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.
- 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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IceEyesPig
Hello, thanks for your answer. Above you can see informations requested. Total of 279548 files inside the folder.
As said, I've already started from scratch. I can do it another time but it would be the third attempt and It seems not working.
Thanks,
Marco
mons
You don't have the full megapack, which has around 390,000 images.
I don't know what method you used to download what you've got, but I would suggest that you should download the torrent file, then extract it once it's fully downloaded.
IceEyesPig
Done another time, now it's working good!
Thanks!
Marco
jofrik
hi there, srry here it is!
mons
You don't have the full megapack. I would suggest downloading the 2023.01, 2023.02 and 2023.03 update packs and applying them in order.
jofrik
HI there, just done that, and steal is the same, some faces, doesnt appear… 😢
mons
Can I see your faces folder then? You should have around 389,000 images. If you don't, then you don't have the full megapack.
jofrik
sure
mons
And do your preferences look like this?
jofrik
Finally it is working, dont know what i changed but it is working xD Thanks for all the support ! and sorry for the late responses!
karl roberts147
Hi I am having a problem with the player faces.
The faces of the players for the France and Netherlands national teams are not showing, yet if I go to the players of both national sides at their clubs their faces are there. Basically the player faces are there on the club pages but not on the national team pages.
This is for all the players of these national teams.
Anyone have any idea why this could be and how to sort it Please.
Please see images attached for examples.
mons
Download the licensing and real name fix.
karl roberts147
Done that and still having same problem.
mons
Then you haven't installed it correctly, simple as that.
karl roberts147
All files both licencing and names also files for facepacks have been installed correctly.
All club names are correct I have a facepack file with over 389k faces all faces are in game except for the issue I currently have but thanks anyway.
mons
I'm the author of the real name fix file 😉
Post a screenshot of your lnc and edt/permanent folders, so I can confirm if everything is in order 👍
samakpan
Hi
New to the whole forum thing so forgive me if I'm repeating anything you've answered before. I've read back a few pages, I'm currently on my second attempt on trying to install the face pack. After downloading the torrent file (which I believe is 1-11 as a megapack), I only have to add the 3 updated versions to that right?
Thanks
mons
The torrent file is for the base 2023.00 pack. So you have to download all the update packs released since then, i.e. 2023.01, 2023.02 and 2023.03 👍
samakpan
Thanks for the reply
I'm doing it on mac, do I need all the images to be in one folder? (face & icon face) or can I have multiple sortitoutsi folders in the graphics folder
mons
As per the installation instructions and FAQ, you should have one faces folder and one iconfaces folder. None of these should have sub-folders and you should overwrite the previous versions of the respective images with the ones in the new update pack.
samakpan
Worked a treat. Thanks bro, you're the goat.
Deano1903
@mons Hello old pal, despite me having downloaded all the relevant 2023 cut out FP files. it appears I don't have the current MP image.
Examples I've found recently are : Jovon Makama, Seb Ferdinand & Ben Chrisene
mons
The megapack cut for these two players is indeed this one. Newer cut-outs for both players have been uploaded after the most recent update pack was released, but they won't be in the megapack until the release of 2023.04 in the coming days 👍
Deano1903
Ah, that explains it then. Simple answer, thanks mate
Kieran456
I installed and extracted all 14 files in the complete face pack and ive been playing the last few days, then i realised a few youngsters and lower league players are missing, the player that made me realise was Samuel Edozie, a pretty notable young player so i looked at some other young players and ive got a lot missing, any idea why?
Leeds1919
It’s not a “complete” pack, but one of 300k+ faces, there are many more players in the game depends on leagues and how much detail you choose
Sandy McDonald
sorry to bother you all. never done this before but I'm looking for advice or step to step guide on how to download logo , player face packs and skins would be cool. how do i do it please.
im playing FM22
thanks
mons
I've moved this to here. There are FAQs at the top of the thread, and the download page of every file has a video tutorial on how to download and install graphics packs 👍
You can use the browsing system to check which players are in the pack, Edozie is in: https://sortitoutsi.net/graphics/browse/1/1045396/timeline
You probably haven't installed the pack correctly, can you post screenshots of your graphics and faces folder in this thread?
https://sortitoutsi.net/content/359/megapack-technical-support-thread?page=1
Kieran456
Hi, this is what all of the faces are in