Mass Effect 3

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A selection of simple rextextures for Kaidan's second armour option.

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Update: years later after making this mod, I've began replaying Mass Effect again and hope to make a return to modding ME3. I'll hopefully be updating this mod to be more user-friendly :)

WARNING
A lot of people have been commenting about various bugs or incompatibilities or my mod just not working or installing. I wouldn't recommend installing this until I figure out how to make a DLC version of this mod. I'm not sure how long it'll take me with school and lack of motivation. 


Update: Download the newly uploaded Modified Spec to fix the issue with the ghostly Spectre logo!
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Description:
This is my first mod; a very simple set of retextures available for Kaidan's second armour option. My original goal was just to add his name and Spectre logo to his armour, but by the 50th time playing the game, I wanted to spruce up my favourite character's uniform with a bit more colour.
These retextures are very, very simple. A quick adjust of hue and a little of saturation, and that's why there's no incredible boost to resolution, and sometimes, (with the white version in particular) the armour looks completely out of place. There is a version with just his original armour colour with the Spectre logo and his name if you want just that.
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Variations:
-Default colour (with "Alenko" printed on the chestplate)
-Default colour (with the Spectre Logo printed on the chestplate)
-Default colour (with both of the above, probably the one that looks the best out of the Default colour options. I may update the other two later so that the positioning looks a little better without the other if people are interested.)
-Black (a very darkened version of the default colour. Comes with name and logo)
-Green (a yellowish-green version of the default colour. Comes with name and logo)
-Blue (a more saturated blue version of the default colour. Comes with name and logo)
-Purple (a purple version of the default colour. Comes with name and logo)
-Turquoise (a turquoise version of the default colour. Comes with name and logo)
-White (a very, very bright white colour in contrast to the other colours. Comes with name and logo. Might update later if people want an improved white version)
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Installation:
I personally don't use TexMod, so these files don't come in a tpf format. Using TexMod is not an option for me, as TexMod just no longer works for me and there is no way to fix it. Please don't ask for a TexMod version. I won't be able to provide it.
To install this, you'll have to install it manually through Mass Effect 3 Explorer. If you don't know how to use it, read on, I'll explain. If you do, make sure to just remember to back up your files and install.
1. Download ME3 Explorer if you haven't already. (http://sourceforge.net/projects/me3explorer/)
2. Once you have it in a location easily accessible on your computer, open ME3 Explorer.
3. If you need help on how to get it setup, go have a look at this handy guide. I used this when I first started out, and I'm still a noob to modding ME. (http://ottemods.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/guide-me3explorer-first-time-setup.html)
4. Once you're all setup, go to "Developer Tools" and then into "Texplorer". Let the debug menu run, and when it says "Tree constructed. Ready" it's safe to close the debug window and continue on.
5. Expand the "All Texture Files" folder and find the folder called "BIOG_HMM_ARM_KAI_R". Expand this and click on the folder at the bottom called "KAIb". This is the folder for the texture files for Kaidan's second armour, known as "KAIb."
6. BEFORE YOU REPLACE ANYTHING, RIGHT CLICK ON THE FILE CALLED "HMM_ARM_KAIb_Diff" AND EXTRACT IT. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE, AS LONG AS YOU HAVE A COPY. THIS IS VANILLA KAIDAN'S ARMOUR. DO NOT LOSE THIS, OTHERWISE YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GET HIS DEFAULT ARMOUR BACK IF YOU MESS UP OR JUST WANT IT BACK.
7. Now that you've got a backup of his original armour, you'll want to go back to ME3 Explorer and right click "HMM_ARM_KAIb_Diff" and go to "Easy > Add Biggest Image".
8. Find the file you downloaded from my mod, which I've left named as the default file is; "HMM_ARM_KAIb_Diff_1024x1024.dds". Simply click it and click open.
9. A popup saying, "Success: Textures Correctly Added to the cache" will hopefully pop up. Click ok and go to the top bar and click "File > Save Changes". Make sure you have "HMM_ARM_KAIb_Diff" highlighted.
10. You'll see some notifcations show up at the bottom. It's usually safe for me to wait until it says, "All files aved successfully" and I can close it, but if you're unsure, wait until you get a popup saying success.
Done!
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Thanks/ Credits:
Thanks to Bioware for making the amazing Mass Effect Trilogy.
Thanks to Otte and GirlPlaysGame for the tutorials I used in order to make these.
Thanks to my friend - you know who you are - for helping me judge these as I made them and helping me through the struggle.
Thanks to anyone who wants to download my first mod!
Thanks to princessdemeter for helping me with the ghostly Spectre logo issue that was present when the mod first released.
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Issues:
Only known one I've found is that sometimes, in certain light, a ghostly Spectre logo appears on the right side of Kaidan's chestplate. I'm unsure why, and I'm unsure of how to fix it. If anyone can offer help, I'm open to suggestions on how to fix it.
Download the fix uploaded in the updates section of the files section. Thanks to princessdemeter for giving me tips to sort it out!
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Requests:
If anyone would like to request a colour, I would be happy to give it an attempt.
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My Mods:
Kaidan Armour Retextures (Primary Armour) by me
Kaidan Facial Hair Adjustments by me
Kaidan Armour Retextures (Secondary Armour) by me