Does .png work for portraits?

[upper egret]

yes, so long your structure is correct

[ornate lava]

it didnt work for me but mb its structuring error

[upper egret]

if you're wondering whether there's some sort of program to convert .png to a .bank, there isn't; everest handles that for you and you can use straight pngs

[upper egret]

show your folder structure, it'll help

[ornate lava]

nvm ima just copy from celeste's content folder structure and rename the sub-folder of Portraits

ty tho

this should work right

[upper egret]

do you intend to replace madeline's portrait?

or just add another portrait

since i think adding a new one would require fiddling with Portraits.xml

[ornate lava]

oh

you cant just add one in portraits folder? im adding a new one

also what xml file i cant find it

wait can i just copy a xml file into my mod then edit it to make it work

[upper egret]

portraits use Portraits.xml to define the portrait's look and sound effects

you can find the vanilla one in Content/Graphics/Atlases/Portraits.xml

[ornate lava]

what program do i use to open it

also the xml isnt in atlases i found it in graphics

[upper egret]

it's text, so notepad or a different text editor

[ornate lava]

ok tysm

[upper egret]

oh right mb

[ornate lava]

so would this work?

[upper egret]

no, because you straight up copied the vanilla portrait

you'll need to make your own Portraits.xml to define how the portrait should look
i'm not an expert on that, i admit

[ornate lava]

bruh im editing it

im asking if the structure is right

[upper egret]

ah

let me check with a different mod

ah, it seems like it wants a different path

[ornate lava]

btw is this important? i have only 1 png file for the char cuz its just a little dialog i dont plan on re-using

[upper egret]

something like Graphics/XMLs/USERNAME/MODNAME/Portraits.xml

[ornate lava]

oh hm

sure

[upper egret]

(the XMLs/USERNAME/MODNAME/ part is to make sure it doesn't conflict with anything else)

[ornate lava]

lemme check

this is just a bit more complicated than i expected

[ornate lava]

^

[upper egret]

do you really need a portrait? celeste defines a generic textbox which you can use with no extra setup

[outer locust]

pro tip: always read guides before asking https://github.com/EverestAPI/Resources/wiki/Custom-Portraits

[ornate lava]

i still want one

[ornate lava]

couldnt find that but ty

[upper egret]

(people might be unaware of the wiki's existence; i.e. i didn't know there was one on portraits)

[ornate lava]

yeah

[outer locust]

???

you can see it here

but whatever ig

[upper egret]

• i've never deliberately looked for portraits on the wiki
• i didn't think there would be a page on the wiki
• the person had no idea of the wiki's existence (i imagine)

[outer locust]

i imagine third one, and first one, and second one, lol