d. Run the GFF editor, File -> Open. Navigate to a save game folder (if you want to edit an existing game). Save games are stored in "My Documents\Neverwinter Nights 2\Saves\". Open the file "playerlist.ifo".
d2. If you want to edit a character, navigate instead to "My Documents\Neverwinter Nights 2\localvault\" and open one of the bic-files. The character must have been manually exported from NWN2 1.07 (see Remarks).
e. Expand the "-1" (also "Mod_Playerlist" and "0" if they exist) and find the entry "CustomPortrait". This entry will not exist if the character/save game was not created/saved with versions prior to 1.07.
f. Select the entry. In the right text area, type the filename of the custom portrait, without the file extension. If the file was named "customportrait123.tga", you'd type "customportrait123" without quotes. Link Select a different entry afterwards so GFFeditor will accept the newly added string.
These are packs of custom portraits for use in NWN 2.
There are 132 portraits in total, in pack 1 & 32 in Pack 2 and cover a very wide range of characters. :)
The collage image availible for viewing to the right shows only a very small sample of a few randomly selected portraits.
The portraits are made from screenshots I took while playing games over the years and include screenshots from Oblivion & Lord of the Rings Online. There are also a few extra portraits included that are of famous paintings or actors.
Enjoy.
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3. To make portraits of your own for NWN 2
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1. Create the portrait using whatever image editing application. Dimensions must be 128x128, bitdepth 24 bits, save as TGA (targa) using no compression. I used Paint.NET.
2. Save the image in this path: "My Documents\Neverwinter Nights 2\ui\custom\images\icons\" (without quotes).
Everyone should have the path "My Documents\Neverwinter Nights 2\ui\custom\" already, just add the missing folders. Do not include spaces in the filename.
4. Run the GFF editor, File -> Open. Navigate to a save game folder (if you want to edit an existing game). Save games are stored in "My Documents\Neverwinter Nights 2\Saves\". Open the file "playerlist.ifo".
4a. If you want to edit a character, navigate instead to "My Documents\Neverwinter Nights 2\localvault\" and open one of the bic-files. The character must have been manually exported from NWN2 1.07 (see Remarks).
5. Expand the "-1" (also "Mod_Playerlist" and "0" if they exist) and find the entry "CustomPortrait". This entry will not exist if the character/save game was not created/saved with versions prior to 1.07.
6. Select the entry. In the right text area, type the filename of the custom portrait, without the file extension. If the file was named "customportrait123.tga", you'd type "customportrait123" without quotes. Link Select a different entry afterwards so GFFeditor will accept the newly added string.
7. Save.
Remarks:
- This is not supported officially. If you run into problems, it's your own fault.
- If you have mods installed that change the file partybar.xml and are not explicitly compatible with 1.07, the game will crash.
- I used TlkEdit2: Click Here
- Opening an existing save game where I had set "CustomPortrait" before, I noticed that the "Portrait" entry had the same value. I suppose it doesn't matter (I never changed the latter manually).
- Appearently a character bic-file created with 1.07 but not explicitly manually exported has no entry "CustomPortrait".
- I just noticed Gffeditor says "Data format: 16 characters, no spaces etc." I'm not sure if this applies to NWN2, but do adhere to this recommendation.
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3. Version History
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2.0 - Pack 2 added, with 32 additional portraits as shown in in collage 2.
1.0 - Initial Release
0.0 - Ancient History
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4. Contact Info
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Questions/Comments and fellow modders welcome to contact me at:
ByblosHex At Gmail.com
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"- I just noticed Gffeditor says "Data format: 16 characters, no spaces etc." I'm not sure if this applies to NWN2, but do adhere to this recommendation."
Do adhere to that. The character VFX entry was a 16 character entry too, and any VFX file whose name was larger than 16 characters never displayed, back when it worked at all...
Posted by Krimsyn Kane at 2007-12-04 09:55:29 Voted 9.00 on 12/04/07
Good work on the portraits, and thank you for the tutorial, It was very helpful.
Thanks for sharing the info on making portraits. :) _________________________ Go here to add signatures to your comments and change the order the comments are displayed in. Registered users only of course.
Pack 2 added, with 32 additional portraits as shown in in collage 2. _________________________ I believe in science and that science can explain everything,
Because God has made it all work in such a beautiful way.
Posted by Triskaedek at 2007-09-26 13:42:17 Voted 7.50
*Urgh* First thought: anything even remotely related to Oblivion could only mean disaster! I'm voting a zero!
But more seriously, this is a nice pack, definitely deserves a look, plus, it is (if I'm not mistaken) the only portrait pack so far. Personally, I'm perfectly please with the way Obsidian introduced portraits in NWN2 -I know I know, I'm weird, but hey, I love NWN2 heads and I love seeing my characters' portraits change accordingly to their gear.
Still, a very good pack. (did I say that already?)
After 10.7 is out of beta i'm going to make alot more, if anyone wants to add to this pack just email me the tga and i'll add it.
Send me a screenshot of your LOTRO or WoW or Oblivion or whatever character and i'll make one for you also. _________________________ I believe in science and that science can explain everything,
Because God has made it all work in such a beautiful way.
Posted by TimHatch at 2007-09-12 14:45:33 Voted 9.50
This is a really nice Portrait pack for NeverWinter Nights Part 2 Cleitanious, very cool!!!!
The first custom portrait pack for NWN 2, and no one cares? D-:
Was something super just released and I don't know about it? or... _________________________ I believe in science and that science can explain everything,
Because God has made it all work in such a beautiful way.
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