Needs a simple way of adding custom user portraits to the game

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I don't know if there's a easy way to get this done already so I'll ask before I try to make something.

Basicly I want to make a new set of Pictures (the set of three you select) But I'm A) Not sure how to do it, B) Not sure on size or type limits and C) praying someone beat me to it.

 

If someone has already done it can they tell me how otherwise any information people can give would be great. 

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

First of all, add or replace? Replacing the player portraits are pretty easy, there's 4 or 5 files and you just take your pictures and do some photoshoping to get replace them over the existing ones. Adding new ones requires editting some other files that tell the game how the UI is set up and where to find the pictures but its still doable.

Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top

The latter.  The first I'm thinking about but all players would need to have done it. 

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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top

Gimp: with the DDS plug-in (DDS files are mainly for ship textures). 

Look at ZombiesRus' guide UI - Research Button which is almost exact same steps

Make a mod with a Textures folder (MyMod\Textures)

inside you will need...

Player_Portrait_Button.tga
Player_Portrait_Large.dds   needs plugin
Player_Portrait_Medium.tga 
Player_Portrait_Small.tga
Player_Portrait_Window.tga

I got these from 
C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock Games\Sins of a Solar Empire - Trinity\Diplomacy\Textures 

Start with the large and shrink the image to fit the other sheets

Post back if you want to continue.