Does anyone else get a "thumb" entry in the custom portrait screen? I don't know what that is, and clicking on it causes a crash. I don't think it is a hidden file or anything though.
@KryptBeowulf the Portraits folder can't be on Program Files, it has to be on "My Documents\Baldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition"! Try that one and it should work.
@PeteAtoms "thumbs.db" is a file Windows creates to cache the thumbnails you see when browsing through your folders, if I'm not mistaken. I crashed my game once by clicking on it, too, guess it wasn't supposed to be shown up by the engine.
Alright, I do not think my problem is the same as the other's. I have everything saved in a /Portraits folder in My Documents, Baldur's Gate Enhanced Edition blah blah. They are all saved as a 24bit BMP like this: archerL.bmp
When I go in to the game, click Custom for portraits, I can see all the names and files saved, but as soon as I click on a portrait, the game instantly freezes and I have to shut it down by CTRL+ALT+DEL.
@Hawkshelatou, can you upload one of those pictures somewhere? Lets see if there is something wrong with it... (of course you have to upload it in a way, where it does not get compressed or converted)
Are we sure about the dimensions, as it looks a bit wrong in the actual selection screen (not filling up the room)?
Edit: nvm, they are correct, just the import screen that looks a bit jiffy
I think that may be where the large portrait is supposed to be. But apparently, after chargen you don't need the large sized portrait again. So I only bother making mediums and smalls.
So we can use custom port's for the NPCs? That's something I didn't know. What about the non-joinable NPCs? Is it possible to stick a portrait in there for Winthrop, for example?
Um hey guys... I've been fiddling with portraits as well. And replacing npc portraits with no issues... with the exception of certain npc's... I have been placing the named custom portraits in my portait folder, which has been overrriding the npc portraits.... but for certain npc's it does not work...
So far Branwen, Montaron, Dynaheir, and Shar-Teel for certain I cant replace.
Do these characters have a different name when it comes to their portrait?
I have no problem replaced Imoen, Jaheira, Garrick, Rasaad, Neera, Kivan, Minsc, and Khalid. I find it strange that a few of them don't work at all... according to my create a character portrait list... Dorn, Safana, Edwin and many more have been successful as well.
@scorpiova: You put them in the Portraits folder in My Documents? And that worked? Strange... I thought, they have to be placed in the game install directory's Override folder... Anyway:
I'm having a strange issue that I suspect is coming from the conversion of images. I have no problem with some custom portraits found already in bmp. I found a lot more in jpeg and started converting them. I get the blank screen with the question mark when I select the custom portrait.
What I checked so far : the path and name of the folder are right, file names are correct, they're 24-bit bmp.
I tried several settings when converting in bmp in Photoshop but none worked. Tried with other programs, no luck either. Crazier : I tried with the portraits @Aosaw posted on page 2, did the same blank screen... o_0
@oldsch00l I have the same problem. The portraits that I had that were .bmp originally work fine (which is most of them, luckily). There are however also portraits that I converted from .jpg to .bmp using paint and they give me the question mark guy. Weird. Thankfully my current portrait is one of the working ones
Tried to copy into a new file and it didn't work. Then I thought about restarting the game and boom! they appeared in the custom screen selection (I was trying methods and switching back to the selection screen without quitting the game). I still have some that don't work but the ones from Aosaw and the "copy-paste" ones definitely work ! :-D
Now I just have to do that for the +100 custom portraits i downloaded... -_-'
Managed to get the to show up portraits fine, however I seem to share the sizing problems others seem to be having with a large gap showing along the bottom and right edge. Saved as 24bit bmp with correct filenames and the pixels stated in the OP. It's like the dimensions are incorrect but if these are the official dimensions then surely it should fit...
Perhaps it's not scaling properly with the resolution? I don't know what BGEE is running at or if it's upscaling. I'm running a macbook pro (bootcamp) at 1680x1050.
Did you try looking at the portraits in-game? They do look weird on the selection screen, but if the dimensions are right, they look fine on the Character Record page and sidebar.
Also keep in mind, that the mini pictures shown when loading your savegames are not altered afterwards! They are stored separately in -for example- "C:\Users\YOURNAME\Documents\Baldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition\save\000000001-Quick-Save".
Last guess: Invalid image: not a regular bmp, not saved with 24 bpp, RLE compression activated, inverted row data...
Its actually pretty hard to make a good guess with an error description like "not working" ;-)
Um... you put those pictures in C:\Users\YOURNAME\Documents\Baldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition\Portraits, right? That is the wrong place...
X:\Baldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition\Data\00766\Override is the directory you are supposed to use!
Edit: Actually I tried it too and I am surprised that it worked with Imoen using the custom portraits directory... and even stranger: It worked with Dorn as well o.O
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@PeteAtoms "thumbs.db" is a file Windows creates to cache the thumbnails you see when browsing through your folders, if I'm not mistaken. I crashed my game once by clicking on it, too, guess it wasn't supposed to be shown up by the engine.
When I go in to the game, click Custom for portraits, I can see all the names and files saved, but as soon as I click on a portrait, the game instantly freezes and I have to shut it down by CTRL+ALT+DEL.
So whyyy...???
Edit: nvm, they are correct, just the import screen that looks a bit jiffy
I think that may be where the large portrait is supposed to be. But apparently, after chargen you don't need the large sized portrait again. So I only bother making mediums and smalls.
So far Branwen, Montaron, Dynaheir, and Shar-Teel for certain I cant replace.
Do these characters have a different name when it comes to their portrait?
I have no problem replaced Imoen, Jaheira, Garrick, Rasaad, Neera, Kivan, Minsc, and Khalid. I find it strange that a few of them don't work at all... according to my create a character portrait list... Dorn, Safana, Edwin and many more have been successful as well.
Anyway: Mostly due to the 8 char restriction... (with exception of Branwen, maybe miscounted?
I'm having a strange issue that I suspect is coming from the conversion of images. I have no problem with some custom portraits found already in bmp. I found a lot more in jpeg and started converting them. I get the blank screen with the question mark when I select the custom portrait.
What I checked so far : the path and name of the folder are right, file names are correct, they're 24-bit bmp.
I tried several settings when converting in bmp in Photoshop but none worked. Tried with other programs, no luck either. Crazier : I tried with the portraits @Aosaw posted on page 2, did the same blank screen... o_0
Any idea on what's wrong ?
I'm not sure opening up a JPEG and saving as BMP is what caused the issue, but you could try this:
1) open the JPEG, select the whole image and copy.
2) open a new file using the same dimensions as the image and paste.
3) then save the new file as a 24-bit BMP.
That way instead of converting you have a brand new BMP that should work.
Tried to copy into a new file and it didn't work. Then I thought about restarting the game and boom! they appeared in the custom screen selection (I was trying methods and switching back to the selection screen without quitting the game). I still have some that don't work but the ones from Aosaw and the "copy-paste" ones definitely work ! :-D
Now I just have to do that for the +100 custom portraits i downloaded... -_-'
Saved as 24bit bmp with correct filenames and the pixels stated in the OP. It's like the dimensions are incorrect but if these are the official dimensions then surely it should fit...
Perhaps it's not scaling properly with the resolution? I don't know what BGEE is running at or if it's upscaling.
I'm running a macbook pro (bootcamp) at 1680x1050.
Any ideas?
- "Have you tried turning it off and on again" (I mean you have to restart BG:EE after swapping those pictures) :-D
- Also keep in mind, that the mini pictures shown when loading your savegames are not altered afterwards! They are stored separately in -for example- "C:\Users\YOURNAME\Documents\Baldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition\save\000000001-Quick-Save".
- Last guess: Invalid image: not a regular bmp, not saved with 24 bpp, RLE compression activated, inverted row data...
Its actually pretty hard to make a good guess with an error description like "not working" ;-)C:\Users\YOURNAME\Documents\Baldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition\Portraits, right? That is the wrong place...
X:\Baldur's Gate - Enhanced Edition\Data\00766\Override is the directory you are supposed to use!