Hit the 'export all' button to extract the original TGA images for the selected portrait (it doesn't really matter which portrait you use at this time, but I do strongly recommend that you pick a portrait with a human-like face and 2 visible eyes).Extract the portrait editor to your Wizardry 8 installation directory, then open it.There are two paths to take, the lazy way and the proper way. Which is why I created my own archive of them.)īelow is a step-by-step guide. You can get all these (except photoshop) from the link I provided above, alternatively here's where I found them originally (these links are probably gonna die sometime soon btw, took a shitload of digging to find them too. I also optionally included an STI Viewer, because I could. Photoshop (Or another image editor that's capable of creating indexed 8-bit/256 color TGA images).Cosmic Forge Editor (Optional Required for the proper way).STI Editor (Optional Required for the proper way).(My answer is mostly based on this guide.)Īnd Here's where I dumped everything you need (Zombra's guide and all programs included) (start with the readme). Here's where I found a backup of an online guide in google docs. Note: Although the game works great on Linux through Wine, the portrait editor tool used below does not (always fails to import images), so the only way to do this whole thing is from windows.
#Use private character editor insert image how to
I had to dig around a lot, but I found out how to do this, finally, after digging through a crapload of dead links. Edit: I created a steam guide, it goes significantly more in-depth than this answer, you can see it here: