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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pvt.rylow#6089
JFYI I have prepared a Linux/StemDeck build for the full method, I have very limited gaming Linux experience and I dont own a SteamDeck so yeah, ideal combination 😄 I built and tested on Cachy using Steam/Proton, so thats what it expects (almost sure it wont work with Epic because of the different folder structure). It doesnt require root to run the the GUI part (so you can probably theoretically make it run with FM24 shortlists, albeit I havent tested it yet), but it does require root for the scanner subprocess (there is probably another way via tinkering with /proc/sys/kernel/yama/ptrace_scope but Im not sure what is more/less invasive). The rest is identical to Windows guide.
https://download.ngregens.org/ng_regens_manager26-1.0.0-x86_64.AppImage
Wingy77
Wow - unreal work, thankyou. Off to bed but ill try in the morning. I´ll let you know how i get on. Legend.
edit - not sure if this is correct location for this chat, but hey apologies if not. Cannot open the appimage at all. Done some extensive digging and error my end is CPU ISA Level is lower than required (Running a fairly modern i7-13650HX though).
Getting this from ai:
The AppImage was likely compiled for x86-64-v4, which requires AVX-512, and fails even though your CPU is modern. This is common with Electron or Rust apps built on CI systems using aggressive CPU optimizations. It suggests your build targets AVX-512 which the 12th-14th gen intel cpus dont have. Alas i cannot test this build im afraid with my hardware. My chip does support x86-64-v3 (AVX2, SSE4.2, BMI1, BMI2) but i am not a developer on linux so i have absolutely no idea if thats any help to you.
But really appreciate your work on this.
pvt.rylow#6089
Ah good to know, yeah CachyOS is bleeding edge, probably got some defaults from there. I will recompile in the evening on some better settings. This obvously doesnt need v4, just bad settings on my side, thanks for reporting!
Wingy77
Yeah no bother at all. I ran cachy before but needed a debian system for another program. Be great for linux to have it (Fingers crossed). Im away for 2 weeks tomorrow so if theres an update ill test (If no one else does) - on my return.
Cheers
tiboboots
Hi mate I want to ask, I tried to generate all the players and staff faces. After I reloaded the player's face photos, they all looked very good, but not for the staff faces, none of them have face photos. I have checked all the staff faces but it still fails, what's the problem? thx mate, oh yes I am playing fm 24
pvt.rylow#6089
no worries mate. I have rebuilt using some generic parameters I have found, so I hope it is better now. It is possible that I will need to rebuild once again on something like Ubuntu 20 because of something like glibc, Im still new to developing for/under Linux.
The link to download is the same.
I have switched from microslop to cachy, so linux version is here to stay 😀
pvt.rylow#6089
Hi mate, are you Windows or Mac? Do you use the shortlist method or the memory reading?
tiboboots
Memory reading, only the player's face appears and works well, but the staff's face is missing. I have followed the instructions correctly, tried Preserve mode and Generate mode but the result is still the same, only the player's face appears, but the staff's face does not appear.
pvt.rylow#6089
Do you see Staff being found on that memory scan result screen (the colorful one with Player Male, Player Female, Staff Male, Staff Female total found numbers)? Do you have them selected (should be by default)?
If you go into /Football Manager 26/graphics/NG_Regens/Staff/NorthCentralEurope/male/do you see pictures + config.xml file inside?
Wingy77
Hi, ive downloaded the file again (You say its the new version?) - but still getting same error…. I dunno… Just wont run no matter what i try. Gonna leave it for now - i might get lucky in 2 weeks and its all good lol. Appreciate the help.
tiboboots
That's exactly what you said. I've attached the photo, but the problem is that only the player's face pack appears, but the staff doesn't
in the folder. In the staff folder there is no NorthCentralEurope staff file, there is only the folder that I show. all the contents of this facepack folder are a continuation of ng regens 25 including its updates. I really like your work and continue to follow the updates until the latest one (ng regens 26).
pvt.rylow#6089
Ah then it is easy, you are missing the Staff pack pictures. I suggest simply redownload the latest Main Pack as not every picture pack has been release for the 25 version (as the 25 simply cant use Staff or Womens Football packs), that will surely bring you to the latest most up-to-date state. You probably can only copy the Staff folder from it into your current NG_Regens folder, you should be good otherwise.
tiboboots
Oh my goatt Absolute brilliant, thanks mate, the problem is solved 😁👍. Keep up the good work mate, I really admire your work 👑
pabloce
HOLAA QUE TAL GRAN TRABAJO PERO YA HICE TODO LO QUE DICES Y NO ME SALEN O TENGO QUE ESPERAR A QUE SALGA NUEVOS REGEN
ME SALE FM 26 ACTIVO IMAGENES CARGADAS CORRECTAMENTE ENTRO AL JUEGO REINICIO Y NO ME SALE NADA QUE DEBO HACER
pvt.rylow#6089
Cuando dices que no pasa nada, ¿qué quieres decir exactamente? ¿Sigues viendo las caras predeterminadas de SI? ¿Has descomprimido el paquete en Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 26\graphics\NG_Regens?
Kneipi
Use pre-generated pictures of players (and staff) rather than dynamically-generated images ← that option doesnt exist in my preferences.
Copywriter
@pvt.rylow#6089
i think the bundle is not working after the update.
I am playing on a Mac Book Pro.
baccus1581
Ciao, non capisco esattamente quale file debba scaricare per l'aggiornamento.
P.S ho già NG-Regens e presumo si tratti di soli volti nuovi aggiunti corretto? A questo punto quale file devo scaricare ? Grazie
pvt.rylow#6089
@Copywriter maybe you need to reassign it again? Also apparently there is a bug that causes a big time delay between loading a game and pictures actually showing up, maybe that is the case here…
@baccus1581 Dipende dal tipo di file che stai utilizzando. Se utilizzi il file bundle, non ci sono stati aggiornamenti. Se utilizzi la versione software, puoi ottenere tutti gli ultimi aggiornamenti direttamente tramite il software. Spero che questo ti sia d'aiuto, forza ferrari, ciao!
baccus1581
baccus1581
ok grazie, si uso il software NgRegens devo tagliare e copiare il tutto nella cartella delle immagini corretto?
Grazie mille per il prezioso supporto.
David
A1Ghosty
where do i put the dmg file?
Pepotedad
Buenas me pasa lo mismo, carga muy lento el juego las caras y me reetrasa la partida un monton, alguna cosa para soluiconarlo?
kamalchaneman
Hi, I cannot select folder on this screen. Any idea why?
Mark Sherwood
Works perfectly!
Thank you very VERY much indeed! I've just done a a new regeneration after a new youth intake and the generater has picked up all the newbies.
Makes the game so much more immersive and you can actually imagine those players playing in your teams!
Thank you!
Wingy77
Hi again lol… Im back from my hols, downloaded the file again but still wont load. Same errors. If you wanna just sack the linux version off - i totally understand. But if you do wanna get one going, ill help as much as i can mate.
Cheers
Tenda1991
Thanks for the pack! Everything works great. I only have one problem: in 3D Match, only the black silhouette is displayed for goals instead of the player image. Is there a fix for this?
John Nicolette
Thanks very much for this. worked wonderfully. Even my previously mapped staff (PA, Player Liaison, Scouts) saved while the newgens were updated. Fantastic job…thanks for making it easy!
kleyo
I had this same problem (also in FM24), but you could go to Preferences, then General and on bottom is Change Profile Pictures. There you could choose your old (or even new) photo of your manager.
I found this exactly now, so I don't checked yet if I need do this only one or always after got new newgens photos, but it is very simple.
David Muñoz Martin De La Leona
Hola.
Lo he intentado mil veces…. y no hay manera de que funcione. La carpeta “Regens” está en su lugar correcto (graphics), he seguido las instrucciones al pié de la letra…. y nada, me siguen apareciendo las fotos regeneradas del mismo juego. Alguien se le ocurre donde puedo fallar? Muchas gracias.
Por cierto, uso el “data update” de esta misma web, no se si influye en algo.
Gracias