Submissions paused due to the release of FM26

Hello Do I need to use the face_id of the created player to display player photos from the New Players pack? And in the Sortitsi update, it's full of duplicates of newly created player photos.

I want to know how to add photos to FM26. Do I need to rename the IDs by adding the prefix "face_id"? And I can't seem to modify the pack settings so the photos display correctly.

@ASSE25 sorry i'm not sure what you're referring to. You can't just say “Its full of duplicates” without giving examples.

Your second post is also a bit too vague.

Please try and make your question clearer, try starting with a clear explanation of what you're trying to achieve and then use bullet points to explain the steps you've taken that aren't working.

As a duplicate, I noticed some players from the Saint-Étienne U19 team: Mansouri, Gary Charros, and I'm sure I'm forgetting some. Robinho Junior (

Sorry @ASSE25 i'm really not sure what you're referring to. Do you mean there are multiple versions of the player in the game? Or the same face is applied to multiple people? Or that within a folder on your computer you can see the same images more than once with different file names?

Please try and be clearer in your posts so I can answer you the first time and we don't have to keep having this back and forth.

Try and remember that I can't see your computer screen so i've no idea what you're even looking at, so you need to describe exactly what you're doing and where you're looking.

Try using bullet points it might make things easier to think things through step by step.

@Footygamer When I talk about duplicates, I'm referring to players in the database. And when I say I want to add player photos without the `face_` prefix, their IDs are `ex 12345678`, not `face_12345678` like in the 2026 megapack. So I add the `face_` prefix before their game ID, and the photos don't appear. I hope that's clear.

I took a screenshot to show the duplicates. And I wanted to add photos of missing people like Lousberg and Tallenbaum. How do I do that?

Okay previously you said “duplicates of newly created player photos” obviously it's not the photo that is duplicated, it is the player.

Just looking at Mylan Toty as an example, it looks like he was added in the 26.1 update.

FM26 is a nightmare for us because they keep releasing updates weekly where as usually it's once and done until February. From what I can tell they've just added another 3000 players which means we have to go through and compare those 3000 to the 20,000 we've added and find duplicates which is not a quick task.

You can help with this by reporting them clearly and concisely including names, IDs and teams.

In regards the names again you seem to be using the wrong terminology. No players ID includes face. The file names can be called anything. Within the config.xml it maps the filename to the ID e.g.

<record from="face_123" to="123"/>

It does not have to be face_ this is just what we used it can be literally anything.

<record from="Paul Pogba" to="123"/>

Will map “Paul Pogba.png” to the player with ID 123.

These aren't duplicate photos, but if you look at the screenshot, some player names appear twice, and Mylan TOTY isn't in pack 2026-01.

@ASSE25 yes I am aware and I think my comment makes clear that i'm aware and explains what's happening.

I realise English may not be your first language but please try and understand what i'm saying (maybe an LLM would help?) I'm not sure how to write it again any clearer than I already have.

I don't really understand; do we know approximately when this will be fixed? And how do we add photos of players who don't have their own in the game, please?

You can add photos of players via the cut out faces submission process: https://sortitoutsi.net/graphics/submissions/1 

In regards how long it will take to match all the duplicates, just use some common sense. I said there are 3000 players that have been added, lets say it takes 30 seconds to check each one, that's 25 hours. It's unlikely someone is going to do 25 hours straight on Christmas Day, so it will probably take a few days to clear them all up.

You can help yourself just, just browse the created players DB and for any that are duplicated make sure to add their FM ID

I've attached a list of the 3000 new people that were added in 26.1.

When I submit a photo and upload it, we agree that it won't have the same "prefix" as the one in the 2026 pack. Therefore, it won't appear.

How do I report a duplicate player? Mady Gary at Saint-Étienne is a duplicate, and so is Robinho Junior Santos.

Sorry I really do not know what you mean.

Try explaining via video or screenshots?

I cannot find a duplicate Mady Gary, can you provide some evidence so it is easier to find the problem?

Please also make sure you are not using multiple Editor Data files that add new players.

Also make clear if you are talking about FM24 or FM26.

 

I've also just added a guide to make it more clear how to fix duplicates here: https://sortitoutsi.net/content/75869/helping-to-fix-duplicate-players