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Adds some new standalone heads for masc Gnome, Halfling, and Dwarf. Includes support for Unique Tav.
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Update 2024.02.18
New halfling head: for both standalone versions as well as loose
New halfling head: for both standalone versions as well as loose
⫸ Why / About:
Because according to Larian only 5 of us play gnomes and halflings (and githyanki). So for contrarian reasons of nobody-asked-for-that and other exercises in futility, here's a little (͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) head collection for the smol race fellas.
Available in two standalone versions: standard and with compatibility for Kartoffels' Unique Tav Custom Appearance mod. Which now has support for the travel-sized Tavs!
On request also available as loose file replacers. They will replace masc gnome heads 3 and 4, halfling heads 3, 5 and 6, and dwarf head 5. NPCs with those heads will now be affected. Has no LODs so fair warning regarding performance regarding areas with a lot of NPCs.
Make sure Animation Level of Detail is set to high in all cases or you'll probably get floaty heads.
⫸ What:
2x Body Type 2 Gnomes (technically 4 including the "no 5 o clock shadow" alt versions)
3x Body Type 2 Halflings
1x Body Type 2 Dwarf
⫸ Installation Instructions:
Standalone version (recommended):
Spoiler:
To update mod just overwrite the .pak in your Mods folder.
To change between standard and Unique Tav version remember to take the other one out of the folder. Can do this mid-playthrough.
To uninstall just delete from mods folder or simply deactivate in MM.
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- Download either one of the main file versions (depending on if you use Unique Tav or not). Don't use both version together.
- Unzip the downloaded file(s) and place either the jerinski-heads_short-lads.pak or jerinski-heads_short-lads_uniquetav.pak into your game's Mods folder:
..\AppData\Local\Larian Studios\Baldur's Gate 3\Mod - Use BG3 Mod Manager and move mod(s) from Inactive over to Active Mods. Save load order and then Export to game.
- In CC you should now see some new icons appear for the respective BT2 races.
To update mod just overwrite the .pak in your Mods folder.
To change between standard and Unique Tav version remember to take the other one out of the folder. Can do this mid-playthrough.
To uninstall just delete from mods folder or simply deactivate in MM.
Loose files (replacers for default heads):
Spoiler:
FAIR WARNING for loose file usage: head mods with custom skeletons, when loaded loose like this, can potentially have some animation oddness in cutscenes due to coding overrides I no longer have control over.
To uninstall the Halfling heads follow these paths:
To uninstall loose versions, follow the above paths and delete the relevant files.
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FAIR WARNING for loose file usage: head mods with custom skeletons, when loaded loose like this, can potentially have some animation oddness in cutscenes due to coding overrides I no longer have control over.
- Unzip the downloaded file, open it.
- Drag and drop the Data folder into your game's base directory so that it merges with the already present "Data" folder.
(e.g. the default with Steam is C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Baldurs Gate 3 ) - If you are prompted to Replace, do so. Everything should automatically go into place. Done!
To uninstall the Halfling heads follow these paths:
- Heads: ..\Data\Generated\Public\Shared\Assets\Characters\_Anims\Halflings\_Male\Resources -> 3 gr2 files
- Armatures: ..\Data\Public\Shared\Assets\Characters\_Anims\Halflings\_Male -> 3 gr2 files
- Textures(1): ..\Data\Generated\Public\Shared\Assets\Characters\_Models\Halflings\HFL_M_NKD\HFL_M_NKD_Head_C\Resources -> 3 dds files
- Textures(2): ..\Data\Generated\Public\Shared\Assets\Characters\_Models\Halflings\HFL_M_NKD\HFL_M_NKD_Head_F\Resources -> 3 dds files
- Textures(3): ..\Data\Generated\Public\Shared\Assets\Characters\_Models\Halflings\HFL_M_NKD\HFL_M_NKD_Head_E\Resources -> 3 dds files
- Head: ..\Data\Generated\Public\Shared\Assets\Characters\_Anims\Gnomes\_Male\Resources -> 2 gr2 files
- Armature: ..\Data\Public\Shared\Assets\Characters\_Anims\Gnomes\_Male -> 2 gr2 files
- Textures(1): ..\Data\Generated\Public\Shared\Assets\Characters\_Models\Gnomes\GNO_M_NKD\GNO_M_NKD_Head_C\Resources -> 4 dds files
- Textures(2): ..\Data\Generated\Public\Shared\Assets\Characters\_Models\Gnomes\GNO_M_NKD\GNO_M_Head_D\Resources -> 4 dds files
- Head: ..\Data\Generated\Public\Shared\Assets\Characters\_Anims\Dwarves\_Male\Resources -> 1 gr2 file
- Armature: ..\Data\Public\Shared\Assets\Characters\_Anims\Dwarves\_Male -> 1 gr2 file
- Textures: ..\Data\Generated\Public\Shared\Assets\Characters\_Models\Dwarves\DWR_M_NKD\DWR_M_NKD_Head_E\Resources -> 3 dds files
To uninstall loose versions, follow the above paths and delete the relevant files.
⫸ Notes / Issues:
- There is a persistent neck seam on the halflings which appears on the vanilla heads as well. Because of that I'm unsure it's fixable (John Larian surely would have done so then, right? ...). So far fixing normals does a bit but not perfect, current guess is the body textures.
- Regarding head VFX: The head VFX (speak with dead, etc) for head mods DO NOT merge, so there will be compatibility issues. Priority in mods folder for this is random. Luckily, Padme has been working on/released a community patch. If you install this you should be able to have all the VFX-ready head mods installed without these conflicts.
Thanks to:
- Padme4000 for the wonderful tutorials and resources
- ghouls0rules for taking the time to show how to set up CC icons <3
- The Down by the River Discord community
- Aloija's BG3 Armature Tools for Blender, which is a great add-on for getting animations and piercings/beards to fit to new facial structures
