I'm consistently getting a CTD at the guildhall in act 3 with swaps installed. Seems to crash right when you reach the bottom of the stairs and walk past the Half-Orc Elliot. Removing swaps fixed it
Unfortunately, I couldn't reproduce the crash at all. Neither RR Swaps pack version nor WIP new version of Swaps are failing. Ran around everywhere and talked to Elliot just fine.
Was the crash happening right at the stairs leading to Nine Fingers, when Elliot is standing in the corner in place of Uktar? Or was it during fight maybe?
And is there a possibility some other mod is conflicting with Swaps currently?
It very well could be a conflict, I've over 150 mods installed. Might do some more troubleshooting of my own and see if i can find any problematic mods. No fighting was taking place.
Crash happens right when you touch the red line. Note that this is a "fresh" Guildhall, meaning that i just walked in for the time. The only thing I've done up until the crash was speak with Nine Fingers about the Stone Lord.
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Crash happens right when you touch the red line. Note that this is a "fresh" Guildhall, meaning that i just walked in for the time. The only thing I've done up until the crash was speak with Nine Fingers about the Stone Lord.
We've experienced a similar crash pattern while working on upgrading Viconia. It was caused by issues with Virtual Textures. She could be present in the scene and even enter a scripted cutscene when you descended to talk to her—but you couldn't inspect her, approach her, or even hover the mouse over her model. Any of those actions would cause an immediate crash. Once the VTs were fixed, the crashes stopped.
I can only assume there's some conflict caused by another mod that interferes with the VTs. I just don't understand why it would trigger with Elliot, since he was simply swapped from half-orc to strong human male, with no changes to his outfit or equipment.
Do please keep us updated if you manage to find conflict on your own!
theres an NPC in Baldurs Gate called Lora who gives you a quest about her lost daughter Vanra and says that her daughter "Has red hair - like me" but Lora has blonde hair. i havent found her kid yet, dunno if shes affected also, but I guess Lora's hair color should be changed from Blonde to Red. i dont really remember where Lora is... some kinda Flaming Fist HQ.
Say goodbye to ugly heads, beardless Dwarves and a city full of people from distant lands!
Gone are the pink haired snowflakes, hairy Duergar, men in makeup and flirty ponytails.
Over 1500 NPCs changed!
With this mod, we aim to make it easier to distinguish — for example, the visual difference between a Wood Elf and a High Elf. Their unique racial features can now shine through, free from the muddled mix of colors that once turned everyone into a Californian rainbow soup.The best way to enjoy the full experience of Realms Restored is to have Aesthetics, Heads, Swaps, Names, Voices and Dynamic Crowds installed ALL together.
But do feel free to read through what each mod entry does, so you can decide for yourself what you do or do not want in your game.
Overview
Step into a realm where every NPC is represented with lore-friendly, subrace and gender-specific designs. NOTE: this mod works very well with No Alphabets. Multiple NPC entries were not edited out because they would conflict with NA. Consider installing with NA right away!
Skin : Color⤴
Sick of seeing brown High Elves, deep green Wood Elves and pink skinned Drow? We got rid of all that and more. We took particular satisfaction in removing the rainbow spectrum from the Tieflings who now mostly have red and human’ish colors.
NPCs now feature subrace-specific skin tones, distributed in a lore-friendly, intuitive manner. See Stats Tab for color distribution Figures.
E.g. Most High Elves get pale skin, with a smaller portion having light tan shades.
All Gur and their children are now more tan/brown to match lore.
833 NPCs now have more appropriate skin tones.
Skin : Vitiligo⤴
Despite accusations from pRedditors, no one on RPGHQ had previously removed Vitiligo from BG3. So we decided to grant their wish and make it happen.
19 NPCs now have flawless skin.
Eye Color⤴
Is that a Blue-eyed Githyanki? Nope, not anymore!
Lore accurate sets of Eye Colors are randomly distributed to NPCs based on their subrace and skin tones.
E.g. Gith and Gold Dwarfs can’t have blue eyes. And for those races that can have blue eyes, it appears more often in those with paler skin.
391 NPCs now have different eye colors. See Stats Tab for color distribution Figures.
Hair Color⤴
Common folks are not likely to have dyes or glamour spells available to them to enhance one’s appearance, so we’ve washed away those special rainbow-haired snowflakes and made substantial adjustments to make each race stand out.
Hair Color is based on skin tone and race, with randomization ensuring unique and diverse appearances. Blonde or Ginger Hair, for example, are more common among those with paler skin.
Unnatural hair color and highlights removed, unless Tiefling or Rock Gnome.
592 NPCs had their Hair Color altered and another 144 NPCs had their Highlights removed. See Stats Tab for color distribution Figures.
Elderly, Circus performers and other appropriate NPCs added to exceptions.
Hair Styles⤴
Girls with shaved heads, effeminate men and High Elves with afros? Not on our watch!
Except for some unisex styles, men and women now have gender appropriate hairstyles.
Each race receives signature hairstyles where applicable.
E.g., All Duerger regardless of gender are bald. A few Duergar males are “blessed” with splotchy patches of hair. Male Elves are more likely to have longer flowing locks than male Humans, while afros are exclusive to Half-Orcs.
783 NPCs now look fashionably lore appropriate.
Beards⤴
You can’t have accurate races when Dwarves have no beards and Elves start growing mustaches.
All male Dwarves & Duergar now sport bushy beards. 77 proud Dwarves found their honor again.
Removed beards and mustaches from Githyanki, Elves, Drow and Halflings. 41 NPCs had their beards removed.
Better, longer and girthier beards were added for Dwarves selection only. They are available for players in CC and can be seen on NPCs in the game.
Makeup⤴
Half-Orcs are unlikely to use makeup and what’s with all the fruity men having eyeshadow?
Half-Orcs no longer wear makeup unless it looks like face paint.
Except for simple non gay eyeliners, makeup is allowed only on women.
Lip color has been dampened massively on men and will no longer look like lipstick.
The Society of Brilliance now consists of Underdark only races. Lady Esther became a Drow Half-Elf and Delverdenn – previously a Shield Dwarf – is now a Duergar ore specialist.
Followers of Umberlee have expanded their title naming system across all ranks in temple hierarchy, including Tide Rider, Puissant Undertow and Dread Wave of Fury with Name Change Add-On. Their outfits now include tight thin pants in most cases as well.
Two female Dwarves in the entire game now have beards! A rare sight to behold!
Female citizens from Rivington and Baldur’s Gate now can be seen wearing way more skirts!
Drow residing in Moonrise Towers have actually glowing red eyes.
Vampire Spawn are now all Human, Half-Elf or Elf.
CC Improvements⤴
Character Creation page received some updates:
Dark Urge is now the default character pick when starting a New Game.
Dark Urge is a Human Male, including his appearance in the Intro cinematic.
Default CC Presets were reworked to no longer start with Chult Humans, Chult Dwarves or other miss-coloured complexions. Those are essentially changes that CC & Polymorph Deblacker mod does, but already built in inside Aesthetics. You can still install CC & Polymorph mod on top of Realms Restored.
Default selections for Skin, Eye and Hair colours now represent appropriate Race and Subrace selections, same as those used in the core Aesthetics mod. You can still access all colours through the “Show All” checkmark. [NOT IMPLEMENTED YET] Elven colours and no-beards:
► NPC Example, Aesthetics ONLY
Vanilla NPC Name, Race
Occupation
Realms Restored NPC Race (Swaps)
Gloomy Fentonson, High Elf
Armour Trader
Gloomy Fentonson, Human (Swaps)
{INSERT SWAMP GREEN WOOD ELF}
Please note, while Aesthetics is a mod that greatly improves colour complexions of NPCs and helps distinguish race and subrace visuals, it's still not perfect per se.
This is a core mod that replaces vanilla head models and/or textures where appropriate.
Head replacements may seem subjective, but they significantly enhance the aesthetics and geographical lore of Faerun and its regions. Gone are the ugly, the androgynous and the overwhelming influx of individuals from distant lands present in the city. We've selected youthful heads, which can be aged with the maturity slider; head options no longer over-represent features from Chult or Kara-Tur. We believe that the new set of heads better showcases Baldur’s Gate as a land and also allows players to easier tell fantasy races apart.
With only a few exceptions, androgynous, purposefully made plain-or-ugly, Kara-Turan or Chultan heads were replaced.
Head textures updated to smooth out overly weathered or wrinkled appearances.
Freckles on Elves, Drow and Gith are gone.
We’ve allowed subtle Eye Glow on a set of eye colours for Elves, Drow and Half-Elves, which highlights their connection to magic and emphasizes their non-human appearances. Tieflings retain the ability to have flaming eyes as well.
Vanilla Heads (unless from Chult or Kara-Tur) are added back to the CC selection, so you can still access it when making a Tav / Durge. [NOT IMPLEMENTED YET]
To see visual list of Head Comparisons head to RR CC Showcase.
Not only does Heads mod enhances the overall visual aesthetic across different kinds of races, it also expands the visual diversity of NPCs. You’ll encounter far fewer duplicate faces among notable characters, making each one feel more distinct and memorable.
► NPC Example, Tiefling M 4
Vanilla NPC Name
Vanilla NPC Name, Dupe 1
Vanilla NPC Name, Dupe 2
RR NPC Name, Dupe 1 (Heads)
RR NPC Name, Dupe 2 (Swaps)
Dammon, Tiefling Blacksmith
Danis, Tiefling Refugee
Harper Donner, Tiefling Wizard
Danis, Tiefling Refugee (New Tiefling Head)
Harper Donner, Human Wizard (Swaps)
Unique Drow Heads⤴Standalone Add-On
Drow got a new set of heads, mostly distinct from Elves.
Their features are sharper and on a meaner side in general. If you do not wish to see Drow portrayed in a manner that makes them automatically more evil looking – just skip this Add-on and Drow will have exactly the same faces as Elves.
To see visual list of Head Comparisons head to RR CC Showcase.
A subjective mod that reduces the Chult or Kara-Turan features in Gith, enhancing their alien characteristics. It's not a beautification mod, just an attempt to alter Gith's visuals.
To see visual list of Head Comparisons head to RR CC Showcase.
This is an optional mod that selectively changes Race, Sex, Body type and in some cases Maturity of NPCs.
Midgets in leading roles, too many Half-Orcs and a sad lack of straight, Human couples plagues the vanilla game. This mod fixes all that and more! Turn Baldur’s gate back to the “mostly human” city that lore dictates. Note: we didn't just turn NPCs into humans; instead, we made changes on a case-by-case basis, with some NPCs becoming different races even if they were human originally.
Gnomes and Halflings no longer hog physically aggressive / leadership roles nor are they torturers.
Interracial and inter-fantasy racial couples are now mostly Human, with rare exceptions made for Elf and Human pairs.
Hirelings are now more attractive and have more palatable races: e.g. the paladin is now a Strong Human instead of a Half-Orc.
Bugbears and Hobgoblins turned Human where appropriate.
NPCs have been Race or Age swapped based on their voice / dialogue / role. Swaps include Young → Old and Old → Young.
We did not transform everyone to Humans exclusively. Instead, we took careful approach with swapping NPCs according to what would make sense in a set scenario, some NPCs actually were turned into other races despite them already being human before.
Mute Female NPCs taking up guard / mercenary / Flaming Fist positions have been turned into Men. Voiced NPCs will be dealt with in a separate De-girlboss mod.
More instances of Male Strong body type were introduced for a better visual diversity. Very rare instances of barbaric Female Strong were introduced as well, mostly in place of Female Half-Orcs.
Some names were altered to better fit their race, gender and/or to remove excessive silliness.
This is a Standalone mod that can be used in tandem with regular Aesthetics and / or Heads enhancement mods.
If you’re using Swaps alongside Aesthetics and Headsalready, be sure to put the Swaps mod under the Name Changes mod in the BG3 Mod Manager (Unofficial). Swaps has a set of baked in Name Changes to go accordingly with whatever swaps had occurred, so Swapsshould always have higher priority.
Voiced NPC Overhauls⤴ NPC was a stupid gnome before. Before Video
By @Lancaster :
Laila is now a bearded man called Lestor, because 3 sleazy gents loitering outside of a brothel makes more logical sense in a medieval society. [Implemented in RR Aesthetics]
Carmen Pennygood now has a softer voice to match her half-elf looks. [Separate Download >>> RR Voices]
Gimblebock now has a deeper voice to match his dwarfiness. [Separate Download >>> RR Voices]
Alternate Githyanki Voices is inspired by the 80's miniseries V and it implements a phaser effect to all Gith Voices. [Separate Download >>> Here]
🖼️SCR
For more screenshots and comparisons, see this post.
📥Downloads
UPDATE your BG3 Mod Manager to latest version before downloading!
Simply drop the zip files onto the right hand panel of the BG3 Mod Manager.
Once there, drag all the Realms Restored mods to the left hand panel.
Load Order
IMPORTANT: If you wants Swaps, move it below ALL the other Realms Restored Mods.
No Alphabets is an critical part of restoring the realm, so place ALL No Alphabet mods UNDER Realms Restored Mods in the mod list, and in the very bottom if you are confused.
Go to File > Export Order to Game.
Go to File > Refresh Mod Updates.
If upon refresh your mods end up on the right hand panel, repeat step 2 onwards.
Issue: BG3 Mod Manager says "No mods imported. Does the file contain a .pak?"
Fix: Update Bg3 Mod Manager to latest version
Issue: My Load order is not sticking in the in-game mod Manager
Fix: In-game mod Manager just displays mods alphabetically and has nothing to do with the real Load Order. Don't worry.
Issue: Heads/Hair floating away from body
Fix: Set your Animation Level of Detail to "High"
Issue: Can't Change Voice in Magic Mirror or Character Creation screen
Fix: Disable NoAlphabets CCreator and bully @loregamer until he fixes it.
Issue: Can't speak to NPCs
Fix: You forgot to install .NET (not framework) as part of your BG3 Mod Manager installation.
Issue: Can't click on anything in game
Fix: You may need the install latest version of Script Extender for some other mods you installed.. Note: None of our mods use Script Extender.
Issue: Can't click on anything in game but I have installed all of the above!
Fix: This may be due to either one of these reasons:
You are sailing the high seas and your game is outdated.
You may be running your game on an older DirectX version. BG3 Mod Manager can cause crashes if you use versions older than DX11. Try using Vortex mod manager instead.
Issue: How do I get rid of the message at character creation?
Fix: Install ImprovedUI
Issue: What mod order should I have? NPC voice is female but body is still male sometimes NPC voice is male but body is female sometimes?
Fix:
Make sure to "Export Load Order" in your mod manager before starting your game.
Your mod loading order is incorrect. Lower down on list = higher priority. Put Swaps below other RR mods and No Alphabets Mods even further down.
Issue: Graphics glitches/ flashing ray and tears coming off Aylin/ other NPCs
Fix: You are likely you are using BG3 Mod Manager without DirectX11. Use DX11 or use Vertex mod manager instead of BG3MM
Can also be related to your game being an older version.
Q : Do I need to install Better Baldur's Aesthetics (BBA)?
A: No. BBA is redundant with this mod and is also outdated.
Q : Do I need to add portraits?
A :No. Portraits were generated for all changed NPCs in RR using Modding Toolkit.
Q : Do I need to install Character Creator and Polymorph Deblacker?
A: You do not have to. RR covers CC and Polymorph changes on it's own. But if you are used to CC and Polymorph mod and want to keep it, just make sure to put it below Realms Restored mods.
Q : What other mods anti-woke mods are superseded by this mod?
A :: Here is a list of mods whose functionality is fully covered by RealmsRestored:
Better Baldur's Aesthetics
Character Creator and Polymorph Deblacker
Immersive Heads
Immersive CC Portraits
BBA Portraits
Q : How do I order the various anti-woke mods on this side in BG3 Mod Manager?
A :: In the following order, with RR at the top of the list and dignify at the bottom:
Realms Restored Mods
No Alphabets Mods
Even Better Romance
Wylls of Toril
Dignify
Q : Can you pack No Alphabets and Realms Aesthetics etc into a single mod?
A :No, it is easier to find bugs when mod parts are separate and combining mods will also bloat up mod sizes and reduce modularity.
Q : How do I make my edits overwrite specific NPCs in RR?
A : There's a tutorial on Foundry on how to edit NPCs, it should tell you how to extract specific NPCs' visuals. Find and open your CharacterVisuals, the "Name" attribute may have a 3 digit number at the end, e.g. _000. Set this to _018. if the 3 digit number doesn't exist just add it e.g. "S_WYR_retardedNPC_018". Turn it into a mod. Instructions also in Foundry.
Q : Will external mods like Hijimare's work with Realms Restored?
A :Maybe. Users have reported that Hijimare's mods supposedly work fine as long as it is placed in the bottom of your mod list. If you are encountering issues despite that, the culprit will be : Realm's Restored overwriting any mod that has a suffix in the NPC "Name" attribute less than 012. So your best bet is to ask the mod authors to make a patch for Realms Restored to give theirs edits a CharacterVisuals "Name" attribute suffix of 018 or more. Or you can do this yourself.
Q : Will regular aesthetic mods for Tav like the various head, eyes, hairs, etc work with Realms Restored?
A :Yes, as long as the mod isn't overriding existing heads they should not affect RR and work fine for Tav.
Q : Do I need to start a new game for this to work?
A :No. It will take immediate effect no matter where you load your game. And you can remove this mod or any part of it mid game as well.
A : Tieflings aesthetic used in RR was heavily inspired by early editions of D&D, where red shades are dominant. While blue and purple tieflings still exist, their saturation has been significantly reduced.
Q : Why do some heads look so similar?
A : Many quality-made heads on Nexus are created by tweaking the same handful of vanilla heads that were already decent. In short, a lot of modded heads started out with the same base model before further edits. Additionally, we've used mods from the same authors or head packs multiple times, which gives them a stylistically similar look. We'll be expanding the Heads section with new additions once heads with more variety become available.
Q :Insert_NPC was changed, why?
A : The short answer is personal preference. If you prefer the original, vanilla version, we do offer NPC Restoration as an option.
Q : Don't all Selunites have white hair?
A :No. See examples: [1][2][3] It's a simple and popular visual trick used to separate le good vs le evil guys.
Q : Why are some NPCs wearing veils?
A : Swapping Dragonborns to humans messes up facial animations badly when NPCs are speaking, so we added veils to "cover up" the issue. And then added it to some non Dragonborn NPCs as well to avoid making only dragonborn swaps have veils or masks.
Q : Why did you change Raphael's clothes?
A : A narcissistic devil would never deem to wear middle class clothes.
Note: The following instructions were written for NoAlphabets so the examples throughout will have NoAlphabets in it as an example. For this mod please use the loca files provided in the Translator's Resource section for convenience. 1. Extract Language Pak
We will assume you are extracting a French pak file
Find your localization file under a path similar to: Baldurs Gate 3\Data\Localization\French\french.pak (this can be english.pak, italian.pak etc)
Copy the file to a location that does NOT have an empty space in the path. And is not a system folder.
Open LSLib and navigate to the PAK/LSV Tools Tab
Under "Extract package" section, in the Package Path field, copy and paste the location and filename of your french.pak file
Under Destination path, paste in the name of the folder where you want to extract the package. Let's go with C:\Desktop\French
Hit Extract Package
Download and unzip the NoAlphabets Lingo mod from the Downloads Tab. Inside you will find the NoAlphabetsLingo.pak
Use the exact same methods as above to extract this packaged into for example C:\Desktop\NoAlphabetsLingo folder.
2. Get a human readable xml file
You can now navigate to C:\Desktop\French\Localization\French. There you will see a "french.loca"
Open LSLib and navigate to the Localization Tab
Under Input file path, copy and paste the location and filename of your loca file, in this case, C:\Desktop\French\Localization\French\french.loca
Under Output file path, paste the exact same path, but replace the file name from french.loca to french.xml
Hit Convert
3. Extracting changed lines in your language
Open BG3_Localization_Helper-vX.X.exe
Go to the XML comparison tab.
Old XML File: Path to your extracted french.xml [If you already have a translation just use your own french.xml]
New XML File: Path to your No Alphabets' english.xml
Click Compare Files
This creates a french.xml file with the correct folder structure which only contains the equivalent French lines that No Alphabets changed.
If you translated before and there is an update that changes existing lines, you can compare the old version of No Alphabets' english.xml to the new No Alphabets' english.xml and check the "Include modifications" box to isolate changes to previously modified lines as well as new lines.
4. Editing the xml file
Now open the newly created french.xml file extracted french.xml, which only contains specific in-game text, in notepad++ or similar application.
Contentuid, otherwise known as handle, will be same across languages and must NOT be changed. Only change the part where it says "Hon hon hon, Baguette".
5. Increase line version number
Once you are done editing, you need to increase the version number of each individual line. For example, I've ramped up the version number to 99 below.
Each time you click the Fix Version button it will increase the version number of each line by 1. Click it as many times as you like. Imo maybe 10 times, just in case Larian does some changes.
6.Packing your translated Lingo mod
Your french.xml should be in a folder like so: Desktop\NoAlphabetsLingo-FR\Mods\NoAlphabetsLingo-FR\Localization\French
Copy the meta.lsx from my Desktop\NoAlphabetsLingo\Mods\NoAlphabetsLingo to Desktop\NoAlphabetsLingo-FR\Mods\NoAlphabetsLingo-FR
Open meta.lsx and search for "orinEsque", add your name to it. e.g. "orinEsque, you"
You should also change the UUID with a fresh new one. You can generate a new one using BG3 Multimodder's tool
In the same file look for NoAlphabetsLingo, and change it to NoAlphabetsLingo-FR. Must match the folder name in bold in this case NoAlphabetsLingo-FR.
This is what the English version looks like.
Now open BG3 Multimodder's tool, drop the entire NoAlphabetsLingo-FR folder to the blue area where it says "Drop mod workspace folder or a mod .pak here". And you will now get a NoAlphabetsLingo-FR.zip file.
Heads renamed appropriately, e.g Vanilla F Elf 5 >>> Araj.
Drow Heads 2.1
Duplicates removed.
Eye glow on Drow heads has been restored. Available on colours Elf, Demonic and Flame.
Glow available both on every new Drow head in the add-on and on every Drow head in Elven section.
Bugs
******* nothing it's perfect you ******* ****** idiot
► IT'S PERFECT
► DON'T CLICK IT
► I SAID DONT
► ******
KNOWN ISSUES
Some heads were resculpted with a new set of ears, so the jaw-to-ear seam might not look perfect.
Certain swaps were untested, so you may notice overall oddities. If you come across an NPC with broken animations, a mismatch between voice and gender, or any other weirdness, report it to support.
If you encounter a mismatch of Racial tag in the Inspect Window and the Race of NPC themselves, report it to support.
CC preset for Asmodeus Tiefling F is still vanilla. Will be updated next patch.
Found a bug that's not mentioned here? Report to Realms Restored Support section. BUG REPORT / SUPPORT
For missing heads tag @orinEsque or @loregamer.
For skin, hair, hairstyle, beard, or clothing issue tag @orinEsque or @Silver.
Want to nitpick lore? Go away.
To Do
Fix portraits on some NPCs.
Fix race text on some NPCs.
Polish Swap entries.
Add more skirts.
Add more helmet hair.
Stats
NOTE: Figures display HEX colours from Character creation UI which can considerably vary from in-game appearances.
Fig 1. Percentage Distribution of Skin Color by Subrace. This figure includes all NPCs that have preset skin tones whether they were changed or not. It also includes some with non-preset skin tones that we classified as inappropriate for the race/region. Fig 2. Percentage Distribution of Eye Color by Subrace. This figure includes all NPCs that have preset eye colors whether they were changed or not. It also includes some with non-preset eye color that didn't fit the race/skin tone. Fig 3. Percentage Distribution of Hair Color by Subrace. This figure includes all NPCs that have preset hair color whether they were changed or not. It also includes some with non-preset hair color that we classified as inappropriate for the race.
Credits
Cheers to the 45 of the finest Nexus and Patreon Modders we stole heads, presets, textures, outfits and CC colors from:
Disclaimer: Any user not specifically named here or in the credits tab, had no input in this mod.
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Make Baldur’s Gate sane again with Even Better Romance & No Alphabets. This mod is fully compatible with both. If they aren't, go shout at @orinEsque & @loregamer.
had a thought - maybe remove "Sister of the Seeing Pearl" from Auntie Ethel's description? her night hag sibling had been cut out from the game long ago, makes no sense leaving traces of Larian's **** up.
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A question for @orinEsque. Do you know which file in Realms Restored controls the default appearance of the Durge origin (and/or other Tav origins)?
I've been making a mod to patch Realms Restored to work with Character Creation Overhaul and I've got it to work OK with new scars, tattoos and the like, but for some reason Character Creation Overhaul over-rides the default appearances on Durge. They are still human, but now look like the default human appearances not Realms Restored. I figure I just need an additional patch to make sure Realms Restored changes are merged correctly but I don't know what file controls that.
A question for @orinEsque. Do you know which file in Realms Restored controls the default appearance of the Durge origin (and/or other Tav origins)?
I've been making a mod to patch Realms Restored to work with Character Creation Overhaul and I've got it to work OK with new scars, tattoos and the like, but for some reason Character Creation Overhaul over-rides the default appearances on Durge. They are still human, but now look like the default human appearances not Realms Restored. I figure I just need an additional patch to make sure Realms Restored changes are merged correctly but I don't know what file controls that.
This part was actually Lore and Silver, but here's the info you need: Durge changes are in RR Aesthetics, and it involves editing Origins.lsx too, not just the Character Visuals. Hope that helps
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doubt it's RR related stuff, but i'll write here anyway. so i've been having this major *** irk since EA times - Scratch's quirky af "design". during EA Scratch's old appearance was convenient for a mail dog traveling with his handler (earthy tones, nothing flashy, minus these overtly bright eye color). the new appearance? it's like someone at Larian accidentally installed his personal first ever BG3 mod and forgot about it - fluffy to **** German Shepard, white (very ******* handy color for a road trip, and you wonder why gnolls took a notice!) and that glitterbomb rune collar, which was actually a unique asset used for Lenore De Hurst's dead dog's collar you dig out in the Underdark much later. why would Gomwick have a ******* arcane glowing collar for a regular mail dog in the first place?? but more to that, because of Scratch's new fluffy design, the fur now obscured the ******* collar completely - in EA it actually had the name 'Scratch' on it, and the camera would pan at it after successful Perception check. the narrator even says "you see a name etched d on a leather..." while you're looking at a mess of white fluffy hairs
edit: Larian even changed the dog's race lmao, surprised they didn't make Scratch black tho
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doubt it's RR related stuff, but i'll write here anyway. so i've been having this major *** irk since EA times - Scratch's quirky af "design". during EA Scratch's old appearance was convenient for a mail dog traveling with his handler (earthy tones, nothing flashy, minus these overtly bright eye color). the new appearance? it's like someone at Larian accidentally installed his personal first ever BG3 mod and forgot about it - fluffy to **** German Shepard, white (very ******* handy color for a road trip, and you wonder why gnolls took a notice!) and that glitterbomb rune collar, which was actually a unique asset used for Lenore De Hurst's dead dog's collar you dig out in the Underdark much later. why would Gomwick have a ******* arcane glowing collar for a regular mail dog in the first place?? but more to that, because of Scratch's new fluffy design, the fur now obscured the ******* collar completely - in EA it actually had the name 'Scratch' on it, and the camera would pan at it after successful Perception check. the narrator even says "you see a name etched d on a leather..." while you're looking at a mess of white fluffy hairs
edit: Larian even changed the dog's race lmao, surprised they didn't make Scratch black tho
I always kill Scratch because he reminds of the "OMG LE HECKIN DOGGO" white women
doubt it's RR related stuff, but i'll write here anyway. so i've been having this major *** irk since EA times - Scratch's quirky af "design". during EA Scratch's old appearance was convenient for a mail dog traveling with his handler (earthy tones, nothing flashy, minus these overtly bright eye color). the new appearance? it's like someone at Larian accidentally installed his personal first ever BG3 mod and forgot about it - fluffy to **** German Shepard, white (very ******* handy color for a road trip, and you wonder why gnolls took a notice!) and that glitterbomb rune collar, which was actually a unique asset used for Lenore De Hurst's dead dog's collar you dig out in the Underdark much later. why would Gomwick have a ******* arcane glowing collar for a regular mail dog in the first place?? but more to that, because of Scratch's new fluffy design, the fur now obscured the ******* collar completely - in EA it actually had the name 'Scratch' on it, and the camera would pan at it after successful Perception check. the narrator even says "you see a name etched d on a leather..." while you're looking at a mess of white fluffy hairs
edit: Larian even changed the dog's race lmao, surprised they didn't make Scratch black tho
I always kill Scratch because he reminds of the "OMG LE HECKIN DOGGO" white women
i think i saw someone else asking this, but you guys consider to de-buff Halsin one day?
Meh. Of all the things that are wrong with Halsin, his musculature isn't one of them. I pretty much expect party members in an RPG to be a bit odd by the usual standards of their race/class, otherwise they're just not interesting. Cosmetic changes to origin characters are something I'm generally leery of though, unless they have some truly catastrophic visual deficits.
If anything, I'm annoyed by the fact that he's just... there, in the third act. He has literally nothing to do after the Shadowlands are over and done with, and I think this is the result of Larian just deciding to make him a companion at the last minute.
Which is not something I have a problem with, since he took the spot of yet another obnoxious powerwoman. I'll take the bland druid instead, thanks.
i think i saw someone else asking this, but you guys consider to de-buff Halsin one day?
Meh. Of all the things that are wrong with Halsin, his musculature isn't one of them. I pretty much expect party members in an RPG to be a bit odd by the usual standards of their race/class, otherwise they're just not interesting. Cosmetic changes to origin characters are something I'm generally leery of though, unless they have some truly catastrophic visual deficits.
If anything, I'm annoyed by the fact that he's just... there, in the third act. He has literally nothing to do after the Shadowlands are over and done with, and I think this is the result of Larian just deciding to make him a companion at the last minute.
Which is not something I have a problem with, since he took the spot of yet another obnoxious powerwoman. I'll take the bland druid instead, thanks.
He's the "poly" companion. If you bring him along after cleansing the shadow cursed lands, eventually he'll open up to you and ask if he can join in on whoever you're romancing.
Here's the best part, if you're romancing Shadowheart, and you tell Halsin no, both him and Shadowheart have dialogue that HEAVILY implies that they both go behind your back and have sex.
And that's just the tip of the degenerate iceberg with Halsin, nevermind all the zoophile and incest ****.
if you're romancing Shadowheart, and you tell Halsin no, both him and Shadowheart have dialogue that HEAVILY implies that they both go behind your back and have sex.
Tried to find that dialogue you mentioned, but stumbled upon this golden explanation instead.
In addition to the Upper City Mod and the “Recreate BG1 and BG2 in BG3” Mod, Orin, Silver, and Loregamer should create a “restore the Early Access storyline” Mod and get rid of the Emperor entirely. It being Balduran is so stupid.
Wait, did they seriously retcon Balduran into the Emperor? I thought the Emperor was an original character to this game. Why did they have to warp old lore to fit this game?
In addition to the Upper City Mod and the “Recreate BG1 and BG2 in BG3” Mod, Orin, Silver, and Loregamer should create a “restore the Early Access storyline” Mod and get rid of the Emperor entirely. It being Balduran is so stupid.
Wait, did they seriously retcon Balduran into the Emperor? I thought the Emperor was an original character to this game. Why did they have to warp old lore to fit this game?
In addition to the Upper City Mod and the “Recreate BG1 and BG2 in BG3” Mod, Orin, Silver, and Loregamer should create a “restore the Early Access storyline” Mod and get rid of the Emperor entirely. It being Balduran is so stupid.
Wait, did they seriously retcon Balduran into the Emperor? I thought the Emperor was an original character to this game. Why did they have to warp old lore to fit this game?
In addition to the Upper City Mod and the “Recreate BG1 and BG2 in BG3” Mod, Orin, Silver, and Loregamer should create a “restore the Early Access storyline” Mod and get rid of the Emperor entirely. It being Balduran is so stupid.
He's the "poly" companion. If you bring him along after cleansing the shadow cursed lands, eventually he'll open up to you and ask if he can join in on whoever you're romancing.
Here's the best part, if you're romancing Shadowheart, and you tell Halsin no, both him and Shadowheart have dialogue that HEAVILY implies that they both go behind your back and have sex.
That must be a rather specific "eventually", because that part never happened in my Shadowheart playthrough. Maybe a flag got tripped wrong? Because I distinctly remember dragging that druid through the entire **** city just to see if there is something to do for him there.
I remember ******* around in the Shadowlands a lot, mostly to see if there was a way to kill off that obnoxiously annoying Aylin without also killing off a bunch of innocent people. I didn't stealth assassinate an entire goblin complex just to lose them because Selune mours her Mary Sue daughter. Realistically I should have exhausted every bit of dialogue either of them have on offer.
Unless there's some wonky romance flag like Gale's stuff going on?
In addition to the Upper City Mod and the “Recreate BG1 and BG2 in BG3” Mod, Orin, Silver, and Loregamer should create a “restore the Early Access storyline” Mod and get rid of the Emperor entirely. It being Balduran is so stupid.
Wait, did they seriously retcon Balduran into the Emperor? I thought the Emperor was an original character to this game. Why did they have to warp old lore to fit this game?
story written by *******
I quite like the Emperor as an evil sidekick but even I agree that making him Balduran was a ******* ******** lore choice. Mostly because the timeline that enables this is ******* incomprehensible.
Also, I feel the writers forgot that Illithids aren't in fact immortal.
He's the "poly" companion. If you bring him along after cleansing the shadow cursed lands, eventually he'll open up to you and ask if he can join in on whoever you're romancing.
Here's the best part, if you're romancing Shadowheart, and you tell Halsin no, both him and Shadowheart have dialogue that HEAVILY implies that they both go behind your back and have sex.
That must be a rather specific "eventually", because that part never happened in my Shadowheart playthrough. Maybe a flag got tripped wrong? Because I distinctly remember dragging that druid through the entire **** city just to see if there is something to do for him there.
I remember ******* around in the Shadowlands a lot, mostly to see if there was a way to kill off that obnoxiously annoying Aylin without also killing off a bunch of innocent people. I didn't stealth assassinate an entire goblin complex just to lose them because Selune mours her Mary Sue daughter. Realistically I should have exhausted every bit of dialogue either of them have on offer.
Unless there's some wonky romance flag like Gale's stuff going on?
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