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.
- 480,827
- 2025.00 - Released on 29 Oct 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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snow_uk
mons
The preferences are in the first post of this thread already. As for the faces folder, I'm not on my PC right now; I just want to see inside your faces folder really.
snow_uk
mons
You have around 10,000 images in your folder. This pack contains over 270,000 more, which is why it doesn't seem to be working for you.
You'll have to download the whole file again, and make sure you extract it fully 👍
snow_uk
mons
Not really, unless you fancy downloading them from our database manually one by one, which is what would need to be done to get what you're asking.
110specops
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ssaintt
mons
Must have missed this, sorry. They're not available at present, I'll see if they can be brought back online.
We're working on making it appear on the download page again. In the meantime, I'm attaching it for you to download.
Staff14
i have have a range of cut outs that will not load in my game? i have deleted the file and reloaded but to no avail. i cant see any difference between these and the ones that do work. does anyone have any suggestions:
example players:
mason greenwood
Teden mengi
mons
Bit hard to tell without seeing your folder structure and your config file.
b13v3r
I put the picture and put in in the map of all those cut out players. I changed the name of the picture to the unique ID i found in the editor. Wont work.
i changed the name to the random ID i found in editor, after reload skin wont work either.
can someone tell me what im missing? His unique ID is 2000067647, random ID 104360305
mons
Read this, perhaps it may help.
There's a reason why these kind of images aren't added into the megapack, you know 😉
b13v3r
thx for your help Mons (once again, went out of fm a few years due to kids, but remember you for all your work and efforts, which make my, and a lot of others, game twice as good for real!).
Way to difficult for me... just stick with the player without a picture then :-).
mons
It looks a bit more difficult than it is, though, really.
Essentially it boils down to:
a) save the cut-out in a new folder
b) start a new game and take note of Moukouko's UID
c) rename his UID to be the one in-game
d) create a config file for this folder using fmXML
wanderer89
Sorry if this has been mentioned before but when trying to extract the zip file it's asking for a password?
mons
Try using winrar to extract it. There's no password in the megapack file.
wanderer89
That seems to have sorted it, not sure what was going on with Peazip. Will stick with WinRAR in future. Thanks man.
Womaz
Would that mean I only need to download the one additional pack that has become available since then?
mons
Check the date of the config file and match it to the date of release of the update packs, then download any subsequent pack 👍
Womaz
As i was note sure about what files I had downloaded I did the whole lot again.
I will now keep on top of the updates.
BedsyGomis
mons
Bit in bold is enough. Remember, you should have one folder with faces in it and no sub-folders.
Stevie W
Having trouble downloading the complete pack on Mac. Seems to download a bit then stops. When I try to reload, I get a message saying "operation cannot be completed." Any suggestions?
Cheers.
mons
Can you try using Google Chrome in incognito mode? You should have less chance of it being interrupted by a conflicting extension this way, and you should be able to resume downloads should that happen anyway.
Plus the less items being downloaded in the background, the less likelihood there'll be that your download gets interruped.
Giuseppe90
mons
If you're extracting them to a new folder, it shouldn't say that. However, if you accept the overwrite, just check to see how many images end up in the faces folder. Should be well over 280k 👍
Giuseppe90
Yes, I extract to a new folder first.
I checked inside the .rar file, and they appear to double already inside the file.
For example in the "iconfaces" folder:
91185039.png and 91185039.PNG
768274.png and 768274.PNG
47070950.png and 47070950.PNG
mons
There'll then be a small amount of duplicates then. FM doesn't read PNG files, only png's, so that'll probably be the reason then.
kikinhas
I'm having some issues with the facepack I never experienced before. Some (not all) faces won't load, I've checked the IDs and the photos are in the folder but the images don't load. I have reloaded the skin multiple times and enabled /disabled the 'cache' setting.
If you have any advice/solution tell me!
Cheers!
Edit: Turns out the all facepack is not loading, not sure why... It was just 30 minutes ago. I've made some changes to the editor data folder and applied FMScout's Real Name Fix in this time
Edit2: Fixed it!! Don't know how probably an Update xD