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Portait problem
Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 2:42 am
by Sytze
Well, I downloaded a couple of portaits from PXG's Portraits, but when I want to put them on a PC/NPC, I somehow seems to fail in the attempt.
When I insert the picture, I get (where the picture should be) an image of a question mark....
The picture has the right size, I tried it with Bitmap and JPEG, bit it failed...
Would someone be so kind to check what Im doing wrong??
Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 10:46 am
by Littiz
Hmm, I believe the "L" (or the "S") has to be in upper case.
Other than that I don't know, maybe the resolution...
Do you place it in the portrait directory? That's needed for PCs.
For NPCs I suggest you to just put it in the override folder.
Find the corrispondent name of the pic with Shadowkeeper or NI, for example it may be imoenL.bmp, and then place yours in the override with that name.
So even if a NPC uses different CRE files, all of those will reference the new picture.
Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 12:06 pm
by Sytze
My mistake that it is an "I" .
On my comp it has the name: imageL or imageS........so that isnt the problem.
I also put the pictures in the portait AND override directory. I use SK to change the pic of NPC's then. With other portraits, this never was a problem, but somehow I cant insert this image correctly..
I have portraits which are working like they are supposed to, but somehow this one (and 2 or 3 others) doesnt work...
Which is a shame, cause I really like the portrait...
Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2003 3:22 am
by Littiz
It must be the resolution then.
The pics I downloaded are all in 16M colors, that is, 24 bit.
Indeed the readme says that larger pictures must be in bitmap format at 24 bit, while that one is at 16 bit.
You should try to change the resolution...
Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2003 3:41 am
by Sytze
Ahh, that might be the problem, I will try it right now.
Thanks for the help Littiz!!
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2003 3:36 am
by Sytze
Euhhm, this probably sounds really sad, buttah how do I do that??
(*shame*)
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2003 3:56 am
by Stilgar
Try this one,
if i'm not mistaken it's 24bits
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2003 4:35 am
by Littiz
oh, I did it as well.
Maybe it was corrupted after all, a program couldn't open it.
So I just opened it with another one, converted in JPG and then again in BMP
But, wait a moment, it is NOT an archer!!!
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2003 6:17 am
by Sytze
Originally posted by Littiz
But, wait a moment, it is NOT an archer!!!
Lol, U got a very good memory Littiz
Maybe my so called "fetisch" is fading??
I wanted this pic for Jaheira, its very detailed, thats why I like it.
And thanks Stilgar (and of course you to Littiz
), Ill try the new portrait.