Baldur's Gate 3

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neonbutchery

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neonbutchery

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About this mod

Adds a collection of new hairstyles to the character creator, mostly for all races and bodytypes.

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If you remember the old description you deserve a veteran's discount but anyways: thank you all so much for the support and love. When I first published this in November I was brand new to serious modding and at the time it felt like a huge feat; now, with a lot more experience under my belt, I've finally updated this to fix some problems I didn't realize that were there in the first versions. Thank you for your patience and support, and there will definitely be more hairs coming now that I've figured out what I'm doing! 💖

THIS MOD CONTAINS
Nine different hairs, each one with its own custom name (as shown in the gallery above), as well as custom icons.




Almost all of the hairs are available to all bodies and races except for a couple of them (specified in the gallery).

KNOWN ISSUES

  • Most of the hairs have physics but some of them are a little wonky. Nothing gamebreaking, but there might be weird deformations on some animations.
  • Some of the highlights might look a little weird due to the meshes, and adding custom highlights would mean transparency issues that I'd rather not have. If that's the case, I recommend playing around with the graying slider, too, so you can get the highlighted hair you desire.
  • There's also bound to be some clipping depending on the outfits you equip, especially ones with collars, or with the ears of certain races (elves, githyanki, etc).
  • In the Prince of the Gate hairstyle, the accessories might look a little crunchy and deform in weird ways depending on the race and body type.

PATCHES AND COMPATIBILITY FOR CUSTOM RACES

As of Ver 1.1.1 (April 2024), I've reestructured the way patches for custom race mods work to keep the mod files tidier. The base mod itself only works on the vanilla races; but if you're interested in using these with race mods, I've created an optional file that makes them compatible with the race mods listed down below:


To use it, you need to download the patch listed in the Optional Files and load it into your mod manager in this order:




The following races also have compatibility, but the compatibility patches aren't maintained by me, and I can't guarantee they'll be updated or account for the newer versions:


These won't be compatible with any other custom races that aren't included unless patched
. If you're the author of a custom race mod, feel free to reach out to me so I can make a patch!

To any other modders: you have blanket permission to patch these hairs for custom races or translate them into other languages
(but please notify
me when you're done, though!)
That being said, as explained beforehand, I'm not responsible for any of the race patches that aren't maintained by me.

For anything else that involves modifying these hairs and uploading them publicly, or other stuff like including them in NPC/companion edits, please contact me beforehand.

You can port these to other games as long as you don't paywall them or otherwise make money from them.


HOW TO INSTALL (AND UNINSTALL)
You need Mod Fixer and Improved UI for this mod to work.
I highly recommend installing this with the BG3 Mod Manager. You can technically use Vortex, too, but there might be some issues; so, if in doubt, use BG3MM. I can't provide any help or support with installing this mod through Vortex or manually, since I don't use these methods myself.
To install: Download the .zip file, extract it, drop the .pak file onto the BG3MM, move it to the Active Mods column, and you're done!
To uninstall: Simply move the mod to the Inactive Mods column or delete it.

SPECIAL THANKS
I want to give special thanks to everyone who helped with this:
(while I personally can't really give any advice on learning how to make your own hairs, the two tutorials above are almost everything you need.)