
and it will show all installed custom portrait files for you to choose from. When you get to the portrait selection screen in-game (either during character generation, or by going to the character record screen and clicking Customize > Appearance), simply click the button that reads " CUSTOM": Step 3: Select the portrait images in-game (If it does not exist, simply create it.)

#Cool icewind dale portraits install#
To install a portrait, copy both images into the game's portrait folder. give them filenames that are only up to 8 letters long and don't contain spaces (for example Monk01L.bmp and Monk01M.bmp).save the images in the 24-bit bitmap (.BMP) format.make sure the images are not wider than 1024 pixels (because the game engine cannot handle that).make sure the aspect ratio matches that of the recommended size (otherwise the images will look squeezed in-game).

crop each image to show the exact content you want.(The game is capable of resizing them as needed.) The image sizes and other recommendation listed in that diagram are used by all the built-in portraits, but you don't have to follow them exactly for your custom ones. Here's how:įor each character for whom you want to have a custom portrait, you should create two images, one for the character record screen and one for the sidebar: Remove all ads! Like the other Infinity Engine games, IWD:EE lets you use custom portraits.
