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.

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  • 2025.01 - Released on 04 Dec 2024
Cut-Out Player Faces Megapack

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've never downloaded the pack before, you should just download the larger "complete pack".

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.
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:
https://i.imgur.com/85lGeDc.png

The preferences should look like in the below screenshot:

https://i.imgur.com/jbZkFfw.png

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.
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’

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:
https://i.imgur.com/jbZkFfw.png

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.
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.
If you're using Gamepass, then you have to use the default user data folder (i.e. Documents / Sports Interactive / Football Manager 202x)
The torrent file includes the base megapack uploaded just before that year’s FM version is released. Any and all subsequent update packs are to be downloaded separately.
For those who have never used torrents, in the vast majority of cases, it's just a question of downloading the client program (a small file, less than 1MB) and then downloading the megapack torrent file (a tiny file, around 20k) and then letting the program do the job.

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.
You need to copy and overwrite the faces and the new config file from the update pack into the faces folder and follow the same procedure for the iconfaces folder.

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.
Please report this so that they can be reuploaded.
Extracting the file will take a while, but it shouldn't take the hours and hours that the program extracting will sometimes say it will. 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.
You might have a poor internet connection or your browser might have some extensions which interrupt this download. Having loads of downloads ongoing and/or streaming may also de-prioritise this download.

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.
This download has two folders: one is the faces folder which contains the cut-outs which should be displayed on this screen. There is also a file titled config.xml which tells the game which images to assign to which person. The other folder is the iconfaces folder which contains the smaller images displayed near a person's name on the menu which comes up when you right-click on them, and also includes a different config file for this folder.

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.
The most recent update pack will include the most recent config file, so you can choose to download it and use it from there.

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.
Down the years, after an update pack was released, it was noted that some images included therein where of the wrong person, with a wrong extension or duplicated. Due to the way the download system is structured, these cannot be removed from the download, so there may well be a couple of hundred images’ worth of difference, depending on the version you download.
Our megapack covers 25,000 teams and it's impossible to cater for these kind of requests since players and staff get transferred or sacked or retire etc and recreating and reuploading 25,000 different smaller packs would be an impossible task. That's why we have all the images in a megapack so that everything is captured therein.
These persons do not appear in the default database for licensing reasons. This means that they only appear in your save-game because they were added via a custom file, generally the real name fix file. However, this means that their UID (which is what is used to map a person's image to the right individual) is different, and so the game cannot assign the image to them from your existing facepack.

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).
leo blombäck
11 years ago
10 years ago
4
mons
18 years ago
4 hours ago
91,481
I do think I have another facepack installed

Neither attachment is displaying. Try uploading them to tinypic or imageshack
Terence Lee
10 years ago
3 years ago
4
Hello,

I have version 6.0 installed. There seems to be a problem where it is not showing certain Dutch players (eg kevin strootman) both in National and Club view.

Funny thing is, for Robin Van Persie, when i view him via National team, his image doesnt show, but when i view him via Club View, his image shows.

Anyone faced this problem?
Edd_17
12 years ago
8 years ago
450
Hello,

I have version 6.0 installed. There seems to be a problem where it is not showing certain Dutch players (eg kevin strootman) both in National and Club view.

Funny thing is, for Robin Van Persie, when i view him via National team, his image doesnt show, but when i view him via Club View, his image shows.

Anyone faced this problem?

Try this... http://sortitoutsi.net/downloads/view/8116/fm14-real-names-fixes
Miroslav Petrovic
11 years ago
1 year ago
43

Hy.How to install image Mastoura on fm 14?
mons
18 years ago
4 hours ago
91,481
Mastour isn't in the game yet since 15-year olds aren't included for legal reasons.
Terence Lee
10 years ago
3 years ago
4


Hi Edd,

That helps with the dutch team but certain players are still not showing an image eg kevin strootman.

Is there a bug or something which i dontknow of?
mons
18 years ago
4 hours ago
91,481
Do you have his image in your megapack folder?

How many images in total do you have in your megapack folder? You should have over 145,000 all in the one folder...
Terence Lee
10 years ago
3 years ago
4
Yup i have him in my folder.

Even went into config to have a look and his id is mapped nicely to the image.

But it still isnt showing
mons
18 years ago
4 hours ago
91,481
Can I have a screenshot of your 1400>lnc and 1430>lnc folders?
mons
18 years ago
4 hours ago
91,481
For one thing I'd remove the respective backup folders to somewhere else entirely.

Secondly, I'd like to see within the edt and lnc folders. I just want to make sure that there aren't any extra files which might affect the displaying or otherwise of images.

Do you have this issue with any other players' images?
ninners
12 years ago
4 years ago
4
Can someone explain to me how the file is 6 gig but my laptop only has 3g memory, how does that work out?
Im scared my laptop will blow up

thanks
scottpratt
17 years ago
3 years ago
0
Can someone explain to me how the file is 6 gig but my laptop only has 3g memory, how does that work out?
Im scared my laptop will blow up

thanks



lol your computer will not blow up 3g is only your ram size, what is the size of your hard drive. Im sure its bigger than 6 gig, mines is 2 time 500 gb so i have 1 tera bite of memory so 6 gig will barely even make a mark on my hard drive, i also have 8 gb memory ram which basically just makes your machine work better, so now do you understand
mons
18 years ago
4 hours ago
91,481
Can someone explain to me how the file is 6 gig but my laptop only has 3g memory, how does that work out?
Im scared my laptop will blow up

thanks

As scottpratt has explained, there is a difference between the size of your memory (or RAM) and the size of your hard drive. The RAM regulates how quickly your laptop can run (and is generally anywhere between 1-8gb), while the size of your hard drive measures how much stuff you can fit on your laptop (generally anywhere between 200gb - 1 terabyte).

You've therefore got nothing to worry about, in short
redwest159
11 years ago
4 years ago
7
Hi guys, Im a bit confused.

So in my documents I have two "Sports Interactive" folders. They both have FM14 subfolders. There is more stuff in one then there is in the other, but I cant find my save games in either.

I wonder if this related with the problem I have in that the Megapack face images do not load in to the game.

What should I check or do?

Thanks.
mons
18 years ago
4 hours ago
91,481
Hi guys, Im a bit confused.

So in my documents I have two "Sports Interactive" folders. They both have FM14 subfolders. There is more stuff in one then there is in the other, but I cant find my save games in either.

I wonder if this related with the problem I have in that the Megapack face images do not load in to the game.

What should I check or do?

Thanks.

Your save game should be in a folder named games within either of the 2 Sports Interactive folders. The graphics folder to contain this megapack and all other graphical content should be created within this path.
Theo Chytas
11 years ago
10 years ago
2
guyz, i just downloaded the full the megapack till 6.08 update and extracted it at documents/sports interactive/football manager 2014/graphics/faces
but when i go ingame, although i uncheck skin cache and check skin reload the facepack is not working. I tried changing folders or renaming them etc etc. but still nothinh works. However the logo pack in the same folder (graphics) is working without anyproblems..
mons
18 years ago
4 hours ago
91,481
Can you upload a screenshot of your megapack folder please?

How many images in total do you have?
manganiello
13 years ago
1 year ago
3
Hi Friends!

My name's Giuseppe and I'm from Italy.
I'm sorry, but my English isnt' good, but I try tro write on forum!
All Italian users have e problem with uploaded.net, because we can't download anythig from those server's. Italian government can't allow it.
Is possible tu put any folder to anothe site, like mediafire?
Thank you for every helps!
moondog777
17 years ago
1 month ago
14,028
Premium
I've tried to download this update several times, without any succes upon uploaded.net.
After downloading 3/4, download just dissapears, but is incomplete...

Any other ways to download this?
flow23
10 years ago
1 year ago
5
Hi everyone,

I'm playing FM14 for two months now and I'm trying to load the player faces into FM14.
I tried check and unchecking all stuff for the cache, skin reloading etc. and nothing works (Preferences -> Interface -> Reload skin)
The MEGAPACK is in here D:\graphics\faces\MEGAPACK 6.0 and I have a symbolic link to it from C:\Users\florianwallburg\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2014. Also the logos I downloaded don't work. I tried several approaches I read across the different forums but didn't get it to work. Has someone an idea?

Win 7 64bit, Downloaded FM14 via Steam.

Kind regards,
Florian
mons
18 years ago
4 hours ago
91,481
Hi everyone,

I'm playing FM14 for two months now and I'm trying to load the player faces into FM14.
I tried check and unchecking all stuff for the cache, skin reloading etc. and nothing works (Preferences -> Interface -> Reload skin)
The MEGAPACK is in here D:\graphics\faces\MEGAPACK 6.0 and I have a symbolic link to it from C:\Users\florianwallburg\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2014. Also the logos I downloaded don't work. I tried several approaches I read across the different forums but didn't get it to work. Has someone an idea?

Win 7 64bit, Downloaded FM14 via Steam.

Kind regards,
Florian

I've moved your post to this thread, which is where it should have been put in the first place.

I have no idea what a symbolic link is, but any custom graphics (faces, logos etc) MUST be within Documents > Sports Interactive > Football Manager 2014 > graphics. Otherwise, the game won't "find" them.
flow23
10 years ago
1 year ago
5
I've moved your post to this thread, which is where it should have been put in the first place.

I have no idea what a symbolic link is, but any custom graphics (faces, logos etc) MUST be within Documents > Sports Interactive > Football Manager 2014 > graphics. Otherwise, the game won't "find" them.


Hi,

is it possible to change the location of the configuration files folder?
My SSD on C:\ has very limited space left.

Kind regards,
Florian
mons
18 years ago
4 hours ago
91,481
You can put the graphics in another folder, but you'd then have to amend the user data folder from within the preferences, and a number of users have suffered some problems when this change was made...
Geo45
10 years ago
6 years ago
3
Hi Guys!!

Just want to know if I have to donwload 6.1+6.2+6.3+6.4+6.5+6.6+6.7+6.8 updates or only 6.8 ??
mons
18 years ago
4 hours ago
91,481
Hi Guys!!

Just want to know if I have to donwload 6.1+6.2+6.3+6.4+6.5+6.6+6.7+6.8 updates or only 6.8 ??

Each update is standalone and does not contain the previous packs' images, so you need to download all previous packs and apply them in chronological order
Geo45
10 years ago
6 years ago
3
Ok !
I'll do that.

Thank you
priest
13 years ago
10 months ago
4
I have download megapack 6.0 but no config file for my mac and i can't load it on my fm 14.
is there somebody to help me further please.
mons
18 years ago
4 hours ago
91,481
I have download megapack 6.0 but no config file for my mac and i can't load it on my fm 14.
is there somebody to help me further please.

If you download each subsequent update pack, the file will include a config.xml which is valid for the whole megapack up till then, and not just for that particular update pack.

If you can't do that for whatever reason, just download fmXML and generate a config file yourself

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