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Manwe
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posted February 11, 2004 04:04 AM |
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Customized Portraits for WOG
I just came back to playing HOMM3 SOD again and found WOG, installed it along with the ERM tools. Love it so far, very cool. If someone can post a quick link or summary of instructions on how to customize the character portraits in the game, I'd appreciate it. I have my own set in that I would like to use in the game, but have run into so many outdated links trying to find this information. I know it's tiresome for you 'old pros' but if you could provide it to me, that would be great. Thanks.
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mitzah
Promising
Supreme Hero
of the Horadrim
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posted June 27, 2004 10:27 PM |
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You can't customize hero faces, but you can replace the old ones.Par exemple:there are two kinds of hero images that are used(small and a little bigger).The bigger ones
start with hpl and the small ones with hps.If you put a .pcx file of size 58x64 with the filename hpl104bm in the heroes \Data folder, you will replace the big portrait (because it starts with hpl) of the number 104 hero in the game(i think it's Gird) which is a Battle Mage (ends with bm)
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Brian_the_Fist
Hired Hero
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posted June 28, 2004 04:11 AM |
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It's not 46x30!
What is the correct size for the small portraits?
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fnord
Promising
Famous Hero
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posted June 28, 2004 05:40 AM |
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What is the correct size for the small portraits?
I think it's:
Large: 58x64
Small: 48x32
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ByteBandit
Promising
Famous Hero
Soul Merchant
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posted June 30, 2004 06:06 AM |
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The sizes Fnord gave are correct. I found I did'nt like a lot of the portraits given by some of the sites that offer such pics. I went into fantsy sites, picked the portraits I liked and made my own. Just about all pics in my collection have been replaced, however I did leave most of the special Hero portraits, especially Gelu, of course. Gangrail, KittenAngel, and myself were in the process of making a whole new set of portraits. We all went off on our own tangents, but I feel we may be able to pick up where we left off, as all the pics were just incredible from everyone who got the chance to preview them said so.
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mitzah
Promising
Supreme Hero
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posted June 30, 2004 04:45 PM |
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It's not 46x30!
I didn't say the size was 46x30!I said that the big portraits have a size of 58x64
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Brian_the_Fist
Hired Hero
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posted July 02, 2004 12:26 PM |
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Insight
Is there a way to make the new portraits (and other new hero characteristics) show up in the game setup?
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fnord
Promising
Famous Hero
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posted July 02, 2004 08:04 PM |
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Is there a way to make the new portraits (and other new hero characteristics) show up in the game setup?
I think the portraits show up if you replace the files (in the Data folder). If you do it through ERM, no, because ERM doesn't run until a map loads.
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mitzah
Promising
Supreme Hero
of the Horadrim
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posted July 02, 2004 08:56 PM |
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You can change portraits without copying new ones in the heroes Data folder, but you need some tools. See modHomm3 for more info.
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Brian_the_Fist
Hired Hero
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posted July 08, 2004 07:38 PM |
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No one never changed no portrait.
I think the portraits show up if you replace the files (in the Data folder). If you do it through ERM, no, because ERM doesn't run until a map loads.
So I have to put the pcxs in the ->" data "<-folder. Are you sure?
That doesn't seem to work.
How can anyone do it?
Replacing portraits with erm causes little bug in the graphics (the small pictures have marking/demarking problems).
Ever noticed nagash's portrait is too tall?
It seems to me, the pcxs need 1x1-outlines of a special colour.
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KittenAngel
Supreme Hero
Lee's wifey
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posted July 09, 2004 07:07 AM |
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there are some premade custom heroes portrats for heroes complete and shadows of death which work with wog you can find em at this link, just click on this page link and hit fresh faces.
strategyplanet.com/homm/camelot/index.htm
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mitzah
Promising
Supreme Hero
of the Horadrim
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posted July 09, 2004 02:48 PM |
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So I have to put the pcxs in the ->" data "<-folder. Are you sure?
That doesn't seem to work.
How can anyone do it?
Replacing portraits with erm causes little bug in the graphics (the small pictures have marking/demarking problems).
Ever noticed nagash's portrait is too tall?
It seems to me, the pcxs need 1x1-outlines of a special colour.
For example: a pcx named hpl040wz will replace Astral's big portrait. If you get buggy images, then your portraits have more than 256 colours!
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Brian_the_Fist
Hired Hero
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posted January 18, 2005 03:08 AM |
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Black Customs
When I use a custom Portrait, how can i use black that is not considered background?
(using Paint to convert to 256 colors)
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KittenAngel
Supreme Hero
Lee's wifey
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posted January 21, 2005 12:21 PM |
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I am not sure on what your askin but if you want to mk the background of an image black using paint my best advice would be just use the good ole paint brush and fill in round the image.
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Brian_The_Fist
Hired Hero
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posted January 22, 2005 04:50 AM |
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Consider this ...
Considered background by Homm
When i use black, HoMM regards it as transparent.
Even when I hexedit another colour of the images 256colorpalette (dark blue or dark brown) to black or just close to black.
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KittenAngel
Supreme Hero
Lee's wifey
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posted January 22, 2005 09:11 AM |
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well I know when I made graphics for wog, we used that light greenish color but I can't think of the name to save my life
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Vlaad
Admirable
Legendary Hero
ghost of the past
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posted January 22, 2005 10:40 AM |
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Slightly off topic
No, that's for adding or modifying graphics. In game, it seems that black is the "transparent" colour.
I remember setting the wrong path for a custom background. One would expect error messages, but the combat took place on a completely black background instead. It was acctually cool - it was like darkness or something! 
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fnord
Promising
Famous Hero
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posted January 22, 2005 10:55 AM |
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well I know when I made graphics for wog, we used that light greenish color but I can't think of the name to save my life
Cyan, maybe?
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Arstahd
Adventuring Hero
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posted January 23, 2005 02:31 AM |
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When I use a custom Portrait, how can i use black that is not considered background?
(using Paint to convert to 256 colors)
I believe that index 1 on the palette is taken as the transparent color. Best bet would be to set index 1 to some garish color like cyan or magenta (which you are unlikely to use) and swap out the now colorful pixels with a black color.
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KittenAngel
Supreme Hero
Lee's wifey
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posted January 23, 2005 06:27 AM |
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Cyan, maybe?
THATS IT LOL see what happens when I get away from graphics too long i forget things, but tis all good.
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