How to use CEP Heads & Portraits in Undermountain (or any server vault CEP)

T-D-C · 08-31-2004, 05:04 AM

Hey Everyone,

This post is for the people who want to use the CEP Heads & Portraits on their NEW server vault characters. The reason why some of you can't use them at the moment is because the game hasn't read the haks when your character is being created. To overcome this you need to place some files in your override folder.

For CEP Heads

1. Download this pack and extract it to your override folder.

http://nwvault.ign.com/Files/hakpack...00967000.shtml

2. Start a new game and you should be able to select CEP heads.

For CEP Portraits

1. Download this pack and extract it into your C:\NeverwinterNights\NWN\portraits folder ( or whereever you installed it. If there is no portraits folder just create it)

http://nwvault.ign.com/Files/portrai...54768000.shtml

You should now beable to select a CEP Portraits.

Have fun!

Cheers

T-D-C

Legolas · 08-31-2004, 05:59 AM

There is one downside to doing this.

If you now create a character with a CEP head or portrait on a non-CEP server, other players who don't have CEP will see your portrait as blank and your head either as another of the standard heads, or none at all, leaving you headless in their experience.
Other than that it's a fine idea.

T-D-C · 08-31-2004, 06:08 AM

Opps I fogot the downside. Thanks for reminding me Legolas!

Ziroc · 08-31-2004, 07:38 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Legolas:
There is one downside to doing this.

If you now create a character with a CEP head or portrait on a non-CEP server, other players who don't have CEP will see your portrait as blank and your head either as another of the standard heads, or none at all, leaving you headless in their experience.
Other than that it's a fine idea.

True, but the servervault for EfU is CEP, and everyone joining has to have CEP. Do you mean these addons? Because I would think the hak would load them from the hak--as long as the names are the same, am I right?

StigTC · 08-31-2004, 07:40 AM

Well I certainly got a whole lot more portraits to chose from by following those instructions.

Legolas · 08-31-2004, 09:25 AM

For EfU, it shouldn't make any difference so it's nothing to worry about. It's just a general problem with overrides that only those who have them can see their effects, and everyone else will either see the standard model the override replaces, or nothing at all if the override adds something new (as they'll have no data on whatever thing the override refers to, values will be 0).

T-D-C · 08-31-2004, 07:29 PM

When your creating a character if you don't have the files in the override folder then you can't create a character with a CEP head because the hak hasn't been loaded yet.

The only workaround for this was what I posted above and was all I could find in the CEP forum on the Bioware website.

The only other issue with this is some of these files may change with the new 1.64 patch since the CEP will have to be patched as well.

08-31-2004, 05:04 AM	#1
T-D-C Ironworks Moderator Join Date: October 26, 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 44 Posts: 4,416	Hey Everyone, This post is for the people who want to use the CEP Heads & Portraits on their NEW server vault characters. The reason why some of you can't use them at the moment is because the game hasn't read the haks when your character is being created. To overcome this you need to place some files in your override folder. For CEP Heads 1. Download this pack and extract it to your override folder. http://nwvault.ign.com/Files/hakpack...00967000.shtml 2. Start a new game and you should be able to select CEP heads. For CEP Portraits 1. Download this pack and extract it into your C:\NeverwinterNights\NWN\portraits folder ( or whereever you installed it. If there is no portraits folder just create it) http://nwvault.ign.com/Files/portrai...54768000.shtml You should now beable to select a CEP Portraits. Have fun! Cheers T-D-C __________________

08-31-2004, 06:08 AM	#3
T-D-C Ironworks Moderator Join Date: October 26, 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 44 Posts: 4,416	Opps I fogot the downside. Thanks for reminding me Legolas! __________________

08-31-2004, 07:40 AM	#5
StigTC Avatar Join Date: September 15, 2002 Location: Denmark Age: 44 Posts: 513	Well I certainly got a whole lot more portraits to chose from by following those instructions. __________________ One fine day in the middle of the night, two dead boys got up to fight, <br />Back to back they faced each other, drew their swords and shot each other. <br />The deaf policeman heard the noise, and came and shot those two dead boys. <br />If you don\'t believe this joke is true, ask the blind man, he saw it too!

08-31-2004, 07:29 PM	#7
T-D-C Ironworks Moderator Join Date: October 26, 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 44 Posts: 4,416	When your creating a character if you don't have the files in the override folder then you can't create a character with a CEP head because the hak hasn't been loaded yet. The only workaround for this was what I posted above and was all I could find in the CEP forum on the Bioware website. The only other issue with this is some of these files may change with the new 1.64 patch since the CEP will have to be patched as well. __________________

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08-31-2004, 05:59 AM	#2
Legolas Jack Burton Join Date: March 31, 2001 Location: The zephyr lands beneath the brine. Age: 40 Posts: 5,459	There is one downside to doing this. If you now create a character with a CEP head or portrait on a non-CEP server, other players who don't have CEP will see your portrait as blank and your head either as another of the standard heads, or none at all, leaving you headless in their experience. Other than that it's a fine idea.

08-31-2004, 09:25 AM	#6
Legolas Jack Burton Join Date: March 31, 2001 Location: The zephyr lands beneath the brine. Age: 40 Posts: 5,459	For EfU, it shouldn't make any difference so it's nothing to worry about. It's just a general problem with overrides that only those who have them can see their effects, and everyone else will either see the standard model the override replaces, or nothing at all if the override adds something new (as they'll have no data on whatever thing the override refers to, values will be 0).

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