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.
- 463,302
- 2024.07 - Released on 15 Apr 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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wacko
Rowan
Jojo - I'm stumped - everything looks correct, so my only other advise would be to either;
a) Clear the FM Cache
b) As you say download 5.3 again and try it again...although I can't see what would be different..
Jogo Bonito
Alternatively I just saw the thread about how to search with player ID (which I have now added in my preferences). How easy is it to load individual player faces in (e.g. for players at my club)? It would be enough for me to just 'see' my current players and new signings when I make them.
Rowan
Would be a great shame not to use it to it's full potential.
Jogo Bonito
I agree and I do love these player packs. So if I clear the cache I don't need to do anything else?
Edit: I don't get any App Data option. I see a Roaming option but that doesn't take me to the next options lists.
wacko
Rowan
OK, best thing to clear up any doubt is to do the following....
1) Go to - My documents/Sports interactive/Football Manager 2013/graphics/faces/megapack 5.03 - you will prob need to create the last three yourself (right mouse click>Create new folder)
2) Move the ENTIRE contents of the downloaded & unzipped megapack folder (from wherever you extracted to, desktop hopefully) INTO your newly created Megapack folder in the location above.
When you unzip the Megapack folder it gives you extra folders which basically just refer to sortitoutsi, but you only need the ACTUAL Megapack folder contents.
Rowan
Ok, it's probably disabled...
Windows Vista and Windows 7:
My Computer
'Organize'
'Folder and Search Options'.
The go to the 'View' tab and select 'Show hidden files and folders'
Now, go through the process already mentioned.
Also I think you might be able to it in-game as well....;
Prendy
Rowan
HERE
Jogo Bonito
I appreciate your tolerance on this.
mons
Apologies for not having answered you before but I seem to have missed your post.
You should be able to ignore any error messages displayed and complete the extraction process. Is there an OK button you can press to proceed? If not, what happens when the error message above is displayed? Also, what is the total file size of the file you are attempting to extract?
mons
Have you tried downloading the latest update pack and applying it? Remember, you should have one folder and one folder only with all the 122k+ images in it and the config.xml file.
Also, I can't seem to find what exactly your problem seems to be? Are you getting an error message or is it just the case that the images aren't showing?
Oliver Fry
Thanks for getting back to me, The total size of the file is 5.33GB, and when the error messages come up the only options i get is close, Break Operation or copy to clipboard, when i click close it ends the extracting process and it only extracts 55,711 files, which in size 2.63GB
mons
Oliver Fry
I have the latest version of winrar, i have just tried extracting it on another computer and it completed without any errors however i only got 118,500 files which is about 4,000 images less than what i should be getting
mons
Oliver Fry
I have just extracted both of 5.02 and 5.03 update packs and the ammount has risen up to 120,718 files,
mons
Apply 5.02 and 5.03 in order, and accept any overwrite warnings.
Oliver Fry
I have just extracted both of 5.02 and 5.03 update packs and the ammount has risen up to 120,718 files,
nielsdk
but I have two files who are named " sports interactive ", In which one should I paste the megapack ?
Jogo Bonito
Hi mons.
I can try and load the latest pack, but know this will take time and I am not sure if I will remember how I did it last time. I din't want to waste that time if it was not likely to make it all OK. I assume I don't need to remove the 5.2 version and just start from scratch with 5.3?
My main problem was that after loading the pack, I got loads of great new images, but many of my existing team (Copenhagen) that had images suddenly lost theirs. Some have nothing on view and some players have 'the face shadow outline'. Another example that makes me think I have done something wrong is that my own team (Reading) have virtually no faces when I look at them.
The megapack is fantastic and the efforts are truly appreciated, I just haven't been able to benefit from it properly, which is a tad disappointing.
Rowan
Another option is to Get yourself the Free TeamViewer and I can view/fix your system remotely - Pm me if you want to do this.
Rowan
Windows 7 does this for some reason. Try the first, then if that's not working move it to the second one
El Jefe
Mullen18
El Jefe
Mullen18
Piginho
Just need to do kits now.
byssaNferreira
I've a problem with the graphics in my FM2013, since the moment that i applied the facepack and the logo pack my game crashes everytime i start a match.. and example, i'm playing with FC Porto and i will with SL Benfica, i chose the player's and all the other things, but the game crashes rigth before the match start's
I try to elminate the all the graphics pack and the games works perfectly, then i put back the graphics and the game start's crashing again
Can someone help me ???