Name: Ashara's Party dress for MotA
Version: 5.0
Date: 12-11-2011
Category: Clothing
Requirements:
Author(s): Ashara
Source: http://www.dragonagenexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=3205

Description
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This simple file replaces the suit female Hawke characters wear at the orlesian party in Mark of the Assassin to one of the noble dresses of the vanilla game. You cannot go to an elegant party wearing trousers!
It also adds several recolours and additional dresses to wear.


FILES TO DOWNLOAD
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There are a number of files available for donwloading but you don't need to download all of them, only the ones you ione to install. The files are:

Files for both male and female characters
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* Ashara any armour as party outfit for MotA: if you install this file at the party you will wear the armour/clothes you have currently equipped.
* Ashara party outfit at home: if you install this file you will wear at home the party outfit you have installed (or the default one if you haven't installed any replacer) and you can get the party outfit using the console and vaddi.

You can install both files at the same time and you can also install them and install one of the replacers for the female party dress and one of the replacers for the male party suit.

Files for male characters
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* Ashara party suits for MotA - v5: it contains all the male suit replacers (7 in total)

You can only install one of the party suit replacers at a time.

Files for female characters
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* Ashara party dresses for MotA - v5: it contains all the female dress replacers for the party dress (12 in total)

You can only install one of the party dress replacers at a time.


Install
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Select the version of the dress you want to use and pick the erf file:
* Noble dress A - Purple default: Copy the Ashara_Party_dress_for_MotA_A.erf file to your override folder \My documents\Bioware\Dragon Age 2\packages\core\override\
* Noble dress E (Anora dress): Copy the Ashara_Party_dress_for_MotA_Anora.erf file to your override folder \My documents\Bioware\Dragon Age 2\packages\core\override\
* Noble dress A - Blue and silver recolour: Copy the Ashara_Party_dress_for_MotA_Blue.erf file to your override folder \My documents\Bioware\Dragon Age 2\packages\core\override\
* Noble dress C - Dark pink default: Copy the Ashara_Party_dress_for_MotA_C.erf file to your override folder \My documents\Bioware\Dragon Age 2\packages\core\override\
* Noble dress C - Cream and light blue recolour: Copy the Ashara_Party_dress_for_MotA_C_cream.erf file to your override folder \My documents\Bioware\Dragon Age 2\packages\core\override\
* AlexSpace noble dress - Fuchsia default: Copy the Ashara_Party_dress_for_MotA_e.erf file to your override folder \My documents\Bioware\Dragon Age 2\packages\core\override\
* AlexSpace noble dress - Black and silver recolour: Copy the Ashara_Party_dress_for_MotA_e_black.erf file to your override folder \My documents\Bioware\Dragon Age 2\packages\core\override\
* AlexSpace noble dress - Blue and silver recolour: Copy the Ashara_Party_dress_for_MotA_e_blue.erf file to your override folder \My documents\Bioware\Dragon Age 2\packages\core\override\
* AlexSpace noble dress - Crimson and gold recolour: Copy the Ashara_Party_dress_for_MotA_e_crimson.erf file to your override folder \My documents\Bioware\Dragon Age 2\packages\core\override\
* AlexSpace noble dress - Green and gold recolour: Copy the Ashara_Party_dress_for_MotA_e_green.erf file to your override folder \My documents\Bioware\Dragon Age 2\packages\core\override\
* Noble dress A - Red and gold recolour: Copy the Ashara_Party_dress_for_MotA_Red.erf file to your override folder \My documents\Bioware\Dragon Age 2\packages\core\override\
* Mage robes (Rob_Appb): Copy the Ashara_Party_dress_for_MotA_Rob_Appb.erf file to your override folder \My documents\Bioware\Dragon Age 2\packages\core\override\

You can only use one version of the mod at a time.

Deinstall
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Delete the erf file from your override folder \My documents\Bioware\Dragon Age 2\packages\core\override\.


Required mods
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None.


History
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5.0, 12-11-2011 - fixed the outfits tint that made them look odd and colourless when added to your inventory.
4.0, 07-11-2011 - added three optional files that replace the male party suit with blue and silver, brown and gold and purple and gold versions of noble suit B.
4.0, 05-11-2011 - added a file that replaces the home outfit with the party outfit and that allows you to get the party outfit using the console and vaddi.
3.0, 05-11-2011 - added an optional file with some recolours of AlexSpace noble dress as the party dress.
3.0, 30-10-2011 - added a gda file that doesn't replace the armour your character wears with the party outfit.
2.0, 28-10-2011 - added two optional files replacing the male party suit with a black and silver and a green and copper recolours.
2.0, 21-10-2011 - added an optional file replacing the party dress with a cream recolour of the Noble dress C.
2.0, 19-10-2011 - added an optional file replacing the party dress with Noble dress C.
2.0, 17-10-2011 - added an optional file replacing the party dress with the mage robes Tarohne wears.
2.0, 16-10-2011 - added male noble suits for variety.
2.0, 16-10-2011 - added Blue and silver and Red and gold recolours.
1.0, 15-10-2011 - added an optional file replacing the party dress with Noble dress E (Anora's outfit in Origins).
1.0, 15-10-2011 - Initial release.

Contact
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You can contact me leaving a comment at the mod's thread or sending me a PM.

You can find me on DragonAgeNexus as SydneyB: http://www.dragonagenexus.com/modules/members/index.php?id=259193.
You can find me on Bioware Social Network as Ashara: http://social.bioware.com/2013367/.
You can find me on Clan Dlan as Ashara: http://www.clandlan.net/foros/index.php?showuser=6932.


Credits
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Thanks to Bioware for creating Dragon Age.
Thanks to FokSiGen and Aremeta for helping with the solution on how to equip any armour at the party.
Thanks to AlexSpace for his stunning noble dress.
Thanks to LHammonds for the Readme Generator this file was based on: http://lhammonds.game-host.org/obmm/tools_readme_generator1.asp.
Thanks to DragonAgeNexus.com for the a one-stop-shop resource for authors and players.
Thanks to all the modding community for all their tutorials, tools and help. Especially, thanks to the Clan Dlan, Nexus and Bioware Social Network communities.
Thanks to all of you that are using this files and are helping me to improve it with your suggestions.


Tools Used
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Mephales' "pyGFF editor" - http://social.bioware.com/project/1936/
Thought Process's "erfpack-rev21.zip" - http://mod.gib.me/dragonage2/erfpack-rev21.zip
GIMP - http://www.gimp.org/
7zip - http://www.7-zip.org/
LHammonds' Readme Generator - http://lhammonds.game-host.org/obmm/tools_readme_generator1.asp


Licensing/Legal
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You can reuse this file into your own mod but all I ask in return is that you give me credit.
If you reuse AlexSpace's noble dress, you must credit him, too.