It sounds like you want to rename the text displayed for the item in the game? I think you could just change the name of the UUID if you know what it is called and can find it within the extracted pack? I'm not terribly familiar with this but you might have to modify more than one file. You could also add a new UUID but it sounds like you want to replace it instead
Just out of curiosity, do you think a person theoretically be able to use a similar method to what you did to upscale the images to instead swap out individual paintings to add variety? I understand the need for repeating assets in games, but it is such an annoyance of mine to keep stumbling across the exact same "artwork" over and over and over. In the case of BG3, I think I was most annoyed by Stelmane's portrait not being unique, not that I had any love for the character, or hate for that matter, it just bugged the ever lovin hell out of me it was a reused portrait when the game felt a need to point out the painting. If it were possible to replace individual portraits/paintings I would love to know that secret knowledge.
Yeah I feel a similar way where paintings don't feel very unique once you see them in multiple places. You could swap out a specific painting but it would still be used in multiple places and changing that would be much more complex, but I think it would be possible.
I had a sneaking suspicion the paintings were "tied" together in some fashion making replacing them one by one difficult (hopefully not impossible) I suppose I'll add learning how to do this as my first step into modding once I've had my fill of playing the game. Gaming first, then attempt modding. Maybe the modders on Discord/Larian site would be willing to guide a complete clueless newbie on how I might achieve this once I'm ready to take the plunge.
hmm either I missed that one or sometimes textures in general in the game don't load right away from certain angles and depending on your specs and graphics settings. Does looking around at a different angle fix it or is it like that no matter what?
Oh, I haven't downloaded the mod yet. I just thought the dialogue was hilarious with the vanilla graphics (I have the settings on max). I'll add this mod and report back as soon as I can.
EDIT: Happy to report that she's in her full glory now lol
Insta-download. I'm a huge appreciator of background artwork in games and it kills me every time when the artwork is low-res. Thank you for using the tools available to create the tiny improvement so I can feel like I can actually appreciate what I'm looking at. Larian was guilty of that in DOS2 as well and it bugged me up something fierce! I was surprised there wasn't a few different portraits of Balduran hidden somewhere within Baldur's Gate proper considering how nearly deified the man is by the Baldurians. Color me disappointed.
Hello, thank you so much for this mod. Are the original works not available somewhere to avoid using AI to recreate it ? It seems very weird that they didn't create a high quality version of it... Sorry for my english, I hope you understand what I mean !
I don't think they are available other than in the game files, but if there is a better source I will gladly implement it instead if I come across it. I used AI to just upscale the resolution and detail by 2x and bring out the texture of the paint if you will, which was not very visible at the lower resolution.
I simply said : If the original work is available, is it possible to use it instead of AI? That's it, @lexo1000. Moreover, I'm free to say I don't like AI, which I didn't here :3 Thank you @dreams897, added your mod to my must-have mods list !
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but since no one is complaining here.. i guess this mod still works for patch 7 right?
Thank you very mutch.
Thank you for this mod :)
I had a quick question, would you know, how to rename a specific portrait, say the maiden for example.
I replaced her picture with mine Abdel Adrian from BG 1 & 2, but it kinda annoys me, that the name is wrong.
I unpacked the GustavDev and Shared pak, but I dont know where to look :) Thank you in advance!
EDIT: Happy to report that she's in her full glory now lol
Thank you @dreams897, added your mod to my must-have mods list !