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About this mod
A rebuild of Crow Assassin's Armor for Zevran, making it a set of light armor (chest, boots, and gloves) and a hood.
- Permissions and credits
- Changelogs
This is my rebuild of the beautiful Crow Assassin's Armor for Zevran. In the original mod, the armor is a robe (clothing) consisting in one piece set, and a matching hood.
From v1.1: I renamed all parts and .uti files, so the mod should be fully compatible with other integrations of the original Crow robe, such as Antivan and Crow Redux. Armors parts (chest, boots, gloves) have gda ID: 242 (original robe has ID: 241). Hood has gda ID: 227 (original hood has ID: 226).
If you use this mod together with Antivan and Crow Redux, the thugs should wear the original robe, while Zevran will wear the new armor set. Beware to use the .utc files from the mod here if you want Zevran equipping the new set.
Fixes and custom rebuild:
1) I decided to make it a full set of light armor, separating it correctly into chest, boots, and gloves. The hood stays as the original (light helmet) piece. I made new icons for boots and gloves with the same style as in the original mod (see pictures).
2) I have removed the normal maps in the LOD2 files. All other models in DAO do not use normal maps at distance, as they are useless (you cannot spot the differences).
3) To be consistent with the game plot, I made the armor of Tier 4, to be properly powered when you first meet Zevran in the ambush.
4) The armor is restricted to Elf. Beware that only the male elf (EM) model is defined, so if you equip it on elf females you will have invisible parts.
5) I have adjusted color tones and brightness in the diffuse and specular maps, to fit my taste. In particular, I darkened the metallic parts. The dark retexture (seen in the pictures) now fits well with the appearance of the armor on the web and in the comics.
6) Armor and parts were rebalanced for best integration. Thanks to Crypto217 for the choices of the stats.
Installation:
Extract the files in your override folder. Uninstall or backup previous installations of Crow Assassin's Armor for Zevran. The original mod is NOT required. This because I modified both meshes and textures to fit the new set. The resolution of the textures is the same as in the original mod, but thay are remapped for the boots and the gloves.
The mod includes dark retextures in "z_dark_retexture" folder (seen in the uploaded pictures). if you prefer brighter textures, remove the folder.
Integration (partially tested):
All the versions of Zevran in the game are now equipping the Crow Armor: Global (Zevran in Camp), Random Encounter (at the ambush), Doppelganger (Sacred Urn quest), and Epilogue. If you do not want Zevran is wearing the armor in one of those circumstances, please remore the corresponding .utc file.
You also find an Optional File to restrict the set to Zevran.
To acquire the armor with the console:
Type: "runscript give_crow_set" and you will receive the three parts and the hood in your inventory.
Notes:
Let me know if you have issues or bugs with the mod.
For a female rogue light armor, I suggest my other mod Underworld Armory (Fix and Rebuild) (it works for Human and Elf).
Credits:
Crypto217 for deciding the stats of the armor parts for best balance in the game and some testing.
kylin3 for the beautiful Crow Assassin's Armor for Zevran.
VagranDreamer for the retexture Crow Assassin's Armor Retexture inspiring the ones here.
From v1.1: I renamed all parts and .uti files, so the mod should be fully compatible with other integrations of the original Crow robe, such as Antivan and Crow Redux. Armors parts (chest, boots, gloves) have gda ID: 242 (original robe has ID: 241). Hood has gda ID: 227 (original hood has ID: 226).
If you use this mod together with Antivan and Crow Redux, the thugs should wear the original robe, while Zevran will wear the new armor set. Beware to use the .utc files from the mod here if you want Zevran equipping the new set.
Fixes and custom rebuild:
1) I decided to make it a full set of light armor, separating it correctly into chest, boots, and gloves. The hood stays as the original (light helmet) piece. I made new icons for boots and gloves with the same style as in the original mod (see pictures).
2) I have removed the normal maps in the LOD2 files. All other models in DAO do not use normal maps at distance, as they are useless (you cannot spot the differences).
3) To be consistent with the game plot, I made the armor of Tier 4, to be properly powered when you first meet Zevran in the ambush.
4) The armor is restricted to Elf. Beware that only the male elf (EM) model is defined, so if you equip it on elf females you will have invisible parts.
5) I have adjusted color tones and brightness in the diffuse and specular maps, to fit my taste. In particular, I darkened the metallic parts. The dark retexture (seen in the pictures) now fits well with the appearance of the armor on the web and in the comics.
6) Armor and parts were rebalanced for best integration. Thanks to Crypto217 for the choices of the stats.
Installation:
Extract the files in your override folder. Uninstall or backup previous installations of Crow Assassin's Armor for Zevran. The original mod is NOT required. This because I modified both meshes and textures to fit the new set. The resolution of the textures is the same as in the original mod, but thay are remapped for the boots and the gloves.
The mod includes dark retextures in "z_dark_retexture" folder (seen in the uploaded pictures). if you prefer brighter textures, remove the folder.
Integration (partially tested):
All the versions of Zevran in the game are now equipping the Crow Armor: Global (Zevran in Camp), Random Encounter (at the ambush), Doppelganger (Sacred Urn quest), and Epilogue. If you do not want Zevran is wearing the armor in one of those circumstances, please remore the corresponding .utc file.
You also find an Optional File to restrict the set to Zevran.
To acquire the armor with the console:
Type: "runscript give_crow_set" and you will receive the three parts and the hood in your inventory.
Notes:
Let me know if you have issues or bugs with the mod.
For a female rogue light armor, I suggest my other mod Underworld Armory (Fix and Rebuild) (it works for Human and Elf).
Credits:
Crypto217 for deciding the stats of the armor parts for best balance in the game and some testing.
kylin3 for the beautiful Crow Assassin's Armor for Zevran.
VagranDreamer for the retexture Crow Assassin's Armor Retexture inspiring the ones here.