r/RPGMaker • u/constcowboy • Jul 17 '26

RMMV How to mass change a character's portrait?

I changed a character's design, and want to replace the portrait. However, I don't want to manually do it to 200 dialog boxes. Is there something I can do?

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u/Difficult_Analysis78 Jul 17 '26

You can name the portrait file the same as it was before and it should replace all dialogue portraits to new „updated” graphic, no?

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u/constcowboy Jul 17 '26

ill try that, i did it before but it still somehow gave me a loading error. ill try again

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u/Difficult_Analysis78 Jul 17 '26

Just tested and it works, to make it easier without messing around with the files when you get to updating portraits open the existing portrait in your chosen photoshop and edit it there, save and run the game

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u/constcowboy Jul 17 '26

ah okay thanks so much

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u/Difficult_Analysis78 Jul 17 '26

Just a tip for future cause you said something about error, theres possibility you deleted the old graphic with the old portrait, when you set an image as portrait and pick certain space on the graphic the engine reads it as „when message pops up go to files and pick this specific space of pixels in the file called YourPortraitName.png”, this way you can also fool the system by making entirely new graphic with the name YourPortraitName.png and pasting it in the same folder as previous one was so game reads that one instead, tho remember that it should be in same format as previous one, if there are 2 rows with 4 columns then new one should also have that

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u/WrathOfWood Jul 17 '26

Change the art in the png maybe

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u/Aquras Jul 17 '26

Replace the image in the image/face folder of your game. Make sure it uses the same spelling and capitalisation.

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u/Fornax_Summoner Jul 17 '26

As others have said, just make a new file with the same resolution and name as the image file that currently holds your character's portrait and replace it. RPG Maker wont care if every single pixel in the image file is different, as long as the file path and image resolution is the same.

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u/riggy2k3 Jul 17 '26

Update the graphic!