For anyone else that's unfamiliar with how to load hak files / patches in 2024 or later. Did some Googling and finally figured it out with some trial and error
1. Manually download the Hak Version
2. Open your NWN Documents folder in: C:\Users\(your user)\Documents\Neverwinter Nights
3. Extract the downloaded override folder and patch folder into your NWN Docs folder a) If you don't have a userpatch.ini file in your NWN Docs folder (I didn't), extract that as well b) If you already have a userpatch.ini file in there, only copy the 1 line from the portrait pack userpatch.ini into the existing one in your NWN docs folder (so you don't overwrite another existing hak/patch load). Save & close it
4. Open your nwn.ini file in the NWN Docs folder Put this in it: PATCH=C:\Users\(your user)\Documents\Neverwinter Nights\patch Save & close it
You've now told your nwn.ini to look for patches in the patch folder, and the userpatch.ini tells your game which patches (hak files) to load.
Your portraits should now load when making a new character.
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1. Manually download the Hak Version
2. Open your NWN Documents folder in:
C:\Users\(your user)\Documents\Neverwinter Nights
3. Extract the downloaded override folder and patch folder into your NWN Docs folder
a) If you don't have a userpatch.ini file in your NWN Docs folder (I didn't), extract that as well
b) If you already have a userpatch.ini file in there, only copy the 1 line from the portrait pack userpatch.ini into the existing one in your NWN docs folder (so you don't overwrite another existing hak/patch load). Save & close it
4. Open your nwn.ini file in the NWN Docs folder
Put this in it:
PATCH=C:\Users\(your user)\Documents\Neverwinter Nights\patch
Save & close it
You've now told your nwn.ini to look for patches in the patch folder, and the userpatch.ini tells your game which patches (hak files) to load.
Your portraits should now load when making a new character.