These are very useful things for modders to have on hand. They're the uncompiled versions of a number of game resources used to create the original single player game, such as head morphs and level layouts. Their use is entirely optional, however, so feel free to skip downloading these.
The list looks rather intimidating, so we'll start by getting organized. You'll want to create an easily re-locatable place to store these files. It should not be within the directory structure of the game and/or toolset itself, unless otherwise specified. In my case, I created a D:\Dragon Age directory to store all these sorts of miscellaneous files in.
Now, on to which files of these core resources you'll want to download!
If you plan to do things such as edit your companion's heads, or make a playable character who is the twin of one of the game characters, then you'll want to be sure to grab the Core and single player head morphs.zip file.
If you plan to create custom level layouts, and would like to have access to the base game's level layouts to use as bases (or to grab bits and pieces of already-arranged decor from) then all the *layouts.rar files are ones you'll want to have as well.
There are also files available for working with making your own sound effects, visual effects, and animations; these are entirely optional and are not within the scope of the modding tutorials I plan to include here.
Once you have downloaded and extracted the files you are ready to proceed!
Last Modified: April 2, 2013