New Male Elf Preset - Comments requested

[tmcgeesdca]

I used Valendrian's base model in the toolset to create a new male elf preset and would like some feedback.  He looks alot like Zevran, lol.  But from me, that's probably expected, however, it wasn't my intention.  Should I bother putting it up at The Nexus for others to use?

I am copying my post at my account here instead of all the pics so I don't fill this site up with them.  I hope this works, I haven't gotten around to learning to do cuts and all that.

Thank you!

tmcgeesdca.dreamwidth.org/6344.html

Comments

[twist_shimmy]

He's pretty. :3

Does the preset overwrite another or is it a new slot?

[amhran_comhrac]

If you rename it and add a line to the chargenmorph file (can be edited in notepad) it'll just add to the existing ones at the end.
The very first section is presets for the heads. Human males, females, dwarf males, and then dwarf females. Elven males come after that.
{heads}
headers for humans, dwarves... long lists of presets.
{elf male}
{resource name="new_elf_preset.mop" /} (you can name it whatever you want, though. Just so long as it ends in .mop and replace the { and } with normal < and > style brackets)

And that's it. Just stick the head in your override folder. I've taken to manually editing the presets just so I can take out ones from big batches I know I'll never use.

If someone makes a preset they can take the basic vanilla chargenmorph file and add a line for their head, and then anyone with the compiler can get them without doing the editing themselves.

[brynna]

Yummy!!!!! WANT!

[tmcgeesdca]

Go get him! He's all yours. :)

[tmcgeesdca]

It will rewrite whatever is in slot 4. And thanks!

[tmcgeesdca]

Actually, once you download and save the file, you should be able to rename it to a different P0# so you don't overwrite one you want to keep.

[scarylady]

He is very pretty, and I struggle to make elven males who don't look a bit like guppies. So many of the presets have weird mouths.

[tmcgeesdca]

Thank you. I have a hard time making elves that don't look like another character or preset. I worked pretty hard at this one, and he still ended up looking like Zevran, lol.

[jannifer]

I'd download this gentleman. It's a really nice look with that lush lower lip and the winged eyebrows. Please, put it up on Nexus. :D

[tmcgeesdca]

Thank you so much. He's there for your enjoyment now.

[biffmclaughlin]

Hmm, very tasty looking indeed! Nice. Cheers, Biff

[tmcgeesdca]

Thanks Biff! Enjoy, my friend.

[tmcgeesdca]

Thanks for responding everyone, and for the compliments. He is now available for download at:

http://www.dragonagenexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=2102

My profile there is McGee92127 if the link doesn't work. You can see this and the other presets and mods I've created.

Enjoy!

[klarabella]

Yay, a realistic Zevran morph!

[brynna]

OK, I must be a complete idiot. I placed the .mop file in the override folder, but when I go to the CC, the face is completely black with short white hair. What did I do wrong? This is the first time I've ever tried to use a morph file and yes, I'm a dork!

[tmcgeesdca]

You are NOT an idiot. Mods are more complicated than they seem.

You probably don't have all of the mods installed that were used to create this .mop. Please read the file description and make sure you download the other mods listed there (file locations are given for convenience). That should do the trick. If you still have issues, please comment on the file at the Nexus and I'll see what I can do. (Keeping mod issues listed there makes it easier for me to keep track and fix issues that arise.) I am concerned about the black face thing. God I hope the tattoo I used isn't from some other mod I loaded, like one of the quest mods with additional people in it. I bet it is. Crap, now I have to figure out which mod had it or change the tattoo so people don't have to download too many additional mods. Hmm, maybe I can just find the tattoo file and include it in the download file. I will post here when I have it figured out, and at the Nexus if and when I have to update the file.

Also, someone has asked me to make this a companion morph for Zev and not just a preset. I'll be working on that and will post here when it's complete, with the link to the new file.

[tmcgeesdca]

OK, I found the tattoo file and added it to the zip file at Nexus. I also found the mod that included it and added a link to the mod to the file description (and credited the modder for their work, very important).

Please try the new file and let me know if it fixes all of your issues, as well as having all the other mods loaded that need to be loaded.

You are kinda being my beta. : ) hope you don't mind.

[zute]

Very pretty elfy. I'd almost say too pretty, but he's got a bit of machismo going on too.

[brynna]

Oooooo! I'm getting closer! The face and tattoos look perfect now but there's no hair. I now all four mods you used installed in my override folder. Is this corrct?

[brynna]

Also, just an FYI--if you pick city elf, you get the preset with correct face and tattoo. If you pick Dalish elf, you get the correct face only.

[tmcgeesdca]

The preset is bald by design so you can choose whatever hair you like. With the other mods loaded, you should be able to get the same hair and color I picked for the pics I took.

Hmm, Dalish don't get the tattoo, that is interesting. I'm not sure I have the knowledge of the toolset and mods to fix this particular issue. I will look into it though. May have something to do with the tat prefix in the tat file. I think you have to be very specific to make tats available for the various races and origins. If I figure it out, I will let you know. Thanks for being my beta!

[tmcgeesdca]

OK, I cannot figure out the Dalish origin issue. I have asked for help at Nexus, but if anyone here knows what may be causing the issue with tattoos for this one origin, please let me know. I want everyone to be able to use the complete preset with a Dalish origin playthrough.

Thanks in advance for your help all.

[brynna]

Well I managed to get more hairstyles to pick from but unfortunately, the hairstyles for the male elf are the female ones. I have no idea why it's putting female hairstyles in the male selection. Thank you so much for submitting this preset--I'm sure it does work for most people, but I think I really am too stupid to figure this out LOL. I've already spent all day working on this, and I'm exhausted! Guess I'm better off sticking with the original presets :)