The specular seems to be in the alpha of the diffuse. There was a separate spec before in the files? Can you throw your old textures up, i'll see what I can find.
I don't fully recall but my texture package has a spec. It IS one of those generic diff textures that has a pale skin tone (shared among different characers including Shepard with variable possible skin pigments). Perhaps it DIDN'T have a spec...it's been long enough I don't recall.
Hmm. The "shine" was always there (and a pain to work out correctly without strange artifacts) but when I tested her on my rig it was always on the Normandy or on a save game on the Rachni mission (dark) so I never got a chance to see her in better lit scenes, and I suppose because the mod was troublesome for many there was no opportunity for many others to see her there either :/. I think she actually looks pretty good in the pics except she DOES appear a bit too glowy. I can try to futz with the spec some more but seeing how the red uniform doesn't have the sheen, I suspect it must be alpha channel(?). I could probably better try playing with the alpha on her default texture. Her face is as it normally is, except I added eyebrows so there's nothing unusual there. The hair is part of the scalp texture and that has to match the diff and spec scheme of her face (her plastic helmet hair was also part of her scalp so I had to go that way too, otherwise I would have done something more to get her hair MORE hair-like).
As for the Ottemis texture...is the appearance significantly different from "native"? The red...is it normally brighter, more intense red normally?
Also...I assume you're using Ottemis eyes? They look great.
Thanks Otte. I'll tweak it according to your info.
Here is a test spec for EDIa that I hope improves the appearance of the new default uniform: EDI-test-Spec.tpf
Looks good!
As to the face 'glow' on the shuttle and cutscenes.... I can happily live with that to use this mod! New face just looks so much better than the default one.
Thank you so much for this!
Looks good!
As to the face 'glow' on the shuttle and cutscenes.... I can happily live with that to use this mod! New face just looks so much better than the default one.
Thank you so much for this!
Ears and eyebrows go a long way to improving the look 
Would you please post a pic? I'm very curious as to the effect. I'm not sure why cut scenes are magically different than game scenes for her face but I could try messing with her face and scalp spec a bit too.
I'll replace the spec in the mod with the new one and put it up as an update.
Getorex, would you be interested in a skin-toned plastic look instead of true flesh?
@Ottemis: I know you were talking to Getorex, but thanks for the explanation on EDI's spec. That'll help me alot
I may. It depends on how it looks in the end product. I want to keep mine separate from Largon's but mainly want to make sure EDI keeps looking like Tricia Helfer. If it looks good and she still looks like Helfer, absolutely.
I may. It depends on how it looks in the end product. I want to keep mine separate from Largon's but mainly want to make sure EDI keeps looking like Tricia Helfer. If it looks good and she still looks like Helfer, absolutely.
Trouble with Largon's mod is that 0108k cannot load it (unsupported message) and looking at the mod 'forum' he may not be updating this any more 
SO please consider a skin-toned version too 
I loaded Largon's EDI-to-EVA mod into ME3explorer (didn't apply it) so I could get a look at the surface of what he was doing. Some of it is quite mysterious to me (he seems to have created a new/unique pcc file just for his mod(???), for instance, to hold some data for his mod) but also appears to have managed to do some material replacements. I cannot yet do this myself though I could easily get far enough along that route to wreck EDI's pcc file. I have messaged Largon in hopes he is still around now and then and will pass on a bit of info. I'll also have to ask around the ME3explorer forums because without a material swap I cannot eliminate the metallic sheen of EDI's default uniform and I wont be able to try a decent skin tone mod for EDI either.
Are you sure the sheen is not just because there is a alpha map with the diff texture?
Hmmm, not sure. The alpha on the diff is blank. Just in case, I'll pull it entirely and let ya'll try that. The spec has an alpha too.
Here's a EDI mod test Diff texture lacking an alpha entirely. If this doesn't affect the metallic look then I can try messing with the alpha on the spec.
Please, someone, try it and post a pic: EDIa-Diff-NoAlpha-Test-52414.zip
Also, I found a few pics of Tricia Helfer online wherein she is not smiling, the shots are full-face-on, and one is ALMOST a side profile shot of her face. I will TRY to use these as a basis for generating face textures for EDI that make her actually look a lot more like Tricia.
@Getorex
Just thought I'd reduce the pressure on you to test the mods. So I'd post the mods on general forums for testing.
I would appreciate it, if someone gave me a heads-up whether the instructions make sense and how well the MOD files work.
My modset:
- Removes the ridiculous faceshield from the typhoon
- Replaces the horrendous blue 'suit' with Getorex's piece (credit to Getorex) whilst on Normandy
- Replaces the horrendous blue suit' with the Ajax suit alliance texture (Tarkov33's Spectre Ajax Textures and Getorex's epic helmet)
- Replaces the horrible pink suit with the a custom texture and hazard armour from ME1 (a call back to the suits of ME1 and uses Getorex's face mod)
As always make backups.
Link: https://mega.co.nz/#!cwJVhCAL!gPddvRBzPstapGdLS5RdiQuqeG3rd1pIfcgQn-aaIFc
If all goes well, I should be able to post the files on Nexus Mods sometime this weekend
By the way here is what the results should look like.
Ashley armors work in game, but am right now struggling through creating a squad preview image for them. My filleting skills are crap.
This looks incredible, particularly the armor in the first screenshots. I was looking for it on the Nexus, but I guess it hasn't been uploaded yet... is the hair seen in the last ones still a separate mod? I think you said it was "Church's" before, but I didn't know where to find that. Would I need to buy the DLC armor pack for this to work?
As part of experiment for EDI, here's what I will try as the basis for a "skin-tone" EDI using Tricia Helfer's face (her voice and body body):
Here's a EDI mod test Diff texture lacking an alpha entirely. If this doesn't affect the metallic look then I can try messing with the alpha on the spec.
Please, someone, try it and post a pic: EDIa-Diff-NoAlpha-Test-52414.zip
Also, I found a few pics of Tricia Helfer online wherein she is not smiling, the shots are full-face-on, and one is ALMOST a side profile shot of her face. I will TRY to use these as a basis for generating face textures for EDI that make her actually look a lot more like Tricia.
I remember I had the same issue with my mod as well.
Tupi3xi of the old forum post, suggested to do the following:
- fill the alpha on the diff and spec texture with black. Completely black. What this does is remove any material hue or what not.
- The side effect is that you get a psedo-matte finish as well.
I don't know if that is what you are looking for....
@DeinonSlayer
Thank you for the compliment. Though Getorex, Ottemis, Tupi3xi and plenty other deserve at least half of the credit.
I have yet to upload it to Nexus at the moment. It should happen soon though (latest is Monday). I do believe there is the DLC link in the post that should let you use it.
As to the hair. No, you do not need to buy a separate DLC pack.
That being said, the White and maroon camo suit (the hazard armour from ME1) will require the collector's edition DLC (the one that gets you the N7 hurricane and the robotic dog) to run.
I figured that since the crappy maroon and white dress was an attempted callback to ME1, I figured I could try and improve it.
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