

Edit the portrait inside the Mario_ct folder (it's actually two portraits inside one file) These portraits are just smaller versions of the _st portraitsĥ. Now edit the portraits inside the Mario_bu folder. Note: there are portraits for 5 different emotions, but you don't necessarily need to edit all 5 of them, you probably also don't want to change the sweat and blush spritesĤ. Edit the portraits inside the Mario_st folder to your hearts content (the tmp.png, don't rename them, don't change their resolution!) Inside the Mario_st and Mario_bu folder are more folders, containing a portrait for different emotions as well as a sprite for sweat and blushģ. Inside that folder are 3 more sub-folders rename them after your character as well ( KEEP the _st, _bu and _ct suffix!) Create a copy of the "_Sample" folder and name it after your character, so I'll name it MarioĢ. The "Portrait-Replacer" you just downloaded contains a "_Sample"-folder with sample portraits for all three portrait files.ġ. But obviously you can add any other character ( whenever I talk about Mario, just imagine it being the name of whatever character you want to add!)įirst some knowledge: In Fates each character has 3 portrait files, full-size portraits (st), mini portraits (bu) and cut-in portraits (ct). Creating Custom-PortraitsIn this tutorial, we'll insert custom portraits into the game, I'll insert portraits of Super Mario just as an example. With that out of the way.let's get started!Ģ. I will not be held responsible if any of these tools or scripts cause any damage to your system, use at your own risk.Īlso, this tutorial will only work on Windows. Python must be installed on your computer DSDecmp - a compressor and decompressor for files found in a multitude of DS games.bchtool - a tool for exporting/importing bch files.

Hexed - a command line Hexadecimal File Editor.PortraitReplacer (includes the following tools) I was a bit hesitant about creating a guide at first, because I'm probably not that great at explaining.īut, seeing how there isn't a SINGLE tutorial about custom portraits. I got asked how to create custom portraits for Fire Emblem Fates.
