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
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
It's got nothing to do with their age, it's probably a config issue.
What version of the MP did you download? Are you up-to-date with all the updates? Did you add the image to the MP folder yourself? If yes, did you amend the config file?
lee_2756
mons
If you still want to choose the SI images, then read this thread and this one to get more info on how to extract the ones you want and make the game "read" them.
FM Sensation
mons
Add each update pack in order, overwriting when prompted. At the end, you should have over 149,000 images in one folder and one folder only.
FM Sensation
djkayzo
I downloaded the 6.0 and the updates.
Why when I slide the update files in the main folder 6.0, it is not finished after six hours!
mons
h_ramplou
I downloaded 6.0, have to I download all updated (6.01; 6.02 etc.) or only 6.10?
Thank you
Baja
All of them,one by one,and at the end 6.10
h_ramplou
With uploaded it is not fast to grrrrrr not other hosts?? Uptobox for example?
Baja
You're welcome.
Sorry but uploaded link are the only,but you can type "premium link generator" on Google,you'll get very long list of sites wich could give you premium download speed,even with uploaded.net links.
mons
Uploading is automatic, so we can only upload to sites which allow us to modify the code so that the process is able to be automated.
If download speed is such an issue for you, you may wish to wait until next month when the whole 7.0 megapack will be available via torrent...
h_ramplou
On the other hand, where have to I install icons?
h_ramplou
I shall also take 7.0 when it will go out
Thank you
Baja
Icons Megapack,should be placed for example like this.
Aiden Simington
Hoping someone maybe able to help.
I have downloaded and installed the full version 6.09. I believe I have installed it correctly and I believe it is complete.
I have restarted the PC and have followed the instructions re the preferences options in FM itself. Still nothing.
I have attached a screenshot
Really appreciate any help
mons
Could you try re-uploading it to an image-hosting site such as imgur, photobucket, imageshack etc?
I don't know what on the screenshot (obviously!) but I would like to have screenshots of your megapack folder (showing clearly the path and total file count) as well as a screenshot of any player in the game who should have a cut-out but isn't displaying anything.
Jorgen
That would make downloading the files so much easier for me!
mons
I have no idea what an nzb file is tbh...
Aiden Simington
Hi Mons
Thanks for the reply. I attach a link to photobucket: Screenshots
Some other info. I downloaded the complete 6.09 and it is the 1st facepack I have tried to use on FM14.
Thanks for the support.
mons
Aiden Simington
Happy to confirm there is a config file
Please see screenshot of contentsHERE
NummerFünf
So I just downloaded the main file "Complete Pack 6.0" and a few of the Update-Packs for 6.0, but the readme-file in the Update-Packs says "For use with FM09-FM13". Did you forget to update the readme or are the files wrong?
mons
Everything appears to be fine, both in terms of folder location and content.
Can you upload a screenshot of how your preferences look in-game?
For one thing, I would definitely recommend that you download all the update packs, rather than just a few, and it's very important that they are installed in order.
That's a typo I somehow only noticed prior to releasing the last update pack
NummerFünf
But it will take a little time for me, since I only use the uploaded.net-mirrors. I am currently downloading the "6.04 changes", but I missed to download the "6.0 changes" first, so I "installed" the complete-pack-6.0 and the change-packs 01,02 and 03 for now.
So if I will download the changes-pack 6.0 (4287 images) later this day, all I have to do is to NOT overwrite existing files (images and the xml file), am I right?
Thanks for quick answering!
(I hope I made myself understandable, since English isn't my first english
mons
NummerFünf
Aiden Simington
Screenshot of preferences Here
Losing all hope..all those fantastic player faces and they just don't want to appear for me!!!!!
Evil-Muffin7
Preferences > Overview > Saving > Change Folder
Default: C:/Users/USERNAME/Documents/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2014
If your main Hard Drive isn't larger enough for adding all the graphics or having too many game saves etc then use this option to change the location to an external or your 2nd Hard Drive
EDIT: Corrected the above to FM14