Character creator and polymorph deblacker 1.2.1 — Baldur's Gate 3

[Ty6]

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Overview
Makes the default human in the Character Creator (along with the human polymorph shape) like the Daisy/Dream Guardian human default and hopefully more sword-coast appropriate. This is my first mod so any feedback is greatly appreciated.

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Changelog

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v1.2.1
Changed UUID of the mod as I accidentally reused one from Padme4000's.

v1.2
Made compatible with the CCreator_noGen module from the No Alphabets mod and changed the portrait hair colors from blond to black hair seen in-game.

v1.1
Added some new portraits for the human shapeshift forms since I didn't realize this mod affects the shapeshift forms as well.

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Credits

• I used Padme4000's NPC as Tav mod as a guide so a big thanks to them.

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My Other Mods

• BBA Portraits

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[Ty6]

Releasing a v1.1 soon. Turns out the mod affects the shapeshift human forms as well since they are shared with the CC defaults. I just override the portraits to remove the old model's pictures, although it does mean this mod now uses overrides.

[Tipfy]

Nice, thank you @Ty6

If you want to keep going with those, here are some still needed presets fixes;

- male and female dwarf
- female gnome & gythianki pink hair
- female tiefling facial features

Does you'r change also apply to hirelings ?

[Calumininium]

Makes the default human in the Character Creator (along with the human polymorph shape) like the Daisy/Dream Guardian human default and hopefully more sword-coast appropriate. This is my first mod so any feedback is greatly appreciated.

1.1 update - Added some new portraits for the human shapeshift forms since I didn't realize this mod affects the shapeshift forms as well.

I used Padme4000's NPC as Tav mod as a guide so a big thanks to them.

Instant download tysm

[lexo1000]

Great mod thank you! Furthermore, I agree with all of Tipfy's remarks.
Also I would like to edit portraits in CC. Do you know where they are stored in the game files?

[Tipfy]

@lexo1000 For karlach it was located in ;

- GustavDev\GUI\Assets\Portraits
- Gustav\GUI\Assets\Portraits

You may need to follow this path from Shared and SharedDev too. Not all of them are in all those places.

[Rand]

Great mod thank you! Furthermore, I agree with all of Tipfy's remarks.
Also I would like to edit portraits in CC. Do you know where they are stored in the game files?

I believe the portraits are automatically updated every level-up, according to the modders on other threads.

[Tipfy]

You need to edit them, and the edit apply in game at a start of a new one, or when you level up / respec.

Edit, that is for the companions you mod, maybe the main character don't need, as Rand said?

[lexo1000]

No I meant the portraits in CC (character faces preset).

[Tipfy]

I meant the portraits in CC (character faces preset)

There is an awful lot of portrait in there, the CC may be there, if not then i do not know.

Edit, maybe search for a "Portraits" or "preset" folder where you have extracted the files with the research tool of explorer ?

Edit Edit, i missunderstood Rand above, i think he's right, the main character portrait "make" itself ?

[Ty6]

Nice, thank you @Ty6

If you want to keep going with those, here are some still needed presets fixes;

- male and female dwarf
- female gnome & gythianki pink hair
- female tiefling facial features

Does you'r change also apply to hirelings ?

Only does the human preset at present. I'll have a look at the others. I may do hirlings as well but as a separate mod.

[Ty6]

Great mod thank you! Furthermore, I agree with all of Tipfy's remarks.
Also I would like to edit portraits in CC. Do you know where they are stored in the game files?

I'm a noob I just got all my info from here viewtopic.php?t=1090-npc-modding-help-i ... r-s-gate-3

[Tipfy]

I'm a noob

Well for a "noob" you do have provided us some quality here

[Ty6]

I'm a noob

Well for a "noob" you do have provided us some quality here

Many thanks.

So I had a look at the other character presets you mentioned. I may change them at some point, but they don't bother me personally so I will focus on the hirelings first.

[SoLong]

Love it!

I actually have a question: The Disguise Self spell draws on the default character creator looks right? Is it possible to make the spell turn you into yourself? I mean, make your current appearance the disguise self appearance?

I'd really love to use that shapeshift ring but the default dragonborn is just ugly. Also, I'd think that an illithid PC would want a disguise that looks like his pre-squid self.

I'd even settle for a way to make the standard dark urge look the default for dragonborn in the character creator.

[Ty6]

Love it!

I actually have a question: The Disguise Self spell draws on the default character creator looks right? Is it possible to make the spell turn you into yourself? I mean, make your current appearance the disguise self appearance?

I'd really love to use that shapeshift ring but the default dragonborn is just ugly. Also, I'd think that an illithid PC would want a disguise that looks like his pre-squid self.

I'd even settle for a way to make the standard dark urge look the default for dragonborn in the character creator.

Hmm, I don't know how to make your current appearance match the disguise I'm afraid. Might be possible but it's beyond my current knowledge.

You could probably make a mod to change the Dragonborn default though. I'll have a look at it if I come back to this mod in the future.

[orinEsque]

Great mod thank you! Furthermore, I agree with all of Tipfy's remarks.
Also I would like to edit portraits in CC. Do you know where they are stored in the game files?

I believe the portraits are automatically updated every level-up, according to the modders on other threads.

Only for you and your party. Things like one off polymorph, disguise etc will require you to replace portraits. I've written all the locations where portraits can be found here:
viewtopic.php?p=33136

Question: Do you plan to do something about the awful and lazy doppleganger in Shar's temple? I was thinking changing skin color to a drow-like ash color and cover the face with a mask and hood could work, so it looks like a shadow rather than just a black woman/man.

p.s. I was worried about compatibility with No Alphabets CCreator, but thankfully there is no clash! You can have both.

[Ty6]

Great mod thank you! Furthermore, I agree with all of Tipfy's remarks.
Also I would like to edit portraits in CC. Do you know where they are stored in the game files?

I believe the portraits are automatically updated every level-up, according to the modders on other threads.

Only for you and your party. Things like one off polymorph, disguise etc will require you to replace portraits. I've written all the locations where portraits can be found here:
viewtopic.php?p=33136

Question: Do you plan to do something about the awful and lazy doppleganger in Shar's temple? I was thinking changing skin color to a drow-like ash color and cover the face with a mask and hood could work, so it looks like a shadow rather than just a black woman/man.

p.s. I was worried about compatibility with No Alphabets CCreator, but thankfully there is no clash! You can have both.

How do you trigger that quest? I've heard about it but never been able to find it.

[orinEsque]

I believe the portraits are automatically updated every level-up, according to the modders on other threads.

Only for you and your party. Things like one off polymorph, disguise etc will require you to replace portraits. I've written all the locations where portraits can be found here:
viewtopic.php?p=33136

Question: Do you plan to do something about the awful and lazy doppleganger in Shar's temple? I was thinking changing skin color to a drow-like ash color and cover the face with a mask and hood could work, so it looks like a shadow rather than just a black woman/man.

p.s. I was worried about compatibility with No Alphabets CCreator, but thankfully there is no clash! You can have both.

How do you trigger that quest? I've heard about it but never been able to find it.

He's in Shar's temple, in one of the rooms past Viconia. If you never saw him, you likely have SniperChris' Better Baldur's Aesthetics. He removed Nocturne completely. If you want to prevent that, use my or Albert's version. Chris has linked it on his post now.

[Ty6]

Only for you and your party. Things like one off polymorph, disguise etc will require you to replace portraits. I've written all the locations where portraits can be found here:
viewtopic.php?p=33136

Question: Do you plan to do something about the awful and lazy doppleganger in Shar's temple? I was thinking changing skin color to a drow-like ash color and cover the face with a mask and hood could work, so it looks like a shadow rather than just a black woman/man.

p.s. I was worried about compatibility with No Alphabets CCreator, but thankfully there is no clash! You can have both.

How do you trigger that quest? I've heard about it but never been able to find it.

He's in Shar's temple, in one of the rooms past Viconia. If you never saw him, you likely have SniperChris' Better Baldur's Aesthetics. He removed Nocturne completely. If you want to prevent that, use my or Albert's version. Chris has linked it on his post now.

I've actually got the whiter version, but I usually save nightsong so the Sharrans just get massacred when I go there.

Haven't even seen Nocturne is a playthrough yet.

[orinEsque]

How do you trigger that quest? I've heard about it but never been able to find it.

He's in Shar's temple, in one of the rooms past Viconia. If you never saw him, you likely have SniperChris' Better Baldur's Aesthetics. He removed Nocturne completely. If you want to prevent that, use my or Albert's version. Chris has linked it on his post now.

I've actually got the whiter version, but I usually save nightsong so the Sharrans just get massacred when I go there.

Haven't even seen Nocturne is a playthrough yet.

Wait what does nightsong have to do with sharran massacre? I sent Shadowheart to camp before talking to Viconia. After parlaying and passing some checks I went to talk to Nocturne. You can literally go back to camp right there to bring shadowheart back. That will give you all the dialog and also ability to buy from him.

Viconia was always my cleric in BG1 and 2. No way I'm killing her!

[Ty6]

He's in Shar's temple, in one of the rooms past Viconia. If you never saw him, you likely have SniperChris' Better Baldur's Aesthetics. He removed Nocturne completely. If you want to prevent that, use my or Albert's version. Chris has linked it on his post now.

I've actually got the whiter version, but I usually save nightsong so the Sharrans just get massacred when I go there.

Haven't even seen Nocturne is a playthrough yet.

Wait what does nightsong have to do with sharran massacre? I sent Shadowheart to camp before talking to Viconia. After parlaying and passing some checks I went to talk to Nocturne. You can literally go back to camp right there to bring shadowheart back. That will give you all the dialog and also ability to buy from him.

Viconia was always my cleric in BG1 and 2. No way I'm killing her!

Ah my bad, I always bring Shadowheart straight to the temple and just plow trough into fithing them. Still much to discover.

[orinEsque]

How do you trigger that quest? I've heard about it but never been able to find it.

He's in Shar's temple, in one of the rooms past Viconia. If you never saw him, you likely have SniperChris' Better Baldur's Aesthetics. He removed Nocturne completely. If you want to prevent that, use my or Albert's version. Chris has linked it on his post now.

I've actually got the whiter version, but I usually save nightsong so the Sharrans just get massacred when I go there.

Haven't even seen Nocturne is a playthrough yet.

OH! if you were talking about the doppleganger, you fight him during the Dark Justiciar trials in Sharran Temple during Act 2. Surely you've seen your doppleganger?

[Ty6]

He's in Shar's temple, in one of the rooms past Viconia. If you never saw him, you likely have SniperChris' Better Baldur's Aesthetics. He removed Nocturne completely. If you want to prevent that, use my or Albert's version. Chris has linked it on his post now.

I've actually got the whiter version, but I usually save nightsong so the Sharrans just get massacred when I go there.

Haven't even seen Nocturne is a playthrough yet.

OH! if you were talking about the doppleganger, you fight him during the Dark Justiciar trials in Sharran Temple during Act 2. Surely you've seen your doppleganger?

Ah, you meant the combat trial in the gauntlet. Until I made my deblacker CC mod, I didn't play humans and my human characters haven't reached Act 2 yet. Is the 'black' doppelganger just for human Tavs?

[orinEsque]

I've actually got the whiter version, but I usually save nightsong so the Sharrans just get massacred when I go there.

Haven't even seen Nocturne is a playthrough yet.

OH! if you were talking about the doppleganger, you fight him during the Dark Justiciar trials in Sharran Temple during Act 2. Surely you've seen your doppleganger?

Ah, you meant the combat trial in the gauntlet. Until I made my deblacker CC mod, I didn't play humans and my human characters haven't reached Act 2 yet. Is the 'black' doppelganger just for human Tavs?

looks to be. maybe elves/ dwarves as well. I don't know

[orinEsque]

Can you perhaps include gender specific genitals? Currently its a bit randomised.

[Ty6]

Can you perhaps include gender specific genitals? Currently its a bit randomised.

Don't know enough to do so atm. Literally, all I did for this mod was override portraits and copy and paste dream guardians CC template data onto the human ones. It's all kind of a hack/cheat. I don't know how to find NPC properly in game files.

[orinEsque]

Looks like I'll have to write a guide.

[J1M]

Some Withers hireling options that don't look like they are headed to a pride parade might be a good addition to this mod.

[orinEsque]

Some Withers hireling options that don't look like they are headed to a pride parade might be a good addition to this mod.

Lol i thought you replied to no alphabets with this. Was going to get it moved to support section, oops!!