Horripilant offers a variety of options you can use as a portrait, and you can also import your custom creations if you want.
While a portrait isn’t going to have any game-breaking effect, it still feels cool. The default list isn’t my favorite, but that’s not a problem since you can opt for the custom choices. Let’s look at how you can use custom portraits in the game.
How to use custom portraits in Horripilant
To use custom portraits, you’ll need to own the Supporter Pack. It’s an extra purchase that’s available at an extremely affordable price. The Supporter Pack is available for $4.99, but it could be cheaper in your region based on Steam’s system.
However, simply owning the pack isn’t going to be enough since there are a few more steps to complete. The DLC also doesn’t include anything that offers any in-game advantage. Let’s now look at the additional steps required for importing your custom images.
- Go to the Supporter folder inside the game’s install folder. You can find it easily from the properties on Steam library.
- Create a new folder with a different name inside the /portraits/folder section.
- Insert all the images that you want to import.
- Rename the picture you want to use as your normal portrait to “normal.png”.
- Rename the picture you want to use as your scared portrait as “scared.png”.
- Rename the thumbnail in the settings to “thumb.png”.
- Rename the background image to “bg.png”. This part is optional and applies only if you want a background.
Once done, you can load Horripilant, and your custom images will show up. For the best results, use images with a 1:1 aspect ratio. The highest supported image size and resolution is 300×300. The selected image automatically scales up and down based on the default resolution.
As an option, you can also disable the dithering on the portrait by adding an empty text file named “no_dither.txt” in the same folder. This is purely optional, though, and it might not be applicable in some cases.
