Question about adding portraits

[Holden]

I was wondering if anyone here could instruct me on how to add a portrait to an NPC that does not have one assigned?  My latest run has a lot of quest mods with NPCs that engage you in dialog but don't have a portrait assigned, which is a bit immersion-breaking for me.  Do I just find the .cre file, rename a portrait to that .cre file, and dump it in the Override folder, or is it more involved that that?

Thanks!

[jastey]

Are you talking about NPCs or quest characters in the game? NPCs are joinable characters.

For normal characters, you'd need to patch the cre file with a portrait name first.

[Holden]

I am referring to quest characters.  For instance, for several missions in Shades of the Sword Coast, there are a number of quest characters without portraits, and I want to add them in if possible. 

I'm not familiar with patching the cre files as you mentioned.  Is there a way to identify which character is referenced in a cre file beyond the naming of the file itself?  And how would I go about patching the cre file once I've identified the character its attached to?

[jastey]

You could have a look at the game with Near Infinity to see the cre filesand their ingame names. For patching the portrait to the cre file, you could look at other portrait mods.

[Holden]

Will take a look, thank you!