Help with Portraits

Pyrius · 03-26-2004, 01:11 PM

I have several custom portraits, they are all the right size and I have them in a "Portraits" folder in my Baldurs Gate II folder. When I go to the custom portraits section on my records screen in the game, all it says is thumbs and none of my portraits. Any ideas, suggestions??????

Dundee Slaytern · 03-26-2004, 01:43 PM

1) Make sure they are .bmp files.

2) Make sure that the filename does not exceed 8 characters.

e.g. Maxi4444.bmp is fine. Maximillian.bmp is invalid.

Lord · 03-26-2004, 05:53 PM

Dundee, I don't think they need to be .bmp files. I think I had a .bit one before (might have been a .jpg, though) in BG1.

LennonCook · 03-26-2004, 06:10 PM

They need to be uncompressed bitmaps - the game doesn't work with vector portraits, and doesn't have any decompression algorithms. *.bmp is fine, *.png can be alright, *.tif may work (but I don't think so), *.gif and *.jpg shouldn't work. Note that I'm assuming the conventional graphics naming, an image saved as a JPEG, but named as *.bmp, for example, probably won't work.

Also, the filenames may be up to 12 characters including any extentions they have - Maximillian is fine, Maximillian. is fine, but Maximillian.b will break. The general naming convention is 8.3, but some things use ?.4 (*.JPEG for example).

Olorin · 03-27-2004, 01:41 AM

Check out some of the portrait sites that are given in the FAQ thread at the top of the page. Some of them have detailed instructions for portrait making, like the site here (from Billy Yank's portrait site)

File names should be 8 characters followed by .bmp, with the last character in the name being "L" or "S" for large and small portraits respectively.

[ 03-27-2004, 01:48 AM: Message edited by: Olorin ]

Pyrius · 03-27-2004, 11:35 AM

Thank You...The only reason I am fretting over portraits is that the ones in the game dont fit my character....Im gonna make sure they are uncompressed.....thanks again!!

03-26-2004, 01:11 PM	#1
Pyrius Dungeon Master Join Date: August 18, 2002 Location: America Age: 41 Posts: 69	I have several custom portraits, they are all the right size and I have them in a "Portraits" folder in my Baldurs Gate II folder. When I go to the custom portraits section on my records screen in the game, all it says is thumbs and none of my portraits. Any ideas, suggestions?????? __________________ Im not a thief....I just believe in sharing.<br />If anyone asks, I wasnt there and there wasnt any witnesses.

03-26-2004, 05:53 PM	#3
Lord Ma'at - Goddess of Truth & Justice Join Date: June 3, 2003 Location: New York Age: 40 Posts: 3,302	Dundee, I don't think they need to be .bmp files. I think I had a .bit one before (might have been a .jpg, though) in BG1. __________________ "You're a thief and a liar." "No, I only lied about being a thief."

03-27-2004, 01:41 AM	#5
Olorin Avatar Join Date: May 27, 2002 Location: Boulder, CO Age: 48 Posts: 544	Check out some of the portrait sites that are given in the FAQ thread at the top of the page. Some of them have detailed instructions for portrait making, like the site here (from Billy Yank's portrait site) File names should be 8 characters followed by .bmp, with the last character in the name being "L" or "S" for large and small portraits respectively. [ 03-27-2004, 01:48 AM: Message edited by: Olorin ] __________________ "Many are my names in many countries. Mithrandir among the Elves, Tharkun to the Dwarves; Olorin I was in my youth in the West that is forgotten, in the South Incanus, in the North Gandalf; to the East I go not" --The Two Towers

03-27-2004, 11:35 AM	#6
Pyrius Dungeon Master Join Date: August 18, 2002 Location: America Age: 41 Posts: 69	Thank You...The only reason I am fretting over portraits is that the ones in the game dont fit my character....Im gonna make sure they are uncompressed.....thanks again!! __________________ Im not a thief....I just believe in sharing.<br />If anyone asks, I wasnt there and there wasnt any witnesses.

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03-26-2004, 01:43 PM	#2
Dundee Slaytern Ironworks Moderator Join Date: June 10, 2001 Location: Pasir Ris, Singapore Age: 42 Posts: 11,063	1) Make sure they are .bmp files. 2) Make sure that the filename does not exceed 8 characters. e.g. Maxi4444.bmp is fine. Maximillian.bmp is invalid.

03-26-2004, 06:10 PM	#4
LennonCook Jack Burton Join Date: November 10, 2001 Location: Bathurst & Orange, in constant flux Age: 38 Posts: 5,452	They need to be uncompressed bitmaps - the game doesn't work with vector portraits, and doesn't have any decompression algorithms. .bmp is fine, .png can be alright, .tif may* work (but I don't think so), .gif and .jpg shouldn't work. Note that I'm assuming the conventional graphics naming, an image saved as a JPEG, but named as .bmp, for example, probably won't work. Also, the filenames may be up to 12 characters including any extentions they have* - Maximillian is fine, Maximillian. is fine, but Maximillian.b will break. The general naming convention is 8.3, but some things use ?.4 (*.JPEG for example).

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