Custom Portraits...

[Rip Van Winkle X]

So, I don't see custom when picking a portrait for my character. I did just make a portrait folder inside the Icewinddale EE using the old resolution.

I am not sure if they are using a new resoltion for the portraits or they need to be somewhere else. But I don't see any documentation on this.



EDIT: AH, nevermind. It's like Baldurs Gate EE where you put it in the documents folder not the game folder.

[Cutlass Jack]

Yup in Documents/Icewind/Portraits

Pictures ideally should be 210x300 and in bmp format, 24 bit. I think the file name needs to be under 8 characters.

[Rip Van Winkle X]

Yea, I found out having it in a higher resolution. But I am not sure about the small portraits resolutions so I kept them the same. And I always put it in 24 bit. Not that I am not sure if a higher bit is doable, I know the old games couldn't render them. And I NEVER lose any quality in my images using 24 bit.

[DEW21689]

I just took a large and small portrait from the original baldur's gate game and it claims the portraits are to large.... Any ideas?

[Rip Van Winkle X]

Edit them and make them 210x300 in 24 bit. I use gimp myself, but only because I know my way around just enough to do edits like that.

[Tribaal]

Could you explain to me like a 5 years old how you make the game accept your custom portrait, and in particular where exactly you put the file?

The full path would help me a lot...

[Tribaal]

So, for other noobs like me, it's actually quite easy: .local/share/Icewind Dale - Enhanced Edition/portraits/ is where you drop your 210x300 bmp files :)

[Rip Van Winkle X]

I wish I could upvote you Tribaal

[bufossil]

I cannot get this to work. This is what I do:

1. I create the custom portrait, make it 300Hx210W pixels, save it in 24 bit.
2. I make sure the filename is 8 characters or less.
3. I put the files here: Documents > Icewind Dale Enhanced Edition > portraits

It doesn't work. I can never see the custom portraits in the game.

I found another forum that said that for IWDEE the portraits had to be 660x420 (and end the filename with L) and 266x169 (and end the filename with M). I tried this, it didn't work either.

Did Windows 10 hose up custom portraits for this game?

(BTW, I think the path provided by Tribaal is for Linux, not for Windows.)

Any guidance would be appreciated.

[aedilanigiro]

Originally posted by bufossil:

I cannot get this to work. This is what I do:

1. I create the custom portrait, make it 300Hx210W pixels, save it in 24 bit.
2. I make sure the filename is 8 characters or less.
3. I put the files here: Documents > Icewind Dale Enhanced Edition > portraits

It doesn't work. I can never see the custom portraits in the game.

I found another forum that said that for IWDEE the portraits had to be 660x420 (and end the filename with L) and 266x169 (and end the filename with M). I tried this, it didn't work either.

Did Windows 10 hose up custom portraits for this game?

(BTW, I think the path provided by Tribaal is for Linux, not for Windows.)

Any guidance would be appreciated.

Make sure the name of the files does not start with capital letter?

[legalize freedom!]

I get the portraits to show in game fine, but I don't get the Custom button that allows me to specify one for each purpose. I can pick any of them and it fills both places with the same image. No custom button on the appearance dialog. Please advise.

[Julius Borisov]

Please, name them, eg.

1aM.bmp
1aL.bmp

If the name is similar (with the only difference in M and L at the end), then the M portrait will be used for the side-bar, the L portrait will be used for the Record screen.

[legalize freedom!]

This works, thanks!
I wrongly assumed the pack I downloaded was named correctly, but there was something in the names that was messing this up... maybe a "!" or "-".

[Drifter101]

Originally posted by aedilanigiro:

Make sure the name of the files does not start with capital letter?

this was a key bit of info that helped me thank you

[Baraz]

There is a a cool web site that automates (online tool) the process of making any image you like the right format and size (for IWD:EE, BG EE and original, and PoE).
http://www.notra.fr/portrait

There are some extra portraits (already formatted) on this official forum,
which were added by a user for IWD:EE.
https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/46782/ineths-collection-of-icewind-dale-style-portraits

Nb - they should be placed inside the following folder :
...:\Users\[Windows_username]\Documents\Icewind Dale - Enhanced Edition\portraits

[Teufelshund]

I know this is a little old but I am having trouble with the Notra Gate generator

I tried a jpeg just to see if it would work (it did) and now it won't work on anything but jpeg.

I tried to send an email to them but it keeps coming back undelivered.

I tried reloading several images, reloading the site, accessing the site from a different source, closing my browser and rebooting. All I can get it to work for is jpeg.

Any ideas?