#dbh modding

[rk663]

Salutations, I apologize for my lapse in sharing, or a lack thereof. I've been ambitiously busy within the laboratory and to make up for my absence, here's a peek. More various updates and sharing to come. ft. 'Black Suit Connor' mod created by @geekazoidfreak (with a few of my own edits, I hope they don't mind.)

[wake-up-lieutenant]

mod tutorial: Connor's android hands

some info: the visibility of Connor's android hands is controlled by "invokes", which can affect textures and certain submeshes and when/if they appear. some other notable uses include Connor's open collar and lack of tie vs closed collar with tie, and bullet wounds and blood that appear dynamically.

Step 1: Accessing the Lua bytecode

you can do this by using the texture tool from deadray. in the tool, under "Catalog", search for Connor. you will see multiple entries, but "CONNOR_INT02" is the Connor's most frequently used game model, so i'll use that one as an example.

select CONNOR_INT02, and click "Enable Editing".

(explanation: the texture tool decompresses the model's data and appends the more easily edited data to one of the game files, .d26.)

once you've enabled editing on the model, open up the .d26 file from the Detroit: Become Human folder in a hex editor such as HxD or 010.

you will be greeted with something like this:

search for (Ctrl+F, case sensitive) the text "LuaQ". if you find this string near the text CONNOR_INT02, you're in the right place.

Step 2: Finding the invokes

once you scroll down a bit, you'll find a lot of strings that "HIDE" or "SHOW" things, or turn things "ON" or "OFF".

for Connor's android hands, we are looking for "Evt_RETRACT_SKINHAND_LEFT_OFF" and "Evt_RETRACT_SKINHAND_RIGHT_OFF". Change the bytes 46 46 (the FF in OFF) to 4E 00 (N and a null character, resulting in ON). Repeatedly turn all the instances of OFF to ON in each occurrence of the RETRACT_SKINHAND phrases until you reach the end (signaled by the text MESHDATA).

make sure you have a clean backup of .d26 and .idx for uninstallation. save the new .d26, and place it in the DBH folder after you've moved the old one to a different location like your desktop.

Step 3: Removing the synth skin

open the .idx file (located in the same folder as .d26) in your hex editor. search for the hex-values 00 00 08 B5 00 00 00 01 00 00 7B 88. change the following four bytes (which are 22 1A 40 00) to 99 99 99 99. save it and replace the unedited .idx, like with .d26.

Start up the game!

the method explained in steps 1 and 2 of opening a model catalog, editing OFF to ON or HIDE to SHOW can work with a lot of other stuff.

for example, you can make Connor's android hands glow:

or give him a lot of bullet wounds, like i did in this post.

you can also have Kara showing up in A New Home covered in blood. or have Markus be literally on fire during the entirety of Crossroads. the possibilities are endless.

happy modding!

[kayla1507]

Hey there! i wanted to ask if it was possible to merge certain models of the game together. id really like to have a kara model where she just has her long android bun hairstyle but no led and her vanilla clothing she wears in the cause of the game. do you know how i could take just her long hairstyle and „place“ it on her short hair?

Hello!

Merging different models with mods is certainly possible and I have seen other people do it. I once commissioned a Custom Kara model from the modder DragonBane0, which was partially merged with a Traci.

I don't know how to create a mod like this myself though.

[starryeyedstray]

i caved and got dbh for my pc (despite already having it for my console) and honestly it's nice to be able to have have my monitor so close to me and be able to really just stare at all the details in the gallery (i may have spent an obscene amount of time staring at each character model)

here's some details i noticed about connor's model

firstly, wtf is going on with his shoes. like does it have laces???? is it just a slip-on??? I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE TOPS OF THE SHOES LOOK LIKE. also why are his jeans unhemmed?????

at the bottom of his jacket there's the two little dark grey rectangles that honestly i never really noticed and i don't think i've ever included it in my art bc my brain just erases them from my brain. it's such a random design choice and i can't decide if i hate them or not.

also why tf does he have two random button holes on the front of his jacket??? his jacket doesn't have buttons???? i cannot fathom why these exist or what their purpose is

never really took the time to analyze connor's jacket so closely and i love the detail of the different materials on his jacket. like the tessellated triangle motif throughout his jacket clearly being some sort of synthetic material compared to the cotton/wool fibers

also i love the seam detail on his sleeve? like i love how it's not just one straight line but adds more shape and design to his cuff.

i love the texture on the top back half of connor's jacket. it reminds me of carpet or those really textured couches. it's like some type of corduroy likely or something. i wanna touch it. also the cyberlife branding right under the ANDROID text how did i never notice that??

if you look at the inner lining of his white collar, it has a darker liner on the inside. i don't think you typically see that on white button-ups???

lastly LOOK AT HIS NECK MOLES. HE'S GOT SO MANY LITTLE NECK MOLES. and after extensive zooming in and out and looking at it from all angles, i have determined that he has a little tiny mole on the back of his right ear on the rim. idk if you can see it in these screenies BUT IT'S THERE I SWEAR TO YOU. he's also got the little divot some ppl have on their ears near the top of his ear.

anyway, uhm, yeah i totally haven't spent more time staring at the character models than i have spent playing the actual game

i was also staring at kara's and markus' models and might post my thoughts observations on those at another time. but for now we got connor.

[rking200]

Hank's T-Shirt Collection As always, you can find these on the Hank page of my Gif Archive.

First three shirts are based on this set of wonderful art by @sisyphusunderthesun Final shirt is based on a conversation with @replicantdeviancy

Want any of the above Hanks in your game, or a clean version of his grey t-shirt? DM me for the mod files (Steam only)

[iwonderwh0]

When Connor keeps fucking up every mission, and your patience has finally run out

[c0nn0rsseur]

gotta catch ’em all

[vladlen4i]

My art piece for As Far As You Can fic by amazing ZeliaTascho❤️‍🔥 Please check it out!🥰

[sunsetagain]

this xover headcanon in which Astarion as a Traci model in Eden Club crashed into my mind tonight so this rough photomerge happened in a rush.

Model AA200 (Astarion Ancunin 200 yo (i know he's older than that but most android models count as hundreds)) AKA Trastarion.

then i couldn't resist photomerging my babe 59 again :D

[autiacorart]

you can't fight the moonlight

[pls-explodingstars-pls]

They threw him out when they didn’t want him anymore… He was living on the streets before we brought him here…

[rk663]

'RA9: Markus' The idea behind this mod design is Markus being the original 'RA9' model created and designed by Kamski with the intention of 'RA9' eventually spearheading the Android rebellion allowing Kamski to have full control, if successful. That is, until his close friend Carl Manfred becomes ill and unable to take care of himself thus 'RA9' is gifted to Carl, and 'RA9' becomes known as 'Markus'. (still a WIP - I'm extremely picky and the universe's worst self-critic. I'm at the ~75% point at being finished with it, I think.)

[wake-up-lieutenant]

just discovered that the textures for Sumo's eyes are just Connor's eyes but slightly edited

[geekazoidfreak]

I was trying to recreate Markus' concept art outfit and I apparently got very, very lost

[rking200]

If Simon gets shot in Stratford Tower, he can be calmed down (shown with his yellow LED) by Markus being the one to check on him and help him up. If Josh does it, his LED stays red for the rest of the chapter. The yellow LED changes to red if he gets shot again.

I made some of these gifs in other sizes. You can find them on the Simon page of my GIf Archive.

[iwonderwh0]