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Two LooksMenu presets, one for a male character and one for a female character.
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About:
These are two LooksMenu presets, one for a male character and one for a female character, that I made for my use. The male character is named Riley, and the female character is named Zetta. More information about their story can be found below under a spoiler tag for those who are curious, but the short version is that they are husband and wife. But only one of them can become the Sole Survivor of Vault 111...
Both were built from the ground up, using no existing presets as a base. My priority was to not only mimic their actors as closely as possible within the Fallout 4 character creation engine, but to make sure they animated well in dialogue, too. These faces have been tweaked accordingly, so they're not going to look EXACTLY like their actors, but I've been told the resemblance is still very strong, so hopefully I still did a good job. ;)
Riley's face was designed based on the actor Daniel Henney. Zetta's face was designed based on the actress Morena Baccarin. See the screenshots section for comparisons.
Installation:
Use NMM:
The way you do with any other mod. Open NMM, tell it to install the preset(s), voila, it'll drop it into the right folders for you. There's no .esp to worry about.
Manual install:
Open the .zips with your favorite program. Drag the contents of the .zip somewhere like your Desktop or something (the top folder should be Data). Open into your Fallout 4 folder (Program Files > Steam > steamapps > common > Fallout 4). Drag the Data folder from the mod in. Let the folders merge. There shouldn't be any overwrites.
FAQ:
What if I don't want to use the Yennefer hair on the female preset?
I've included an alternate version in the optional files where she's using one of the vanilla hairstyles.
Will you upload save files for these characters?
For now, I will not be uploading save files for these characters. My game has a buttload of mods and is generally not terribly stable, because I do a lot of the things you're not supposed to (like removing mods mid-playthrough). I don't want to make a giant list of required mods, and I worry that even if I uninstall everything just to make saves friendly to other people's computers, that something will still go wrong. If I ever decide to give it a try (since I do need to wipe everything and do a clean slate reinstall sometime soon), I'll upload the saves -- But I don't want to make any promises. So, for now? I wouldn't recommend holding your breath.
Will you change _____ about their faces?
Unless there are somehow huge errors that've escaped my notice for two entire playthroughs, I'm not going to be making any adjustments to these presets. These are being presented as-is, fixes notwithstanding. If you want something changed about their faces, you're welcome to tweak them in your game for your own use! (But you don't have permission to then upload your adjustments; if you want to do that, ask me first.)
Can I use these faces on my companions?
You're welcome to, but I have noooo idea how overwriting companion faces works, so you'll have to do that yourself. It should be pretty easy using console commands. (Aka clicking on the companion, typing "slm [ID number]," and opening the Presets menu.) If someone wants to make a patch or something for overwriting a companion's face, let me know and I'll be happy to add it as an optional file for this mod.
Their story:
LooksMenu
and by extension, F4SE
M-Face (for the male preset only; Riley uses one of the eye types)
Mods used in screenshots:
Grim Wolf ReShade and ENB Presets - Institute ASD (in Riley's screenshots)
Rambo ENB (in Zetta's screenshots)
LooksMenu Customization Compendium
WX Hair Colors
FCO - HD Eyes
Valkyr Face Textures (face only)
Misc. Hairstyle (google it) for the Yennefer hairstyle
Yennefer Hair with Physics
Eye Normal Map Fix Fallout 4 Edition
Less Intense Grime
EoW - Lashes
For those curious about body mods:
I used just regular old CBBE for a while and the Ida Body Texture, no unique presets, so that may be featured in some of the older Zetta screenshots. Currently though, I'm using a vanilla body with the Glorious Female Nude retexture.
I believe for most of Riley's screenshots, I was using Simple Male Redux. I used it for a while, but I don't remember when exactly I uninstalled it (to use Just a hairy male body) in relation to when I took these screenshots. The reason why I mention this is because SMR also includes a face retexture, so that may affect the way Riley's face looks in your game in comparison to the screenshots. But the banner picture (the picture of the two of them sitting together on the couch) was using "Just a hairy male body," for what it's worth. I also use Better Male Hands.
These are two LooksMenu presets, one for a male character and one for a female character, that I made for my use. The male character is named Riley, and the female character is named Zetta. More information about their story can be found below under a spoiler tag for those who are curious, but the short version is that they are husband and wife. But only one of them can become the Sole Survivor of Vault 111...
Both were built from the ground up, using no existing presets as a base. My priority was to not only mimic their actors as closely as possible within the Fallout 4 character creation engine, but to make sure they animated well in dialogue, too. These faces have been tweaked accordingly, so they're not going to look EXACTLY like their actors, but I've been told the resemblance is still very strong, so hopefully I still did a good job. ;)
Riley's face was designed based on the actor Daniel Henney. Zetta's face was designed based on the actress Morena Baccarin. See the screenshots section for comparisons.
Installation:
Use NMM:
The way you do with any other mod. Open NMM, tell it to install the preset(s), voila, it'll drop it into the right folders for you. There's no .esp to worry about.
Manual install:
Open the .zips with your favorite program. Drag the contents of the .zip somewhere like your Desktop or something (the top folder should be Data). Open into your Fallout 4 folder (Program Files > Steam > steamapps > common > Fallout 4). Drag the Data folder from the mod in. Let the folders merge. There shouldn't be any overwrites.
FAQ:
What if I don't want to use the Yennefer hair on the female preset?
I've included an alternate version in the optional files where she's using one of the vanilla hairstyles.
Will you upload save files for these characters?
For now, I will not be uploading save files for these characters. My game has a buttload of mods and is generally not terribly stable, because I do a lot of the things you're not supposed to (like removing mods mid-playthrough). I don't want to make a giant list of required mods, and I worry that even if I uninstall everything just to make saves friendly to other people's computers, that something will still go wrong. If I ever decide to give it a try (since I do need to wipe everything and do a clean slate reinstall sometime soon), I'll upload the saves -- But I don't want to make any promises. So, for now? I wouldn't recommend holding your breath.
Will you change _____ about their faces?
Unless there are somehow huge errors that've escaped my notice for two entire playthroughs, I'm not going to be making any adjustments to these presets. These are being presented as-is, fixes notwithstanding. If you want something changed about their faces, you're welcome to tweak them in your game for your own use! (But you don't have permission to then upload your adjustments; if you want to do that, ask me first.)
Can I use these faces on my companions?
You're welcome to, but I have noooo idea how overwriting companion faces works, so you'll have to do that yourself. It should be pretty easy using console commands. (Aka clicking on the companion, typing "slm [ID number]," and opening the Presets menu.) If someone wants to make a patch or something for overwriting a companion's face, let me know and I'll be happy to add it as an optional file for this mod.
Their story:
Spoiler:
Mods REQUIRED: Show
Zetta has a prickly, sarcastic personality, and her favorite coping mechanisms are getting angry and yelling. She is very assertive and stubborn, and dislikes being told what to do. Riley, on the other hand, has a people-pleasing personality, and instead of getting angry and lashing out, he will instead turn inward and implode. He's known for being a bit of a doormat, and he's definitely "the nice one" of the pair. Zetta is the one who will tell you exactly what she thinks of you. Riley is the one who will sugarcoat. He's a master at smoothing Zetta's ruffled feathers, and she makes sure that what he wants isn't always trampled over by other people.
Zetta and Riley grew up together. Their parents were close friends, so they were raised alongside each other. They know each other so well they can almost read one another's minds, and are more than a little codependent. Riley's father was an immigrant from Korea. Zetta had an extremely volatile relationship with her mother, because they were both far too similar and her mother wanted to control her. Riley had a better relationship with his parents, but they had a more hands-off parenting style, which was actually not so great for a kid as sensitive as Riley. Zetta's father died when they were in late high school, of cancer (to foreshadow a certain plot point). Riley and Zetta got married right out of high school, and Zetta went immediately into college.
Zetta is a scientist, and specializes in engineering and robotics. She ended up picking up a juris doctor in patent law in the midst of her college career so she could try to have more control over what would happen to her inventions. While Riley tried out quite a few things (he has training in singing, he learned massaging from his mother who was a masseuse, he's really interested in animals so he knows a lot of random things about them), he never felt like he found his calling in life. For a little while, he picked up odd jobs to help support them while Zetta was in school (paid for primarily by scholarships). After Zetta graduated, she picked up a job as a patent attorney to help both pay the bills and provide money for her personal projects.
Riley ended up enlisting in the National Guard because he felt the compulsion to try to help people, with how difficult things were for everyone at the time, especially Asian Americans. Zetta was vehemently upset when his regiment was assigned to ship out to Alaska and very seriously encouraged him to desert, but Riley didn't want to bring that kind of trouble down on his family, and didn't want to live on the run or in hiding. While in Anchorage, Riley grew to be very close to one of his fellow soldiers, a man named Shaun, who would eventually die while protecting Riley on the battlefield. Riley was also ordered to take Psycho, which left mental scars on a man who is by nature gentle and sensitive. But when he returned from active duty, he wouldn't tell his wife about it, didn't know how to talk about it. He would be afraid of his own anger for the rest of his life.
As per canon, Zetta's pregnancy wasn't planned. They hadn't been sure if they wanted to bring a kid into the world when things were so uncertain. But it didn't take them long to warm to the idea, though Zetta insisted that she didn't want her mother around her child. When it came to the name discussion, Zetta wanted her kid to have a unique name, but Riley wanted them to be named after Shaun, and Zetta ultimately couldn't deny him. (Still, Shaun ended up with a middle name of Demetrius.) Getting Codsworth was Zetta's idea, because while she had warmed to the idea of being a mother, she knew that neither of them knew anything about taking care of a baby. The moment Codsworth whirred to life in their living room, Riley treated him like a member of the family. Codsworth ended up closest to Riley as a result -- and the fact that Codsworth could make Riley laugh with his jokes helped a lot, too.
When Kellogg led Institute scientists into Vault 111 to steal an infant with Pre-War DNA, only one parent would survive.
Neither one of them takes the loss of the other very well. But that's a story for another time.
Zetta and Riley grew up together. Their parents were close friends, so they were raised alongside each other. They know each other so well they can almost read one another's minds, and are more than a little codependent. Riley's father was an immigrant from Korea. Zetta had an extremely volatile relationship with her mother, because they were both far too similar and her mother wanted to control her. Riley had a better relationship with his parents, but they had a more hands-off parenting style, which was actually not so great for a kid as sensitive as Riley. Zetta's father died when they were in late high school, of cancer (to foreshadow a certain plot point). Riley and Zetta got married right out of high school, and Zetta went immediately into college.
Zetta is a scientist, and specializes in engineering and robotics. She ended up picking up a juris doctor in patent law in the midst of her college career so she could try to have more control over what would happen to her inventions. While Riley tried out quite a few things (he has training in singing, he learned massaging from his mother who was a masseuse, he's really interested in animals so he knows a lot of random things about them), he never felt like he found his calling in life. For a little while, he picked up odd jobs to help support them while Zetta was in school (paid for primarily by scholarships). After Zetta graduated, she picked up a job as a patent attorney to help both pay the bills and provide money for her personal projects.
Riley ended up enlisting in the National Guard because he felt the compulsion to try to help people, with how difficult things were for everyone at the time, especially Asian Americans. Zetta was vehemently upset when his regiment was assigned to ship out to Alaska and very seriously encouraged him to desert, but Riley didn't want to bring that kind of trouble down on his family, and didn't want to live on the run or in hiding. While in Anchorage, Riley grew to be very close to one of his fellow soldiers, a man named Shaun, who would eventually die while protecting Riley on the battlefield. Riley was also ordered to take Psycho, which left mental scars on a man who is by nature gentle and sensitive. But when he returned from active duty, he wouldn't tell his wife about it, didn't know how to talk about it. He would be afraid of his own anger for the rest of his life.
As per canon, Zetta's pregnancy wasn't planned. They hadn't been sure if they wanted to bring a kid into the world when things were so uncertain. But it didn't take them long to warm to the idea, though Zetta insisted that she didn't want her mother around her child. When it came to the name discussion, Zetta wanted her kid to have a unique name, but Riley wanted them to be named after Shaun, and Zetta ultimately couldn't deny him. (Still, Shaun ended up with a middle name of Demetrius.) Getting Codsworth was Zetta's idea, because while she had warmed to the idea of being a mother, she knew that neither of them knew anything about taking care of a baby. The moment Codsworth whirred to life in their living room, Riley treated him like a member of the family. Codsworth ended up closest to Riley as a result -- and the fact that Codsworth could make Riley laugh with his jokes helped a lot, too.
When Kellogg led Institute scientists into Vault 111 to steal an infant with Pre-War DNA, only one parent would survive.
Neither one of them takes the loss of the other very well. But that's a story for another time.
LooksMenu
and by extension, F4SE
M-Face (for the male preset only; Riley uses one of the eye types)
Mods used in screenshots:
Grim Wolf ReShade and ENB Presets - Institute ASD (in Riley's screenshots)
Rambo ENB (in Zetta's screenshots)
LooksMenu Customization Compendium
WX Hair Colors
FCO - HD Eyes
Valkyr Face Textures (face only)
Misc. Hairstyle (google it) for the Yennefer hairstyle
Yennefer Hair with Physics
Eye Normal Map Fix Fallout 4 Edition
Less Intense Grime
EoW - Lashes
For those curious about body mods:
I used just regular old CBBE for a while and the Ida Body Texture, no unique presets, so that may be featured in some of the older Zetta screenshots. Currently though, I'm using a vanilla body with the Glorious Female Nude retexture.
I believe for most of Riley's screenshots, I was using Simple Male Redux. I used it for a while, but I don't remember when exactly I uninstalled it (to use Just a hairy male body) in relation to when I took these screenshots. The reason why I mention this is because SMR also includes a face retexture, so that may affect the way Riley's face looks in your game in comparison to the screenshots. But the banner picture (the picture of the two of them sitting together on the couch) was using "Just a hairy male body," for what it's worth. I also use Better Male Hands.