About this mod
Replaces default skins, makeup, stubble, eyebrows and eyes with high definition, lore-friendly textures.
- Requirements
- Permissions and credits
- Donations
Best used with my other mod: Companions Redone.
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1. Default Skins:
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Replaces Dragon Age Origin's default skins with high resolution, realistic and
varied textures. Specifically replaces the following textures:
- uh_hed_fema_*.dds - feminine, some freckles and moles, shiny lips
- uh_hed_elfa_*.dds - elven, smooth skin, shiny lips
- uh_hed_kida_*.dds - freckled, youthful
- uh_hed_masa_*.dds - masculine, some blemishes, matte lips, light wrinkles
- uh_hed_dwfa_*.dds - dwarven, rough with some wrinkles
- uh_hed_quna_*.dds - very rough, wrinkly, dark eyebags
- uh_hed_olda_*.dds - old age, very wrinkly
- uh_hed_sica_*.dds - generically sick, weird wrinkles from vanilla preserved
- uh_hed_infa_*.dds - infected with the blight, open sores and bruising
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2. Default Brows and Stubble
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Replaces Dragon Age Origin's default eyebrows and stubble:
- Type 1 - full coverage
- Type 2 - coarser and patchier
- Type 3 - sparser with defined mustache
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3. Default Eyes
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Replaces Dragon Age Origin's eyes:
- Type 1 - bright and striped
- Type 2 - dark and flecked
- Type 3 - bright and flecked
- Type 4 - medium and striped
- Type 5 - medium and smooth
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4. Installation:
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Extract the contents of dao_redone_default_replacements.rar to:
\..\Documents\BioWare\Dragon Age\packages\core\override\
Only use one of the default_brow&stubble_*.erf files found in the 'Default
Brow and Stubble Replacement' folder. Only use one of the default_eyes_*.erf
files found in the 'Default Eyes' folder.
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5. Custom Default Skins Installation:
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To pick and choose which replacement textures use the ErfEditor.exe in found
in \..\Dragon Age\tools\ to open default_skins.erf. Delete any variant you
dislike, ensuring you delete all of it's textures ending in: 0d.dds, 0dl2.dds,
0dl3.dds, 0n.dds, 0nl2.dds and 0nl3.dds. To install just the skin_replacements
simply delete the 'Default Makeup Replacement' folder.
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6. Accessing Extra Skin Textures
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To use the old age, sick and infected textures during character generation
add the following to your chargenmorphcfg.xml under <skins>:
<resource name="uh_hed_olda_0d" />
<resource name="uh_hed_sica_0d" />
<resource name="uh_hed_infa_0d" />
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7. Uninstallation:
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Delete either the folder 'Rose's DAO Redone' or the interior folders.
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8. Known Issues:
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The shapeshifting models during the fade portion of the mage's tower may
appear glitched.
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9. Notes on Usage
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You may use this mod as you wish, but please give credit. Do not rehost.
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