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
I think what's going on is that his character is using Dorn's portrait. Default game behaviour is to change an NPC's portrait when you select it for your own char.
In that case, yeah, you should replace the file it's being used by the game. If I'm not mistaken, this portrait is either MAN1 or MAN2.
I'm trying to make Custom Portraits. So far I've done everything the OP has suggest and it doesn't work. The Custom Portrait button appears, I click it, and then none of the portraits appear, it's just their file names with question marks for a head. Ummmm what did that guy on the first page do to get it to work?
I'm trying to make Custom Portraits. So far I've done everything the OP has suggest and it doesn't work. The Custom Portrait button appears, I click it, and then none of the portraits appear, it's just their file names with question marks for a head. Ummmm what did that guy on the first page do to get it to work?
Just to check, what are the dimensions? What is the filetype? How many characters/letters are in the file names? And what is the file path or folder are the images?
Okay well, it's 169x266, and 54x84 for Medium and Small. None of the file names have over 7 letters. The file type is still Bit Map (If that's what file type means), and the Folder is in the Baldur's Gate Enhanced Edition place under My Folders, like the OP suggested.
@GandalfPortraitGuy The filesize of your XXXXXXXM.BMP should be slightly above 134.862 Bytes (maybe 135.184 Bytes) The filesize of your XXXXXXXS.BMP should be slightly above 13.608 Bytes (maybe 13.832 Bytes)
Different sizes from those would indicate your bitmaps have the wrong bit depth (not 24bpp).
I'm trying to convert some old portraits I had to work with BGEE, they are the right size and name lenght but I can't save them into 24-bit BMP in Paint. When I select 24-bit in the drop down list and hit save, the image is saved as 32-bit BMP. No idea what's going on.
Gimp has the option to save bmp in 16 24 32 bit. 24 is the one you want. I have tried and work perfectly even resizing them from my BG2 portrait folder. A question: why do i need the xxxL.bmp? I have been only doing the xxxM.bmp and xxxS.bmp in my custom portrait and the game doesn't complain about a missing xxxL.bmp ( I am new with BGEE)
A question: why do i need the xxxL.bmp? I have been only doing the xxxM.bmp and xxxS.bmp in my custom portrait and the game doesn't complain about a missing xxxL.bmp ( I am new with BGEE)
Apparently BG:EE only use the Large portrait in the character creation screen so it's pretty useless...
@Gass Restarting the game means literally, to quit the game entirely, and click the icon to play your game again. If you have made some of these adjustments while the game is running, it won't recognize the changes (such as adding portraits), so, you restart, and the game will recognize the new portraits etc..
I've got two bmp 24 images, M_ELF02M and M_ELF02S (can see both pictures in character generation), but in game on the right panel I can see the top left angle of the medium picture. Could you please advise how to fix that? Upd: fixed it choosing the small portrait in another menu. Didn't notice it the first time
Does anyone know what problem causes my game to crash (and how I fix it) when ever I try to have Viconia join my party after I altered her portrait? From the beginning: Had to create an override folder --> not a problem. All the other characters photos show up correctly in game except for Viconia's. When I meet up with her and initaiate dialouge she has no picture at all and when she joins, her miniature picture show a grey picture with a question mark on it. Immediately the game freezes and crashes. So, my conclusion to this was that it was something wrong with that specific picture. But now I have tried several others, and even removed the override folder and recreating it to see if that would solve anything. No change. The name I use for her is VICONIAS and VICONIAL. That's correct, right? tried it with VICONIL etc. also but no results. (and yes, correct sizes and bnp.) ANY ideas would be appriciated!! I can't stand the standard picture of her
Does anyone know what problem causes my game to crash (and how I fix it) when ever I try to have Viconia join my party after I altered her portrait? From the beginning: Had to create an override folder --> not a problem. All the other characters photos show up correctly in game except for Viconia's. When I meet up with her and initaiate dialouge she has no picture at all and when she joins, her miniature picture show a grey picture with a question mark on it. Immediately the game freezes and crashes. So, my conclusion to this was that it was something wrong with that specific picture. But now I have tried several others, and even removed the override folder and recreating it to see if that would solve anything. No change. The name I use for her is VICONIAS and VICONIAL. That's correct, right? tried it with VICONIL etc. also but no results. (and yes, correct sizes and bnp.) ANY ideas would be appriciated!! I can't stand the standard picture of her
You need:
VICONIAL.bmp 210x330 (24-Bit), VICONIAM.bmp 169x266 (24-Bit) and VICONIAS.bmp 54x84 (24-Bit)
I guess you could skip the "L" version, but I always use all three ("L", "M" & "S") versions for all of my "alternate" NPCs and they work.
Hi, I've tried to follow all the above advice, i'm still having trouble. I've correctly named the files and put them in the right place but only one of them works. I had to resize the others so that is probably the problem, just wondered if anyone had a way to resize the files that worked. I'll upload a screenshot to show the stage i'm at (I understand the file is a L size, it's the original, and it's the only one that works) Thanks
@Biscuits that could have something to do with the resized bitmaps not being 24-bit. If you could attach the original portrait, I might be able to resize it in a way that's gonna work for you.
Named them customL, customM, and customS. They can be renamed to whatever you want. Just copy them over to the Documents\BGEE\portraits folder and it should work (you'll need to tell me whether they do or not).
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In that case, yeah, you should replace the file it's being used by the game. If I'm not mistaken, this portrait is either MAN1 or MAN2.
"MAN2" is what you are looking for
It is MAN2.
Thanks to Durlachion and Kilivitz.
Ummmm what did that guy on the first page do to get it to work?
The filesize of your XXXXXXXM.BMP should be slightly above 134.862 Bytes (maybe 135.184 Bytes)
The filesize of your XXXXXXXS.BMP should be slightly above 13.608 Bytes (maybe 13.832 Bytes)
Different sizes from those would indicate your bitmaps have the wrong bit depth (not 24bpp).
No idea what's going on.
Nope, Paint simply won't save as 24-bit no matter what. I had to use Paint.net and it worked.
A question: why do i need the xxxL.bmp? I have been only doing the xxxM.bmp and xxxS.bmp in my custom portrait and the game doesn't complain about a missing xxxL.bmp
( I am new with BGEE)
edit: nevermind ill just rename them and run the same pic for my pc and viccy
Upd: fixed it choosing the small portrait in another menu. Didn't notice it the first time
From the beginning:
Had to create an override folder --> not a problem. All the other characters photos show up correctly in game except for Viconia's. When I meet up with her and initaiate dialouge she has no picture at all and when she joins, her miniature picture show a grey picture with a question mark on it. Immediately the game freezes and crashes.
So, my conclusion to this was that it was something wrong with that specific picture. But now I have tried several others, and even removed the override folder and recreating it to see if that would solve anything. No change. The name I use for her is VICONIAS and VICONIAL. That's correct, right? tried it with VICONIL etc. also but no results. (and yes, correct sizes and bnp.)
ANY ideas would be appriciated!! I can't stand the standard picture of her
VICONIAL.bmp 210x330 (24-Bit),
VICONIAM.bmp 169x266 (24-Bit) and
VICONIAS.bmp 54x84 (24-Bit)
I guess you could skip the "L" version, but I always use all three ("L", "M" & "S") versions for all of my "alternate" NPCs and they work.
@Biscuits, These should work.
Named them customL, customM, and customS. They can be renamed to whatever you want. Just copy them over to the Documents\BGEE\portraits folder and it should work (you'll need to tell me whether they do or not).