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How to use custom portraits on App Store Mac version of bg2ee

meaglothmeagloth Member Posts: 3,806
in Mac OS X (Archive)
Like it says on the title, I can't seem to find clear directions for Mac.
I've tried open package content on the app in finder, then override, then create a "portraits" folder, then drag my portrait to it, which moves it for the desktop instead of copying it, and the custom portraits does not show. Please correct the plethora or mistakes I just mentioned :)

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  • CrevsDaakCrevsDaak Member Posts: 7,155
    edited January 2014
    Username/Documents/Baldur's Gate (II) - Enhanced Edition (it is an alias, the real folder is somewhere in Library, deep, sleep in the deep)/portraits

    EDIT: sorry, but what I posted is only for Beamdog version. I can't help :/ sorry.
  • meaglothmeagloth Member Posts: 3,806
    @crevsdaak aannndd, there's the problem! There are directions to the App Store bg1, and the beamdog bg2, but the two fail to meet anywhere on the internet, it seems.
  • CrevsDaakCrevsDaak Member Posts: 7,155
    The directions for BG:EE should be the same that the BG2:EE ones I think.
  • meaglothmeagloth Member Posts: 3,806
    But theoretically simply doing "open package contents" on the app in finder, and then creating a "portraits" folder in override folder and then just dragging or copying the image into that folder should work?
  • CrevsDaakCrevsDaak Member Posts: 7,155
    edited January 2014
    @meagloth, no, the portraits folder don't goes in the override folder :P. Of that I am sure :P.
  • meaglothmeagloth Member Posts: 3,806
    Right, good to know. I will stop trying that. I had also tried it just as a folder, but that didn't wort either.
  • AstroBryGuyAstroBryGuy Member Posts: 3,437
    The portraits folder should be in the same folder as the save folder...

    I think its the following folder (replace USERNAME with your local username):
    \Users\USERNAME\Library\Containers\com.beamdog.baldursgateIIenhancededition\Data\Documents\Baldur's Gate II - Enhanced Edition\
  • meaglothmeagloth Member Posts: 3,806
    @astrobryguy, sorry, but I can't find a data or documents folder. Also, it says beamdog.com somewhere in there, which leads me to suspect that that may not be the App Store version.
  • AstroBryGuyAstroBryGuy Member Posts: 3,437
    Did you buy BG2EE from the Mac App Store (i.e., Apple's store) or the Beamdog website?

    Open a Finder window. On the menubar, select "Go -> Go to Folder..." Then at the prompt, enter the following path (replacing USERNAME with your local username):

    /Users/USERNAME/Library/Containers/com.beamdog.baldursgateIIenhancededition/

    Do you see a Data folder in this folder?
  • meaglothmeagloth Member Posts: 3,806
    @astrobryguy, as for your first question, the title kinda says "app store version"
    And also, sorry from being a noob, but I don't see a go button on finder. What operating system are you using? My finder looks like this:
    image

    That aside, I fond the data folder, and it's full of all different files:
    image
    By opening package contents, and following the path in the photo. Should the portraits folder be in there?
  • AstroBryGuyAstroBryGuy Member Posts: 3,437
    @meagloth - Look on the menubar at the top of the screen for the Go menu (see attached image). Then select "Go to Folder" from the menu that drops down.
  • meaglothmeagloth Member Posts: 3,806
    @astrobryguy, durr, durr, that menu bar.
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