Larian Studios Forums Divinity: Original Sin 2 Divinity - Original Sin 2 - Bugs & Technical Problems Disappearing Character Portraits Bug

So my friend and I have been playing, and for some reason the game has begun bugging out, wherein whenever one of us links and/or unlinks a character portrait, one or more disappears. In my case, when I link Fane and the Red Prince together, Fane's portrait and inventory both completely disappear as if they don't exist. Similarly, when my friend links/unlinks his portraits, both the Red Prince and Fane's portraits disappear as well. Neither of us are sure when this could have started, and the only post about this I could find on these forums is a month old and with no replies, so I am not sure how to fix this at all.

If you are playing on PC, please email supportdos2@larian.com with your latest save (or a Dropbox or Google drive link, etc), and if you have earlier saves that work, the most recent save where the portraits are fine, and the oldest where they can disappear when linking/unlinking. If you are using any non-Larian mods, also include a list of those enabled and/or the modsettings.lsx file from your profile folder.
Each save is a folder in the '..\Documents\Larian Studios\Divinity Original Sin 2 Definitive Edition\PlayerProfiles\<ProfileName>\Savegames\Story' folder.
In Windows Explorer you can zip a file or folder by right clicking on it/them and selecting 'Send To | Compressed (zipped) Folder' (and similarly in OSX/Finder).

PS4 saves can be sent, as well, but they would need to be transferred to a USB flash drive first.
In the Saved Data in System Storage section of the Settings menu, click Copy to USB Storage Device, select the relevant save(s) and Copy. From there you can zip the files, then copy to email or upload somewhere and provide a link.

Hi Raze,

I have the same problem as person1011. I can't see any more recent threads... I hope you'll pick this up.
I have two save files zipped. Link - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1j0PPiIEHlUbhE2eVDsdkGnj3LWmOtwmh/view?usp=sharing

The quicksave is bugged... I believe the autosave doesn't have that problem?
If I play solo... the characters appear and re-appear as i try to chain and unchain them.
I also play local co-op with another PC (2 characters each). If a character 'disappears' during that setup, then they never reappear without reloading.

Many thanks for any help you can give. Not sure we have the stomach to restart the whole playthrough, or to dig up old saves until we find something that works. We've mostly relied on autosaves and quicksaves.