Fix Portraits

[SieyaM]

So the thing I have discovered which is not obvious in any way is that if you are wearing gear that hasn't been registered with a gear set then portraits wont work, even if none of the portraits have an error mark next to them. If you do anything to your gear, such as add materia, you need to refresh that gear set and then you need to update the portraits as well.

[Xirean]

So the thing I have discovered which is not obvious in any way is that if you are wearing gear that hasn't been registered with a gear set then portraits wont work, even if none of the portraits have an error mark next to them. If you do anything to your gear, such as add materia, you need to refresh that gear set and then you need to update the portraits as well.

From my own usage this has been the consistent answer. If there's a problem I just unequip one item, save the gearset then re-equip that item and save gearset again. Has worked every time. Though the fact that it breaks for things as simple as display weapon/helm/visor is ridiculous.

[Rehayem]

I found a somewhat short-term solution, though I'm not sure if it'll work for others. What I do to make sure the portrait works for sure:
1. Open portraits and edit it
2. Change one of the settings (frame, background or accent) press save
3. Change back the setting and click save again

It seems to have worked fine for me so far.

[erisdisqordia]

Omg yes please fix portraits. Just have them stay at the appearance they were set as until we change it manually, it can't be that hard.

For now I've just disabled the feature entirely because its too obnoxious.

[yoshikwalla]

At this rate it isn't even an issue of needing to do x, y, and z to make sure portraits are working. We shouldn't have to do this stuff. It's just too much to do scattered around various interface sections.

[Midareyukki]

Somehow... SOMEHOW.... without updating anything, without ever touching glamour, without melding or switching any piece, and without editing anything about the portrait itself, my SCH portrait just decided to angle itself differently.

Like, my character moved.

I don't know how this was possible, especially when I don't touch SCH at all, but yeah. Just... up and moved on its own.

This system is interesting. And by "interesting", I mean a flaming dumpster.

[Deveryn]

Somehow... SOMEHOW.... without updating anything, without ever touching glamour, without melding or switching any piece, and without editing anything about the portrait itself, my SCH portrait just decided to angle itself differently.

Like, my character moved.

I don't know how this was possible, especially when I don't touch SCH at all, but yeah. Just... up and moved on its own.

This system is interesting. And by "interesting", I mean a flaming dumpster.

inconsistent ring glams?

[Midareyukki]

inconsistent ring glams?

No, my glamour uses gloves that hide rings And even then, the rings have Emperor's New Rings on them for the fringe purpose of gloves being updated.

And again, I didn't touch it whatsoever. And since doing the Heavensturn quest, my healer glam has always been the same: the Heavensturn armor. Nothing changed.

[RobynDaBank]

I've personally had no issues with the Portraits aside from one instance. Call it a weird form of Stockholm syndrome; whenever I change anything about my gear as I'm leveling, my mind just races to check if the Portrait got messed. Usually if I've saved the set with new items and refreshed its glamour plate, it's fine.

There's only one time I had a faux pas - was upgrading a Rinascita ring on Sage so unequipped it, and then midway through exchanging certificates the Duty popped. I was more worried about having the ring on than making sure that my Gearset isn't screwed up, and lo, the Portrait had reverted to default.

[NekoMataMata]

All the comments aside...

For something that was supposed to be easy to do and easy to have fun with they turned in into an actual science and made it unfun.