WHAT IS IT?

This mod is a texture replacer. It darkens and desaturates more than 60 selected clothes, outfits and armors. There's also the option to darken Dogmeat.

WHY?

Cuz I like darker clothes and armor. Most dark texture replacers on NEXUS make everything totally black. This doesn't do that.

HOW DO I INSTALL IT?

Use a mod manager, otherwise read this guide for instructions. You can choose to install via a FOMOD installer (which lets you pick which outfits to darken), or use the ALL-IN-ONE installer (to completely overhaul the Fallout 4 clothing and armor aesthetic).

CONSOLE CODES?

This spreadsheet lists all items and their console codes. Open console with ~ and type "player.additem XXXXX" (replacing XXXXX with the ITEM ID you want), and it mathemagically appears in your inventory.

WHAT CLOTHING AND ARMOR IS DARKENED?

Leather Armor
Raider Armor
Metal Armor
Combat Armor
Dog Armors + Collars + Headgear

Army Fatigues+ Helmet (clean and dirty)
Athletic Outfit
Atom Cats Jacket and Jeans
Cage + Spike Armors (all 4)
Colonial Duster
Courser uniform
DB Tech Varsity Uniform
Desdemona's Fatigues
Drifter Outfit
Explorer Outfit
Farmhand Clothes
Flannel Shirt and Jeans
Greaser Jacket and Jeans
Green Shirt and Combat Boots
Grognak Costume
Gunner Flannel Shirt and Jeans
Gunner Guard Outfit
Gunner Harness
Gunner Leathers
Hancock's Outfit (aka Red Frock Coat) + Tricorn Hat
Harness
Hazmat Suit
Hooded Rags
Leather Coat
Letterman's Jacket and Jeans
Long Johns
Longshoreman Outfit + matching Yellow Slicker Hat
MacCready's Duster
Maxson's Battlecoat
Mechanic jumpsuit (olive)
Militia Hat
Minuteman General's Coat and Hat
Minuteman Outfit and Hat
Padded blue jacket
Pastor's vestments
Radstag Hide Outfit
Raider Leathers
Ratty Skirt
Road Leathers
Surveyor outfit
Tattered Field Jacket
Tattered Rags
Undershirt and Jeans
Winter Jacket and Jeans
Zeke's Jacket and Jeans (same as Atom Cats)

Flight Helmets (3)
Gas Masks (all 3)
Green Rag Hat
Grey Knit Cap
Newsboy Cap
Sack Hoods (all 3)
Super Mutant Aviator Cap
Ushanka Hat

Dogmeat

ANYTHING ELSE WE SHOULD KNOW?

The Combat Armor is darkened with both the palette file AND the specular map (making it less glossy). So if you overwrite this mod with something like the 4k Combat Armor Retexture, you may lose my specular map, but your armor will still be darker since my palette remains intact. That mod is excellent, by the way, highly recommended.

CREDITS

Thanks to Bethesda for doing stuff, NEXUS for the second home, Wenderer for his amazing FOMOD Creation Tool, Vault Girl for her impeccable patience and professionalism on the photo set, the four faced deity from Mars for destroying that comet, and the color orange.