Tuesday, July 2, 2013

ME3 Femshep Texture Overhaul

This mod has been replaced by: ME3 Character Texture Overhaul which includes male support.

I have replaced most of the female textures in the character creator with improved versions and packed them in one texmod.



Inside this mod:
Female complexion sliders - all three complexion settings (diffuse and normals)
Eyes - new irises
Eyelashes by Eranen
Eyebrows - Cleaned up, a few were altered for a more natural placement
Makeup Mask - The most notable change here is the eyeliner to look more like Mass Effect 2
Female Wrinkle Mask - Smoothed for less extreme frown lines
Male Wrinkle Mask - Smoothed to fix ugly pixelation

There is a visible seam around the hairline which is present in the base game.  I have not been able to remove it completely.

Thank you to Eranen on the BSN for permission to bundle their Eyelashes Redone mod with this.  They are by far my favorite!

Pictured gray Alliance sweater and HD N7 Armor are mods by Ottemis - Official Thread

complexion 3
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complexion 2
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complexion 1
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complexion 1 before & after

More pics from users:
complexion 1 by JamieCOTC
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complexion 1 by AislinnTrista http://aislinntrista.tumblr.com/


Changelog:

07.06.2013 Uploaded Version 1.1; added missing male wrinkle mask

 08.22.2013 Added a link to .mod file put together by Ottemis
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29 comments:

  1. OttemisJuly 3, 2013 at 8:21 AM

    Ahh this looks amazing! Thanks so much for this <3 Will make such a big difference for the look and feel of the game =)

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  2. UnknownJuly 10, 2013 at 5:41 PM

    So, I see you successfuly edited the normal maps... It's amazing. Care to share your secret on that? :)

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    1. ELE08July 10, 2013 at 5:51 PM

      Np. I edit them normally in Photoshop and save as DXT1, then open up in Microsoft SDK Texture Tool and change them to V8U8 format <-- which works in game. Here's a tutorial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBIPPH_NH9E&list=PLk-2AFRjikbPseLUtByvdCbyiCfGxDhIf

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    2. UnknownJuly 11, 2013 at 3:29 AM

      Yeah, you rock! Thank you so much :)

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  3. UnknownJuly 18, 2013 at 9:21 AM

    How do you use this? There's no tutorial...

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    1. ELE08July 18, 2013 at 9:32 AM

      Hi! This is a Texmod, there are many tutorials on the web :)

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    2. UnknownJuly 19, 2013 at 3:47 AM

      Ah, Ok. Thanks! Sorry, I know I'm annoying lol, I'm new to modding and stuff :S

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    3. ELE08July 19, 2013 at 7:03 AM

      No problem! Have fun :)

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  4. NadamaJuly 19, 2013 at 7:10 AM

    I'm a bioware forums lurker and I've always been impressed by your works and femshep pics, but you did such good job on this one I just had to comment. Great textures, it's a big improvement!

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  5. UnknownJuly 28, 2013 at 6:25 PM

    Thank u ele gorgeous work my femshep looks so much better :D!!

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  6. UnknownJuly 29, 2013 at 4:59 AM

    you have the code for complexion 1

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  7. AnonymousJuly 29, 2013 at 11:45 PM

    I love this! Awesome work!

    Out of curiosity what's the face code for the Shepard in the first image? =D I would love to use it during one of my game plays.

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    1. ELE08July 30, 2013 at 9:36 AM

      Thanks!
      I got that one off the faces website:
      http://www.masseffect2faces.com/index.php?faceID=2564

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    2. AnonymousJuly 30, 2013 at 3:04 PM

      Thank you!

      Also, I wanted to try an put the textures into the game via ME3Explorer. You wouldn't happen to have the texture names (HMF_HED_PROBase_Face_Diff). If not, no worries, I can figure it out, or use the Texmod for it. =D

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    3. ELE08July 30, 2013 at 4:54 PM

      http://elemods.blogspot.com/2013/06/gibbed-resource-codes.html

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  8. UnknownAugust 6, 2013 at 8:17 PM

    When you were creating these textures, did you ever have trouble with the face being super shiny? Is there a specular map that you need to edit for face textures as well?

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    1. ELE08August 6, 2013 at 11:13 PM

      There's no spec map, its in the alpha layer of the diffuse (lighter = shinier)

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    2. UnknownAugust 7, 2013 at 8:32 AM

      Thank you so much!

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    3. Pudi0072000December 2, 2015 at 1:21 PM

      How do you edit the alpha channel? Every time I try, it doesn't seem to do anything. I'm using gimp, if that helps.

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  9. ProgmanAugust 9, 2013 at 1:49 PM

    Any possibility of this being ported to ME1/ME2?

    And XD the captcha was the word "Vorcha".

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    1. ELE08August 9, 2013 at 2:17 PM

      Not at the moment, and I don't have either installed right now.
      Though if someone else would like to convert it, I have no problems.

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  10. eilidhAugust 10, 2013 at 8:12 AM

    These are fantastic texture improvements, kudos!

    One question: I like to play my Femshep without any makeup, so the eye area of your texture looks a little heavy on her. Any chance you could make no make-up versions at some point?

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    1. ELE08August 10, 2013 at 9:03 AM

      The makeup looks heavier because it is ME2 style, you can remove it with the save editor or in the character creator.

      http://elemods.blogspot.com/2013/06/scalar-vector-texture.html

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  11. AnonymousAugust 31, 2013 at 8:54 PM

    This looks amazing but I have a small question! If I download the .mod you linked, do I also need the texmod file, or can I just install the .mod with me3explorer? Thank you :D

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  12. —»¤÷(`[¤* ([†]ïeñ_[Þ]®Ø) *¤]´)÷¤«—November 14, 2013 at 2:52 AM

    hi, may i ask how to install .mod file? the me3 explorer keep giving me textplorer error and i dunno how to work it out

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