Dragon Age 2

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About this mod

Very minor changes to default Aveline headmorph that make a huge difference, no other mods or a chargenmorphcfg required

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UPDATE 12/20/12

I've added four new hairstyles and two new hair colors, which means a total of 14 Avelines for you to choose from now.

All 14 morphs are included in the large .zip file - named Hair and Style Pack

I also separated all morphs into 14 different files if you can't download a huge file. They are names based on the hair color and hairstyle included. Check the captions on the Nexus file site photos to figure out which look goes with which file (they will be matched by number)

I've also added preview photos (of the head in the CC) of all of the combos in the files. There are no in game shots because I didn't want to quit and restart 14 times to get in-game shots.
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Muted Aveline:

-"She's a woman-shaped battering ram!"
-"[Aveline's] a good name. A strong name."
-"Many people have their lives because of me."
-"I'd rather kill a bandit and save a merchant's family than know the correct dance steps and
which rouge is in fashion."
 

A pretty consistent storytelling device for character development (and for Bioware) is to have to external appearance
mirror the personality of the characters you encounter.

However, Bioware seems to forget some basic rules of human proportions.

I didn't want (or try) to make Aveline "feminine" or "beautiful" or "less mannish" (all subjective sociological terms that I
don't feel like talking about on Nexus). She already looked like the Aveline I envisioned.

However, I didn't like the chin that could give Jay Leno a run for his money, or the makeup. I also figured that softening
(but not eliminating!) the rectangular jawline would be nice.

This is the result of hours of near computer defenestrating effort. Kinda sad, considering it is a very simple mod, and I've
edited my DA:O game .mors via toolset to oblivion :P *hint to Bioware*

I made very subtle changes. Honestly, these subtle changes were enough for me. And I was so giddy and proud of myself
that I decided to share it.

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Check Before and After to see a side-by-side (these shots were taken without ANY OTHER MODS)

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HOW TO INSTALL:

***No mods or a Chargenmorphcfg file required***

All you need to do is:
Download and place the erf. in your override folder.
The path should look something like:

...\BioWare\Dragon Age\packages\core\override"

If you dont have the "override" folder in the "\core" folder
then you can create it.

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NOTE:

Please endorse! It is my first mod uploaded to Nexus and it would make me giddy. If you guys really like this one, I did
make a lot more (toning down makeup in DA:O, making mops to match families, fixing proportions, etc, in DAO) that
follow the same principle.
Shoot me a PM, I'll see what I can do.

For my mod (and all the other faces), I do recommend these mods,
because I think they really make the game shine,
but they are not required for my mod to work:

Hair Tint Fixes: http://dragonage.nexusmods.com/mods/2980
Default Eye Texture Replacement: http://dragonage.nexusmods.com/mods/2285
More Visible Eyelashes: http://dragonage.nexusmods.com/mods/2327

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CREDIT:
The biggest thanks ever to:

NewByPower's DragonAge Face Replacer, a very handy resource for modders:
http://dragonage.nexusmods.com/mods/428

(note: if you want to do this for your DA2 game: use version 1.20)

Elysium-Fic at the BSN who wrote a very handy tutorial for using DA Face Replacer:
http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/307/index/6531282/1#6603990

LOTC's DA2 NPC Presets by marquiseondore (to skip the steps of changing .mop in tutorial)
http://dragonage.nexusmods.com/mods/2657