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ThismodisacompilationofredesignedcharactersforDragonAge.ThisprojectbegansinceNovember
of2009.Itcontainsvariousfixesanddesignchangessothateachcharacterfitsbetterwiththe
atmosphereofDragonAge.
JustasIdidinFallout3ProjectBeautyHD,Ididmybesttofocusonvariousaspectswhenredesigning
charactersforDragonAge.
EnhancedLoreEdition
ThemaingoalofthisversionwastorecreateDragonAgeascloselytothewayBiowareintendedforitto
beplayedaspossible.Therefore,there'saminimumofdrastictweaksandnoarbitraryadditions(critical
fixesonly).Insomecases,Imadechangestomakethecharacterfitabitbetter..ieBranka.
Manyofthechangesaresubtlebuteffective.IonlymadedrasticchangesondesignsthatIfeltneededa
differentstance.Thesedesignspreservemuchoftheinitialcharacterdesign.
BecauseIwantedtomoveDragonAgeRedesignedtowardsanewdirection,thisparticularversionhas
minimalbeautification.ItsstrictlythewayBiowarewanteditbutwithmystylemixedinit.
Section2:Aesthetics
The"Aesthetics"settingsarefocusedalittlebitmoretowardsbeautyandproportions.UnliketheLore
Versionitcontainsabitmoreflair.ThesituationwithstickingtoBiowaresformulaisthatyouare
limitedtothatpersonsvision.Iwantedtocreatemyownvision.BecausemyviewsandBiowaresviews
differquitegreatly,thisparticularversionmayormaynotcoincidewiththeloreofDragonAge.
Oneofthethingsyoullnoticerightawayisthedifferentwaysthatelvesareredesignedinthe
Aestheticsversion.IunderstandBiowaresgoalswhentheymadetheirrenditionsofelves.ButI
personallywantedtomakeelvesmorelikethoseinworksbyJ.R.RTolkienandotherfantasylore.
TheCrowsusuallyemployelvesbecausehumansoftenfindthemattractive,
givingthemanadvantageovertheirtarget.
AnotherdifferencebetweentheAestheticsversionandtheLoreVersionisthatthewomeninDragon
Ageareredesignedabitdifferently.Forexample,althoughitisnotexplicitlystated,yougetthe
impressionthatIsabelaorGheynamightfittheirroleabitbetteriftheywerephysicallyattractive.SoI
tooksomestepstochangetheirappearance.ThesechangesareonlyintheAestheticsandthe
Recommendedversion.
Section3:RecommendedSettings
The"Recommended"settingsarethebestbalanceofLoreandAesthetics.Iwouldstrongly
recommendthisversion.IbasicallylookedateverycharacterIveredesignedoverthecourseofthe
projectandIchosethedesignsthatIfeltwerethebestwithineachversion.Obviouslyeveryonehas
differenttastesbutforthemostpart,theRecommendedversionhasagreatcombinationofboth
versions.
Herearesomeofthefeaturesoftherecommendedsettings
1. ItcontainsallfemaleandmaleelfrenditionsinAesthetics.
2. ItcontainsdistinctdifferencesbetweenCityElvesandDalishElves.
3. ItcontainsmoreofthegrittierandrealisticrenditionsoftheLoreversiontokeepeverything
consistentwiththeloreofDragonAge.
4. ItcontainscertaindesignswhicharenotinAestheticsorinLorebutdesignsthatIfeltworked
betterthananyofthetwoversions.
5. Itcontainsdesignswhichmatchthevoiceactorandfitthedialogueandcinematics.
6. Charactersfitthelightingsituations,ie.RedlightinginOrzammar,bluelightingintheMage
circle,whitelightinginDenerim,yellowlightingintheKokariforest,etc.
Installation
Uninstallation
Theuninstallprocessisverysimple.Simplylocatetheuninstalleronyour:
MyDocuments\BioWare\DragonAge\packages\core\override
Whenyouclickuninstall,allcharacterdesignswillberemoved.
Ifyouwilluninstall,besuretoREMOVEthe"Uninstaller"fromtheoverrideAFTERyouhaveuninstalled
thefiles.
ThiswillremoveallofthedesignsandmakeaCLEANuninstall.
Herearetheinstructionsonhowtousethem.Firstinstallthemod,DragonAgeRedesignedfromthe
NoncompanionsfolderandchooseDracomiesTrueEyesmod.Thenopenupthetoolsetandopen
yourcreatedcharacter.
Thesewillnotbeavailableintheingamecreatorbecausetheyarenotrecolorsbutactual
retextures.Theycanonlybeaccessedthroughthetoolset.
OpentheObjectInspector.Thenopenup
Section2:PartSelection.ThengototheEye
Texturesection.Hereyoucanchoose
betweenvariouseyecolorsforyouravatar.
OnethingtokeepinmindisthatthewayIhavenamedtheeyesmaynotexactlypertaintothecolor
chosen.TherecameapointwhereIdidntknowexactlyhowtonameeachcolor.Soyoujustsortof
havetopickandchooseandseehowitlooksingame.
ThereareacoupleflashytexturesIaddedforthosewhomightbeinterested,butforthemostpart,
thecolorsthatIchosearebasedonthegreens,thebluesandthebrownsthatyouseeineverydaylife.
Idorealizeitisnotasmuchcolorsasmanyothereyemodswhichareavailablebutthecolorswere
chosenwithmuchtimeandcarefulthought.Thechallengeinmakingrealisticeyesisnotthetexture.
Anybodycanmakeatexture.Thechallengeisinchoosingtherightcolor,therightshade,theright
amountofcontrast,etc.
Inversion6.8,Ichangedacouplethingswiththeeyessothatyoudonthavetotinkerwiththecornea
settingasmuchanymore.Butjustincase,youcancontourtheeyesbetterbyadjustingthecornea
settinginthetoolset.
New Makeup Textures
TherearenownewmakeuptexturesthatyoucanuseinDragonAge.Itcontainsnearly216lipmakeup
colors.Nowwhenyoulookatthefilesprovided,youonlysee8files.
Butthesituationisthis.Withthisnewmakeuptexture,youcanblendthecolorswithBiowareslip
makeupaswell.Biowarehas27differentmakeupcolorsforthelips.AndIhaveabout8basestouse,
whichessentiallygivesyou216makeupcolorsforthelipsandthatsexcludingthedegreeofglossused,
etc.
Iwillteachyouhowtousethetextures.
Sothefirstthingyouwanttodoisopenupyourcharacterinthetoolset.Keepinmindthesemakeup
texturesareoptimizedforfemalehumans.Theydosortofworkforfemaleelvesandfemaledwarves,
buttheyaremeanttobemeanttousedforfemalehumans.
Hereshowyoudoit.
Thisishowthefacelookswithstandardlipmakeup.
Nowyouneedtoaddabase.Imade8differentbasecolors.ImembarrassedtosaythatIactuallywent
throughanddidsomeresearchtofigureoutwhichlipmakeupcolorswerepopularandcommonlyused
amongwomen.
SowhatyouneedtodoisgoinyourtoolsetandclickBASESKINTEXTURE.
Fromhere,chooseabase.Generally,ifyourelookingforalightershade,gofortheSalmoncolor.If
yourelookingforastandardredcolor,chooseglossyred,etc.
Onceyouchooseabase,youwillnowhavealipgloss
effectonthelips.
Butitmayormaynotbetherightamountofcolor.So
hereshowyoutweakittomakeitlookbetter.
GotoLipMakeupcolorandthenchooseacolor.TheseareBiowareslipcolorsandyoucanactually
blendthemwiththebase.Soyoucanprettymuchmakeanycoloryouwant.
HereiswhattheBiowarelipsmean,soyoullknowwhichcolorstochoose.
ThisguideisfromBeerfishExcelutilities.
Onceyouvedonethat,thenyouchangetheLipMakeupOpacitytomakeadjustmentstothelipstick
color.
Tinkeraroundwithitandyoullfindtherearealotofoptionsandcolorstochoosefrom.