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[Ashoken]

SaturnRing wrote...

Saerwen wrote...

Some really amazing looking Sheps here.  Really makes me want to figure out how to mod the game like alot of you all do.  Here is my canon Tanna.

She is beautiful. Tell us more about her.

This!

@f1r3storm: Little blue bun in the oven! Awesome!

@raziel1980, thank you! That first pic of Selena is aces. I opened a Photobucket account. Let's see if Lida looks any better.





Holey moley! So much better! Buh-bye BSN albums.

Modifié par Ashoken, 28 juin 2012 - 07:05 .

[GraphicSyns]

@Ottemis and whoever else might want to know
All right, so, my little work-around hasn't messed anything up so far. 'Course I'm only at the beginning of the game at the moment, so there may still be issues that I'm unaware of.

Also it is important to note that this method will only solve the problem with replacing the normal map used by Femshep's 3rd complexion setting. It won't work for any other textures. Sorry about that, but this is because the texture I'm using for this is not the original map (the one logged as 0xCBE96F53 by TexMod), but an 8x8 normal map (logged as 0x907B7783) that also wraps the face.

Now I don't really know what this texture actually does to FemShep's face, but replacing it with my normal map hasn't had any adverse effects thus far. At least not that I can tell. I'll let you know if I discover otherwise or figure out its actual purpose.

In the meanwhile here's how I got around the problem. You'll need TexMod (obviously) and Gibbed for this.


Firstly, you'll need to create a blank normal map. You can do this by creating an 8x8 image in either Photoshop or GIMP and fill it with the color blue (R:0 G:0 B:255 or #0000ff). Then save it as a DDS with either DXT1 or DXT5 compression. This blank map is going to replace Default Jane's normal map (logged as 0x10B2CD7B). 

Next you'll want to open up Gibbed's Save Editor and load up one of your saves. Go into the Raw tab. Under Player, Appearance, and Head Morph, you'll find Texture Parameters. The texture you're changing here is HED_Norm. You'll want to replace BIOG_HMF_HED_PROMorph_R.Normal.HMF_HED_PROCustom_Frek_Norm with BIOG_HMF_HED_PROMorph_R.PROShepard.HMF_HED_PROSheppard_Face_Norm_Stack. This will give you Default Jane's normal map, which you'll be overriding with the blank map you've just created.

The reason you need to do this is because, since we're not actually altering the original map, it will still appear beneath your new texture. And we're blanking out Jane's specifically because I don't think it is used by any other character in game. So you shouldn't run into any characters lacking a normal map. At least I hope not. Let me know if I'm wrong about this.

So you should have at least two textures in your TPF, your blank map and your new map. Your TexMod definition file should look something like this:

0x907B7783|[Path to TexMod.log]\\[New Normal Map].dds
0x10B2CD7B|[Path to TexMod.log]\\[Blank Normal Map].dds 

And that should do it! Enjoy your new normal map. :3 Hope this helps you guys... Aaaannnd I hope it doesn't end up being poor solution that causes too many other problems. >.>

Also, I apologize if I've made this unnecessarily confusing or included too much info you guys probably already knew. I was trying to make this easy to follow, but I don't know how well I've succeeded in that respect.


Anyway, here are my in game results using this method:







My Shep's beginning to look like her old self again. I mean her face isn't quite right and her eyes look... odd, but still. Progress!

[Rikketik]

raziel1980 wrote...
Bolded: I can totally understand your point in this...and yeah, I was asking because I saw a screenshot of Jennifer using Reave...then using the Viper sniper rifle( though if you've seen my ME 2 screenshots...you will notice all fo my characters have a soldier loadout eventhough that's not the class I normally play as. I just found it abit interestign ebcause I tend to play the game from a lore perspective as it pertains to bonus powers...meaning a vanguard like Allison can't take energy drain...and a infiltrator like Gabriella( Gabby) can't take reave or slam or dark channel in ME 3. I'm also working on my own side project in which I;m trying to figure out which powers fits which class without breaking lore or being redundant...like I would have my soldier's taking ammo powers as bonus powers because they already ahve 3 of them.

I have the same thing. I chose for Reave for my new Vanguard and I thought I could just switch to Energy Drain when I do a Cerberus mission. Of course I still can, but it just doesn't feel right. Just like my Infiltrator can't take biotic powers.

It's the same with the three defensive powers -- Barrier, Fortification and Defense Matrix. With biotic classes I will always choose for Barrier, with tech classes I will always choose for Defense Matrix and my Soldiers gets Fortification. Of course, biotic classes will have no use for the +25& tech damage bonus that Defense Matrix grants, but replenishing shields is very handy for both Adepts and Vanguards. But even though I tend to see these defensive powers more like "implants" or "addons" for Shepard's armor than really as powers, it still wouldn't feel right.

Oh, and thank you for your nice comment on Berlitz, a few pages earlier. Always appreciate it.

The same goes for you, Syrdeth (all the way back on page 685). Thanks!

@ LadyAly: Thank you too! And green eyes and dark hair is always a winning combination in my book. Though I wonder if I could make a brunette Shepard work. Dark brown hair has always been a favorite of mine, but I haven't been able to pull it off in Mass Effect. 

[mythlover20]

Wow, it's been forever since I've been in here. Like, 400 pages forever, or something like that. So I'm going to say hi, since I have NOOOOOOO idea what the current convo is, and will pop back to my Thane Threads.

@f1r3storm: a baby! Good for you/your Shep. Mozzeltoff (yeah, I know, I have no idea how to spell that).

Makes me sad though, cause Margurite fell pregnant to Thane. Unfortunately, the trauma of her capture by the Alliance (she did not go willingly. She had far more important things to do) caused a miscarriage. The poor woman doesn't even know, since she was only three weeks along at the time.

Ooh, and i have a question for you. I've been writing an essay for the Thane Fanbook project analysing Thane's character over the course of the two games, the established universe, and the FemShep character as Thane's LI. I'm coming up on the Shepard as Thane's LI in Me3 section and was wondering if you guys would mind looking over it from the persepective of a fan not Thane related, because I believe some of the problems with Shepard in Thane's romance also appear in other romances, because I had a few occur in both my Thane and Garrus romances.

Anyway, back to the Thane Threads.

[purple flying stingray]

[monrapias]

So, what does the female shepards who romanced jacob, think about him?

Seeing as he's the only one who didn't wait for you.

[Ottemis]

monrapias wrote...

So, what does the female shepards who romanced jacob, think about him?

Seeing as he's the only one who didn't wait for you.

I don't think Bioware motivated Jacob's reasons as they could have, making him look like a douchebag this way was ooc.
He's high on loyalty, has great inner strenght, shows real emotion and has a no nonsense attitude from my perspective in ME2. What we got in ME3 was pitiful, and it had nothing to do with him 'cheating' per say.

Five ****ty minutes can't undo an entire game of characterbuilding in my book.
The Jacob situation is a 'bad on Bioware' more then anything else.

Modifié par Ottemis, 28 juin 2012 - 08:23 .

[Heather-Shepard]

I've posted my pictures in the "show us your shepard" thread, they were quickly buried though. I just came across this one and thought I would share Heather Shepard here. I don't have any mods.. I play on the xbox. I love seeing the modded female Shepards here, cool stuff!

Here she is:






My favorite shot

[meonlyred]

monrapias wrote...

So, what does the female shepards who romanced jacob, think about him?

Seeing as he's the only one who didn't wait for you.

Wow, you really went for the bat on the hornets nest, didn't you?

But to answer your question, yes I liked Jacob's romance in ME2. He was my favorite ME2 romance after Thane. However, I think what was done to him in ME3 was completely and totally out of character. He talks of loyality and fighting for a good cause in ME2. When you recruit Thane he even speaks of not liking mercs yet he becomes a merc in ME3. Do I like that he finds someone he loves in ME3 for non-romanced playthroughs? Yes. Do I like what was done to his character in ME3? Hell no. This is more of a 'shame on you Bioware' then 'shame on Jacob.' Do I still like Jacob? Yes, very much so.

[SaturnRing]

nemesisdivina-vow wrote...

I've posted my pictures in the "show us your shepard" thread, they were quickly buried though. I just came across this one and thought I would share Heather Shepard here. I don't have any mods.. I play on the xbox. I love seeing the modded female Shepards here, cool stuff!

Here she is:






My favorite shot

I think she's awesome. I particularly like those 2 shots of her.

[GothicReaper]

Hey uhhm, guess you already discussed this somewhere but honestly this thread spreads so fast, you simply cannot follow...
As you know after installing the extended cut my awwwwesome great working ashley hair and the casual outfis are gone - guess its because we get a new coalesced.ini
Are there already work arounds to fix this or can I just use the old one?

@meonlyred: in my first playthrough of ME2 I also picked Jacob. But honestly, it was only because I could *lol*.
When I realised I could have Garrus instead, my Ivy kicked him out of her bed too fast to blink.
During my first playing ME3 with this char I thought it fit perfectly that Jacob settled with someone else and I assumed this is triggered by no-romance or brocken-romance option.
Then I noticed that this even happens if you romanced Jacob - and not even get the renegade option to slap both of them silly, thank you very much - well let's say I really feel sorry for fans of those LI, that's a very unbalanced treatment. Sure I would always choose Garrus since his outstanding loyalty makes him the perfect match for shep, but nevertheless this is no way to treat those who think different and "push" them to the Garrus LI.

Modifié par GothicReaper, 28 juin 2012 - 09:04 .

[Tup3x]

raziel1980 wrote...

@Tup3xi : Resistence of texmodding is FUTILE! Though if your talking about making your own...that sorta thing eludes me as well...I leave that to the modding goddesses ELE and ottemis! Though, I really do like Tiia with the devon texture...her cute as button persona seems to show even more with it in my eyes.

Thanks! She sure looks smexy with that war paint. I still prefer the less strong, sportier make up on her. It feels more realistic too since it's a wee bit too purdy and non-combaty, if you get what I mean.

[KateM]

Well, that was a frustrating evening:pinched:   *sigh*

@Saturn: Thank you^_^

@Raziel: Thanks...I do have some ideas: First of all she's going to be a shotgun Infiltrator, then I'm going to reduce the times I change her hair color, maybe she's going to get a new hairstyle and she's going to be a pure Paragon instead of a Paragade. The tattoos will stay, of course:D

monrapias wrote...

So, what does the female shepards who romanced jacob, think about him?

Seeing as he's the only one who didn't wait for you.

Basically what Ottemis and Red already said...just because Bioware decided to make him act like a d-bag doesn't mean that I forgot what he was like in ME2: focused, nice and most of all loyal. 


@GothicReaper: I think you can use your old coalesced (not sure though) 

@Ashoken: Lida looks great
@CrazyGreggy: Nice:wub:

@nemesisdivina-vow: Heather is gorgeous:)

[Tup3x]

krayzi wrote...

Well, that was a frustrating evening:pinched:   *sigh*

Indeed.

[GothicReaper]

@ Krayzi:
yes worked! Thx!
At first I was worried that I only got the casual outfits since the hair hadn't reappeared, but then I realized the shoulder slot had been reset and I simply had to switch back to the correct slot too late for that kind of stuff

So I'm good now and can go to bed and look forward to play at the weekend.

[LadyAly]

Tup3xi wrote...

krayzi wrote...

Well, that was a frustrating evening:pinched:   *sigh*

Indeed.

 This

[KateM]

Tup3xi wrote...

krayzi wrote...

Well, that was a frustrating evening:pinched:   *sigh*

Indeed.

At least that way we're not going to lose against Spain...again...that would've been much more frustrating

Uh, kind of off topic so have a bruised Dawn

[Tup3x]

Yeah... well... If you put it like that...

Modifié par Tup3xi, 28 juin 2012 - 09:40 .

[SaturnRing]

Tup3xi wrote...

Thanks! She sure looks smexy with that war paint. I still prefer the less strong, sportier make up on her. It feels more realistic too since it's a wee bit too purdy and non-combaty, if you get what I mean.

We see eye to eye. That's how i like my Shep, with just a hint of make up - almost none. The general feeling i'm looking for is also sporty.
I do however know that i'll be hooked to textmod; no way around it - but mostly for hair(tattoo for my renegade alt), clothing or guns/gear.

Modifié par SaturnRing, 28 juin 2012 - 09:41 .

[Rikketik]

So, I finally bought myself a new camera today and while taking better pictures of my screen is not the reason I bought it, it is a nice coincidence.


On Menae.


Garry is calibratin' again.


Talking to the EDInator.

The lighting is just handled so. much. better. Not to say that every picture is suddenly perfect now, but I think they look a lot better than the pictures I took with my old camera. I'll still resize them to 800x? pixels (the ? is variable), though, because it makes them look sharper and take up less bandwidth than, say, pictures with a size of 5000x3000 pixels.

Oh, and Menae was a hell again, by the way. Managed to take out two Brutes and a few Marauders with the Reaper Blackstar, but gosh dang it to heck that fight was brutal. Berlitz was not amused with the quality of the weapons and their mods, so it's shopping time on the Citadel! Too bad she only got 50.000 credits.

Modifié par Rikketik, 28 juin 2012 - 09:43 .

[KateM]

SaturnRing wrote...

Tup3xi wrote...

Thanks! She sure looks smexy with that war paint. I still prefer the less strong, sportier make up on her. It feels more realistic too since it's a wee bit too purdy and non-combaty, if you get what I mean.

We see eye to eye. That's how i like my Shep, with just a hint of make up - almost none. The general feeling i'm looking for is also sporty.
I do however know that i'll be hooked to textmod; no way around it - but mostly for hair(tattoo for my renegade alt), clothing or guns/gear.

Does that mean you're getting ME3 for PC?

@Tup: Beautiful pic<3

[raziel1980]

Tup3xi wrote...

raziel1980 wrote...

@Tup3xi : Resistence of texmodding is FUTILE! Though if your talking about making your own...that sorta thing eludes me as well...I leave that to the modding goddesses ELE and ottemis! Though, I really do like Tiia with the devon texture...her cute as button persona seems to show even more with it in my eyes.

Thanks! She sure looks smexy with that war paint. I still prefer the less strong, sportier make up on her. It feels more realistic too since it's a wee bit too purdy and non-combaty, if you get what I mean.

I get what you mean... 

@ S.R. : You will see them all from time to time...as none of them have advanced passed cronos station...which will need to be redone before I can give each of my sheps their endings...not all wll have 'Destroy' btw. Eventually I play upload pics of all my sheps to femshep.com as well...but I need to finish Allison n get hers uploaded first.

@Ashoken...the top pic is actually Allison. 

This is Selena...she is a Rengon garrus-mancing Vanguard( or atleast the first of 3 - Denise and Stacia being the others)
With Scars...


Without Scars...


@graphic : She is coming along nicely...and looks quite striking if I may so myself! 

@Saerwen : Welcome! Beautiful femshep you have there as well...please tell us more about her! 

@nemesisdivina-vow : She's quite cute and welcome to the thread...Heather Shepard( i always liked the name Heather). <3 I actually did notice her in the post your sheps thread...and yeah, alot of sheps and thread itself got burried rather quick after the game's release...but she is here now and we would LOVE to know more about her! 

@kraysi : Were you all playing MP or something?( see...this is why i don't MP much, you all are always playing while I'm at work:unsure:). Also...that's quite an interesting setup you have there for Dawn going forward...I look forward to seeing what you come up with.

About Jacob: As squadmate... I still like him...even if he usually doesn't show up in my ME 3 games...i never had any of my femsheps romance him and this is by choice( a little different from the choice of them not romancing Kaidan, that's because none of them really liked him in that way...even when he STILL tries to flirt with them in ME 3 during his citadel date)...I don't really like some of the dialog femshep has with him in ME 2...and her overly flirtatious nature around him rubs me the wrong way as well...and I say this as a straight black man whose real life last name is Taylor as well. I did have Gianna flirt with him for quite abit in ME 2 as she was opening playthrough and I was going through the motions of chatting...and I broke it even before the final romance dialog before the S.M. because their was part of the relationship that I just didn't like...it's more to do with the way bioware made that scene seem than anything Jacob.

Anyways...gonna play more Allison...finally done with all these citadel visits...now I can finally get back to the action...more screenshots will be posted soon. 

[KateM]

raziel1980 wrote...
@kraysi : Were you all playing MP or something?( see...this is why i don't MP much, you all are always playing while I'm at work:unsure:). Also...that's quite an interesting setup you have there for Dawn going forward...I look forward to seeing what you come up with.

Actually, we were talking about a football soccer match:D

And regarding MP: Tell me a time and I'll be online^_^

[SaturnRing]

krayzi wrote...

Does that mean you're getting ME3 for PC?

@Tup: Beautiful pic<3

I think i will. I have to get all 3 though. My main reason is attempting to recreate former default through Lazarus. And i'd rather do it, or any textmod, through PC.

About soccer, did Germany lost to Italy?

Modifié par SaturnRing, 28 juin 2012 - 09:57 .

[KateM]

SaturnRing wrote...

krayzi wrote...

Does that mean you're getting ME3 for PC?

@Tup: Beautiful pic<3

I think i will. I have to get all 3 though. My main reason is attempting to recreate former default through Lazarus. And i'd rather do it, or any textmod, through PC.

About soccer, did Germany lost to Italy?

Aww yeah...I'd like to see more former default Jane in here:O

And yeah, we lost:crying:

[SaturnRing]

raziel1980 wrote...



Without Scars...



About Jacob: As squadmate... I still like him...even if he usually doesn't show up in my ME 3 games...i never had any of my femsheps romance him and this is by choice( a little different from the choice of them not romancing Kaidan, that's because none of them really liked him in that way...even when he STILL tries to flirt with them in ME 3 during his citadel date)...I don't really like some of the dialog femshep has with him in ME 2...and her overly flirtatious nature around him rubs me the wrong way as well...and I say this as a straight black man whose real life last name is Taylor as well. I did have Gianna flirt with him for quite abit in ME 2 as she was opening playthrough and I was going through the motions of chatting...and I broke it even before the final romance dialog before the S.M. because their was part of the relationship that I just didn't like...it's more to do with the way bioware made that scene seem than anything Jacob.

I see what you mean. I'm also a big fan of Jacob character. The reason he isn't an LI, is because his romance is written as if it was something inevitable; which in turn make my canon say or do things that are out of character - that should be enabled AFTER choosing the option to date him; not before.

Modifié par SaturnRing, 28 juin 2012 - 10:07 .