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.

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  • 2024.06 - Released on 17 Mar 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).
mk_23z
11 years ago
9 months ago
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yeah torrent doesn't work
mons
17 years ago
5 hours ago
85,497
Come on lads, seed the megapack. My torrent client is open, so I hope at least some of you can get their hands on it...
mk_23z
11 years ago
9 months ago
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Premium
Please seed...
.Lionel
11 years ago
3 weeks ago
9
Good morning Mr Thompson. Basically it's as kingtut says. Just copy the contents of the update packs into the main megapack folder and overwrite all when prompting. At the end of the whole process you should have all 155,000+ images in one folder only. Do remember to change your preferences in-game as per the screenshot in the OP as well


I have a similar problem. Downloaded the main 7.0 pack and it works perfectly. Downloaded the 'changes' so I now have 5 zip files staring with '7.0 changes' and ending with '7.04 changes'. Do I extract every zip file or just the first one? Tried extracting them all and it resulted in one massive folder called 'faces' inside a folder called 'sortitoutsi'. I copied that into my 'megapack 7.0' folder already in the graphics folder in the documents part of SI and when I reload the skin some of my faces are gone although not all of them.

Basically I just don't know how to get the changes to take effect, sorry.
Cristroumph
9 years ago
11 months ago
1
Hi,
Beforehand, I apologize for my level in english. I speak french and dutsh (nobody is perfect).
I'm not expert in internet. I wanted to know: Is it possible to pay in pound sterling when my account is in euros?

I know, maybe my question is silly but I have a rule that never changes: no pay in net.

But for you support i will except.

Thanks for the working, GJ!
mons
17 years ago
5 hours ago
85,497
I have a similar problem. Downloaded the main 7.0 pack and it works perfectly. Downloaded the 'changes' so I now have 5 zip files staring with '7.0 changes' and ending with '7.04 changes'. Do I extract every zip file or just the first one? Tried extracting them all and it resulted in one massive folder called 'faces' inside a folder called 'sortitoutsi'. I copied that into my 'megapack 7.0' folder already in the graphics folder in the documents part of SI and when I reload the skin some of my faces are gone although not all of them.

Basically I just don't know how to get the changes to take effect, sorry.

If you have downloaded the full 7.0 pack, then you don't need the 7.0 update pack. Just start from 7.01 onwards.

Basically, extract 7.01 and put all the images within the main megapack folder, where all the 7.0 images are contained. If you do this right, then you should be prompted to overwrite however many thousands of images. Confirm the overwrite.

Repeat the process for 7.02 to 7.04. At the end of the whole shebang, you should have one folder (and ONE FOLDER ONLY - I can't stress this enough) with all 156,000+ images contained within it.

That's it. Hope it helps Do let us know if you've managed to sort it out or whether you've still come upon some problems...
Footygamer
17 years ago
1 day ago
75,247
Hi,
Beforehand, I apologize for my level in english. I speak french and dutsh (nobody is perfect).
I'm not expert in internet. I wanted to know: Is it possible to pay in pound sterling when my account is in euros?

I know, maybe my question is silly but I have a rule that never changes: no pay in net.

But for you support i will except.

Thanks for the working, GJ!

It shouldn't make any difference, Paypal will automatically convert.
mk_23z
11 years ago
9 months ago
3
Premium
Pls guys seed the megapack...
JabbaWockeee
13 years ago
9 years ago
2
Megapack torrent is dead R.I.P
Evil-Muffin7
16 years ago
1 hour ago
987
Pls guys seed the megapack...

Megapack torrent is dead R.I.P


The torrent is working fine and is being seeded very well at the time of this message over 50 seeds to the 450-500 peers, i tested on laptop and worked perfectly fine got my max download speed most the time.

Are your torrent settings fine with dht enabled etc maybe
JabbaWockeee
13 years ago
9 years ago
2
The torrent is working fine and is being seeded very well at the time of this message over 50 seeds to the 450-500 peers, i tested on laptop and worked perfectly fine got my max download speed most the time.

Are your torrent settings fine with dht enabled etc maybe


I'm using uTorrent, it says DHT: waiting to log in. I will try another client and report back.

EDIT: Changed bit torrent client to Vuze, works like a dream.
Evil-Muffin7
16 years ago
1 hour ago
987
I'm using uTorrent, it says DHT: waiting to log in. I will try another client and report back.

EDIT: Changed bit torrent client to Vuze, works like a dream.


Glad that sorts the problem out for you, with utorrent you need to make sure you have a green tick in the bottom right hand corner rather than a triangle, sometimes its the ports not being open maybe.
Kalis44
11 years ago
1 week ago
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Hi, I downloaded the pack 7.02 a while back, which packs should I download now to be up to date and where should I put them. I only ask as I just downloaded 7.3 update pack and used the replace setting which completely got rid of my original pack. Luckily I kept the zip file and have reapplied the 7.02. Thanks for your time and help.
mons
17 years ago
5 hours ago
85,497
Hi, I downloaded the pack 7.02 a while back, which packs should I download now to be up to date and where should I put them. I only ask as I just downloaded 7.3 update pack and used the replace setting which completely got rid of my original pack. Luckily I kept the zip file and have reapplied the 7.02. Thanks for your time and help.

If you have the complete 7.02 pack (some 154,248 images, give and take), then all you need to do is download the 7.03 and 7.04 UPDATE packs and apply them chronologically. I've no idea what the replace setting you're talking about is, but all you need to do is paste each pack's images WITHIN the megapack folder, then accept when you are prompted if you want to overwrite images. If you completely got rid of your original pack, then you've done some of the above steps wrong. Hope this helps
Kalis44
11 years ago
1 week ago
73
Premium
If you have the complete 7.02 pack (some 154,248 images, give and take), then all you need to do is download the 7.03 and 7.04 UPDATE packs and apply them chronologically. I've no idea what the replace setting you're talking about is, but all you need to do is paste each pack's images WITHIN the megapack folder, then accept when you are prompted if you want to overwrite images. If you completely got rid of your original pack, then you've done some of the above steps wrong. Hope this helps


Thanks for the fast reply. I've downloaded both 7.03 and 0.4 now, should put them within the megapack folder or just within the graphics folder?
mons
17 years ago
5 hours ago
85,497
Thanks for the fast reply. I've downloaded both 7.03 and 0.4 now, should put them within the megapack folder or just within the graphics folder?

When the process is completed, you should have all the images in one folder and one folder only.

What you need to do is copy the CONTENTS of each update pack (i.e. not the update pack folder but its CONTENTS) and paste them into the main megapack folder.
Kalis44
11 years ago
1 week ago
73
Premium
When the process is completed, you should have all the images in one folder and one folder only.

What you need to do is copy the CONTENTS of each update pack (i.e. not the update pack folder but its CONTENTS) and paste them into the main megapack folder.


done all that, works perfectly, thank you. However before 15.3.1 the 7.02 pack gave me odegaard and with 7.02 after the update it doesnt. even after adding 0.3 and 0.4 i still don't have a face for odegaard
mons
17 years ago
5 hours ago
85,497
You're not the first one to say this but there are two images for Odegaard in the megapack: one with his old 15.0 UID and one with his new 15.3 UID. Whichever version of the game you're running, if you have all the megapack updates installed correctly, then you should see his cut-out in the game.

Both will have a new image in 7.05 anyway.

Can I have a screenshot of your megapack folder so I can see if there's anything possibly wrong in it? Have you changed the preferences as indicated in the OP?
TheBantams
13 years ago
4 months ago
80
I followed your instiction but no matter what I do the update changes create a seperate folder inside the main magapack folder

https://sortitoutsi.net/uploads/mirrored_images/scrUIYiI7FQpgL2c4lyqsJ5ixxm6QWBW2sJvH1VS.jpg


EDIT It's ok I just removed the folder out of the main pack into the into graphics and it works. I just thought only 1 folder for megapack should excist
Kalis44
11 years ago
1 week ago
73
Premium
You're not the first one to say this but there are two images for Odegaard in the megapack: one with his old 15.0 UID and one with his new 15.3 UID. Whichever version of the game you're running, if you have all the megapack updates installed correctly, then you should see his cut-out in the game.

Both will have a new image in 7.05 anyway.

Can I have a screenshot of your megapack folder so I can see if there's anything possibly wrong in it? Have you changed the preferences as indicated in the OP?


yea i can do that, would you be able to send me the config file for the 7.04 megapack as that seems to be where my issue is.
mons
17 years ago
5 hours ago
85,497
yea i can do that, would you be able to send me the config file for the 7.04 megapack as that seems to be where my issue is.

If you've downloaded the 7.04 update pack, it should be included within it...
Kalis44
11 years ago
1 week ago
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If you've downloaded the 7.04 update pack, it should be included within it...


I just have a blank space for where odegaards face should be. really odd
benedu3095
9 years ago
2 years ago
35
Hey Guys, quick question:
I've downloaded every single pack but...Why do I only have 156,935 pictures instead of 157,143?
mons
17 years ago
5 hours ago
85,497
Throughout the years this pack has been worked on, a relatively small number of images were found to be duplicates, wrong UIDs or otherwise incorrect and were therefore removed from my megapack folder. However, they cannot be deleted from the main online megapack, which is generated automatically and which displays the full number of images (i.e. 157,143) and not the actual number of images in the pack (i.e. 156,935). If you downloaded the 7.0 torrent pack, most of these incorrect images are removed, and so you wouldn't have this issue, as seems to be the case.

In short, you're perfectly fine
benedu3095
9 years ago
2 years ago
35
Thanks, it took me 2 hours to reinstall the megapack but it was worth it
Jack Draper
8 years ago
3 months ago
2
Premium
Hi guys, I'm new to football manager this year, and am confused as to how to get it working on my mac. I've followed the untructions on this website (save it in graphics, go to preferences etc.) but I just can't seem to get it working in game?

Can someone please help?
mons
17 years ago
5 hours ago
85,497
Hi there.

Can I have a screenshot of your megapack folder please? Perhaps that way I can see what, if anything, is wrong within it...
Miguel Miguel25665
9 years ago
8 years ago
3
Hi, i tried in another pc without any other add on, it just doesn't work, the players don't have faces...

BR,
mons
17 years ago
5 hours ago
85,497
Hi, i tried in another pc without any other add on, it just doesn't work, the players don't have faces...

BR,

I'm afraid you must either have download something wrong or not installed it correctly. Can you upload a screenshot of your megapack folder? This way I may be able to see what's wrong...
maxtod77
15 years ago
1 hour ago
26,394
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Mons maybe you have forget this cuts from my packs. I think that this faces are all good improvements.

http://sortitoutsi.net/downloads/view/15518/missing-improvements

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