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BiancoAngelo7

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[Edit 13 Sept 2010: Please see Chris Priestly's note regarding modifying your game by clicking here. -- Pacifien]

Hello everybody!

It's been a while since I've been on the site,
cuz of work, school and "real" life stuff (pffft...ME is so much better
right?) But now I'm back and working on new projects, and Im pleased to
see so much modding and creativity going on. The texture modders
originally had some disorganized pages showcasing various projects and
such, and I'm making this new thread in the hopes that the moderators
will link THIS thread in their "how to find ME2 modding threads"
...thread. Especially because the thread they linked for the modding
section is the very first thread I made, on my own, and has very little
in the way of community support or organization. So here goes:

The users active in modding Mass Effect 2
textures have a group. We have done this so that others may
find all the available texture mods completed to date by simply clicking
on the profiles of members or  viewing "Projects" for the group tab.

You
will find the necessary program to run these mods and instructions on
how to use texmod in my own projects (BiancoAngelo7) by clicking on my
profile. (its easy! give it a look! :D)

Group link: social.bioware.com/group/1547/

If you would like to join this group there are three simple requirements:

1) You must have completed at least one texture mod for Mass Effect 2.

2) You must have made it available for download through your "Projects" in your profile.

3) You must not be mean to others. :D (seriously)

If you would like info on getting started and how to make texture mods Youtube search: "How to use Texmod"

Recap:
Open our group page, and CLICK ON THE PROJECTS TAB. If you are starting
out, select the "Texmod" project either from the group PROJECTS tab or
from my personal projects. (instructions on how to install and use
texmod included in project descrption)

And a final disclaimer:
Please PLEASE notice the FIRST requirement for joining the group,
because out of 100 requests I receive to join the group about 5 or so
have actually made a tex mod. To download and use the reskins, you
DO NOT NEED TO BE A MEMBER OF THE GROUP. If everyone takes note of that
it would save my mouse hand a lot of needless clicking :P


^
This was all new to update this section and give it some direction to help people find all the texture projects and the group. Everything below is the old thread.

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Hello everyone! :)
I posted all this originally on the "Modding is Possible" thread. However, since many I imagine don't look at that thread because theyd expect only ini file changes or maybe rather not go modifying and searching for ways to do things on pages worth of forum material, I thought I would post all the texture modifications I have made thus far here.

You can easily download these textures by clicking on my profile, viewing my projects and selecting the "files" tab.

To Run these mods you will need a program called "texmod". It is easy to install and is included in my projects among the mods I made. (Instructions on how to use texture mods with texmod are included)

So here are the mods I have made thus far, and I am glad to take requests and try and make anyone's "texture wish" come true. :)


 I hope you like em! (I did my wery wery best :3
)

THERE WILL BE A SMALL "DOWNLOAD" BUTTON IN MIDDLE OF THE PAGE THAT LOADS WHEN CLICKING ON THE "DOWNLOAD PAGE" LINK.

1) "Ultimate" blond Miranda:

http://i803.photobuc...ss='bbc_img' />

This
updates the original blond miranda. She will now be blond in the
character selection screen no matter what costume you choose, as well
as having blond hair in her HUD icon next to her shields. IMMERSION!!!
lol

Download Page :  social.bioware.com/project/2008/#files


2) Red Metal Cain:

http://i803.photobuc...ss='bbc_img' />

This
updates the original Red Cain I did by making it appear in the new
colors in the weapon selection screen as well as in game.

Download Page:  social.bioware.com/project/2007/#files

3) Black Cerberus Armor:

http://i803.photobuc...ss='bbc_img' />

This
is the same black cerberus armor reskin I originally posted, except
here it is one tpf file that includes both body armor and helmet so you
don't have to load two files to have one armor. (Sry I didnt do this
the first time, but it was my first time doing this and I didnt think
to do it lol)

Download Link: social.bioware.com/project/2009/#files

4) Black Cerberus Armor with Orange Accents:

http://i803.photobuc...ss='bbc_img' />

This
is my black cerberus armor re-skin with orange accents where there was
bright yellow on the original vanilla cerberus armor. This was
requested by a forumite so that the armor would match Jacob and Miranda
when wearing their alternate "armor" lol.

Download Link: social.bioware.com/project/2012/#files

5) Jacob Without his Cerberus Logo:

http://i803.photobuc...ss='bbc_img' />

This
was a request by a forumite. It is here and the link is on my projects
page as well as here for all those who would like it as well.

Download Link: social.bioware.com/project/2013/#files

6) Black Collector Armor:

http://i803.photobuc...ss='bbc_img' />

This
was also a request by a forumite, but I thought others may like it as
well. It is black instead of light brown, and I have rpeserved the dark
red "muscle" areas for color contrast. Enjoy! :)

Download Link: social.bioware.com/project/2010/#files

7) Black Collector Heavy Weapon:

http://i803.photobuc...ss='bbc_img' />

You
guys didnt think Id leave you hanging did ya? lol This will match your
modded black collector armor. Seperate file from the armor because I
wanted to give the option to have one or the other modded and not
forced to have both.

Download Link: social.bioware.com/project/2014/#files


I
Hope you all enjoy these mods, I am working on some others, mostly
requests, (you know who you are lol) as well as a few personal projects
that I think some people will enjoy. :) Sorry for the long post, but I
think you guys will make an exception...and for the love of God, dont
quote the entire post if you wanna say something say "@ BA7" or
"@BiancoAngelo7"  lol otherwise we'll probably crash this thread lol.

And don't forget! I take requests! :D

P.S.-
Someone asked me to do Blond Miranda with blond eyebrows, however
forumite "Sherban" did an amazing job on this and when I did it, it
came out pretty much just like his, so if you want blonde eyebrows on
top of everything, just download his "eyebrows" and use with my blond
Miranda mod. :)

Sherban's Great Eyebrows: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BDT1VFNV

Modifié par BiancoAngelo7, 09 janvier 2011 - 08:38 .


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AidanTelToro

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Great work BiancoAngelo7 my question is how would I go about modding Miranda's outfit or Jacks or Samras. I wanted to give them a more millitary armor look like what the female shep wears like the cerebrus armor etc.. and in combat and casual. How would one go about it. Is it diffcult or easy?

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BiancoAngelo7

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I would love to help, but unfortunately thats a change that would only be possible by changing things in the "coalesced ini" file. For information on how to do that and request such possibilities, head over to the "Modding is possible" thread. Good Luck! :)

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@BiancoAngelo7: Outstanding! Just tried the mods and they work perfectly. I don't know anything about modding but I'm sure it must take a lot of hard and tedious work ... so I thank you very much for all of your wonderful mods.



I second Aidan's comments. Would be nice to mod up some nicer uniforms for Jack (maybe something along the lines to Miranda's with the sleek looking black and gold to match with the other squad mates. Just a thought ...



Anyway ... thanks again!!! Super nice!!!

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rayvioletta

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apologies for the picky requests but any chance of a redheaded miranda or Shep's casual outfits retextured to lose the Cerberus logo?

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BiancoAngelo7

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rayvioletta wrote...

apologies for the picky requests but any chance of a redheaded miranda or Shep's casual outfits retextured to lose the Cerberus logo?


no need to apologize Im happy to oblige you :) And youll be happy to know that someone already requested the casual wear without the cerberus logo, so I was already working on that! :) I will start working on redhead Miranda as soon as possible. it should be available very soon as I dont need to make major changes. Any updates will be posted on this thread, on my profile pge under my projects, and in the "modding is possible" thread. 


Edit: Would you prefer a darker red head or lighter red head miranda?

Modifié par BiancoAngelo7, 18 février 2010 - 09:51 .


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Update: A request was made for Miranda to have her black outfit without the Cerberus logo. here it is! :

http://i803.photobuc...ss='bbc_img' />

and to download as usual just go to my projects area in my profile and you will find it under "file" tab.

Link:social.bioware.com/project/2017/#files

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BiancoAngelo7

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I has update lol

Update: I have added to my projects a
requested mod of Shepards Uniform casual wear without the cerberus
logo. Soon I will also add the same uniform with the N7 logo instead of
the cerberus logo.

http://i803.photobuc...ss='bbc_img' />

Download is in my projects as usual in my profile: social.bioware.com/project/2018/#files

Enjoy :)

Edit: I forgot to remove the sleeve cerberus logo, I have updated the file available for download and the file is now clear of ANY and ALL cerberus logos. Sorry for confusion.

Modifié par BiancoAngelo7, 18 février 2010 - 10:59 .


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Quick Update:

Casual Officer Uniform is now available sporting the N7 emblem instead of the cerberus logo.

Posted Image

This was a request made by two different people, I hope others enjoy it as well.

Download page is as usual in my projects within my profile: social.bioware.com/project/2019/#files

:)

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BiancoAngelo7 wrote...

Quick Update:

Casual Officer Uniform is now available sporting the N7 emblem instead of the cerberus logo.

Posted Image

This was a request made by two different people, I hope others enjoy it as well.

Download page is as usual in my projects within my profile: social.bioware.com/project/2019/#files

:)


Nice! I like it.

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BiancoAngelo7

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thx nvVanity :)

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Good work there, Bianco

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BiancoAngelo7

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thank you! :D

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Hmmm downloaded Blonde Miranda , Red Cain and Casual uniform without the Cerberus logo. Blonde Miranda shows up fine not sure about the Red Cain as I dont have that in the game at this point. However my FEMALE Shepard still sports the Cerberus logo. Am about to fire up a Male Spehard save and see if it appears alright in that.

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glacier1701 wrote...

Hmmm downloaded Blonde Miranda , Red Cain and Casual uniform without the Cerberus logo. Blonde Miranda shows up fine not sure about the Red Cain as I dont have that in the game at this point. However my FEMALE Shepard still sports the Cerberus logo. Am about to fire up a Male Spehard save and see if it appears alright in that.


yes I only have a male shep.. I thought the uniform was the same for both genders....*swears violently*...I will start a female character and get that out as soon as I can, probably tomorrow or soon after, as I have to start a new playthrough and I am still workin on other texture requests.

Modifié par BiancoAngelo7, 18 février 2010 - 11:45 .


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LOL I verified that my Male Shepard Cerberus uniform doesnt sport the logos. Just wanted to make sure that I hadnt got a issue or anything with my game. And here I get back and you already replied and working on it. Nice to see that some of the things that BioWare 'forgot' can be changed. Thanks for the effort.

Modifié par glacier1701, 18 février 2010 - 11:49 .


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BiancoAngelo7 can you please make a high quality texture pack for ME2. i know it will take some time but it is neede. most all NPC body textures need to be replaced

Modifié par dustin_ds3000, 18 février 2010 - 11:57 .


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BiancoAngelo7

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@glacier1701

lol yeah its my pleasure.



@dustin_ds3000

I would tend to agree with you, although such an undertaking, making all npcs high def, would be a monumental task to accomplish on my own. What I can do is take one kind of NPC at a time and make them as high def as I can.



For example, I can work on Blue Suns armor to remove those god awful jagged lines we see, etc etc. Taking it one NPC type at a time I should be able to eventually get a decent amount of NPC types having higher def armor and skins. Hopefully at least the major merc groups and maybe some major NPCs like Captain Anderson.



Although I will gladly do this, do not expect any results soon, as I said this is gonna take some time. :)



I will regularly update on this thread, the "modding is possible" thread and my projects page in my profile. Thx for the suggestion as I didnt even think about it!

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Anyway to play as one of the other characters?? Like all the textures for thane or something, so your main dude is thane? Like a body snatcher. I'm gonna have legion bone tali all romeo and juliet style.

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vhatever wrote...

Anyway to play as one of the other characters?? Like all the textures for thane or something, so your main dude is thane? Like a body snatcher. I'm gonna have legion bone tali all romeo and juliet style.


awesome idea lol as a krogan once said "OH the DECADENCE!" lol Yeah if you want to know how to do that, head over to the "modding is possible" thread. There you can find all the info you need as well as people who are good at modding the ini files to be able to do stuff like that.

Im redirecting you because thats not something I can do with texmod applications lol.

Good luck and when you get to do it, for the love of god upload it to youtube lolol

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Update:
Since this was requested, and it gives the collector armor a different look from my Jet Black version, here is the

Dark Grey Collector Armor and Helmet


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and the link to download leads to my projects in my profile as usual: social.bioware.com/project/2020/#files

:innocent:

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rabidphoenix

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Very nice. :D

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thx rabidphoenix :D

Update:
To go along with the dark Grey Collector Armor I also made a Dark Grey Collector Heavy Weapon.

Posted Image


And as usual the link will bring you to the usual place in my profile: social.bioware.com/project/2021/#files

This was part of a request but it is available to everyone as usual.

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Great tutorial =D. Thanks

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BiancoAngelo7

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No prob :D