Mass Effect 3 (Help) Textures change color when in game

[MKSheppard]

I've been trying to play around with an old "Asari Shepard" headmod, and my big problem is that the texture doesn't match what's in game (see attached).

Here's the raw files for the unfinished mod that I downloaded from mediafire etc rehosted for you to play with:

http://alternatewars.com/Scratch/ME3_Shep_Asari_Mod_Unfinished.zip

Original mod was by ELE in the ME Toolset explorer board:

https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/me3explorer/trying-to-switch-out-liara-and-sheps-head-t1018-s10.html#p7679

ELE's (original creator) said:

you can't change the color tints through the texture, it's coded into the default head. The alpha affects how reflective it is, it's basically a spec map.

The only way I have seen is with hex editing:

https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/me3explorer/change-iconic-shepard-s-eyes-skin-t345.html

 

I've tried editing the skintones in

 

BIOG_HMF_HED_PROMorph_R.PROShepard.HMF_HED_PROShepard_Face_Mat1a

 

in the SFXCharacterClass_Soldier.pcc etc

 

to change the linear color from

R: 0.63

G: 0.027

B: 0.015

but it doesn't work :-(

Has anyone run into this problem before this?

Edited November 24, 2018 by MKSheppard