Install Player Faces with Sider

Sider loads compatible mod files from folders rather than requiring you to rebuild a CPK archive. Your exact folder names can vary with the game and patch you use.

1. 01

   Confirm your game and Sider setup

   Find the main Football Life / PES 2021 game folder and locate the Sider installation supplied with your patch. Not every Football Life installation has the same folder layout.

2. 02

   Extract the face archive

   Use an archive utility to extract the downloaded ZIP or RAR. Look for a numbered folder matching the player ID and the face assets inside it.

3. 03

   Locate your LiveCPK face root

   Open your sider.ini file and look for a cpk.root entry pointing to the folder that contains your faces. In many setups, the structure ends with Asset/model/character/face/real/PLAYER_ID.

4. 04

   Copy the correctly nested player folder

   Place the player-ID folder under the face root specified by your installation. Avoid duplicating directories such as real/real/ or placing a ZIP file inside the face folder.

5. 05

   Launch using the correct method

   Launch the game with Sider enabled, then inspect the footballer in-game. If the face is missing, check the Player ID and the corresponding cpk.root line.