#elu's modding adventures

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I may have gone slightly overboard

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Found this when poking around the story editor and while I haven't tested this thoroughly, removing those highlighted lines worked! I grabbed all companions on the first day, entered the grove, ran through the forest, and still got everyone's Night 1 conversations. Interestingly, the Night 1-3 dialogues seem to have higher priority than Mizora's judgement so you get a few days with Wyll before she shows up.

I'm fully expecting there to be some unseen consequences for this, but it worked askdjaklsdj

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And here's Rhodeia's tent! I still have to add it to the other camp sites, but since I'm about to hit Act 2 on her replay, this seemed like a good place to start.

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I spent too much time making a camp outfit for Rhodeia

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Can you tell me what DA:O mods you use? I'm interested to play it, but I know it probably plays better when modded.

Hey there! If you’re playing DA:O for the first time, I recommend that you use only Qwinn’s Ultimate Dragon Age: Origins Fixpack on your first playthrough so you can experience Bioware’s vision (with a ton of bugs fixed).

That said, you’re here for mod recs, so let’s take a look at the mods I use.

A quick note: These mods cater to my personal tastes, enhancing the gameplay experience and graphics without making wild lore-unfriendly changes. I’m generally not a fan of companion edits, but there are of course many of those available if that’s to your taste. I also like to tone down the sexualisation of female outfits. YMMV on these mods.

My favourite mods are very spoilery so I won’t list them here, but I still have a lot to recommend! Under a cut for length.

GENERAL

4GB Patch (if you’re using mods, you’ll want to patch the .exe so the game can use 4GB of RAM. This will prevent crashes and decrease loading times. Instructions for Steam users here)

tmp7704’s Female Proportions Fix for humans, elves and dwarves

Improved Atmosphere

Dragon Age Redesigned

JB3Textures

Skip the Fade (spoiler warning for one of the main quests)

DahliaLynn’s Sleep Until Dawn

CHARGEN

CharGenMorph Compiler (if you’re using multiple chargen mods, you need to merge the chargenmorph.xml files, and this handy tool will do that for you)

More Hairstyles

Elven Hairstyles

Jenya’s Random Hairstyles

Look Hair! - Inquisition Edition

Look Hair! - Dracarys

Pineappletree’s Vibrant Colors

SJC’s Patchy Skin Fix

SJC’s Lip Colours

LOTC’s Female Eyelashes

LOTC’s Eye Textures

Eyeshadow Collection

FrecklesPlus

Elven Female Presets

Warden Complexions with Eyebrows

COMPANIONS

Extra Dog Slot

Improved Romance Scenes and Fixes – Alistair

Alistair’s Oath

Apathetic Morrigan

Morrigan Restoration Patch (I haven’t yet installed this one because it’ll take some finesse to make it work with my load order, but it looks fantastic. Also spoiler warning for some of the content listed in the description and image gallery)

NPCS

DA I Inspired Cullen Head Morph

Isabela by Fialka for Origins

Better Fereldan Kids

Lady of the Forest Covered - Bark Retexture

APPEARANCE/OUTFITS

Kirkwall Exports

Grey Wardens of Ferelden

Templars of Ferelden

Loincloth Fashion

Warden Travelling Robes

Additional Clothing for Kids

Tranquil Tattoo – Origins

The Mystery of the Missing Kaddis

Mabari Recolours – Origins

More Covered Female Chasind Robes Retexture

Boob Patches Be Gone

Practical Morrigan Robe

Neutral Female Armor (Medium and Heavy edition)

COMBAT

Origins Faster Combat

Advanced Tactics

Plus Healing Received Fix

Arcane Warrior Drawn Sword Casting

Single Weapon Talents for Arcane Warrior

Combat Tweaks v323 (I personally haven’t used this one yet, but it’s quite popular so it’s worth listing here)

OTHER

Awakening Abilities for Origins (I do not recommend using this on your first playthrough as it will most definitely break the game’s difficulty—some Awakening skills are very powerful even in the Awakening campaign, and are hilariously OP in the original campaign. But what can I say, I really want my Arcane Warrior/Battlemage combo in the OC XD)

Hope that helps and I hope you enjoy DA:O if you decide to play it!

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New outfit for Kaelyn!

Shoutout to @ariejul for helping this Outfit Studio noob get the outfit working <3

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Sometimes I love mod testing.

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I'm only fifteen years late to Morrowind modding, but hey. I probably don't have any followers from my early FFNet days but here is the latest iteration of Raynasa (formerly Renae). My baby here was originally my Champion of Cyrodiil before becoming a Morrowind OC. Since I'm never going to write that Morrowind fic, I'm going to make her a companion for my Nerevarine.

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Dear lord someone made a bug report on my mod saying that the pip-boy light is ‘unimmersive’

My mod doesn’t touch the pip-boy

Also that’s not how bug reports work

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Is anyone interested in playtesting a couple of Fallout 4 mods? I have a Glory companion mod and a mod that adds Nora's old law firm. Message me if you want to help!

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My newest modding project is going entirely too well. Everything just... works. My scripts fire properly first go without any rewriting (and I suck at scripting). The only issues I’ve encountered so far were minor, easily fixable things.

This isn’t right what’s happening?