Help please new to mods

[ell46]

I'm new to mods and some I've downloaded are working fine others not so fine and some not at all, so I'm going back to square one and assuming I know nothing :confused: and my question is;

 

I've download 'Beautiful People Hair', I've read the install instructions and carried them out to the letter, now what happens, how do I use them? Do I open the game and go to New Game and the magically appear when I create a new character or..........

 

Sorry if there is a tutorial or instructions on the site that I've overlooked, just point me in the right direction.

[Balagor]

I'm new to mods and some I've downloaded are working fine others not so fine and some not at all, so I'm going back to square one and assuming I know nothing :confused: and my question is;

 

I've download 'Beautiful People Hair', I've read the install instructions and carried them out to the letter, now what happens, how do I use them? Do I open the game and go to New Game and the magically appear when I create a new character or..........

 

Sorry if there is a tutorial or instructions on the site that I've overlooked, just point me in the right direction.

 

I´m not sure about this particular mod, but some mods appear in your "Installed content" tab, and you need to click them active here. It´s in you´r opening console, just when you are about to start a game. :thumbsup:

[ell46]

Thanks heaps, you have made my day :wub:

 

I had a real derrrrr moment there :rolleyes: I looked in the 'installed content' and it wasn't there, which prompted me to go back to the 'read me' doc and low and behold if I had continued reading there are perfect instructions for using the hair. I'm assuming that the eyes and other mods work the same way so I'm off to have a play.

[bben46]

Not every mod installs the same way, and not every mod works the same in the game. Some will just show up, while other mods must be found in game, and still others will have some kind of game requirement before they show.

 

As to installing , some have multiple parts that must be installed, and others have multiple parts that must NOT be installed together. Still others must have some other mod installed first to work. So always read the instructions first.

[ell46]

I certainly will from now on.

 

I've got another problem. I've got a mod that says extract the folder to C:/Program Files/BioWare/Dragon Age/packages/core/override but I haven't got a folder called BioWare in my Programs folder I've got a folder called Dragon Age Origins, that has a Packages folder in it.

 

Should I make a new folder for BioWare in my Program folder or use the one in the Dragon Age folder?

[Balagor]

I certainly will from now on.

 

I've got another problem. I've got a mod that says extract the folder to C:/Program Files/BioWare/Dragon Age/packages/core/override but I haven't got a folder called BioWare in my Programs folder I've got a folder called Dragon Age Origins, that has a Packages folder in it.

 

Should I make a new folder for BioWare in my Program folder or use the one in the Dragon Age folder?

 

No, it should certainly be there. Which Operate System do you have? If 64 bit you`ll have a folder called programme filesx86. It should be there.

[ell46]

Sorry perhaps I should have said I'm using WinXP my processor is and AMD Athlon 64.

 

I can't see a folder called 'Programe filesx86 either.

[Balagor]

It gotta be there. When it´s XP it should be the path you mentioned. Did you check that it´s not C:/Program Files/Dragon Age/packages/core/override ?

WITHOUT the Bioware folder. I cannot chech for myself, since I have not the installed at themoment :mellow:

[ell46]

Nope there is definitely no folder called Bioware in the Programs only Dragon Age.

 

I've looked in the DA folder and there is what I found;

 

Packages, this has 2 folders in it

1 is core the other is called core_ep1 I've no idea what that is for

in 'core' there are 6 folders and one of those is called 'override' which is empty, could this be the one?

[Balagor]

Nope there is definitely no folder called Bioware in the Programs only Dragon Age.

 

I've looked in the DA folder and there is what I found;

 

Packages, this has 2 folders in it

1 is core the other is called core_ep1 I've no idea what that is for

in 'core' there are 6 folders and one of those is called 'override' which is empty, could this be the one?

 

That´s the one. I think my former reply wasn´t clear enough. I meant actually look for a Dragon Age folder, no Bioware folder. I think you where misinformed from the start.

If you have :

C:Program Files/Dragon Age/packages/core/override

then that is the one.