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- First things first, you need the gff4 Editor
- http://social.biowar...ect/1936/#files
and I recommend the Erf Packer:
- http://mod.gib.me/dr...fpack-rev21.zip
-- by gibbed
Open the GFF V4.0 Editor
Open the 2da.rim file using the GFF Editor (this should be located in the main directory under program files/dragon age 2/packages / core / data
It will ask you to Choose the resource to open, select item_variations.gda
At this point you should make a BACKUP! I suggest saving to mydocuments in a WIP file (I have all my mods saved to a folder called DA Files so I can move between it & the core/override). Save As - item_variations.gda (you need to add the file ext since it won't generate automatically)
Click on the line 0 and again on line 10003 (type rows, thre are 443 items in the value)
You will see every generic equipment model & a few special ones as well.
Each line item has a "code" that corrisponds elsewhere and will change the appearance of the ingame item if you change it.
For example - I know that the default "look" for my current equipment is rob_maga and can be found my doing a search and then selecting the main entry (Light-Commoner A). By knowing the default model name of your equipment style you can look up what you are wearing currently and replace it to reskin.
I wish replace the rob_maga skin with the pretty fur-trimed robe so I'll find the apporpriate name (rob_appa in this case).
Move to g2da_collumn_7 ecstring rob_maga & select. In the edit box below replace rob_maga with rob_appa & click "Save" below.
Now go to file & select "Save As"
Move your file to the DragonAge2/packages/core/override folder and when you load your game you will be a pretty pretty princess!
Before
Smuggler's Robes and Strapping
After
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Edit:
To fix the dreaded No Arms & No Legs (thanks to Mayfaire for providing the solution!)
If you have a peice of equipment that takes up the arms & legs slots but wish to re-skin with equipment that does not you might run into invisible body parts.
The SHAME!
To fix this simple edit the G2DA_Collumn_11 from 3 (all slots) to 0.
Side note: If you change the number to 1 you will see your legs but no arms. If you change the number to 2 you will see your arms but no legs.
et voilla - Fixed & Beautiful once again!
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Note: if you selected an item with a gender speific model or miss typed the item name your character will be invis when you load your game.
The item color seems to be directly related to the material of the item & I don't know how to mess w/that at this point. The item that I have equipped in all my pictures is the Smuggler's Robes and Strapping
I've not had any issues with conflicts for anything but obviously if you are already using someone elses modified item_variations.gda then you would want to edit that instead of creating a new override file.
If you want to set your item back to the default you can simply change it to the name on g2da_collumn_2, the one in the quotes.
Changing this will change how ALL of the equipable items of that variation will look. It does not affect NPCs in general but may on NPCs you actually have a dialog with (like the Suspicious Woman in the Hanged Man had the wrong hood after I changed the file but no one else had been changed)
You can make multiple edits on the same file for multiple peices of equipment.
Edited by GreatFuzzy1, 21 March 2011 - 02:06 AM.
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