Just purchased BG:EE for Android and would like to add a custom portrait...?

monikersupreme

I've been able to navigate to:

/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.beamdog.baldursgateenhancededition

...but cannot create a "portraits" folder no matter how I try and reset the permissions on the folder.

I found this thread regarding save files:

https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/86659/in-android-12-permission-denied-for-the-folder-data-com-beamdog-baldursgateenhancededition-files

...is this what is currently preventing me from uploading my custom portrait and, if so, is there any (quick/dirty) workaround?

(for reference I'm running on a Pixel 7 w/ Android 13)

Thanks in advance!!

Agerio

Try placing your portraits on /Android/obb/com.beamdog.baldursgateenhancededition/override.

Before you do anything make sure you follow the instructions below So you can actually see the portraits on the character creation menu.

create a "M_Any.lua" text file without the quotes and paste the code below inside using the quickedit app on the playstore and add your own portrait names. For more info about this you can check this post. Let me know if you have issues with it

1 = male
2 = female

portraits =
{
  {'YourPortraitname', 1},
  {'AJANTIS', 1}
}

monikersupreme

Thanks much! I'll take a look at the post you linked and report back here with my results*

*Questions:

Can I use any text editor to create the M_Any.lua file or does it need to be a particular app?

Does this file need to be placed in the same directory as the .bmp portrait image?

Agerio

Can I use any text editor to create the M_Any.lua file or does it need to be a particular app?

Any app like the aforementioned text editor apps and file managers that is capable of creating a file and can change that files extension should work fine, the reason I asked for quickedit to be used is so to make sure that the code will work as intended when you paste it and it's simply a reliable app when doing coding in general.

Does this file need to be placed in the same directory as the .bmp portrait image?

Yes.


Btw if the changes didn't materialized try force closing the app if that doesn't work then try renaming the text file to something else and back to M_ANY.lua