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If you have a custom portrait for your character that you want all your Amian friends to see, send them my way.

How? See below!

If you're just looking for the current portrait pack, scroll to the bottom of the post for the download links.
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HOW TO MAKE YOUR PORTRAIT
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If you have an image but have no idea how to make it into a NWN portrait, check the following link: http://www.amiaworld.net/phpBB2/viewtop ... 335#685335

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IMPORTANT NOTES
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The name of the file cannot have more than 13 letters before the suffix "_h/l/m/s/t". If the name of the file is bigger than that, you will not be able to see your portrait: it will be showing as a blank square.

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Updates happen every first day of a month, give or take.

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Send the files in ZIP or RAR format, not as individual TGA files. Please!

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I need you to make the subject field of the email as follows: [Amia] Portrait of NameOfYourCharacter, so I can organize a list with the names of the characters included.

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Portraits can be added to the Override folder if wished, instead of the Portrait folder. If you do this, you will see portraits, but will be unable to select them when you create a character. This can be handy, as a large portrait folder can cause NWN to crash when creating a character. Some people also express distaste over using "someone else's" portrait, but there is nothing we as the DMs can do about this: We will not "enforce" portraits. IF you have an issue with someone else using "Your" portrait, please take it up with that player and settle it civilly, but also understand they are not obligated to change their portrait

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If you have a portrait in the pack but doesn't want to make it available anymore, PM me, so I can remove it as soon as possible. Someone else could have sent it on your behalf, if you did not send to me yourself.

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If you are certain that you sent me your portrait, but it's not showing on the list (TXT file or Pack), send a PM to inform me. It certainly was not left out on purpose. I will update as soon as time allows, updating links and etc as needed.

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I do not offer photo editing like BlackDahlya did. However, many Amians do and are quite skilled at it. I suggest making a topic in Off Topic and asking politely, I am sure someone will be able to point you in the right direction if you're unable to do it.

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As well, unlike Dahlya, I will not watermark images so that you can claim the are yours. You may do it yourself, but on a personal level I find it extremely tacky, and disrespectful, so I will not be doing it. Neverthelyess, I will add them to the pack unedited.

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This also goes without saying, but portrait images should be work safe for the most part. Cleavage is fine, fully exposed bare breasts is not. Please use sound judgment when it comes to this: If we get complaints on your portrait it will be swiftly removed and replaced, probably with some generic NWN image.

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HOW TO CONVERT A PORTRAIT
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How to Make Your Portrait

NWN Site wrote:

Creating A Custom Portrait

Step 1.
Using an image editor of your choice that supports the Targa (.tga) format, create a new blank image 256 x 512 pixels in dimension. Example software includes Photoshop and Paint Shop Pro.

Only the top portion of the image is displayed in the game, so that the actual size of your portrait is 256 x 400 pixels. The bottom portion of the image MUST be blank and unused. If it is not blank, your computer will light on fire and explode when you try to save your game -- er, well, or it might just crash.

Areas of the image:

canvas is the entire image
portrait is the area used by the game
blank is the unused area (but required)

You can also download the sample portrait I created, shown left. (This portrait is meant to be humorous, and should inspire you to do better!) You will need WinZip to unzip this portrait. If you view my sample portrait in your image editor, you will see it has the blank area described above. Remember, if you don't leave this area blank, you will experience crashes when you try to save your game.

Step 2.
Create your custom portrait, whatever it may be, in the 'portrait' area. Remember, even though the total size of the canvas is 256 x 512 pixels, only use the top 256 x 400 pixels as diagramed above for the portrait itself.

Step 3.
Now you need to create five versions of the portrait for the game to use. You have already created the largest version, so you can just resize it to make each of the four other smaller versions.

The dimensions of the five versions needed are:

256x400 (on a 256x512 canvas) - used for the Player Character Bio
128x200 (on a 128x256 canvas) - used for the character sheet
64x100 (on a 64x128 canvas) - used for the in-game portrait
32x50 (on a 32x64 canvas) - used for the party members and radial menu
16x25 (on a 16x32 canvas) - used for the chat thumbnail

Step 4.
You must save the images as Targa (.tga) files, (selecting the '24 bits' and 'uncompressed' options of your software). Compressed Targa files will not work in NWN. The filenames for the five versions must follow this pattern:

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxh.tga (for the 256x512 canvas)
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxl.tga (for the 128x256 canvas)
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxm.tga (for the 64x128 canvas)
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxs.tga (for the 32x64 canvas)
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxt.tga (for the 16x32 canvas)

Where the prefix "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" is a name you create, is 1 to 15 characters in length, and the same for all five versions.

The 'h', 'l', 'm' ,'s', and 't' that follows the prefix indicates the size of the image (Huge, Large, Medium, Small, and Tiny).

So for my sample portrait, I created these five images:

robinsample_h.tga
robinsample_l.tga
robinsample_m.tga
robinsample_s.tga
robinsample_t.tga

As you can see, my images all have the same prefix of "robinsample_" (since it is 12 characters in total, it follows the rule of being between 1 to 15 characters), and I also have each of the five versions - 'h', 'l', 'm' ,'s', and 't'.

Once you have either created your portrait, or downloaded one, you can use it in the game.

Or

TormakSaber wrote:

Place the jpeg or etc of the file you'd like made into a portrait, unto your portrait folder, no converting needed. Boot up NWN, and at the main screen, bring up the console with the ~ key. Then type

ConvertPortrait Filename

NWN will then automatically resize and make 5 proper correct working copies of your picture.

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MY EMAIL
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The Email for this is tormaksaber at yahoo dot com. Use the above guidelines when sending me portraits to add to your pack.

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THE CURRENT PACK
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http://www.mediafire.com/?7ft5rffdffd47n6- June 5th, 2013, Full Pack (145.32 MB)
http://www.mediafire.com/?stb5bxqgmph0u7g - June 5th, 2013, Add-On Pack (1.77 MB)

http://www.mediafire.com/?zaiogmdz2zov6qc - July 2nd, 2013, Full Pack (146.66 MB)
http://www.mediafire.com/?7gm18x0pcater4o - July 2nd, 2013 Add-On Pack (1.34 MB)

Added this month(s):
June -
Kudura Aidun
Magas Disan
Meskehnet
Nofre-Ari
Elsie
Viggo
Winter
Zsanett

July-
Kelrak
Liriel
Nilithriina
Nofre-Air (??? did i do this one 2x? Nothing overwrote)
Tiichua'ux
Veela

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PREVIOUS PACKS
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http://www.mediafire.com/?ylwinlto7vojlov - February 1st, 2012, Full Pack (117.07 MB)
http://www.mediafire.com/?ft62ebwka69f9z8 - March 2nd, 2012 Full Pack (118.75 MB)
http://www.mediafire.com/?kcwng8r4ig5dcbn - April 5th, 2012 Full Pack (119.67 MB)
http://www.mediafire.com/?2rahviahfkdaeo8 - May 1st, 2012, Full Pack (122.43 MB)
http://www.mediafire.com/?1e8a7ffe6ev2iv2 - June 1st, 2012 Full Pack (124.68 MB)
http://www.mediafire.com/?eab5n8cca0p2ahb - July 2nd, 2012 Full Pack (125.3 MB)
http://www.mediafire.com/?2f2xq6z9lucquag - August 3rd, 2012 Full Pack (125.90 MB)
http://www.mediafire.com/?jusyhvex808o530 - October 1st, 2012 Full Pack (128.15 MB)
http://www.mediafire.com/?7wryw9w7419m8z9 - November 7th, 2012 Full Pack (129.67 MB)
http://www.mediafire.com/?c6a5egq9x176b1j - December 1st, 2012 Full Pack (130.87 MB)
http://www.mediafire.com/?d221encf2z7u347 - January 3rd, 2013 Full Pack (132.88 MB)
http://www.mediafire.com/?f8ybraobak9j4bd - February 5th, 2013 Full Pack (135 MB)
http://www.mediafire.com/?t2ufb2ynw4swjl5 - March 5th, 2013 Full Pack (136.81 MB)
http://www.mediafire.com/?67gp3cxd169zs1d - May 1st, 2013 Full Pack (143.55 MB)

http://www.mediafire.com/?lsvtt9ucpzs9siz - February 1st, 2012, Add-On Pack (2.19 MB)
http://www.mediafire.com/?r8yeuv7bbgwgwvr - March 2nd, 2012 Add-On Pack (2.18 MB)
http://www.mediafire.com/?it5u1900u0uv1m3 - April 5th, 2012 Add-On Pack (0.92 MB)
http://www.mediafire.com/?a2u872w2hn5uz7s - May 1st, 2012 Add-On Pack (3.25 MB)
http://www.mediafire.com/?bacsrqu8c7vxwqt - June 1st, 2012 Add-On Pack (2.25 MB)
http://www.mediafire.com/?hfi4izd75nsgy7h - July 2nd, 2012 Add-On Pack (631 KB)
http://www.mediafire.com/?6u0yc6ocywxua1l - August 3rd, 2012 Add-On Pack (900.83 KB)
http://www.mediafire.com/?lidrf4ng964e232 - October 1st, 2012 Add-On Pack (2.74 MB)
http://www.mediafire.com/?2g5dcdhc03bdrby - November 7th, 2012, Add-On Pack (1.86 MB)
http://www.mediafire.com/?ly688uwoqdcvher - December 1st, 2012 Add-On Pack (1.2 MB)
http://www.mediafire.com/?27ehjesjwti964a - January 3rd, 2013 Add-On Pack (2.01 MB)
http://www.mediafire.com/?k4dym6xn0ubckiy - February 5th, 2013 Add-On Pack (2 MB)
http://www.mediafire.com/?83g6199tsjlaywq - March 5th, 2013 Add-On Pack (4.28 MB)
http://www.mediafire.com/?u317qh791p7gg22 - May 1st, 2013 Add-On Pack (5.23 MB)

All previous packs are available from me on request. Just email me and tell me what month you need.

Last edited by wereguy2 on Thu, May 19 2011, 8:38 AM, edited 1 time in total.

You have two days to submit your portraits before the update.

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No sir, you did not. I have every email sent to me in a special folder.

Got them now?

Yes. You're still waiting a month, though. I'm not rredoing the entire process for one poirtrait.

Mhmm

Keep your snark to yourself; I do all the work, all you have to do is adhere to a simple time table.

It wasn't a snark, it was a 'Mhmm' with a smiley. A semi-sad smiley to represent semi-sadness and a 'mhmm' to represent acknowledgement of your post.

Not sure if this should go here or not but the portraits since March or so have not been showing up (for me and a few others ) even when put in portrait pack or override folder for the PCs they were made for.

Is there a size limit to the folders and accessing or something being missed?

I have done the following to try to troubleshoot this:

1. contacted the player to verify spelling of names and if the PC the portrait is for has an odd character in the name.

2. renamed the portrait file a number of times to be sure it wasn't a spelling error or spacing error.

3. Deleted portrait folder and override folder, doing a clean creation and download/extraction into each folder one at a time to see if it was an issue with portrait folder or overrides in the override folder.

4. Restarted client. Then computer. Then sacrificed a plant in a wild vegan ritual.

Any ideas for aid?

I've no idea. There's no size limit on portraits, the only real issue with a large portrait folder is it can cause issues when you're creating a character, but it won't do anything in game. You tried everything I'd have recommended so I don't have any advice for you.

Just until about the end of this week to get your portraits to me, folks!

Svensk... I ask one simple thing when people send me portraits. Send them pre rarred. You did not. You're gettng skipped again.

Hurgh, you know what, nevermind, I'll just do it. IN the future, read the first post. IT is literally the third bullet point, Svensk.

Month's is uploaded.

I Did. I did exactly as the steps said me to do

argh

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:arrow: Send the files in ZIP or RAR format, not as individual TGA files. Please!

2 more days!

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A week left!

Updated.

"We have detected an elevated number of requests from your IP address." >.< Nrh. Wont let me download, says to check back in twenty mins.

2 days!

Uploaded

Updated!

I am new here, and have little knowledge of how this works.

If have portraits paks currently, from a different world, how does that work? Will I see others portraits correctly? Or not? Will they be able to see mine?

Do I need to save and use a different file for portraits for each world? So That I don't use one no one else can see?

Thinking about it...last night I did see portraits and not just the generic shadowed face.

How this works is pretty straightforward. If you have the picture (or pictures as every portrait consists of different sized images [normally the same image]) in your portrait or override folder then you will see the correct picture in game. If you do not have the picture you will see the standard blank (or blurred face) portrait.

Extra portraits never hurt. The only downsides are that the maps can grow to be rather large or that you might end up choosing a portrait for your character that others cannot see.

Others can only see your portrait if they have the picture in their folder as well. If you use a portrait that is not part of the standard nwn images or the amian portrait pack then the chance is high that other players can't see your portrait (unless they also have the same images in their folder).

That is why you can send your pictures to Tormak who is so nice to update the portrait pack so everyone can download the portraits of the other players.

Updated a wee bit late. Sorry about that.

Happy New Year's! New portraits for everyone!

Got this just a bit after the gun, but it'd be a shame to make you guys wait a whole month for the resource.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9262Q0ZT (Kobold Portraits - 5.5 MB)

This is a link for a pack of nothing but kobold portraits, gathered by elmmaster. These aren't currently in use, but rather a pack of unused kobold pictures for current and future koblds to use. I haven't personally skimmed the pack yet, but he promises a lot of quality here, and with 5 megs of nothing but kobold pictures, I bet yu find something you like!

Next month, this will be directly integrated into the pack itself, for now it's separate.

I, nuh. Apparently megaupload just got shut down and its workers indicted on piracy charges, and CEO and owner Kim Dotcom arrested. no way, really? surprise surprise.

So I guess I'll be swapping hosts this month... I'll get uploaded versions of all the old files too.

Mediafire ahoy. I'm not reuploading all the old packs. I still have them if anyone needs them for whatever reason.

I have a fresh install of NWN on a clean, new hard drive. Where would I be able to download the entire protrait pack, please?

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I have a fresh install of NWN on a clean, new hard drive. Where would I be able to download the entire protrait pack, please?

There are two downloads in the original post. One for the updated pack, and one for the total pack.

Thank you most kindly.

Edit: I'm such a dumb arse, haha. :lol:

Can I use a generic portrait now and switch it to a new one when the next update is made? How does one change their portrait once the character is created?

You send the portrait you want used (preferrably already converted to NWN's format using the portrait converter) to Tormak, and then send a PM or make a post with the character's name, and the name of the portrait for them. They're done in batches, so it may take a couple weeks for it to be changed.

Don't send a PM. Use the Leto subforum.

Hita snag in the portrait update. got a portrait from Pheanrun for Robert and from AzureLuna for "emilie". These exact filenames already exist, if you could confirm that you want to overwrite the portraits already in use, please let me know. Can't really update if I don't get this.

Overwrite, please!

Thank you.

Ditto. Overwrite, s'il vous plait.

Updated.

You got until the weekend to send them to me!

Doing this tomorrow when I get home from work. Leto too. Sorry for the delay.

I'M SO SORRY

(it's up)

My portrait isn't in the newest pack.

Did you send it to me? I downloaded every one that was sent to me. Just making a leto topic isn't enough, I need the actual file.

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