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#488328 Rick Karsdorp
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@mons @weeniehutjr Thanks for the feedback! I'll keep it in mind for future faces. Do you want me to edit and re-upload this one and this one?

If you still have the source at hand, it would be nice
#488315 Facepacks Release thread - NO REQUESTS
#488309 Divock Origi
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A new cut was produced for him here.
#488305 Rick Karsdorp
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@rupruijs, good work again

I don't want to be overly picky, but in the future it's better if you leave a smaller space between the bottom of the chin and the bottom of the cut. 2-3 pixels should be enough
#488304 Leroy Fer
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@rupruijs, good work

Something small to keep in mind for future cuts: In cases like this where the head is tilted, it would quite good if the source is rotated before it's cropped (e.g. in this case 4-5 degrees anti-clockwise) so that the final cut is as perfectly vertical as possible
#488273 Mads Andersson
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#488246 🛠️ Metallic Logos Technical Support Thread
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Looks like there's already a byte-identical file in the same location you're extracting the download. Just say yes to all and keep the extraction going
#488244 Facepacks Release thread - NO REQUESTS
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#488233 Paolo Belloni Urso
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Have a look at this thread to be sure you're following some of the guidelines we have when making cuts. With a source like this, the final cut shouldn't be as blurred and with edges so rough
#488161 Facepacks Release thread - NO REQUESTS
#488150 Jack Lahne
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@Noreaga80, good work - but this image and most of your cuts tend to include some snow.

This short and easy-to-understand video shows a good and quick method of how to spot and clean this. The main reason is that they are quite evident in-game on a dark skin, and a cut thus looks much better without snow
#488146 Facepacks Release thread - NO REQUESTS
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#488118 Lasha Parunashvili
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Although the source image is very good, the current megapack cut is quite recent and is practically identical to the requested source so it's simply not an improvement, I'm afraid.
#488107 Mate Kvirkvia
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Already requested here and will be cut shortly.
#488105 Carlos Vinícius
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@João Pereira da Silva STOP MAKING ANY MORE REQUESTS BEFORE READING AND FOLLOWING THE RULES.

I don't know how many ways we have to say this. Please use Google Translate if the above is not clear.
#488103 Paolo Belloni Urso
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@lorek007, can I ask what program you're using to cut these sources? They're a bit rough around the edges.

Here's the original source so that a better cut can be attempted.

https://www.fcmiamicity.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/PaoloBelloni.jpg
#488088 Cut-Out Faces Megapack TECHNICAL SUPPORT thread - please read first post before posting
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So I managed to unpack it and the faces are working now but the TCM team logos stopped working entirely for some reason.
The face pack is in Documents/FM 2019/ graphics / sortitoutsi (then there are the two folders "faces" and "iconfaces" within that folder.
The logos are in Documents/FM 2019/ graphics / Logos (then there are continent folders and it was working before I installed the face pack)

Can I see a screenshot of the logos folder?

Have you changed the preferences as per the opening post?
#487911 Cut-Out Faces Megapack TECHNICAL SUPPORT thread - please read first post before posting
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So I'm trying it on my laptop now and it says it will require about 12 hours to unpack the file, is that normal?
My laptop has an i7 and 16 GB of RAM + an SSD so this is the first time I experience anything like this lol, even much bigger files are usually fully unpacked after an hour or two.
Oh wait nvm it keeps going up and still at 0%, says 16 hours now.

It's a big file and it's to be expected that it take a fair amount of time to extract, though 12 or 16 hours does seem a tad excessive.

In my experience, the initial assessment of the time needed to extract such big files is wildly inaccurate. In a few minutes and once it does get going, I'd wager the time estimated will decrease substantially to a more reasonable timeframe. That said, you're still looking at a good chunk of time, possibly hours rather than minutes. It's a 12.5GB file with close to half a million images, after all...
#487908 David De Gea's Face
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Hi Guys

I've recently bought FM 2019 after a hammering FM 2008 for a good while ( and also having 2 kids and getting married!) and I'm struggling with a couple of things on the graphics. Just to make it plain I've been looking at this for a couple of days and I'm not a total novice, however lots of things seem to have been brought together in Megapacks and I've now spent a couple of days downloading various large packs that have not worked (in fairness I'm not that bothered about faces and badges from outside the EU as I don't really play the game at that depth).

I've downloaded the Faces Megapack and the Metallic badges pack twice (along with a a 2014 version of Man Utd pics just to get David De Gea's face) and it's not worked. To make it more frustrating I've downloaded a pack with the 2014 kits which works fine in the game but I still cannot see David De Gea's face or a PL badge. I've realised that:

David De Gea's face does not have an XML file associated with it in the graphics folder and that's why it doesn't work - where can I find a copy and paste version with instructions to make one please?
You can generate one using fmXML, as demonstrated in this video

I've got plenty of memory available but RAR will not extrapolate the Pictures or Badges Megapack download into the graphics folder as it says it's corrupt or there is a password error or not enough memory.
There's a difference between having enough memory (RAM) and enough space on your hard drive. How much space is free currently on your hard drive?

All the advice I seem to be able to see is from years ago (appreciate I'm catching up but it's frustrating when I've become a premium member) so can anyone give me some guidance on the above please, As I said I've been able to upload kits but the megapack is an issue and if there is somewhere I can just download European pics and badges to try and work this out without a 12G download I'd appreciate direction.
Instead of extracting the files you've downloaded straight to the graphics folder, could you extract them to a provisional folder elsewhere on your hard drive (a folder on your desktop, for example) then move them into your graphics folder after they have been extracted there?

I've also downloaded the TCS 19 Skin but it is not selectable in the preferences menu.
Are you sure you've installed it in the right place? Can I have a screenshot of where you've placed it?

Hoping someone can catch me up a bit!

Thanks all

Gary
#487907 Ricardo Aguilar
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Only picture I could find, sorry if it's too small

It wasn't ideal, but I've cut much worse, that's for sure
#487901 Ebere Eze
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@RidaneGomes, I am reaching the end of my patience with your and your consistently and persistently bad requests. When only 1 out of 5 of your requests is not rejected, it's clear that the problem is you. How on earth can you think this is an improvement?

I was going to give you a warning but I see that Baja's previous warning was for exactly the same reason, and this was over 4 months ago. If you don't want to follow our rules and guidelines, perhaps it's best if you don't visit us again. If your poor requests persist, I'll have to consider banning your account.
#487897 Cut-Out Faces Megapack TECHNICAL SUPPORT thread - please read first post before posting
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Yeah it has the full size, if you could provide me with a download that has all the data split in 4 .rar files instead of one maybe that would help since I'm not having any issues with any other files.

I'm afraid that's not possible as the file is re-generated automatically by the hosting server every time an update pack is uploaded.

I'm afraid I'm not a Mac user, but I don't think it's related to the OS. I've never used Unrar neither but could you try extracting it with a different program such as Winrar?
#487895 João Cancelo
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@RJK10, I'm afraid that cut is nowhere near to being an improvement. Please read the guidelines in this thread and feel free to get in touch if you need further help
#487892 Ivan Toney
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Source has been cut in this pack.
#487891 Frankie Kent
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Source has been cut in this pack.
#487890 Cut-Out Faces Megapack TECHNICAL SUPPORT thread - please read first post before posting
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So I've downloaded the "Cut Out Player Faces Megapack" twice now but every time I try to unpack it it gives me "error 13 with unrar" , I bought premium just to be able to download this file, is there a problem with the file? How do I go from here? I've downloaded other .rar files on here that were smaller, had no issues unpacking those.
EDIT: I'm on Mac OS btw.

Hi there. Are you sure the file downloaded fully? It could be that the download did not complete and that you are trying to extract a partially-downloaded file. The whole file should be around 12.45GB in size.
#487780 Gonçalo Costa
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@mons @weeniehutjr are you in contact with this poster guys?

I don't know how you can get through to somebody who doesn't seem to listen.

@Joao Pereira Dos Santos, STOP posting requests and cuts till you understand what you're doing. If you need to ask questions before making requests please do so but don't post before you do.
#487640 🛠️ Metallic Logos Technical Support Thread
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sorry, just edited my original post as realise I hadn't made it clear, I've downloaded the complete pack, and installing fresh on a new laptop. soo all the overwrite requests are coming from the one complete pack?

If installed correctly, a fresh installation of the complete pack should not have any overwrite requests, though

Images are saved by the UID to which they pertain, and there will be normal, small and @2x versions of each file, so that is where there may be an overlap in filenames. But if extracted and copied correctly, they should all be in separate folders and no overwrite requests are then received.

Could you stop any current installation, remove any files extracted so far from your user data folder and restart the process from scratch? When you get an overwrite prompt, take a screenshot and post it here?

P.S. You are installing everything in Documents/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2019, right? Not your steam installation folder?
#487632 🛠️ Metallic Logos Technical Support Thread
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I get lots of overwrite requests when unzipping this download, which version of each of the files should I keep?

If installed correctly, there should be plenty of overwrite requests for club, competition, nation and trophy logos which have a better, more recent version added in this update pack.
#487627 Download fail
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When I'm trying to download the face megapack file i always get error after 2GB of downloading. Please help

It may be due to an unstable internet connection either from your ISP or from the servers at our end. One way to work around it is to download the file using Google Chrome, which allows resuming downloads which are interrupted.