newb needs help for dragon age 1 mods

[winzentween]

hello all

 

i have spent a long time reading and rereading many of the guides etc. but seem to be having a fundmental mental break on how to achieve a fair few mods.

my main problems lie with the following: = mods which require more than just placing the files in the overide folder e.g.

 

http://www.dragonagenexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=1395 - i really wish to choose one of the preset elf ladies but i dont understand the guide.

 

also http://www.dragonagenexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=554 makes no sense to me.

 

my main problems seem to be understanding this chargenmorphcfg.xml file thing..when to use it, how many do i need, where should it go...?

also working out which mods work together etc.

lastly when to use the mod managers and how to get them to work with certain mods....!!!???? :<<<<

 

basically i just need a kind person to give me a few minutes of there time to answer some basic questions to get me on my way.

 

thank you for reading ;>

[FastBlackCat]

This may help:

 

http://wiki.tesnexus.com/index.php/Using_Dragon_Age_Mods_for_Dummies

 

And whenever you add a mod that changes the character generation (i.e., More Hairstyles, Pineappletree's Vibrant Colors, Beautiful Elf Presets, etc.) you need to compile the xml files so that they work together. You can do that manually or you can use Terra_X's mod. This may help you, too, as far as doing that:

 

http://wiki.tesnexus.com/index.php/Installing_cosmetic_mods_for_Dragon_Age

 

When I first started playing DAO, I was used to adding mods to Morrowind and Oblivion, so it was a little bit of a learning curve. Hopefully, the links above will be able to help you.

Edited September 3, 2011 by FastBlackCat

[winzentween]

thank you so much 4 helping but would you be able to tell me how to make the http://www.dragonagenexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=1395 presets change as that would get my game started,

as i really lhate all the elf presets but the mod makes them awesome...im stuck as its asking for this xml file also it mentions a toolset...any idea how i upload presets like this pleeeease ;>

 

i have the PineappleTree's Vibrant Colors installed but not sure if its saying i need other files as well...its not explained well :?

 

thanks eitherway...

 

thanks again

 

 

 

This may help:

 

http://wiki.tesnexus.com/index.php/Using_Dragon_Age_Mods_for_Dummies

 

And whenever you add a mod that changes the character generation (i.e., More Hairstyles, Pineappletree's Vibrant Colors, Beautiful Elf Presets, etc.) you need to compile the xml files so that they work together. You can do that manually or you can use Terra_X's mod. This may help you, too, as far as doing that:

 

http://wiki.tesnexus.com/index.php/Installing_cosmetic_mods_for_Dragon_Age

 

When I first started playing DAO, I was used to adding mods to Morrowind and Oblivion, so it was a little bit of a learning curve. Hopefully, the links above will be able to help you.

[FastBlackCat]

Unfortunately, I don't have any of Beautiful Elf Presets installed into my game, and not having had the pleasure of installing it or the files in my DAO download files, I don't have the experience to instruct you on how to install it. Hopefully, someone else who's had experience with this mod can help you.

 

I do have Bidelle's Cosmetics installed, and it has a preset for each race, and installed correctly, you just go through the preset selector bar in the character generation screen and the face morphs appear. I usually use the vanilla elf preset 8 (sans the green lipstick!) because I happen to like it.

 

The toolset is available here:

 

http://social.bioware.com/page/da-toolset

 

And the tutorials on how to use the toolset are here:

 

http://social.bioware.com/wiki/datoolset/index.php/Main_Page

 

There is also this mod you might want to look at:

 

http://www.dragonagenexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=428

 

And a tutorial on how to use the Face Replacer here:

 

http://www.dragonagenexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=2063

 

I haven't had time myself to sit down and learn to use the toolset yet, but I'm working on it . . .

Edited September 3, 2011 by FastBlackCat

[winzentween]

thank you that is an excellent start...any idea how i contact the maker? i couldnt see a link or a post op-tion?

 

thanks

[FastBlackCat]

Are you wanting to contact the mod author of Beautiful Elf presets? I'd start by asking in the comment area of the mod, or you could try personal messaging the author.

 

Earlier, you also asked about Natural Bodies. I can tell you how I installed it. Have you installed DAO Mod Manager yet? If you have, open DAMM using your desktop icon. Open the mod by using 7Zip. Drag and drop the NBaio override folder directly into the middle column of DAMM titled "installed overrides". Once it's in there, right mouse click on NBaio and select "config". You can set up the body styles from there. (Hopefully this works for you like it did me.)

[winzentween]

GREAT!!! that worked.not for the elf presets but for natural bodies so thanks for that....but hsli sexy armoours still wont work...they just appear as blank when put on??? any ideas on that?

 

http://www.dragonagenexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=1342

 

 

thanks again!!

 

Are you wanting to contact the mod author of Beautiful Elf presets? I'd start by asking in the comment area of the mod, or you could try personal messaging the author.

 

Earlier, you also asked about Natural Bodies. I can tell you how I installed it. Have you installed DAO Mod Manager yet? If you have, open DAMM using your desktop icon. Open the mod by using 7Zip. Drag and drop the NBaio override folder directly into the middle column of DAMM titled "installed overrides". Once it's in there, right mouse click on NBaio and select "config". You can set up the body styles from there. (Hopefully this works for you like it did me.)

[FastBlackCat]

I don't have Hsli's mods installed into my game because I usually play a rogue and love the Phoenix Armory armor. From what you described it sounds like you have missing textures/models. I checked the installation instructions in the description for the Hsli's mod you were referring to and it seems pretty straight forward:

 

- Double click on DAZIP to install it

- Drag and drop the .override into DAO Modmanager to install the textures and models

- Right click on the installed override to select config

- Choose the configurations you want

 

Did you follow these instructions and it didn't work?

 

You might want to try posting this in the DAO Mod Troubleshooting section and see if someone more knowledgeable than I can help you with this problem.

[winzentween]

yeah i agree but i finally got the natural bodies mod 2 work and all the rest though soon as u try 2 use hsli mod all the outfits are basically invisibility clothes...? just a floating head so its like the dont exist...plus ive tried manually placing the files in override with no diff....:? ok just ofund an obscure post in his blog that says i have 2 2 install them through the da mod manager separately, the overide and the daupdater!!! talk about make it difficult lol

ok it works now...if u do it exactly like that and no other way.....crazy but atleast i found something decent!

 

thanks again for all your ahrd work....

 

by the by

 

i really need a save game for the desire demon so i can unlock blood mage as im just passed it on nightmare and it kill the play 2 redo it all..saved games dont carrya cross spec. if u havent unlocked it from my experience but once u unlock it on any character it carries across to another which then can use repec mod!

any chance u have a mage save around that part of the game?

http://www.thenexusforums.com/index.php?/topic/430917-dragon-age-savegame-please/

 

eitherway thanks again!