Change player portrait

[aeoncs]

So, would it technically be possible to change the avatar/portrait of the PC to something like his original artwork? Like, not the actual ingame model, just the picture at the bottom left - I don't have a problem with playing an old dude with a lot of baggage but the standard one is seriously ♥♥♥♥ed up.
That's not going to deter me from playing the game but being able to change it would definitely help. Thanks in advance.

[Chris]

Men are like fine wine even the drunk ones^^ so i prefer being a matured dude over an inexperienced kid and no i don’t think you can change that but i heard you can shave your beard maybe this change the pic

Originally posted by aeoncs:

So, would it technically be possible to change the avatar of the PC to something like his original artwork? Like, not the actual ingame model, just the picture at the bottom left - I don't have a problem with playing an old dude with a lot of baggage but the standard one is seriously ♥♥♥♥ed up.
That's not going to deter me from playing the game but being able to change it would definitely help. Thanks in advance.

[Vespertellino]

You can dress him up all you want~

[jack_of_tears]

You can shave on Day 3 and that will make you look a bit younger and cleaner. That said, I really became attached to his look after the 16 hours it took to get through the first two days and couldn't bring myself to shave away the mutton chops.

[aeoncs]

Both of your replies miss the point, which I made pretty clear in the OP.

I don't have a problem with him being old, or him having a lot of baggage and looking the part - I do have a problem with him looking like a Zombie though.

I actually do like his actual ingame model and some of the outfits look really cool, it's just the picture that bothers me.


EDIT:

Originally posted by jack_of_tears:

You can shave on Day 3 and that will make you look a bit younger and cleaner. That said, I really became attached to his look after the 16 hours it took to get through the first two days and couldn't bring myself to shave away the mutton chops.

Yeah, I guess I'll get used to it after a while too - just gonna keep playing for now.

[FEED ME A STRAY CAT]

just put a post-it on your monitor

[Clown Reemus]

Originally posted by FEED ME A STRAY CAT:

just put a post-it on your monitor

I still remember the times when there was not a generation that was strangely, almost clinically so, bent on defying the narrative and (self)-instering into the story. The times when people played games and valued them for what they were, not for how "good the character customization is".

[Clown Reemus]

That is the fundamental problem - no one will contribute to this. The opening remark is impossible and reeks of issues, and the only ones "contributing" here might be the "alike" persons who share the same twisted attitude towards gaming. Or reading books. I am unsure through how many dimensions of culture this problem runs.

[Magnus]

You can stop making a stupid grin if you pass a check at the mirror, then your portrait will change.
But you pretty much supposed to look like a zombie after almost dying from all the alcohol and drugs you took.

[aeoncs]

Random steam moderator uses "Complete and utter incompetency" for a critical hit. Smh.

Originally posted by Magnus:

You can stop making a stupid grin if you pass a check at the mirror, then your portrait will change.
But you pretty much supposed to look like a zombie after almost dying from all the alcohol and drugs you took.

Yeah, that's the first thing I tried and it's honestly already a big improvement.

That being said, I managed to replace the default portrait with the official artwork[images.mein-mmo.de] through some editing; takes a while but worth it.
It obviously loses the interactivity of the original but if anyone is interested in how to do this, send me a PM.

[Valerius]

Originally posted by aeoncs:

Yeah, that's the first thing I tried and it's honestly already a big improvement.

That being said, I managed to replace the default portrait with the official artwork[images.mein-mmo.de] through some editing; takes a while but worth it.
It obviously loses the interactivity of the original but if anyone is interested in how to do this, send me a PM.

Huh, as there's no PM system outside friendlist in Steam and you blocked commenting on your profile, I need to try it that way: So please share how you managed to change the character's look, do you have a some hints about this?

Self-Perception is a thing you easily could've put into the game to archieve a realistic way you look at yourself and such reflect the image on your character in the screen's corner. I don't know where's the point to force the drunkard-hobo image onto players. Unnecessary trigger factor.

Customization is key, even if through mods. But as mod community never really set foot on this game and the only CC mod got crushed by a large impact patch dev sided, the game appears to force players to play as a drugged version of Cotton Eye Joe or the Joker's retirement days. As I'm not into Picasso, I need at last one clean picture in this game I can identify to... A characteristic one.

[Chungo Beepis]

that's fair, but damn this game is incredibly charming, it feels a bit wrong to even consider changing an aspect of it at this point and i'm accustomed to modding everything, championing the very freedom to mod, encourage and teach others to do the same... but ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ this game is wild. I haven't seen a game this amazingly written since West of Loathing.

[Morgue]

Yeah, this is honestly the first (and probably last) game I've played without mods, and without wanting mods. It's perfect, and that includes unflinching ugliness.

Dear GOD, if something as minor as your character portrait looking grotesque is a "trigger" for you, should you even be playing this? It's got a lot of dark ♥♥♥♥ in it. That's part and parcel.

The idea of many (not all) RPGs is to immerse you into being someone you're not. not for you to impose yourself on the game. I play and forget I'm /not/ the main character I don't go "this doesn't look like me, I can barely get my sideburns to come in!".

[Valerius]

Roleplay isn't just about playing yourself, that's only one aspect. Ppl that never understood the core of RP will always play themselves. Roleplay much more is a thing to play a person you'd like and prefer to acompany on it's journey. Someone you instantly feel attached to on at least one way. Claiming that as a RP-GM in many franchises, same as a sole player.

I'm talking about a hook, something to feel attached to. Some people that are no fan of the artwork done do instead need at least one persistent point to feel attached to. I really love the promised world-consequence reaction and I'm sure one day I'll get into that game's structure to modify the - in my eyes - biggest issues other games offer you to change by design.

Not talking down the entire effort this game was to be made. I can realistically imagine, which is the very reason - besides supporting indie devs - I'm looking at it despite my taste differences. The artwork surely was a bunch of work and while I can understand and accept the psychology within, it's not my taste of pictures. You wouldn't decorate your flat with Picasso copies if you think "It's not art to me, it's an ugly to twisted perception damage in picture form". In a game the arwork is pretty much the walls and pictures surrounding you.

Yet. There's no discussion level about this, as taste is indisputable, so I'm sure the devs are glad that most of ppl can more or less get along with that forced approach. But customisation will remain key, this is a mass trend, DElysium does not succeed because of missing the character creation's appearance step, it succeeds despite of it, which means that it only would've had a positive impact on its success, if implemented.

I like the idea of your portrait being altered by your ingame actions, but this is far too minimalized.
Thus:

Originally posted by ƔALERIUS:

Self-Perception is a thing you easily could've put into the game to archieve a realistic way you look at yourself and such reflect the image on your character in the screen's corner.

We don't need to have the same opinion and I surely never intend to be aligned to the "masses that define, what's normal and what's odd". Mass doesn't mean wisdom at its best, so a mass of people can totally be such missguided that maintaining the "total right" in the end will demand lifes as a toll.

BTT - Please recognize the following: It's your opinion. That's fine. The reason why I don't have to lower yours to make mine "right-er" - as it regularly happens out there - is, because I can accept it as yours, not because it being the only way to look at it. Important detail.


As this wasn't meant to start/trigger anything/-one but to get the intel the pre-poster had - who apparently doesn't have this topic on his subscription - I'm gonna move on for now.

Play it your way and grant others the same freedom. :)
Stay save and best of wishes.

[F1aw1ess]

Why I never liked "mods" and why this post is stupid is because you are going against the story the devs wanted you to experience. If they wanted you to be able to change the picture, they would.

People like you seemed sheltered and are the type that call the cops because you dont like the color of your neighbors fence

[Valerius]

Originally posted by User:

Why I never liked "mods" and why this post is stupid is because you are going against the story the devs wanted you to experience. If they wanted you to be able to change the picture, they would.

People like you seemed sheltered and are the type that call the cops because you dont like the color of your neighbors fence

Huh. Where do I have.. ah, there it is: *paste*

Originally posted by ƔALERIUS:

(...)BTT - Please recognize the following: It's your opinion. That's fine. The reason why I don't have to lower yours to make mine "right-er" - as it regularly happens out there - is, because I can accept it as yours, not because it being the only way to look at it. Important detail.(...)

The thing I don't understand with some people is, how they can play a whole game with text amounts filling entire books, while still being incapable of reading forum comments properly before posting. The answer is simple: You don't like people with a different taste, so it much more looks like you're the one with the police-call because of the fence color right now.
You don't like modding? Know what? Just keep doing it. Because you can aaand (apparently) noone forces you otherwise, aren't that great times we live in? :)

Originally posted by ƔALERIUS:

(...)Yet. There's no discussion level about this, as taste is indisputable, so I'm sure the devs are glad that most of ppl can more or less get along with that forced approach. But customisation will remain key, this is a mass trend, DElysium does not succeed because of missing the character creation's appearance step, it succeeds despite of it, which means that it only would've had a positive impact on its success, if implemented.
(...)
As this wasn't meant to start/trigger anything/-one but to get the intel the pre-poster had - who apparently doesn't have this topic on his subscription - I'm gonna move on for now.

If you need to be triggered about a simple question to act out your IRL-individualisation, I'd say modding a game is by far the less offensive way to go. A general advice you'll most probably decline internally would be: Stay at your color-of-choice fence, keep your ego on the leash and stop playing in extremes. It's an old cliche and badly needs to be buried finally, I'd say.

Again, in a nutshell:

Originally posted by ƔALERIUS:

Play it your way and grant others the same freedom. :)

I do welcome different point of views, from which some I do like and some I seriously can't sympathize with, yet I don't need to devalue the latter to feel superior. And - for all that's right - I definitely don't need validiation nor confirmation for my opinion, good human being. Demanding the same most obviously proven by your post, you technically should be able to see that point and gift this freedom to others as well.

Anything else leads to a waste of energy. I prefer not to do that, as there're more important things out there to invest it in.