#dragon age modding

[heraldofthenug]

Now, for your viewing pleasure... with music!

Beware the Dreadwolf's bite!

[0ccuria]

This is a list of various guides and resources you can use for making your own texture edits and mods within DA:TV.

As modding the game is still in its early stages, things are subject to breaking and causing issues. Texture's have been, so far, safe with little problems. Still, it's advised to use CAUTION when modding anything and always backup vanilla files!

This is all assuming that you know how to use Frosty Editor and Mod Manager tools, so there won't be any guides on how to use those tools here.

Wavebend's Frosty Toolsuit Alpha 5 (In active development)

Guide by @pinkydude

This index is an active WIP by myself and Metamancer and will be periodically updated with each faction's wearable armors and eventually NPC assets as well.

Armor and Clothing by me

Companion and NPC's by me

UV Map Layouts by NoraLee

Tutorial by Padme4000

Padme's Various Guides

Basic Editing Guide by Pina

Scar Texture Editing by Bearpants13

Tattoo Editing Guide

Armor Tinting Resources by Labotor

Normal Map Editing

This post will be updated as things progress! Those of us within the Dragon Age Frosty Discord are hard at work getting things ironed out!

Happy modding!

[flowersforthemachines]

Rook Participates in Banter at the Lighthouse - Mod

You know how there are banters where Rook can talk, but for some reason Rook can only react to those banters in the field, and not at the Lighthouse despite standing in the companions' near proximity?

Well, with this mod, your Rook will always say their piece regardless of where they are!

Here is a small showcase:

Grab it from download link above (◕ᴗ◕✿)

[elf-trash]

I made a mod that replaces the mural in the music room of the Lighthouse with the tarot art from Inquisition

because there is no way I'm going to believe that sad egg wasn't sobbing while painting pictures of his wife everywhere

I literally told my friend before the game came out that if the Lighthouse wasn't full of Solavellan murals I was going to mod them in myself and HERE WE ARE

I made different hair color and skin tone options too!!!!!

here's the link!!!!

[mumms-the-word]

I'm not sure when I'll get to play DAO, but if you don't mind sharing your mod list, I would love to save it for when I get to play 🥹

And THANK YOU for the detailed instructions!!

Of course!!

For those catching up, I posted a quick guide to how to fix DAO so that it is playable on PC (it crashes otherwise). If you need a detailed explanation for how to mod on DAO, then I have a doc here that goes into detail, since modding in DAO is confusing and no one explains it well.

My DAO modlist is below the cut!

Essentials

4GB LAA patch compatible DAorigins.exe - Unencrypted .exe file (for the 4GB patch)

4GB Patch - to fix the game

Make CONSOLE commands visible - makes console commands visible

DAO-Modmanager - mod manager that I mostly use if I'm not using override mods

CharGenMorph Compiler - compiler tool for appearance mods (see my guide for how this works)

Bug Fixes/QoL Stuff

Qwinn's Ultimate DAO Fixpack v3.52 - massive bug fix overhaul

Dain's Fixes - caveat, I only use some of these fixes, since some class with Qwinn's pack and others I just don't care about

FtG UI Mod - More Readable Fonts and UI - this plus the next mod helps for when your fancy not-2009-era resolution makes the UI unreasonably small

Nathanael's 4K Resolution Mod - fixes the UI to be bigger

FtG Quickbar - Center and Multi Rows - allows you to customize the UI a little more

Clear Dreams - no blur in the Fade - This plus the next mod if the Fade swirly effects triggers headache/migraine stuff like it does for me (totally optional though, it doesn't bother most people)

Fade Away (Fade Colour Curves) - cuts down on more Fade swirly

No Helmet Hack 1_6 - all and I mean ALL of the hats and helmets in DAO are ugly or annoying, so hide them with this mod

Bug Fixes for Awakening DLC (Optional)

DLC Transfer To Awakening Patch (UPDATED) - fixes the game so that DLC items like weapons transfer into the Awakening DLC

Awakening Silverite Mines Bugfix - fixes a pretty big game-breaking bug in the Awakening DLC

Awakening Blackblade Armor Dragon Drop Fix - super minor Awakening bug fix

Awakening endgame cutscene fixes - another minor Awakening bug fix

Awakening Riot Scene Persuade Fix - another minor Awakening bug fix (someone should bundle these)

Updated Textures/Graphics

Environment Overhaul - cannot recommend enough, it's my favorite texture overhaul

Dragon Age Origins Unofficial Remaster - Updates a lot of items and textures to use DA2 and DAI assets, as a longtime player I love it

Fine Dwarven Craftsmanship - Adds better dwarven textures that the other two mods don't necessarily add

Ultra HD Reshade for Dragon Age... - The reshade/recolors I like (your mileage may vary)

Armors/Clothes

Grey Wardens of Ferelden - dresses all Warden characters in updated warden armor, lets you spawn updated Warden armor

Grey Wardens of Ferelden Retexture - retexture of the Warden armors if you want them

Goblet De-Gobbler - a Joining chalice fix and more - fixes the goblet glitching out if you are wearing modded clothes during your Joining ceremony

Surana Circle Mage Robe - the mage robe I love so much

Surana Mage Robe Retexture - Updates the texture of the Surana mage robe I love

Crow Assassin's Armor for Zevran - cool Crow armor for Zevran

Crow Assassin's Armor Retexture - better textures for the crow armor!

Practical Morrigan Robe - An outfit for Morrigan I really like

Morrigan's Robes Collection - retextures for the Morrigan outfit

Leliana Item Pack - New clothes for Leliana

Leliana Item Pack Fixes - fixes/retextures for those clothes

Loincloth Fashion - more clothes if you want them

RLs Swan Song - Even more clothes (pick and choose individual files, there are WAY too many in here)

Noble Dress Overhaul - If you want the NPC dresses to look nicer (or you get a dress yourself that you want to wear)

Female Noble Clothing Overhaul - totally different NPC dress overhaul

Female Noble Clothing and Noble Dress Overhaul Compatibility Patch - patches the last two mods into one overhaul (it basically reassigns who wears what lmao)

Wynne's Aequitarian Robes - Unique mage robes for Wynne, if you're into that

Male Circle Robe Replacers ( Robes of the void ) - updated mage robes! Guys-only tho

Female Circle Robe Replacers (Bethany Robe Replacer) - updated mage robes, girls only

Hair (So Many Hairs)

DAO - Anto Hairstyles - various hairs

HAIRSTYLE DAY - more various hairs

HAIRSTYLE DAY VOL.2 - even more various hairs

Hairald of Andraste Hairs - individual hairs that you have to add via chargenmorph (I explain how to do this in my mod guide)

Companion/Player/NPC Retextures

Unique Face Textures for Companions DAO Edition - probably my favorite retexture set, but I'll admit, I mess with companion textures myself in the Toolset soooo you may find others you like

Sten of the Beresaad - fave Sten retexture, makes Sten look like a mix of his DAO texture and an updated DA2 texture

Sten - no clothes - if you want a shirtless Sten (goes with the Sten of the Beresaad mod specifically)

Pineappletree s Vibrant Colors - more eye colors for you

Alternative Default Eyes - my favorite eye texture

Lovely Tints - adds more hair colors

Natural Freckle Tattoos and Tints - more skin tones/hair colors plus freckles, but I think you can only use them in the Toolset

Sun's Tints - more eye colors and such!

Mabari Recolours - Origins - recolors your mabari dog!

Tranquil Brand 2.0 - Adds Tranquil brands to Tranquil NPCs

Fun Additions

***Not Recommended for First Playthrough!

Skip the Fade - ***let's you skip a quest that many find annoying

Extra Dog Slot - Let's you summon your dog as a fourth companion

Improved Atmosphere - DO NOT use the whole mod as it will break your game/mess with too much. I only use ONE file and that is the More Party Barks (party_barks.dlg) since it adds more location-specific banter

The Rescue at Ishal - ***adds a cutscene to an early quest, but I only recommend it after finishing the game once since it can be spoilery to later game events

CHANGE YOUR HERO HAIR AND FACE ANYWHERE IN THE GAME - let's you update your warden appearance but, warning, it's kinda a complicated process

Universal Voices - lets any race have any voice

ZevranASAP - ***makes it so that Zevran's encounter with the Warden happens way sooner

Fare ye well Duncan - ***a little minor cutscene added early in the game

DahliaLynn's Sleep Until Dawn - Let's you go to sleep in camp for RP reasons

Alistair's Dark Ritual - ***replaces a late-game cutscene with a new cutscene, Alistair-Romance specific, don't recommend for a first playthrough

DahliaLynn's - Alistair's Nightmare - ***adds a little cutscene to the game, totally extra content

DahliaLynn's - Alistair's First Night Love Scene - ***swaps Alistair's canon romance cutscene for a modded one (your mileage may vary on how much you might like it lol)

Alistair Romance Eavesdropping - ***adds a bench to camp where if you sit on it, you can "overhear" companion banters that are turned into full cutscenes now (it's very cute I won't lie)

I haven't yet dived into Zevran romance mods lol there are some though! And there's plenty more where this comes from, this just happens to be the mod list I use as someone who has played the game a ton and wanted a sort of "overhaul-but-still-true-to-the-heart-of-the-game" modded game.

Anyways enjoy all you modders out there <3

[knife-eared-jan]

Am I going crazy or are the bruises on Harding in the new picture (no. 3) more healed than in previous ones?

Is it just the lighting or are there really at least 4 different face textures for her in that game? Or do the bruises work like a tattoo overlay?

The implications for modding possibilities are kind of blowing my mind tbh...

And why is no one healing her???? Are they special wounds that can't be healed with magic and potions??

The forehead looks way more red and almost still bloody in the second image compared to the third. And then later there's a visible scar left behind (image four).

!!!

[danielnelsen]

ive converted all* dragon age 2 conversation and plot files (cnv and plo) to spreadsheets and you can go through them here!

i should write some sort of guide on what everything means at some point, but if you're familiar with the structure of those file types, they should be pretty easy to read. (to learn how to read them, id strongly recommend tutorials by @sapphim which you can find here; specifically parts 3 and 6).

the four 'int' columns in the plot files are the lines labelled 13003, 13050, 13051, and 13052. i dont know what any of those do, but they vary between plots so i included them just in case (13053 isn't included because it's always 0).

*missing plots for the three dlc items from the 'fan reward pack': arlathan focusing crystal, band of stolen shadows, and hawke family crest. if anyone wants to help me out with those files, they're da2_pro_fut02, 07, and 10.

[officiallyjewls]

Josephine's Evening Dress

...is now available on Nexus Mods!

More info on the mod page!!

[themagistersbirthright]

OKAY!!! here is a

rundown for how to mod dragon age: inquisition with frosty mod manager!!!!

@fatagenda, here you go!!! i hope this is helpful, but you can always reach out to me if you need some help with any of this! :) disclaimer: i have dragon age: inquisition on steam and this is based solely on my trial and error, but i imagine it works similarly regardless of the launcher. also, some notes before we start: - if you've just reinstalled da:i, make sure to open dragon age: inquisition in its vanilla state before you start with frosty. the ea app may have a hissy fit if you don't. - do not use any version higher than 1.0.6.3 when working on da:i modding. - if you have used daimods at all in the past, please check this nexusmods thread to make certain your fbmods will work as they are supposed to. - you don't need the entire toolsuite - unless you'd like to make mods - so just install the mod manager.

here are the steps:

get frosty mod manager if you don't have it already. here (CadeEvs) is where you should get it from. extract the ZIP and open the application, FrostyModManager.

it will ask you to select a game profile. if it did not auto-detect dragon age: inquisition, you're going to path to dragonageinquisition.exe.

click on DA:I and hit select! if this is the first time you're loading it up, it will take a little while.

once you're in the manager, navigate over to nexusmods or any other modding sites that you use. install whatever mod you want to use so long as it has an .fbmod version.

click on Add Mods, go to your downloads and find the ZIP file. click on that file and open it, then apply the mod. (edit: this may vary! always check the installation instructions.)

click the launch button.

steam will open a dialogue asking if you want to launch the game with custom arguments. click continue.

enjoy your modded game! hopefully

[lavendarr00]

🤍 My Dragon Age Inquisition Modlist 🤍

Just in time for a last minute playthrough of DAI before Veilguard comes out! ����

I would say this is a light modlist (less then 30 mods), vanilla friendly, and doesn't completely trivialize progression & combat (in regard to qual of life mods). The list is mostly CC improvements, armor additions or edits, and essential quality of life mods. And all of these mods are compatible with the DLCs (yes even Trespasser haha!)

I have only played as a female Dalish Elf so a couple mods are tailored to that :) Also, I added a link to the bottom of the list to the Free Cam tool I use for Inquisition!

I use the Frosty Mod Manager

The Modlist:

Favorite Hair Mods

Misc Hairstyles for Frosty Anto Hairstyles Hairstyle Day CaffeinePainter's NPC Hairstyles for Inquisitor

Other CC Improvements

SOS Brows on Fleek HD Eye Textures -> I also like: Eye Candy Textures Scalp Edit for Frosty (use if your hairstyle has prominent sideburns)

Armor & Clothing

Surcoat of the Tirashan - EF Outfit Elf Pajama Replacers Invisible Starting Armor (Frosty Compatible File) Flowery Outerwear Unique Wedding Dress for HF & EF The Core of Her Heart - A Morrigan Mod (Clothing Edit) Cullen of Ferelden (Armor retexture) Lady Ambassador - Josephine Outfit Inquisition Branded Finery -> I also like: Halamshiral Finery Remake 4k

Quality of Life Improvements

Party Banter Tweaks (I use the 2-5 min version) Faster Movement Speed (I use +50% for combat only) Shorter War Table Missions (I use -50%) Don't Break My Stride

Miscellaneous

Party at the Winter Palace DAI Frosty Texture Glitch Fixes Modded Hairs in DLCs Solas Halamshiral Hat & Neck Clipping Fix Dalish Glass New Painted Portraits by CaffeinePainter Stone-Stalker Blade Appearance Fix

DAI Free Cam: Otis Camera Tools

I place my CC mods at the top of my load order and my fixes and qual of life mods at the bottom so nothing overrides those essentials. I've ran this list with no crashes or infinite load screens :)

Remember to read mod descriptions & to download all mod requirements!! 🤍

[violadesdragons]

I was a Templar, I know what they are capable of.

[arcandoria]

The Keep's UV Layout Resources

A little collaborative project with friends that make available .psd files (and other resources) to help people making their own recolors for Dragon Age: The Veilguard! 💕

We have currently covered 13 different outfits/armors.

Please give the modpage a read to know more!

[0ccuria]

Are you looking to get into modding Dragon Age: The Veilguard, or just modding with Frosty in general? This is the place to be! There are many resources, guides, tutorials, and a wonderful community of like-minded modders that are willing to help and to get you started on your journey!

[flowersforthemachines]

Dalish Elf Rook Mod - Dialogue Edits

Available on Nexusmods

Though it is possible to be a Dalish elf in DAVG, unfortunately, that possibility is limited to the Veil Jumper background. I found this to be a weird restriction, so I made this mod to unlock Dalish dialogue for all elves.

Here's an example of a true Dalish TM dialogue option that the mod unlocks:

The mod edits 5 cinematic conversations in total (more details on the edits and video clips can be found on the mod page linked above). Unfortunately, my attempts to edit ambient dialogue have been unsuccessful so far, but I'm planning to work on it in the future as well

[dogg0melette]

when u don’t realize that meditating in ur pajamas means meeting with the dread wolf in them…but he doesn’t seem too mad about it

as u can see I’m working on an oversized shirt pajama mod for Rook and it’s taking way more work than anticipated (thank you, mesh import) BUT I finally got it to a point of being able to reasonably try it out in-game and I’m quite pleased!! I need to do some more weight-painting to fix the weird boxiness around the chest but overall quite happy.

[knife-eared-jan]

It's 3:30am on a work day and the brain gremlins are demanding to see Zevran be properly clothed.