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Old 10-02-2003, 08:32 AM   #7
Micah Foehammer
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Quote:
Originally posted by SpiritWarrior:
This is from the BG readme, but the method is the same.

Custom Portraits:

The measurements for player portraits are 38X60 pixels for
the smaller portraits (8-bit color runs faster but it can be
up to 24 bit color), and 110X170 pixels for the larger
portraits. To use a custom portrait, place it in the
Portraits directory (in the install directory for the game)
and add an S to the end of the small portrait name and an L
to the end of the large portrait - otherwise the two names
must be identical. The names must be 1-7 letters long,
maximum - so the filename with the S or L added to the end
is no longer than 8 total characters. The portrait files
must be in BMP format.

For example:
XXXXXXXS.bmp for small (38x60, 8-bit)
XXXXXXXL.bmp for large (110x170, 24-bit)

For multiplayer, each player must have a copy of the
portraits, otherwise they will see a blank icon instead of
the other player's custom portraits. You will need to
manually send these portraits to your friends as BG2 has
no method of transferring them.
The only change to this for Icewind Dale 2 is that the Large portrait is 210 x 330 and the small portrait is 42 x 42.

[ 10-14-2003, 06:52 PM: Message edited by: Micah Foehammer ]
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