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GreatFuzzy1

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Justaquicktutorialonhow toreskinequipment(notchangestatsjustthelook)
usingtheGFFv4.0Editor.Thisismyfirsttutorialsopleasebeconstructive/kind
infeedback.Iw rotethisuptogow iththeArmslistIcreatedonDANexusArms
ReferenceforFemaleCharacters
(http://dragonagenexus.com/dow nloads/file.php?id=2262)

Firstthingsfirst,y ouneedthegff4Editor
http://social.biowar...ect/1 936/#files
(http://social.bioware.com/project/1 936/#files)
andIrecommendtheErfPacker:
http://mod.gib.me/dr...fpackrev 21 .zip
(http://mod.gib.me/dragonage2/erfpackrev 21 .zip)
by gibbed

OpentheGFFV 4.0Editor
Openthe2da.rimfileusingtheGFFEditor(thisshouldbelocatedinthemain
directory underprogramfiles/dragonage2/packages/core/data

Itwillasky outoChoosetheresourcetoopen,selectitem_v ariations.gda

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Atthispointy oushouldmakeaBACKUP!Isuggestsav ingtomy documentsina

WIPfile(Ihav eallmy modssav edtoafoldercalledDAFilessoIcanmov e
betweenit&thecore/ov erride).Sav eAsitem_variations.gda(y ouneedtoadd
thefileex tsinceitwon'tgenerateautomatically )
Clickontheline0andagainonline1 0003(ty perows,threare443itemsinthe
v alue)
Y ouwillseeev ery genericequipmentmodel&afewspecialonesaswell.
Eachlineitemhasa"code"thatcorrispondselsewhereandwillchangethe
appearanceoftheingameitemify ouchangeit.

Forex ampleIknowthatthedefault"look"formy currentequipmentisrob_maga

andcanbefoundmy doingasearchandthenselectingthemainentry (Light
CommonerA).By knowingthedefaultmodelnameofy ourequipmentsty ley ou
canlookupwhaty ouarewearingcurrently andreplaceittoreskin.

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Iwishreplacetherob_magaskinwiththepretty furtrimedrobesoI'llfindthe
apporpriatename(rob_appainthiscase).

Mov etog2da_collumn_7 ecstringrob_maga&select.Intheeditbox below

replacerob_magawithrob_appa&click"Sav e"below.

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Nowgotofile&select"Sav eAs"

Mov ey ourfiletotheDragonAge2/packages/core/ov erridefolderandwheny ou

loady ourgamey ouwillbeapretty pretty princess!
Before
Smuggler'sRobesandStrapping

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After

Edit:
Tofix thedreadedNoArms&NoLegs(thankstoMay faireforprov idingthe
solution!)
Ify ouhav eapeiceofequipmentthattakesupthearms&legsslotsbutwishtore
skinwithequipmentthatdoesnoty oumightrunintoinv isiblebody parts.
TheSHAME!

Tofix thissimpleedittheG2DA_Collumn_1 1 from3(allslots)to0.

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Sidenote:Ify ouchangethenumberto1 y ouwillseey ourlegsbutnoarms.Ify ou
changethenumberto2y ouwillseey ourarmsbutnolegs.
etv oillaFix ed&Beautifulonceagain!

Note:ify ouselectedanitemwithagenderspeificmodelormissty pedtheitem

namey ourcharacterwillbeinv iswheny ouloady ourgame.
Theitemcolorseemstobedirectly relatedtothematerialoftheitem&Idon't
knowhowtomessw/thatatthispoint.TheitemthatIhav eequippedinallmy
picturesistheSmuggler'sRobesandStrapping
I'v enothadany issueswithconflictsforany thingbutobv iously ify ouarealready
usingsomeoneelsesmodifieditem_v ariations.gdatheny ouwouldwanttoedit
thatinsteadofcreatinganewov erridefile.
Ify ouwanttosety ouritembacktothedefaulty oucansimply changeittothe
nameong2da_collumn_2,theoneinthequotes.
ChangingthiswillchangehowALLoftheequipableitemsofthatv ariationwill
look.ItdoesnotaffectNPCsingeneralbutmay onNPCsy ouactually hav eadialog
with(liketheSuspiciousWomanintheHangedManhadthewronghoodafterI
changedthefilebutnooneelsehadbeenchanged)
Y oucanmakemultipleeditsonthesamefileformultiplepeicesofequipment.
Edi t edby Gr ea t Fu zzy 1,21Ma r ch 201102:06A M.

Pharaoh

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y oumeanifiretex turenobleclothingthatmentionedinafewrowsin
items_v ariations.gdaNPCswon'tchange?)
i'v eworkedalottry ingtoreplaceany ofrobeswithbethany 'swardenrobe.but
there'saproblembethany 'srobehaschestty pe,whilemostrobeshav eunibody
ty pe.soit'sokbutnotforallcases.thanksfortute.
p.s.nicemorrigany ouhav ehere)cany ouuploadhermorph?whereany hair/face
modsused?)

GreatFuzzy1

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Forthehair&tattoosthaty ouseeIusedtheChangeHawkepresetby
BurntCheese.
http://dragonagenex u...ile.php?id=21 7 6
(http://dragonagenex us.com/downloads/file.php?id=21 7 6)

Ithinkthatify ouusethecommonerrobety peitshouldtranslatetoBethany 's

wardenrobes...IwasusingtheSmuggler'sRobes&Strappingsforallmy testsand
didn'trunintoany "inv isiblelimbissues"howev erhav en'ttrieditoutwitha
standardrobety pey etbutthefeedbackI'v egottenseemstoindicatethatitwill
causesomeissues.
Y oumightcheckoutDAIIfemalemagewardenarmor@
http://dragonagenex u...ile.php?id=231 0
(http://dragonagenex us.com/downloads/file.php?id=231 0)

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Pharaoh

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'GreatFuzzy1',on19Mar201106:23AM,said:
Ithinkthatify ouusethecom m onerrobety peitshouldtranslatetoBethany 's
wardenrobes...

ify ouhav etimecouldy oupleaseex plainthispart?

forme,i'v ereplacedblooddragon'sarmorwithbethany 'srobemodel(edited
items_v ariations.gda)andcorrecteditemrestrictions/propertieseditingsav e
game.fornowit'sok,thoughidon'tlikeeditingsav egames.it'stoo...bothering,
countinghowmuchprofilesihad=)
thanksforthelink.thisway seemsmuchmoreelegant=)

GreatFuzzy1

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Ah,sorry .Iwasjusttalkingaboutacompatibleequipmentty pe(theoneIwas

using).Wordsareuncooperativ etoday soIaddedapic.

TheequipnameisLightCommonerA&allthe"commoner"robety pesareshirts&
pantsv sthestandardrobeswhichI'v ealway shadthearms&feetgoinv isibleif
themeshdoesn'tmatchup.ButusingtheBDAforforBethany 'sarmorshouldbe
pretty clean.

edgedy

Brilliant!

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Iwashopingsomeonewouldmakeanerftochangetheappearanceofthe
seb300im_low_daggertolooklikethegen_im_wep_rog_dua_lore_0one.
Idon'tknowhowtoidentify whichdaggerappearanceiswhich,any oneableto
helpmedothisproperly ?
Edi t edby edgedy ,20Ma r ch 201109:40A M.

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Kiori

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edgedy y oucantry withitem_v ariations.gdatofindthedagger

edgedy

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'Kiori',on20Mar201103:26AM,said:
edgedy y oucantry withitem _v ariations.gdatofindthedagger

I'v egotthelistofdaggers,butnoway toidentify whichonesI'dneedtomodify .

Heh.

Kiori

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andwichoneuwanttomodify ?
Umeantheskinoritemsproperties?

Hotieadin

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Howarey ouev enabletoopenupthepicturesfileslikerob_magainwindows?

ThisiswhatIcantfigureoutIdownloadedphotoshop,andinstalledthenv idia
pluginbutIstillcan'tlookatthearmorpictures.Icannotev enlookatthefiles
othermoddershav emadeintheov erridefolder.

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