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 450,000 player faces to spice up your copy of Football Manager.

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  • 2024.06 - Released on 17 Mar 2024
Cut Out Player Faces Megapack

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've never downloaded the pack before, you should just download the larger "complete pack".

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.
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:
https://i.imgur.com/85lGeDc.png

The preferences should look like in the below screenshot:

https://i.imgur.com/jbZkFfw.png

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.
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’

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:
https://i.imgur.com/jbZkFfw.png

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.
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.
If you're using Gamepass, then you have to use the default user data folder (i.e. Documents / Sports Interactive / Football Manager 202x)
The torrent file includes the base megapack uploaded just before that year’s FM version is released. Any and all subsequent update packs are to be downloaded separately.
For those who have never used torrents, in the vast majority of cases, it's just a question of downloading the client program (a small file, less than 1MB) and then downloading the megapack torrent file (a tiny file, around 20k) and then letting the program do the job.

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.
You need to copy and overwrite the faces and the new config file from the update pack into the faces folder and follow the same procedure for the iconfaces folder.

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.
Please report this so that they can be reuploaded.
Extracting the file will take a while, but it shouldn't take the hours and hours that the program extracting will sometimes say it will. To speed it up, it is recommended that you have as few programs running as possible so that the system can dedicate as many resources to the extraction as it possibly can.

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.
You might have a poor internet connection or your browser might have some extensions which interrupt this download. Having loads of downloads ongoing and/or streaming may also de-prioritise this download.

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.
This download has two folders: one is the faces folder which contains the cut-outs which should be displayed on this screen. There is also a file titled config.xml which tells the game which images to assign to which person. The other folder is the iconfaces folder which contains the smaller images displayed near a person's name on the menu which comes up when you right-click on them, and also includes a different config file for this folder.

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.
The most recent update pack will include the most recent config file, so you can choose to download it and use it from there.

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.
Down the years, after an update pack was released, it was noted that some images included therein where of the wrong person, with a wrong extension or duplicated. Due to the way the download system is structured, these cannot be removed from the download, so there may well be a couple of hundred images’ worth of difference, depending on the version you download.
Our megapack covers 25,000 teams and it's impossible to cater for these kind of requests since players and staff get transferred or sacked or retire etc and recreating and reuploading 25,000 different smaller packs would be an impossible task. That's why we have all the images in a megapack so that everything is captured therein.
These persons do not appear in the default database for licensing reasons. This means that they only appear in your save-game because they were added via a custom file, generally the real name fix file. However, this means that their UID (which is what is used to map a person's image to the right individual) is different, and so the game cannot assign the image to them from your existing facepack.

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).
mons
17 years ago
15 hours ago
85,497
Total files is 192.687
And this is my last update of my folder after ur advice, Sir
What did I miss?

Have you changed your preferences like this?

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/iBWCYrIpzcIzTuXU86r8sDpXH36QutZsdGtv59jn.png
rakadhika
13 years ago
1 month ago
7
Have you changed your preferences like this?

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/iBWCYrIpzcIzTuXU86r8sDpXH36QutZsdGtv59jn.png


Yes i did..but its still not work
mons
17 years ago
15 hours ago
85,497
Yes i did..but its still not work

Do you have a config file in that folder? Can you upload it please?
rakadhika
13 years ago
1 month ago
7
Do you have a config file in that folder? Can you upload it please?


yes, of course..
mons
17 years ago
15 hours ago
85,497

I'm completely stumped. There must be something wrong somewhere in your files, even though everything looks to be in order, but I just can't tell what it is.

Will you be online at around 2200CET? I won't be on my PC till then, when I can suggest something. Drop me a PM...
Panna
11 years ago
4 weeks ago
562
I don't know where to ask this. I think this is the most fitting topic. How can I see the UID in game? In the previous versions I was able to show or hide it from the settings but I can't find it anymore.
mons
17 years ago
15 hours ago
85,497
I don't know where to ask this. I think this is the most fitting topic. How can I see the UID in game? In the previous versions I was able to show or hide it from the settings but I can't find it anymore.

Preferences > Interface > Select bottom tickbox in this screenshot.

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/iBWCYrIpzcIzTuXU86r8sDpXH36QutZsdGtv59jn.png

Disclaimer: I can't actually see the screenshot cos I'm at work behind a firewall, but I think it should be displayed there...
Panna
11 years ago
4 weeks ago
562
Preferences > Interface > Select bottom tickbox in this screenshot.

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/iBWCYrIpzcIzTuXU86r8sDpXH36QutZsdGtv59jn.png

Disclaimer: I can't actually see the screenshot cos I'm at work behind a firewall, but I think it should be displayed there...
I see now that I can scroll down
Davke1904
10 years ago
1 week ago
185
Hi guys,

can someone help what Si means with : "but if you're downloading packs in multiple parts make sure to unrar the oldest packs first otherwise the old versions will overwrite the new ones."

I downloaded the 20 parts, installed part 1 that i ok!
now i want to extract part 2, do i have to do somethiing with part 1?

thanks in advance
mons
17 years ago
15 hours ago
85,497
Hi guys,

can someone help what Si means with : "but if you're downloading packs in multiple parts make sure to unrar the oldest packs first otherwise the old versions will overwrite the new ones."

I downloaded the 20 parts, installed part 1 that i ok!
now i want to extract part 2, do i have to do somethiing with part 1?

thanks in advance

Not sure where SI come into it, to be honest.

If you extract part 1 correctly, it should have extracted the other packs with it and you should have the full complement extracted. How many images in total do you have in your MP folder?
Davke1904
10 years ago
1 week ago
185
Hi Mons,

thx for reacting so fastly

I just extraxted part one and i saw with characteristics 9.28 GB ( (9.974.497.723 bytes)!

Is the extracting finished?
mons
17 years ago
15 hours ago
85,497
Hi Mons,

thx for reacting so fastly

I just extraxted part one and i saw with characteristics 9.28 GB ( (9.974.497.723 bytes)!

Is the extracting finished?

That looks fine in terms of file size, but how many images in total do you have in your MP faces folder?
Davke1904
10 years ago
1 week ago
185
That looks fine in terms of file size, but how many images in total do you have in your MP faces folder?



192.690

Do i now have the all the latest faces?
mons
17 years ago
15 hours ago
85,497
192.690

Do i now have the all the latest faces?

Technically you need to download and apply the 10.01 update pack to be fully up-to-date
Davke1904
10 years ago
1 week ago
185
I've downloaded all 20 parts under cutout meapck faces!
20 files through deposit files!!

what do i do with the other 19 and how do i do it?
mons
17 years ago
15 hours ago
85,497
I've downloaded all 20 parts under cutout meapck faces!
20 files through deposit files!!

what do i do with the other 19 and how do i do it?

You download the full 10.0 megapack.

What you need to do now is download the smaller 10.01 update pack.
Davke1904
10 years ago
1 week ago
185
From part2 until part 19 is for the recycle bin?
And just extracting 10.01 changes?
No unrar or unzip the other file?
mons
17 years ago
15 hours ago
85,497
From part2 until part 19 is for the recycle bin?
And just extracting 10.01 changes?
No unrar or unzip the other file?

When you extracted part 1, the program automatically detected parts 2 till 19 and extracted them as well. In fact, you have 192.690 player faces, which is the amount of the whole 10.0 megapack.

All you have to do now is download the 10.01 UPDATE PACK using the link shown in the 2nd attachment in my previous post.
Davke1904
10 years ago
1 week ago
185
Ok Mons,

thx for that! I already did that and i think the faces or ok!
I just noticed that my fix has disappaered now so i have do that again damn
mons
17 years ago
15 hours ago
85,497
Ok Mons,

thx for that! I already did that and i think the faces or ok!
I just noticed that my fix has disappaered now so i have do that again damn

What fix are you talking about?
Davke1904
10 years ago
1 week ago
185
The official sortitoutsi fm2018 licence fix!
mons
17 years ago
15 hours ago
85,497
The official sortitoutsi fm2018 licence fix!

They are installed in different locations, so I can't think what you can have done to lose it.

This thread is only for the cutout megapack, so can you post in that thread please? Ideally with screenshots of the folders which have screenshots in the above thread's installation instructions - will help me understand more than words can

Can you also please quote me when replying? I get a push notification which means I am immediately notified when you do so, and can reply more quickly
Davke1904
10 years ago
1 week ago
185
They are installed in different locations, so I can't think what you can have done to lose it.

This thread is only for the cutout megapack, so can you post in that thread please? Ideally with screenshots of the folders which have screenshots in the above thread's installation instructions - will help me understand more than words can

Can you also please quote me when replying? I get a push notification which means I am immediately notified when you do so, and can reply more quickly

Yo Mons,

don't need to open a post in that thread , i already sortet it out! it's all working fine now!
just to need to put the kits as next and i'm fine to go
thx for all your help
juralegend
7 years ago
3 months ago
14
Can someone please upload it via Torrent? It's so much easier and every year there was a torrent link..
led wonsaz
6 years ago
6 years ago
11
Hi, I just bought membership to download the pack and after doing everything in the instructions (including the extraction) the faces still aren't loading in-game. Please help me! Thanks.
mons
17 years ago
15 hours ago
85,497
Can someone please upload it via Torrent? It's so much easier and every year there was a torrent link..

There still is a torrent link, you know




Hi, I just bought membership to download the pack and after doing everything in the instructions (including the extraction) the faces still aren't loading in-game. Please help me! Thanks.

a) How many images in total do you have in your megapack folder?
b) What was the size of the file that you downloaded? Did you use Winrar (or a similar program) to extract it?
c) Can you give me a screenshot of what a random player looks like in-game (i.e. one who should have a MP image)?
led wonsaz
6 years ago
6 years ago
11
There still is a torrent link, you know

a) How many images in total do you have in your megapack folder?
b) What was the size of the file that you downloaded? Did you use Winrar (or a similar program) to extract it?
c) Can you give me a screenshot of what a random player looks like in-game (i.e. one who should have a MP image)?

a) 13,255 in faces and 397 in iconfaces

b) It was the 9GB one (9.07 i think) and I used The Unarchiver for extraction.

c) I can if needed but there is no change, just the standard black silhoettes
mons
17 years ago
15 hours ago
85,497
a) 13,255 in faces and 397 in iconfaces

b) It was the 9GB one (9.07 i think) and I used The Unarchiver for extraction.

c) I can if needed but there is no change, just the standard black silhoettes

This file has over 192,000 faces and icons, so it must not have extracted correctly.

Can you download the 10.01 pack again and make sure it downloads fully? I also suggest using Winrar to extract it as that's the problem it was created with.
Regis1er
16 years ago
2 years ago
2
Hello,

I specify that I use a translator, so sorry.

So, I subscribed to the premium account to make it easier and faster to enjoy your services and download the megapack of faces.

And here is the drama ! (we're talking about 10.01)! when I click on download, it does not offer the possibility to download via torrent! so, while I have a great internet speed, I have almost 2 days download!

Is it acceptable for you to ask people to pay for easier access to files?

I hope I have been clear and that the translator will have transcribed my words.

I do not hide my disappointment and I wonder if in the end I would not have had faster file without paying.

thank you
mons
17 years ago
15 hours ago
85,497
Hello,

I specify that I use a translator, so sorry.

So, I subscribed to the premium account to make it easier and faster to enjoy your services and download the megapack of faces.

And here is the drama ! (we're talking about 10.01)! when I click on download, it does not offer the possibility to download via torrent! so, while I have a great internet speed, I have almost 2 days download!

Is it acceptable for you to ask people to pay for easier access to files?

I hope I have been clear and that the translator will have transcribed my words.

I do not hide my disappointment and I wonder if in the end I would not have had faster file without paying.

thank you

If you want to download the megapack via torrent, you can do so by downloading the base 10.0 pack. You can then download 10.01 and any subsequent update packs separately, i.e. not via torrent. The reason that torrent files are only released for the base packs is that it is too time-consuming and resource-heavy to create the torrent every time a pack is released, plus it is unlikely there will be enough seeds for each update pack.

While we thank you for purchasing premium membership, I respectfully don't think it is unacceptable "to ask people to pay for easier access to files", no. Keep in mind that it costs actual money to run the site, pay for server costs and bandwidth; also due to the fact that any file hosted on this site for premium members (including this megapack) is available for download for free to those users who do not wish to purchase premium membership. I, for one, would not want to have a file available only to those who may; all our community does this work for free, to share it with the community for free.

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