This NewGen Facepack contains 227,000 new faces for newgens in Football Manager.
Newgens (sometimes called regens) are the new players that the game generates, primarily for youth intakes, but sometimes also to fill teams in playable leagues, new backroom staff and other people like members of the press and agents.
By default the faces associated with these players are awful. This pack fixes that.
The pack currently consists of:
~193,000 male player pictures across 60 different ethnicity categories
~16000 female player pictures - this base pack is still under development, not every nation/ethnicity is covered yet.
~18000 staff pictures for both male and female.
FM26/FM24 Windows, Mac and SteamDeck/Linux Instructions
This is the main installation method that allows you to use the pack in its full glory.
Simply follow this guide here: https://ngregens.org/fm26savereader_guide
On Mac this now requires no SIP deactivation and no sudo and no other workarounds.
Lazy Install using the Bundle Replacement Method
If you are lazy and don't care too much about the faces follow these instructions. However be warned that this method is severely limited and only has 7000 male and 7000 female picture total, so you may see repeat faces on multiple profiles or incorrectly assigned skin colours and ethnicities.
This method should only be considered as a demo version of the actual full pack.
- Download “ui-newgen-portraits_assets_all.bundle”
- Place the file here:
- Windows: \Steam\steamapps\common\Football Manager 26\fm_Data\StreamingAssets\aa\StandaloneWindows64\ui-newgen-portraits_assets_all.bundle'
- Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/Steam/steamapps/common/Football Manager 26/fm.app/Contents/Resources/Data/StreamingAssets/aa/StandaloneOSX/ui-newgen-portraits_assets_all.bundle
- In FM26 > Preferences > Detailed > Audio & Visual.
- Check ✅ Show pictures of players (and staff) who have been generated by the game
- Check ✅ Use pre-generated pictures of players (and staff) rather than dynamically-generated images
- Restart Football Manager 26
Links
Find the same guides on: https://ngregens.org/
View an example showcase of male player images in the pack: https://ngregens.org/showcase
View an example showcase of female player images in the pack: https://ngregens.org/showcase_female.html
Tutorials on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NG_Regens
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Pelado250
link?
Footygamer
@Pelado250 On the right handle side of the page you can find download buttons…
John_Morrison
Thank you, can't wait for the Mac OS version
Carsie
The Lazy Install way does not work
Xinnamp
Is there a way to do this on Steam Deck?
Copywriter
Not working at a Macbook pro
Gabwine
Hi, nice job!
One (probably stupid) question: when using NG Regens Manager, “Show pictures of players (and staff) who have been generated by the game” and
“Use pre-generated pictures of players (and staff) rather than dynamically-generated images” have to be checked or unckecked?
ephraimwindslow
A Linux version (for Steam Deck) would be greatly appreciated
pvt.rylow#6089
@John_Morrison @Copywriter The first Mac release is very near, probably tomorrow. It is rather clunky, but thats how MacOS is designed unfortinatelly. I already have a working app, I just need to finish all the guides.
@Xinnamp @ephraimwindslow SteamDeck is not supported yet, but it is in my pipeline after Mac is sorted
@Gabwine For the Software first ON second OFF, so basically default settings, no need to change anything
John_Morrison
that's great, thank you so much
H4TII
It doesnt work for me either, regens faces show up blank
Gabwine
Tnx!
pvt.rylow#6089
Regarding the bundle problems, I'll have to check the latest patch, maybe SI have changed something. To be honest, I don't check it with every patch, only the tool, since that's what most people use. I'll check next time I boot FM, sorry guys.
I also probably need to repackage it anyway, as I have more stylistically suitable pictures for female players from the new female players pack. But it is very hard to make bundle look good due to its technical limitations unfortunatelly.
John_Morrison
For me works great on Mac OS, thank you!
FmGünlüklerim
My friend, it's not working for Windows. Will there be an update to fix this? Please answer.
pvt.rylow#6089
Hello, to be able to help I need to know what is your problem:
Does the program start for you? Were you able to do a memory scan? Were you able to create a config? What exactly doesnt work?
If you could make some screenshots that would be very helpful.
FmGünlüklerim
I'm doing everything exactly as you showed, but the game isn't adding. I'll send you the screenshots.
FmGünlüklerim
Deano1903
Can't seem to get the NG_Regens_Manager_26_Installer to open.
Have tried the standard way (double click) and also right click and run as adminstrator
Either way does nothing
Liam_hilly
Can this work for network saves?
pvt.rylow#6089
It does work with existing saves, you dont need to start a new one.
Make sure your NG_Regens pictures folder is inside of your graphics folder, so f.e. Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 26\graphics\NG_Regens\
Also check your graphics settings to be
Show pictures of players (and staff) who have been generated by the game - ON
Use pre-generated pictures of players (and staff) rather than dynamically-generated images - OFF
pvt.rylow#6089
This must be somehow related to your AV. You can try to download the portable ZIP version, it sometimes works better for some users. Funtionality is the same, you can get it here https://ngregens.org/fm26guide?lang=en
Copywriter
How do you get it works or are you playing FM24?
pvt.rylow#6089
For some unknown reason SI blocked assignments on network saves in FM24 (I havent tried them personally, but that is what I've been told by people who actually do have friends)… No idea if it has changed with FM26
John_Morrison
I'm playing fm 26 on Mac OS Tahoe 26.1
pvt.rylow#6089
I have added FM26 macOS version yesterday https://ngregens.org/fm26macguide
pd8704
I have followed the instructions, extracted the NG_Regens folder and placed it in the graphics folder in the directory. However, the installer always gives me the error message “NG_Regens folder is missing or has errors”… irrespective of what I try?
Anyone else have this problem and resolved?
pvt.rylow#6089
Hi, You mean during the initial configuration wizard? You have to point the program to the exact top folder of the pack, sometimes some unpacking programs create additional folder on top of it.
You can check on your drive if you open “\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 26\graphics\NG_Regens\" you should see all the ethnicity folders inside. Basically you have to point the program to the top NG_Regens folder that has all the ehtnicity folders directly inside of it
ArseCrayonGaming
Hi there, when I try to load the picture folder in the regen manager app, I'm just getting this error message - “NG_Regens Picture Folder is either missing or has errors. Please set it up again in the settings menu to continue”
EDIT - No worries, I just saw you already answered this. Thanks!
Nicolas Sebastiani
Hello i click on activate and i get this error i think i selected paths correctly