready (in the same folder), and then extract the first one. The program (e.g. WinRAR, 7-Zip,…) will take care of the rest, i.e. extracts from Part 1, then picks up Part 2 automatically, and so on.
It's like… watching a drama series. The story doesn't make sense if you start watching episode 13 first.
Reference:
https://www. youtube.com/watch?v=O4FqSyy_DlU
mons
@Footygamer, not sure if this is the same issue which was present for the metallic logo pack…
Footygamer
Fixed 🙂
Footygamer
@Suhas_59 Fixed 🙂
Suhas_59
thank you
leynaldo
Hi guys,
I have a problem with downloading the packs, which is weird because i didn't have any problems in the past with this.
So, i started FM15 and i have every single pack from then until 12.13. I now wanted to download some packs to complete the collection and to fill in a lot of gaps for FM24.
When i click update file (fe: 12.14 / 12.15) and then on link to dfiles there is no link. This is the first problem.
When i finally found one 22.00 which has a link, i clicked regular download. After waiting a minute, there is no pup up or link to download the file, even more, i get all shady messages from websites that are really unsafe in my eyes.
where in the past i just clicked “download” i get the downloadlink and the file started downloading. Now, i can't get it going.
this leads me to two questions:
I really hope you guys can help me in getting a good download link, because i really liked this kind of pictures and have collected them for a long time.
mons
Buddy, you're looking to download files from 9 or 10 years ago, so it's no wonder they might no longer be available.
If you want to play FM15, I suggest downloading the 8.00 torrent pack from here. It's for FM16 and will include all the images included in update packs for FM15. There are links to the torrent versions of the base megapack available in point 12 of the main post in this thread, if you want to get something more up-to-date. The further back you go, the less likely it is that you'll find seeds for them.
leynaldo
I Think my english was not good enough, it is not what i meant to say.
I have FM 24 now. Last version of FM was FM21. I download almost all packs+updates, from FM 15 up to FM21 (the FM15 pach at that time (8.00) and every update to update 12.13). I have all those pictures.
I wanted to download the packs from 12.14 on, to get a complete version for FM24. I see the downloads for update12.14, 12.15 have no link.
My question is for FM24:
Is it necessary to download every pack form my last downloaded pack (every update since 12.13) to 24.00 or is it okay/possible for FM 24 to just download the 24.00 version and updates ?
Second question: the dfiles site, i can click regular download, but it gives not a donwload. It just counts down from 60 till 0, but after that nothing is happening, and everything i click on that site gives pop up screens from shady businesses. And that surprises me a bit because i never had any problems with downloading every packs since 2015.
I hope my english and explanation are clearer now.
mons
Ah, I see what you mean now - answers in red above 🙂
leynaldo
a lot of thanks for the explanation.
It is really great pictures pack, a lot of love to the makers!
I donwloaded the 13 packs with the other partnersite (frdl.to) and there it worked fine!
Outlaw King
Can anyone help me with this? Maybe @mons ? Never had a problem in all the years I've been using this facepack but, for some reason, all photos are either a) the standard ones which come with the game or b) like this below (FYI, the facepack was working fine last night when I last played):
(All other graphics - logos, kits, working fine)
mons
Going by the date modified of your faces folder, you changed something in it yesterday afternoon. Do you have 475k images in it plus a config.xml file?
Outlaw King
The changes were me replacing 2 of the faces in the pack with older ones from here , that I thought were better.
Here's the screenshot that shows the no. of files and the config:
Is the black outline figure shown in my previous post the default one where there is no photo? I haven't downloaded anything for that, so I'm wondering if that's somehow overwriting everything?
mons
Yeah, that black outline is shown in instances where the game doesn't find a line in a config file tied to a particular UID.
Did you edit the config file at all? All seems fine otherwise, I have to say.
Outlaw King
I'm an idiot. The only change I made was downloading the Chelsea 24/25 facepack….for - literally - the first time ever, I've included the config file by mistake when moving it over.
Do I need to download the whole megapack again to get the config file?
mons
Nah, just download the most recent update pack, and use the config file from there 😉
enajeebhafc
hello, i was following the guide on youtube for the regen faces, when i open fmz tools, do the image directory and rtf file as said in the video i click replace faces and nothing happens, what have i done wrong?
mons
Best to post in the section/thread dedicated to the regen faces. This thread is for the cutout megapack for people in the game, and not regens 👍
enajeebhafc
Hi, i was looking for that but couldnt find it, maybe im just blind
s4t0m1
hello, why after I have downloaded the pack with premium it has downloaded almost 1 milion files?
mons
Because there's almost half a million faces, and the same amount of iconfaces 😕
Alan Green
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Rimmshot1973
I downloaded new faces a couple of days ago from sortitoutsi and fm slovakia ,and added them to my existing packs. Changed the xml files like i always do. Cache unticked and reload skin ticked in preferences. But all of my faces dont show in the game anymore. Does anyone know how to solve this?
Leeds1919
All work fine, must be something you have done
Joe5p
I have had the same issue past 24 hours out of nowhere, not sure how to sort, will let you know if I can figure it out. Use a combination of ASD, DF11, cutouts and older ones, could be my folder has too many faces now. XML all updated.