Newgen Faces
Newgens (sometimes called regens) are the new players that the game generates, primarily for youth intakes, but sometimes also to fill teams in playable leagues, new backroom staff and other people like members of the press and agents.
By default the faces associated with these players are awful. This megapack fixes that.
- 14,000
- 2026.00 - Released on 12 Dec 2025
Download - FM26 Newgen Faces
Installation Instructions
Here are step by step instructions on how to install a “ui-newgen-portraits_assets_all.bundle” file in Football Manager.
- Download “ui-newgen-portraits_assets_all.bundle”
- Place the file here:
- Windows: \Steam\steamapps\common\Football Manager 26\fm_Data\StreamingAssets\aa\StandaloneWindows64\ui-newgen-portraits_assets_all.bundle'
- Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/Steam/steamapps/common/Football Manager 26/fm.app/Contents/Resources/Data/StreamingAssets/aa/StandaloneOSX/ui-newgen-portraits_assets_all.bundle
- In FM26 > Preferences > Detailed > Audio & Visual.
- Check ✅ Show pictures of players (and staff) who have been generated by the game
- Check ✅ Use pre-generated pictures of players (and staff) rather than dynamically-generated images
- Restart Football Manager 26
Please note that this bundle method of adding newgen faces is very limited, with just 14,000 images available, 7,000 per gender, so you may so repeats.
For a better experience try the NG Regen Faces
Frequently Asked Questions
The NG Regens Manager Tool is far superior to using a .bundle file. However it is alot more time consuming and complicated to install.
The problem with the .bundle file is that it's limited to 14,000 images. This is divided up by 7,000 for each gender and then split between 11 ethnicities. This means that there are only 800 new faces tagged as "Northern Europe" and you will see many duplicates if you play for a few seasons.
These 11 ethnicities are also not sufficient to cover the wide range of background newgens may have in your game, so you may not get faces that accurately reflect your players background.
The NG Manager Tool gives you over 100,000 images that are finely tuned for the background of each individual player.
The problem with the .bundle file is that it's limited to 14,000 images. This is divided up by 7,000 for each gender and then split between 11 ethnicities. This means that there are only 800 new faces tagged as "Northern Europe" and you will see many duplicates if you play for a few seasons.
These 11 ethnicities are also not sufficient to cover the wide range of background newgens may have in your game, so you may not get faces that accurately reflect your players background.
The NG Manager Tool gives you over 100,000 images that are finely tuned for the background of each individual player.