So, this one was quite different for me, technique-wise. Very experimental and I think it paid off. I essentially did everything in three layers first: a midtones layer, shadows, and highlights. For the background, I pretty much left those layers as I made them, with some minimal cleanup, alpha locked the layers, and then painted those locked layers with a focus only on lighting.
It was surprisingly fast to do (not that I didn’t still spent a couple months picking away at this.) And I think the result ended up better than if I had sat there and painstakingly detailed the whole thing.
I initially painted Emmrich and Rook in the way I normally do (layer for skin, layer for hair, layer for clothes, etc, and detailing each individually. But when I finished all that, I realized the foreground didn’t mesh well with the background. The lighting was wrong and it clashed stylistically. Even though it had taken ages, I decided to “kill my darlings” and painted over them with… yes, three layers: shadows, midtones, and highlights.
Once I was finished with that step, focusing only on simplified shapes, I then merged the three layers and painted details directly onto to layer. So they ended up just being one layer. Once I did that, I was able to step back and focus more on shape language than on small details, adding on only the necessary small details towards the end and I was *much* happier with it.
Is it perfect? No. But I learned more from this piece than probably any other thing I’ve worked on in the last few years and that was very gratifying.
The reference for the pose and having the statue in the background comes from this romantic postcard (moving the link to comments because the link is taking priority over all the text lol)
I am so sad and angry at the people disrespecting modders since Patch 7's release. Mostly seen on discord servers and nexus.
Both the disrespect to the modders porting to toolkit but also the blatant disrespect towards modders who haven't ported yet to mod.io or have chosen not to port to it.
Modder is not porting to mod.io
Modders have every right to say no to porting to mod.io/IGMM whether it is a big mod or small mod. It is their right.
They are not obligated to give you a reason why. Their reason is their own and should be respected.
Do not turn around and then disrespect these modders by threatening to port their content yourself.
And especially don't turn around start bullying/threatening the modder in hopes to pressure them to port it.
Larian does not condone porting other people's content without consent just like nexusmods doesn't. So content found to be porting without consent will be removed from mod.io just like it would on nexusmods.
Which brings me to the below which does touch point on why it is just not feasible right now for some mods to be ported to mod.io even if the modders of those mods would want to:
Porting to the Toolkit
Porting our mods to mod.io/toolkit isn't a straight forward thing. I even had to make a guide to help part of the process. But we also have to create a lot of our files from scratch which is a ton of work.
Whether a small or big mod.
I had to copy/paste data into 400+ lines to port the mods I have already. And that is not counting the different columns either. I really hurt my hands doing so. Even though I paced myself.
Even my small mods took a lot of work. It is not feasible currently for some mods to be ported to the toolkit. Some mods would need 1000 or more lines redoing from scratch. For a hobby and the health of our hands that is not currently feasible.
Also it takes a ton of spoons to learn new things. The toolkit is a new thing. Especially when you're used to another method.
Be patient.
And again if a modder does not want to port their mods to mod.io for whatever reason, just respect that.
Hell you're free to learn modding yourself and make your own assets. Just don't use others assets without permission.
As a side note thank you to everyone respecting each other and modders decisions.
2. Launch Baldurs Gate 3 Mod Manager / Vortex / or your mod manager of choice and check for updates. In BG3MM press F7 to bring up the update checker.
You can also use the in game mod manager (IGMM) as well.
For me I use both BG3MM and IGMM without issue, however I do advise where possible to mostly stick to one. You can download mod.io mods via their website page here: Baldur's Gate 3 - Mods or Baldur's Gate 3 Mods - mod.io
In fact if you like increasing your party size there is a mod I highly suggest: Adjustable Party Limit for Baldur's Gate 3 - mod.io as it also covers making sure you don't run into those pesty bugs we can get with party increase.
5. If you use mods such as ImprovedUI make sure to have the version for Patch 7 and remove all old Patch 6 versions of that mod from the above mods folder, as it states on the mod page.
6. remove Mod Fixer from your mods folder. It is no longer required in Patch 7.
7. You should be ready to launch your game.
A note that the game currently labels non mod.io mods with an alarming triangle icon with a ! in the centre. It is okay to press continue when the pop up shows up.
If using controller switch to keyboard and mouse, as there may be a bug not letting you press continue on controller.
This icon is just to inform you that some of the mods are from external sources, and to also give you a chance to remove the mods from your load order should you wish before continuing.
Mod.io and external mods such as from nexus mods work fine together.
Some extra resources:
How to remove mods from BG3 | BG3 Modding Community Wiki
Patch 7 Troubleshooting | BG3 Modding Community Wiki
Hello! We are doing a small fan created event to celebrate BG3 & raise money for @AbleGamers on October 26th. We'll be doing a photo contest & sharing trivia. There is a $50 gift card prize to Steam for the contest winner. Thanks to Theo Solomon for announcing our event for us😊
This post it to help modders and users on Nexus. I have seen time and time again modders get uncomfortable/upset and even leave modding from comments they get. From negative or downright mean to aggressive comments. Even homophobic/transphobic or racist comments.
So this post will show you how to block mods with certain tags from showing, blocking a particular users mods from showing, to DM’ing you to reporting/hiding comments on your mods.
You really should look after your wellbeing not just in real life but the internet too.
All information is below the keep reading. This is so if anything changes I can go about updating the information.
How do I block certain tags?
Click on your profile image at the top right then site preferences.
Now go to content blocking. At the top you can choose whether adult content is showed to you.
Scroll down to Use game-specific filters to search for tags to block. Use the drop down menu to go to game specific filters or use the general ones from the first part. Click on the tags you want to block.
How do I stop seeing someone’s mods?
Is someone making content you don’t want to see? If it breaks nexus rules first please report the mod. Then go to their profile page and click Block. This does not block them from DM’ing you this only stops you from seeing their mods. If you’re looking to stop seeing their mods this is the way to do it. If you’re looking to block them please read further.
So how do I block someone from DM’ing me?
1. If they comment on your mod page click on the megaphone icon on their comment. Then on Block User > From PMs (Go to Step 4 once you’ve done this)
2. If they have been leaving messages on other mods you aren’t comfortable with go to Community Tab at the top then Forums.
3. Click on the arrow next to your username and then click My Settings
4. In My settings go to Ignore Preferences. If you came from step one you will already be on this page.
Here add the username where I wrote Addusernamehere and click what you want to ignore, Posts, Signature or Messages or all then click save change.
How do I block someone from my mods?
Showing this Image again. If someone is repeatedly leaving negative comments. Or if someone left a rude, mean or aggressive comments you can decide to ban them from that particular mod or from all your mods. Also think about reporting/hiding their comments. See below on how to do that.
If you feel safer blocking them from all your mods. Do it. Your health is what matters. You are sharing mods you create in your free time. You have no obligation to deal with such comments.
This does require them to comment on your mods. You cannot do this with comments on someone else’s mod page.
So if you want to block them from one or all mods. On their comment will be a Megaphone like in the above picture. Click on From this Mod or From all of my contents. From this mod will only block them from that mod they commented on. From all of my contents will be any mods you have made or will make in the future.
How do I hide or report a comment?
Due to being same image as above please refer to that image. On their comment click the megaphone and then Hide and optionally report post.
This is what will pop up when you click on Hide and optionally report post. Tick the box underneath like in image above if you want to report the comment to the staff. In the box where it says ‘Your reason for hiding this comment (optional)’ is where you will write your reason for hiding/reporting the comment.
As it says it is optional. You could even be hiding your own comment because it double posted. You can write that in there when hiding it and leave the bottom unticked.
If someone is constantly leaving negative comments or you have a aggressive or rude/mean comment you can write about it in there. Though you can leave it blank as the staff will read the hidden comment. If the person is a repeat offender I suggest blocking from all your mods, block from DMs and in this box tell the staff that it isn’t the first time.
KMoony on reddit was extremely nice offering to draw people's dragon age characters and drew my Vhenan Cadash. I am so in love. Please check their art out. Please check their art out.
First time trying to make my own song from scratch without any music to base it off. So I do apologise. Spoilers for his quests. I know it’s long but I wanted it in this style. Also was originally going to have a sound for the backtrack such as ahhh’s but it covered the lyrics too much.
Lyrics under read more as well as explanation for the one line.
You are my shield, my bear, my Warden
You are my guiding light, my love, and my knight.
They call me the Herald of Andraste,
And you call me my lady
You like me for me.
Whether I be named Lavellan, Trevelyan, Cadash, or Adaar.
I survived Haven's fall,
Then we had that special night,
I laid myself bare for you under, torches light.
By morning you were gone,
to right a wrong from your past,
Luckily we found you before your shadow would no longer cast.
You were Blackwall,
Then you were Thom Rainier.
My soul, my heart everything was yours.
Yet it was left to me as Inquisitor,
To decide your fate.
To own you,
to have the Wardens decide,
or give you freedom to atone.
You are my shield, my bear, my Thom.
You are my guiding light, my love, my knight.
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About the To Own you line it is about the option: Servitude to the Inquisition not one I choose but since is an option felt it should be in this since some who romance him may choose this option.
This was made for the backtrack of my Blackwall my Warden song but due to it covering the lyrics too much at some points I decided to keep them separate and just upload them as they are.
Some of these fixes will likely work for other games too, but the main goal of this Troubleshooting is for Dragon Age Inquisition and Mass Effect Andromeda
Fixes can be found under the Keep Reading. This is so I can add new fixes as we learn them.
Modders/Mod Users if you have anyone ask about an error that has a fix here, you can link to this post. On nexus use [url=link to post]Troubleshooting Fixes Found Here[/url] either telling them the exact part that could be a fix or in general
If you know of any fixes please do tell me and I will add them. Thank you
Where can I download Frosty Mod Manager?
Here under downloads
First and foremost:
Make sure for playing DAI/MEA that you are using 1.6.0.3 not 1.0.7.0 as that version is for Veilguard only.
Frosty Errors are better reported to the Frosty Discord (a link can be found on the Frosty site linked at the top of this post, where it says Join the Community) as they can better help with Frosty issues.
You can also check errors that pop up with this Error Compendium by munchyfly, electricfish and GalaxyMan2015 click this text to use link
But here is the most commons fixes:
Do not extract Frosty Mod Manager in your game directory
It does not need to be put into a folder in your game directory to work
Please do not add to Program Files folders as this has been known to cause a lot of issues
Make sure you Run Frosty as administrator. sometimes you also have to add admin to the game exe as well for it to work. For example when using Reshade it is best to add admin rights to the game exe not just for reshade to work as it is a fix for when that doesn’t work but also because it can clash with Frosty Mod Manager
To do this on Windows you right click on the game exe > Properties > Compatibility > Tick box next to ‘Run this program as an administrator’ > Hit apply
If applying admin doesn’t work try taking ownership (click this text for a tutorial on how to do this) of the game folder and frosty mod manager/editor folder
.7z files must be unzipped. Then import the mods you got from the.7z
daimm mods for DAI must be unzipped in order to import into Frosty Mod Manager
Make sure you are using the latest Frosty Mod Manager/Editor and to delete the Mod Data Folder found in your game directory so the new Manager/Editor can create a new one.
When using a new Frosty Mod Manager/Editor make sure you are creating a new folder or deleting the contents before putting the new one in that folder. Do not just override as this can cause issues You can keep the Mods folder in Frosty Mod Manager folder but everything else should be deleted and not overridden
What/Where is the .archive file with the mod I downloaded?
The lastest Mods do not require a .archive file so are fine to load straight into Frosty Mod Manager
If you try importing a mod that requires a.archive it will show up this error ‘Archive contains no installable mods ‘
To fix this you have to add the.archive found in the zip to your Mod folder in your Mod Manager folder for example: FrostyModManager_v1.0.5.9\Mods
If you try to run a mod where you didn’t put the .archive into the folder above it will give you this error ‘Value cannot be null. Parameter name: buffer’
In which case add the .archive to your mods folder in your Mod Manager folder
The hair/outfit mod isn’t showing:
Make sure you are running the game at Ultra settings as most mods only affect LOD 0 which needs mesh settings set to Ultra to work.
Make sure you don’t have any mods conflicting with the Hair/Outfit Mod this includes any texture mods that affect the same files
For DAI this includes any mods you are using through DAIMM if you are using that and Frosty together.
For DAI if you are using Enhanced Inquisitor Sliders please make sure you are using the latest update of the mod for Frosty Hairs to be compatible with the mod.
In general always make sure you are using the latest version of a mod
If you used DAIMM in the past and only using Frosty now follow steps below
The ‘bundle’ mod I am using I think is causing infinite load:
First what is a bundle mod? A bundle mod is a mod that adds bundles to other areas to make certain files work in other areas such as outfit/hair/swap companion mods that aren’t imported meshes
Check to see you don’t have any conflicting mods
It could be the latest version of Mod Manger/Editor is the cause.
How do you check this? Use an earlier version you have I had to go as far back as v1.0.5.5 to get some bundle mods working again. An example would be my Inquisitor Alistair mod that causes infinite load when you meet Vivinene now (15/04/2020) in Mod Manager but still works in version v1.0.5.5
Sadly using earlier versions does mean new Frosty mesh mods won’t work, so you will have to choose which mods are most important to you at the moment sadly
I just bought DLC and it isn’t showing in game:
When you buy DLC for whatever game you’re using for Frosty you need to delete the ModData folder found in your game directory and let Frosty Mod Manager/Editor create a new one
This is because your existing ModData was made when you didn’t have the DLC and won’t register that you have new DLC without being deleted and allowed to be made anew
This also applies to DAIMM for DAI if you bought DLC you will have to restart the process of applying mods.
Textures Glitching or causing infinite load?
In MEA there has been occasions where textures Glitch this can be due to bundle mods. Sadly other than turning off the bundle mod there is no fix. But if you don’t mind occasional texture Glitch in MEA you should be fine.
Below is now mainly for DAI
Companion texture mods are the most common to glitch and cause infinite load along with the elvhen textures
But Inquisitor complexions have been known to Glitch as well, those that glitch are better applied to Slot 1 texture or you use this Aileani’s Hair Replacer Bundle file as it can fix the texture issues for the Inquisitor’s complexions in Frosty. Alternatively you can use the file called Chargen Bundle found in this mod page and if you’re just having issues in the DLC with textures and/or hair this mod can fix your issues
The texture mods for companions are best used in DAIMM using the workaround to use both programs together.
What DAIMM mods work when importing into Frosty Mod Manager?
First DAIMM mods must be unzipped in order to drag or import the Mods into Frosty Mod Manager
They will say ‘WARNING: Mod was designed for a different patch version’ but you can ignore this message as for DAI and MEA they work even when made for an older patch.
Texture mods can be finnicky see above about ‘Textures Glitching’
A lot of configurable mods now work in Frosty but if you find any issues it is best to use them in DAIMM
Mods that are EBX edits work also fine in Frosty
Mesh Mods (edits to outfits/hairs) are fine to use in Frosty unless they include a texture in which case they can glitch so may be best used in DAIMM or using the fix found in ‘Textures Glitching’
Did you previously use DAIMM + Frosty together and want to use Frosty only?
Go to your game directory Dragon Age Inquisition/Update and delete the Patch folder and put your backup of the Patch folder back in the Update folder. Do not just override as this can cause issues
If you didn’t make a backup Patch folder after deleting the Patch folder repair your game
Did you previously only use DAIMM and want to use Frosty Only?
Delete the Patch_ModManagerMerge folder found in Dragon Age Inquisition/Update
Now you are good to go to setting up Frosty
Using Frosty and game complaining you haven’t got the latest Patch for your save game?
This is because you likely used that save with the DAIMM and that increases the patch number. To fix this issue do the following:
Edit the package.mft file found here: Dragon Age Inquisition\Update\Patch changing the Patch number first to 13 if you still get same error keep adding 1 to the number until your save works. So 13, 14, 15 etc
If the issues persist make sure your Package.mft found in the Mod Data folder matches the package.mft in your standard Update/Patch folder
Alternatively delete the ModData folder and let Frosty recreate it
Do you want to still use DAIMM and Frosty together but having issues?
If you want to add new mods or remove some from DAIMM then follow the steps found above under ‘Did you previously use DAIMM + Frosty together and want to use Frosty only?’ as if you were going to use Frosty only and then start the below steps for using DAIMM and Frosty together again.
How to use DAIMM and Frosty together:
These instructions are copy and pasted from the dai modding server
Ensure you have merged all daimods that you want to use
Delete any folder called ModData in the Inquisition install directory
Navigate to the Update folder where Inquisition is installed
Cut and paste the Patch folder to a safe location
Rename Patch_ModManagerMerge to Patch
Run Frosty Mod Manager and let it set up
Enable any Frosty mods, then Launch the game from Frosty.
I made Solas out of Fimo Clay. Not perfect resemblance I know but I am pretty proud of how he turned out. Also wrong shade of green for pants but only green I have. Last image is before baking and paint
Tagged by @starsandskies and @xbaebsae thank you lovelies <3
So its not FC5 but its an outfit I’ve made or technically am making from scratch based on Sailor Moon for DAI as myself and a few friends thought it would be fun. Still need to redo skirt, make the tiara and the boots. As right now the boots are painted on so I know roughly the height they need to be.
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