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Do you make portraits for your familiars?

SCARY_WIZARDSCARY_WIZARD Member Posts: 1,438
edited April 2013 in Archive (General Discussion)
So, a long while ago, I found out it was possible to give familiars portraits with editors. In the case of a Baldur's Gate II savegame, this resulted in my cat familiar having a Longcat portrait.

Does anybody else do this?

Here are instructions!

Keepers
Open up a savegame editor, preferably in a savegame where you have a familiar.
Click on "Edit Out of Party Characters..."
I think then you find your familiar, somewhere. Click on the button that allows you to fix up portraits.
Select the portrait.
There we go! More interesting familiars.

Near Infinity
idk lol
  1. Do you make portraits for your familiars?54 votes
    1. Yes
      14.81%
    2. No
      64.81%
    3. Results~
      20.37%
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  • EudaemoniumEudaemonium Member Posts: 3,199
    What SpaceInvader said. I didn't even know this was possible. How could you even see it?
  • SpaceInvaderSpaceInvader Member Posts: 2,125
    @Eudaemonium
    With NearInfinity or EEKeeper you can assign a portrait to every npc ;)
  • the_spyderthe_spyder Member Posts: 5,018
    What I would like would be the ability to NAME my familiar. Currently 'Cat' (or whatever) isn't sufficient. So I generally have to imagine the name. Which is perfectly fine as that is what this game is all about for me. But would be nice to have it actually show/reflect the familiar's name instead of it's race.
  • SCARY_WIZARDSCARY_WIZARD Member Posts: 1,438
    SpaceInvader said:

    @Eudaemonium
    With NearInfinity or EEKeeper you can assign a portrait to every npc ;)

    Yep, even familiars! The only other ones I used were the ferrets from BeastMaster for the...weasel, and a Disapproving Rabbit for the rabbit.
  • AHFAHF Member Posts: 1,376
    Didn't know this was possible. Interesting...
  • SylphSylph Member Posts: 210
    No idea it was possible :) Although I have drawn a portrait of my sorceresses fairy dragon :P
  • SenashSenash Member Posts: 405
    Agreed. Naming and portraits would be soooo cool! I would also like to be able to have familiars in multi, but I know it's just going to stay a wish... :(
  • NifftNifft Member Posts: 1,065
    I did not know that I wanted this until now.

    But now?

    Now I want this.
  • KidCarnivalKidCarnival Member Posts: 3,747
    I rarely played arcane casters until BGEE, so I rarely had a familiar to name. But it would indeed be nice; I loved having a named baby beholder in Neverwinter Nights and it appearing as a party member with portrait and all.
  • AHFAHF Member Posts: 1,376
    edited April 2013
    SpaceInvader said:

    @Eudaemonium
    With NearInfinity or EEKeeper you can assign a portrait to every npc ;)

    @SpaceInvader

    Any quickie instruction on this for the EEKeeper?
  • MathmickMathmick Member Posts: 326
    I laughed at the poll results. I don't even know how you could possibly do this.
  • SCARY_WIZARDSCARY_WIZARD Member Posts: 1,438
    I'll also post this in the first post...

    Keepers
    Open up a savegame editor, preferably in a savegame where you have a familiar.
    Click on "Edit Out of Party Characters..."
    I think then you find your familiar, somewhere. Click on the button that allows you to fix up portraits.
    Select the portrait.
    There we go! More interesting familiars.

    Near Infinity
    idk lol
  • JalilyJalily Member Posts: 4,681
    "No, but now I will."
  • ElendarElendar Member Posts: 831
    I don't even care enough to do custom portraits for my characters...
  • DJKajuruDJKajuru Member Posts: 3,300
    Never thought of it!
  • LuigirulesLuigirules Member Posts: 419
    I usually forget I have my familiar
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  • SpaceInvaderSpaceInvader Member Posts: 2,125
    edited April 2013
    AHF said:

    SpaceInvader said:

    @Eudaemonium
    With NearInfinity or EEKeeper you can assign a portrait to every npc ;)

    @SpaceInvader

    Any quickie instruction on this for the EEKeeper?
    Sure:

    1) Put the new portraits of the familiars you want to edit in the override folder in 00766.
    (if there is no "override" folder create one)

    2) Open EEKeeper and click on the creature browser ("CB", upoer-left corner), scroll down till you find the familiar you want to edit.

    3) Open the familiar (ex: FAMCAT.cre, FAMIMP, FAMRAB, etc) and click on "Change Portrait" in the lower-left corner.

    4) Add your portraits.

    A new familiar must be summoned to make the changes effective ;)
  • Awong124Awong124 Member Posts: 2,642
    Thank you for this thread. I gave my cat familiar this portrait:

    image
  • SCARY_WIZARDSCARY_WIZARD Member Posts: 1,438
    edited April 2013
    Awong124 said:

    Thank you for this thread. I gave my cat familiar this portrait:

    image

    :D swplbsl that looks a lot like a kitty I used to live with! Except she was off-white, with apricot highlights.
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  • Maelora69Maelora69 Member Posts: 75
    I have Minsc-like portraits of my character with her familiar...

    Here's Brianna with her ferrett, Vanna the White, and Oksana with Lady, her fairy-dragon...
  • Awong124Awong124 Member Posts: 2,642
    I chose that picture because it looks like my cat.

    image
  • RedGuardRedGuard Member Posts: 672
    Interesting idea, but I can't say I'd really ever feel the need for it personally. I so rarely play as a mage-type character and I don't bother too much with a familiar because I feel they don't add much of anything that's worthwhile for me and can potentially be a hindrance (at least that's my experience from BG2, I have yet to try them in BG:EE).
  • O_BruceO_Bruce Member Posts: 2,790
    Why should I? Majority of the time I am keeping them in my inventory, since they are quickly becoming weak.
  • AnduinAnduin Member Posts: 5,745
    Any one got a picture of there pet lizard or dragon so I can use it with Pufty. Surely they can make this standard?
  • Awong124Awong124 Member Posts: 2,642
    edited April 2013
    Anduin said:

    Any one got a picture of there pet lizard or dragon so I can use it with Pufty. Surely they can make this standard?

    I used this pic:

    image

    http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/102/5/1/autumn_dragon_by_sandara-d4vz4mp.jpg
  • SCARY_WIZARDSCARY_WIZARD Member Posts: 1,438
    Awong124 said:

    Anduin said:

    Any one got a picture of there pet lizard or dragon so I can use it with Pufty. Surely they can make this standard?

    I used this pic:

    image

    http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/102/5/1/autumn_dragon_by_sandara-d4vz4mp.jpg
    Get out of town, that's gorgeous! I've been looking for something for the faerie and pseudo dragons! I think for the faerie dragons, I'll use a WarCraft faerie dragon...



    Sort of like how I used Virgine Arnaud for the CHARNAME who had the Longcat familiar.
  • AHFAHF Member Posts: 1,376
    Anduin said:

    Any one got a picture of there pet lizard or dragon so I can use it with Pufty. Surely they can make this standard?

    image

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