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 480,000 player faces to spice up your copy of Football Manager.
- 482,917
- 2025.01 - Released on 04 Dec 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
Can you give me the direct link for the rapidshare page please?
If it's this, then you should click on to download in the middle of the page. On the subsequent page, check the tickbox to the left on the rar icon, then click download selection. It's working fine for me and I don't have a rapidshare account
peps_place
mons
You can take a screenshot by pressing the print screen button on your cupboard and pasting the resulting image in paint and saving the image. You can then attach it to your post by using the add attachment at the bottom of the add comment section.
peps_place
joe ranger
As in the graphics that did download from the megapack are on the game. but the megapack didnt fully download so obviously not all the pictures are on the game. so the problem i having is the megapack isnt fully downloading.
you could download packs individually is it not possible to do that anymore? i have a premium membership as well.
blackmetalboon
I've been having the same problem, been trying since it was released!
I've ticked the box, but nothing happens when you click on "download selection".
mons
I suspect that what you are seeing are the default player faces which come with the game and not the ones from our megapack. To repeat and clarify, if you don't download our file fully, then you won't be able to extract it and therefore you won't get any of the images therein.
You can download packs individually, but as a premium member it makes much more sense to download the whole megapack outright...
I'm using Chrome on a Windows Vista, and it's working fine. What browser and OS are you using?
blackmetalboon
Windows Vista & IE9 (I think). When I get time I'll try using a different browser and let you know how I get on.
s7m0n
mons
How many images in all do you have in the megapack folder? And do you have a file named config.xml in there?
joe ranger
No because 60% of the premier league players have faces...... the default images in the game premier league players don't have faces
mons
joe ranger
mons
deki4321
ARustyFirePlace
mons
No, once 6.01 is out shortly, you just need to download it to be fully up-to-date...
Have you had any luck since then? Try resetting your modem so you can perhaps get a more stable connection.
Davy Jooken
I downloaded the 6.0 full pack torrent completely (6GB), but when I unrar it with Winrar, the following errors come up:
"CRC not correct. The file MEGAPACK 6.0\10287.png is damaged"
"Header of file "???" is unfixable"
The rarring stops then and I got only 521 items in the folder.
When I try to unrar it with Winzip, the followin error comes up:
"Erro: unable to process the headers in the archive...", I have to click OK and Winzip closes.
What should I do?
logan59102
ippe
Side Splitting Pass
Do you have the config.xml file in the folder?
ippe
Don't think so. What is that?
sixes8987
sixes8987
UB3R27
Streaky25
I'm looking for a Ledley King cut out to use in FM'14. Can anyone help me find one or if possible do a cut out for me?
Appreciate any help anyone maybe able to offer.
Thanks.
ippe
syztemlord
mons
I've never come across this error before, but it seems that the file is somehow corrupted.
I've found this workaround on this site, but I've no idea whether it works.
"WinRAR has a built-in function that lets you bypass CRC errors. During the normal process, the extracted file is deleted once the error occurs. Right-click the RAR and select "Extract Files..." to open the general options window. Under "Miscellaneous," put a check by "Keep Broken Files." The file saves to the folder you specify, despite the CRC data. Many files will not work using this method if they are too damaged, but some will.
Read more: http://www.ehow.com/info_12193554_stop-crc-error-occurring-extracting-rar-file.html#ixzz2jYGV9CGU";
Please let m know if this sorts the issue out.
Owing to the huge size of the megapack, the game will take a good while to load the initial splash screen till it loads up the game start screen. You just have to be patient. I generally use the time to make a cuppa
Here's a link to a page which describes how you can add images to your megapack folder.
There's hundreds of people who have downloaded the torrent file and this is the first time I've heard of anything like it. I use torrents for other stuff myself and they don't just disappear. A bit mystified here tbh
I'm certain there's already a Ledley King cut-out in the MP. Perhaps one of the users still running FM12 can give you his UID and you can use the megapack search tool to find. Alternatively, if you manage to find a more recent cuttable source, you could request him in the improvement thread as per the rule in its OP.
The config.xml is included in the download files by default and is the file which "maps" the cut-outs to the persons in-game. Without it, the game can't read the images. You can create a new one yourself by using fmXML or you can wait for the upcoming 6.01 update pack to be released and you can use the config file included therein.
Have a look at the OP and make sure that the preferences in-game are in the way depicted in the screenshot displayed.
sidron
It says that there should be 134 719 faces. But when I have downloaded all it´s 131 536..
WHY?