If you want to attempt making your own dye see the optional file template. I have my notes in there to hopefully help you make them. We all start somewhere and when its something we want to see that is a sure way to start modding.
However if you want to make a suggestion you can. I won't guarantee them being made as it is a lot of work but if I get a moment in between updating my other mods, finishing my WIP mods I may just make a few more. But again 0 guarantee. HTML values better than just mentioning the colour.
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Please do add images to the mod page if you're using my dyes. Would love to see them and I am sure others would too. Just try to keep as spoiler free as possible. Thank you
Hi, I love this mod & have used a custom dye since my second playthrough. However, since around Patch 4, I'm no longer able to uninstall this mod and continue a playthrough; if I remove it, the game crashes on load back to main menu every time. This is true even if I destroy any known dye bottles before uninstalling the mod (either by chasm or by a a summoned box which then disappears after a few seconds). I suspect this is because other merchants in the world still have copies of the dye bottles that I haven't destroyed; item-creating mods like this have been reported to give trouble on uninstall for a few patches now.
Can you confirm if there is an alternate way to remove all copies of the dye bottles, even from merchant inventories, before trying to uninstall; or do you know of any other way to uninstall this mod? I wanted to send an unmodded copy of a save file to Larian as part of an unrelated bug report, but this is the last mod I can't detach.
Every file in the template has notes on how to use it, each how to in my templates describes different things, if it is the only one in the file it is just for reminders. Though I had plans to update it to explain that.
I would like to create my own reusable dye that uses a colour scheme from one of vanilla armours. The problem is, I don't know how to get those colour values from an item. I guess I have to find the item in the game files but I have no idea where to start. Do you know where I should look? Can you please point me in the right direction.
Hi sorry this is a bit of a copy and paste as got a similar question on my other dye mod.
what you first want to do is find the armour in question and their roottemplate.
you can do this either by finding the armour on the wiki as it provides the UUID and its in file name. or by searching its name in the English.loca and then using the handle to find it in the roottemplate.
Once you find the entry in the rootemplate you wan to scroll down to a line that says "MaterialPresetResource" you want to search for that uuid it has in that line in multitool index search.
Then you use that as a base and if the roottemplate did have any "MaterialOverrides" for some of those values replace the ones from the "MaterialPresetResource" with the ones in the "MaterialOverrides" section.
Gale in purple is disgraceful. :D Mystra's color is blue. So i do him the favor and let him wear blue. Makes him looks way better. ;)
But still: Even if the mods is old and some would scream it's outdated, i just found it and got it. Some of the combinations are still good for other companions and Tavs of course. ;)
The mod isn't outdated. Not sure why that is being said. I am glad you're enjoying it
edit: to explain the code for dyes themselves hasn't changed which means Dye mods aren't outdated. I will be updating to put them into bags so as to not clog the vendors as much though.
For anyone new to this and following the template, I got stuck at the "how to convert to correct file type" image where I am trying to convert the .xml to .loca but I think I figured it out lol: You have to download a certain file of LSLib that wasn't in any of the links on guides I was seeing except for one page on the wiki. It is this one https://github.com/Norbyte/lslib/releases/tag/v1.15.13 (the export tool at the top). In it there is an app called Converterapp that takes you to that window.
So the "template dye" is an actual dye that can be bought from the merchant in the Emerald Grove? If so, what's its name? I don't see one for sale named "Template" or "Padme4000" or anything as obvious as that.
The template dye is a modders resource. It needs to be packed and finished editing. Such as the meta needs completing. The main mod file is the one with my dyes
I see. Thank you. I've been following Astral Sprout's guide on dye-making, and it referred to some of your resources. The last game I made a mod for was Oblivion, so I'm a bit behind the times I'm realizing. I think I have it figured out now though. :)
Mod idea if you're keen to make more dyes. Old Swamp Green, Old Ocean, Old Muddy red etc. Basically, pretty please restore the dyes we had at launch before the dreaded patch 3 and you'd be a hero to many. Others and I were so sad they changed those colors especially.
I love this but is there anywhere to make the Oathbreaker helm dyable, for example when I go to dye it blue or red, the helm just turns silver or gold 🥺 I’ve been attempting to make some power ranger outfits (don’t judge me pls LMAO) and the other colors are fine except red and blue
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However if you want to make a suggestion you can. I won't guarantee them being made as it is a lot of work but if I get a moment in between updating my other mods, finishing my WIP mods I may just make a few more. But again 0 guarantee. HTML values better than just mentioning the colour.
Screenshots
Please do add images to the mod page if you're using my dyes. Would love to see them and I am sure others would too. Just try to keep as spoiler free as possible. Thank you
Can you confirm if there is an alternate way to remove all copies of the dye bottles, even from merchant inventories, before trying to uninstall; or do you know of any other way to uninstall this mod? I wanted to send an unmodded copy of a save file to Larian as part of an unrelated bug report, but this is the last mod I can't detach.
However you can use this guide alongside my template AstralSprout's Custom Dye Mod Guide
I would like to create my own reusable dye that uses a colour scheme from one of vanilla armours. The problem is, I don't know how to get those colour values from an item. I guess I have to find the item in the game files but I have no idea where to start. Do you know where I should look? Can you please point me in the right direction.
But still: Even if the mods is old and some would scream it's outdated, i just found it and got it. Some of the combinations are still good for other companions and Tavs of course. ;)
edit: to explain the code for dyes themselves hasn't changed which means Dye mods aren't outdated. I will be updating to put them into bags so as to not clog the vendors as much though.
You have to download a certain file of LSLib that wasn't in any of the links on guides I was seeing except for one page on the wiki. It is this one https://github.com/Norbyte/lslib/releases/tag/v1.15.13 (the export tool at the top). In it there is an app called Converterapp that takes you to that window.
Also no judgement. Go go power rangers!