instant portrait not working?

i put the instant portrait, but it goes to default, even though im wearing the exact same items and glams? why is this

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Originally Posted by anna-steele

i put the instant portrait, but it goes to default, even though im wearing the exact same items and glams? why is this

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Try to turn off and back on your helmet/weapon and then go to portraits to update it to the adventurer plate design and it should work

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Originally Posted by SassyAssassin

Try to turn off and back on your helmet/weapon and then go to portraits to update it to the adventurer plate design and it should work

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does it HAVE to be on adverter plate? i have a different one for that, but that on a different class.

i fixed it

How do people do Instant Portraits anyway? I go to Adventurer Plate where I would assume it would be there but no...it's not. Or I'm blind and have been missing it for about a year.

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Originally Posted by Renalt

How do people do Instant Portraits anyway? I go to Adventurer Plate where I would assume it would be there but no...it's not. Or I'm blind and have been missing it for about a year.

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It's the option beneath, the Portraits one! You can set an Instant one that way for pvp/dungeons, but it's really finicky.

I'll have to look again next time I log on. I can't believe it was right next to it...

I must be blind.

When you aren't looking for it, you don't notice it. It took me a while to have it slap me upside the head when it was first introduced lol.

I noticed while leveling a job that it switched back to it's default setting when I leveled up. Didn't change anything appearence wise, I just leveled up, went in a dungeon and the default one appeared. Dunno if it's a bug or something.

Thanks to this feature, I'm very paranoid to the point every single time I swap job to queue, I always save the gearset, then make sure there aren't any [!] marking on my portrait list.

Not once I've seen my own failed after that... but it's such a hassle.

The feature is nice but clunky.
I hope they make it easier to display properly and change as you change.

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Originally Posted by Rein_eon_Osborne

Thanks to this feature, I'm very paranoid to the point every single time I swap job to queue, I always save the gearset, then make sure there aren't any [!] marking on my portrait list.

Not once I've seen my own failed after that... but it's such a hassle.

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Something I think would help with this and that I would really like to have as an option is to make my portrait appear for a few seconds whenever I change gearsets, so I can see what it's going to look like before I queue.

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Originally Posted by Rein_eon_Osborne

Thanks to this feature, I'm very paranoid to the point every single time I swap job to queue, I always save the gearset, then make sure there aren't any [!] marking on my portrait list.

Not once I've seen my own failed after that... but it's such a hassle.

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My portraits are always showing. You pretty much just have to make sure you always update the gearset if you switch something, that's about it.

I assumed that the Portraits would update if you were to change/alter something from the gear, guess not.

It isn't too much of a hassle to me but I do imagine it gets annoying for people who swap appearances a lot.

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Originally Posted by anna-steele

i fixed it

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Don't tell us how or anything.

Mine kept breaking even when I didn't change glam or gear so I've just kinda given up on it

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Originally Posted by hobostew

Mine kept breaking even when I didn't change glam or gear so I've just kinda given up on it

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It also includes if you had a visor up or down and if you allowed your weapon to appear holstered.

Yeah it's really obnoxious so I just imported my Adventurer Plate unto each one then checked obsessively if I see that ! on my portrait.

I've had no problems with this system. I followed the warnings they laid out back in 6.2's patch notes. (Find >> " official release of portraits " )Resetting my gearsets took little time and only messed with my hotbars a little. I didn't do anything with my plate since beta, aside from add a new background.

I went through a whole bunch of gear changes for my SMN and any change has stuck. I've been using different glamour plates for my casters and haven't had a problem.

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Originally Posted by Canadane

Don't tell us how or anything.

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it was a best kept secret but i will share with only you. dont tell anyone. just make sure the little update arrows on the character sheet are grey. oh and the most recent portrait is saved also. so the save button needs to be grey. or dark yellow or whatever.

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Originally Posted by Merahgo

I assumed that the Portraits would update if you were to change/alter something from the gear, guess not.

It isn't too much of a hassle to me but I do imagine it gets annoying for people who swap appearances a lot.

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No, u must UPDATE/RESAVE Gear Set (and Portrait), every time u change Glam on Item, but first u need to UNLOCK gear SAVE button, by toggling Hide/Display headgear/weapon/visor back and forward. Only then gear on the portrait got updated, but also after that u need to RESAVE the portrait, doing the same, by opening portrait, switching background back and forward to UNLOCK save button.

So portraits are Riddles, u have to solve, to earn ability to use them ingame.