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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mons
Where is the iconface supposed to show in that screenshot? Could you explain further to me?
As outlined clearly in the installation instructions, you should have one folder with all update packs merged therein.
EndOfDaysX7
should these work on all skins or not as changed my skin and they seemed to have loaded, some skins they work some they dont…strange..any way of getting them to work on every skin
I suppose the faces you are seeing now with the new skin are just the normal ones. The icon faces are the tiny ones you see when you right-click on a player.
EndOfDaysX7
yeah icon faces work with some skins and not with others…
Can you post a screenshot of you right-clicking on a players name and the face not showing up?
bakizp
Your iconfaces folder is inside faces folder.
Move iconfaces folder to graphics folder.
_Toche_
Hi!
I've decided to install FM22 recently gifted by Epic Games Store so it's a fresh installation. I've downloaded cutout MegaPack 2022.00 torrent but in the extraction process WinRar asked me to overwrite some files with same name. Is this intended? Why two people faces have same name file? If I overwite this files some people will be missed, isn't it?
I don't know the id's for each person so I don't know who of them have bad namefile. I feel I will lose those people anyway. This kind of issues will be solved in the subsequent updates?
Image attached is basically a winrar prompt where I've to choose to mantain, rename or overwrite an already extracted file with a new one with same name file. File properties like date and size are diferent, and if I open them with an image viewer they are photos from diferent people.
Thanks in advance and sorry if my english is incorrect.
mons
Just accept the overwrite prompt, and you'll be fine 👍
Footygamer
Seems fine to me?
Do you know how to check your browser cache? It may be that some caching is a little too aggressive since we implemented a new CDN a few weeks ao
Updated for me as well now without clearing cache, might have to try that next time. I think with most updates it takes like 1 or 2 days for them to get updated, so it's not a new thing.
antoniss
i installed the file from sortitoutsi
mons
@antoniss, why do you have a faces folder and an iconfaces folder here too? What's in them? You should have only the ones in sortitoutsi and add any update packs in those folders.
antoniss
there are faces from players and managers there.When i downloaded the sortitoutsi file were the faces and iconfaces
mons
@antoniss, that's not what I was referring to.
What's in these folders? They are conflicting with the ones in the screenshot you've shown me, most probably.
antoniss
I showed you in the previous screenshot what this files are having
mons
What you showed me was what's in the folder titled sortitoutsi, not the ones I circled. It's important you understand my questions and take note of the details because otherwise we won't get to the bottom of this. Just move the ones I circled elsewhere (e.g. the desktop) and see if the pack works please.
antoniss
so i delete these two files
Have you now already deleted this one? If yes, then it should work like this and you don't have to delete more
If you scroll to the bottom of the folder, you should also have this config file. If that's not in, you're better off just deleting everything and installing the pack again
antoniss
i have deleted and it is the same
mons
Can we have screenshots of your new folder structure and also in-game?
antoniss
only some players from ligue 1 have their real face
mons
Within the graphics folder, can you do a search of 29179241 (which is Haaland's UID) and post the results in the manner outlined below?
This can be achieved by posting the UID in the red circle, choosing the view tab via the blue circle, the details option in the black circle and making sure the folder column in the green circle is long enough to display the full path.
This will help me see if there is one or more other folders in your user data folder which contains one or more other facepacks…
If you can't figure it out, let me know and I can send you a private message to see if I can help you resolve this in another way.
antoniss
mons
Can I please have this folder in the view I specifically asked you to post it in?
I want to be sure it's in the right place, I didn't just ask it to make things difficult for you…
antoniss
this is what do you want?
mons
This is what I want @antoniss 👍
cabos
May I know how to install the face pack on Steam Deck? Thanks!
mons
Same as for your post in the real name fix. I don't have it and I don't know how it works. If anybody who does can figure it out and let us know, I'd be grateful.
Very Thanks for the new 2023 File. 💕
sortitoutsi_cutout_megapack_2023.00 include only the faces Folder, and not also the iconfaces Folder
+ sortitoutsi_cutout_megapack_2023.00 include 62.100 faces, but not the config.xml File (with all Faces (over 377.000 Faces)
378,396 ? in my Folders (faces) are: 377.423
and i use all Files, Step by step: sortitoutsi_cutout_megapack_2022.00 - sortitoutsi_cutout_megapack_2023.00
in my Folders (iconfaces) are: 377.233
and i use all Files, Step by step: sortitoutsi_cutout_megapack_2022.00 - sortitoutsi_cutout_megapack_2022.15_changes