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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Slin91
Thanks a lot! I appreciate all the work you guys put in every year.
karl roberts147
Hello
I have downloaded the cut out faces mega pack and installed into the game.
The faces for all English premier leagues clubs are not working all other faces are working perfectly.
Does anyone know why the EPL is not working???
Thanks
mons
I suspect you haven't installed it correctly.
Have you changed the in-game preferences as shown in the first post?
Where have you installed the faces folder?
How many images in total do you have in your faces folder?
Screenshots by way of answer to the above 3 questions may help pinpoint where the issue lies and how to solve it 👍
karl roberts147
Hi
Yes I have changed in-game preferences and re-loaded skin
There are 26,253 images in the folder
I have installed the faces folder in Graphics folder located in my football manager 2022 folder.
Thanks
Heldacarite
Can someone link me to the torrent?
mons
I asked for screenshots for a reason. You might think points 1 and 3 are fine, but it might be the case they aren't really, which is why screenshots were requested in the first place 😉
Anyway, you have 26,253 images in your faces folder when the megapack has well over 330,000 of them. I'm not sure what you've downloaded but it's not the full megapack. As a premium member, I suggest you download it again, making sure the full file you end up with on your system is in the filesize which it should be 👍
Guidance on how to find it can be seen in the first post - does that help?
leviathan658
Hi, winRAR is saying my extraction will take 48 hours and has only made it to 1% in an hour. Is this normal, or is something going wrong?
Heldacarite
Clicking on Download Complete Pack automatically downloads the file on my browser instead of allowing me to select the torrent file.
mons
Extracting the filewill take a while, but it shouldn't take that long. 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
I'm not sure why you want to download the torrent when you can get the full file directly from the site.
Nonetheless, you can get the torrent file from here 👍 You will then need to download 2022.01 to be fully up-to-date.
leviathan658
It's dropped to 6 hours now, with 15% done, so it looks like you're right. Here's hoping it continues to drop so I can play it today haha, cheers for the reply mate.
tdurb0
As the search button isn't working….where to put XBox Gamepass mods? Ive copied the same file structure as the Steam version, but I've put them in the ‘Go to mod folder’ folder that the XBox app takes me to. Does anyone know?
mons
Search button is working just fine for me 😕
For FM22, the Xbox Gamepass user data location (i.e. where custom files are to be installed) is the exact same as it is for the Steam version -
tdurb0
Aah, I searched Xbox gamepass location and all kinds of stuff into the search button. but anyway…
So it all just goes into documents back on my c: drive then? (I usually use my own folder on the `normal' Steam PC version)? Aaah thank you so much!
mons
For Gamepass, you have to use that folder. Unlike Steam, however, you can't move it around and tell the game where to look for it.
tdurb0
You're a diamond, thank you. Just an hour of pasting to go and I'm golden 🙂
Looks like I might need to find MSFS a new home!
Joshua Cinna
Hey guys - thanks for all your hard work as always. The current file for download complete pack seems to be linking to just the update pack and not all faces? I always have issues when I try and do it and parts and put them together.
mons
Known issue and it should be resolved quite soon, just check back later today or tomorrow at the latest.
In the meantime, you can download the torrent, which will give you all the file without needing to download them in parts.
Kiliwick
The torrent link dont work :/
mons
Be more specific if you'd like us to help you. Can you not download it? Can you not find it? Can you not install it?
Kiliwick
When I click on the link, it just open a new tab named “WebTorrent” but there is nothing on it, full white page and nothing happen
I tried with another browser and it does the same
And I downloaded a torrent for logos right before without pb
mons
Download the torrent from here.
Kiliwick
I try that, thanks
JD_1984
Hi guys just looking for a wee bit of help if possible.
I was fully up to date ,13.5 pack,what packs do I need to download to keep up to date?
I think by just looking through here its 2022.01 but im not 100% sure.
Any advice would be very grateful,thanks
mons
You actually need the 2022.01 update pack and the 2022.01 one as well 👍
JD_1984
Thank you for the really quick reply!
I'm not sure which 2 packs those are. Do I need to download the pack that has been split into 17 parts?
Really sorry if that's a stupid question
mons
These two:
Right now, the 2022.00 update pack is temporarily linking by mistake to the full 14GB file - which is an issue we hope will be rectified very soon 👍
bradley998
Hi, I downloaded the 2022.00 torrent complete pack 15 GIB and the 2022.01 update pack, am I good to go?
JD_1984
Ah that's why I cant see it.
Thank you so much for your help & the quick reply's, you guys do a great job on this site
mons
If you've installed it correctly, then yes 👍
JamesDavies10
Again, apologies if its been covered before, but I have another question. I have downloaded 2022.00 and 2022.01…
However, when I go to extract them I get the following error message
It says I need to have part 2 in order to continue extraction, but I haven't seen a part 2 anywhere. Could anyone help?