NPC faces

So, to have all clear.
When I have NPC, and I dont want to see normal icon of him (for example arrow and bow if he is an elf) I need add him a portriat. So all I need is to use good graphic program what works good with Arcanum, than make my BMP, add this BMP to folder Arcanum/modules/MyMod/portrait.

Actually When I made follwer from my NPC using the spell, I have this: http://www.pewro.pwr.aiesec.pl/~maciej. ... dziala.JPG

So my Photoshop and even paint is bad...

EDIT: Ok, I checked in Arcanum, that in the game there is imposibble to see the portriat of NPC when this NPC was no fallower. It's pitty!

So all the 3 years I tried to make impossible thing... Because I somhow was thinking all this time, that when NPC is importanrt in Arcanum, I can see his portriat... Now I notice, that only fallowers have those, and I can see them potraits only when I have them in team...

I think it is time to close this topic. But maybe somone have some Idea how to force in game, to show this portrait?

 

Everything you said is correct for followers - but not the other NPCs.

I've just started looking for a way to change the little picture you see when talking to a NPC (ex: Elf and the bow and arrow). No luck yet.

I just did a fast check on Arcanum's beginning, and Virgil's initial picture is crossed pistols until he joins me. I don't know why you got his portrait.
There is a possibility that a specific picture is hard-coded into the pro file for each type - Human villager gets the crossed pistols - but I just don't know.

The blank, blue picture was what I was getting when I tried to use the NPCVan portrait.
Whatever the problem is, is something beyond my knowledge of photo-editing.
When I made my portraits, I reduced the colors and bit-depth using Photoshop 5 and had no trouble what so ever.

Here's the sequence I used:
File
Automate
Conditional Mode Change

Source Mode -

RGB color (I started with jpg)

Target Mode -

Mode: Indexed Color
Colors: 256
Palette: Adaptive
Color depth: 8-bits/pixel
Dither: Diffusion
Color Matching: Best
Preserve Exact Colors

Maybe you missed a step?

 

Well I used the same parametrs as you do in Photoshop, and still I can see blue picture

Whatever, I think I need an other 3 years to solve the problem