How do I change skin textures? Just looking for a quick pointer.

[Uncumber]

Hi there!

Alright - basically, I used to mod a fair amount, but it was absolutely years ago when DA:O first came out. I honestly can't remember a darn thing, I had to google how to install the most basic mods when I re-installed the game a couple of weeks ago. It's embarassing, but my memory for these things is just bad. Some of it is coming back to me as I go along, but I do have a question...

I have some downloaded elf face presets that are much nicer than the original presets. I also have some amazing skin textures I have downloaded. - How do I go about putting one of the downloaded skin textures on to one of the downloaded presets (preferably so that it shows up in character generation)?

I'm sure this isn't difficult to do, in fact I'm pretty sure I've done it before, but honestly I haven't a clue where to start now. If someone could perhaps just point me in the right direction so I can get a grasp of what I'm doing again, it would be so, so appreciated.

 

Thanks for your time!

Edited February 6, 2017 by Uncumber

[hawkethority]

Hey, I'd be glad to help. Depending on which textures, I might need to have a look at the files before I could take care of it specifically, but this could almost certainly be done with some chargenmorph.xml editing, from what I remember of the CC. I'm a toolset user (which I strongly recommend, if you're interested in serious character customization) but I also know that custom face textures can absolutely be added into the CC with relative ease; I used them back in the day.

Did your download of the face textures come with a chargenmorph.xml document? If so, run the compiler http://www.nexusmods.com/dragonage/mods/971/ while the chargenmorph.xml is in the override folder.

If it didn't come with a chargenmorph file, it'll have to be hand-edited. I can walk you through that if necessary.