#bren mods

[brennacedria]

Okay, new thread of posts because the other one got really long. Which should I pick for Elissa's current armor? It's the same one as in these pics. First is the "green" undertone leather I mentioned in the last post. Second is a "steel over leather" dye I made on the same armor for the same mutual.

...Great, I go to get the robe tint and I have no idea which it is. I didn't save pictures as a guide in this folder >.<

If they're in order of when they take place in the story, then 1 is a white/silvery dye and 2 is pink. Another set is green (and I think it's actually two sets that are green--one set for the robes and another set for the staff. Or was that how I set up my Tabris? Yeah, it definitely was how I set up my Tabris, but did I do it with Neria, too?), but I don't remember if I created those before or after creating the red.

Oh, but more likely the dates I created them would say which dye is which. That would mean the white and pink are 5 and 6, I think? Fuck, idk. I'm going to have to paste the entire folder in and take reference shots. Except, they won't be RIGHT because they won't be on Neria's robes then, they'll be on Elissa's armor. Oh, well. I'm sure it'll be close enough for me to figure it out.

[brennacedria]

*big inhale*

I’m gonna start trying to install the toolset. I’m not really looking forward to it, because the database part actively tries to destroy my soul and none of the “if this happens, do this to fix it” tutorials work on this computer, but I’m going to try anyway.

[brennacedria]

Of ALL the things I can’t figure out/remember I have no idea how I fixed DAFR to actually open, and not just have the .py script open and immediately shut a console window. I know it did it before, and I know I fixed it, without using the console to open it. I just double clicked and it opened. But god only knows how I did it. 

Edit: As with everything it seems, I uninstalled and reinstalled identical versions of the face replacer and python and the dumb thing works now.

[brennacedria]

The chargenmorphcompiler hates me today. It’s not detecting my installation folder; the right one is picked in the path tab, but when I try to run it it’s saying the original (non-Origin) path cannot be found, even though it’s not a thing for a reason. >.<

edit: oh thank GOD, there’s a newer version that works.

[brennacedria]

You need the toolset to create a preset for DA:O’s cc, don’t you? I could rebuild Elissa there to make one... if I could get the damned thing to work. But it doesn’t on my computer, though (same SQL problems as ever) so I’m SOL. All I want is to be able to pick her properly when starting a new game, instead of picking the regular default then using face replacer to get her updated to her right face and hair. Why can’t the toolset just let me do that?

[brennacedria]

In DA I have this huge inner conflict between wanting to make the most gorgeous character possible, even if their textures seem out of place, wanting to make someone maybe a little off but interesting, and just completely stylizing the hell out of all of it. I usually fail in all three categories, but sometimes at least (Ria, mostly, in both games) I get an acceptably cute result.

In Skyrim, I just load up as much dirt as possible, put on a mod for some super killer Nightingale Armor, and then watch my game crash before I get to register my name.

There is no middle ground.

[brennacedria]

Finally got the Grey Warden Triss retexture working. IDK if it’s just inaccurate, or if there have been changes to the mod/files that made the installation instructions out of date but I just went in and pulled the files I needed and manually replaced them, instead of relying on folders to merge themselves properly like the instructions said to do. (Also, a slightly different location than they said, but it works.)

[brennacedria]

Just to confirm, the Hair Retexture mod by skara888 requires ultra settings just like anything else to do with hair, right? I’m trying to pick and choose mods so I can play on PC until I get my ram upgraded and can use the full settings and wanted to know if I could get away with keeping that one. (Cause I very much can NOT run ultra yet, it’s using literally maxing my ram before I can even get to waking up in the jail with Cassandra--and even that’s if I can get through the CC with everything set to ultra.)