So after seeing people having issues with this mod, I offered to help do some troubleshooting on my end.
And this mod is working perfectly fine for me, not resetting modsettings on my end. Plus works fine on my end with mod configuration menu and magic mirror menu. I tested the latter after noticing people having issues with mcm so wanted to test both since both utilise that SE menu.
For those running into issues may I suggest a few things? troubleshooting behind the spoiler tag just to not take up too much comment space.
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Unless you're confident with modding try not to mix using the BG3MM and in game mod manager together. Since some issues can arise when doing so. Just because you haven't ran into any, doesn't mean you won't either. So personally speaking I suggest using one or the other, but not both.
Make sure the Core mod is somewhere above the others and any other mods that edit Gales head, so say you put the Core mod at position 10, you would put the piercing/beard options at 11 and below.
Check just with these mods. how? if using BG3MM make another mod order via the square with the + and test just the mods from this mod page and the core mod. To add a point to this, you want to also remove the other mods from your Mods folder, as mods in your mods folder can still affect your game.
Still running into resets/crashes? Re-download the mod either from here on nexus or mod.io if available there. You could have had a blip while downloading the mod. What does a blip do? it breaks the mod, you will still be able to install the pak but may find it either resets your modsettings or crashes the game. Always first try redownloading from all available places just to make sure the site you're downloading from isn't causing you issues.
Not sure this will help at all but this my load order: again behind spoiler tag to not take up too much visual space.
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ImpUI
Mod Configuration Menu
Magic Mirror Menu
NF_GaleModsCore
Noira_Gale_Edit_No_Earring
Noira_Gale_Beard_Fix
and then the rest my other mods for my playthrough.
Sadly the modder cannnot fix an issue that doesn't happen to everyone, which because it doesn't happen to everyone suggests there is something else that has gone wrong. Though I do hope some of my troubleshooting tips will help those of you running into issues to sort them out.
Thanks for making this! Can I assume the beard clipping fix will also resolve the issue if I'm using the beard on other custom characters? Barring the most egregious of clipping like the spikes on the Kar'niss head's jawline. If so I'm definitely installing right away!
The fix I made is for Gale only, as I adapted its animation to fit with Gale's head shape (the clipping issue is due to the fact vanilla doesn"t fit). Plus, Gale's beard shape is different from other characters, so without adpating the mesh, it is possible some other clipping issues show up, even with my fix. I think Plus cosmetic - Gale's beard does what you are looking for. If it doesn"t please let me know and I will share a personnal mod I made that adds Gale's beard to Tav, without clipping.
Sorry to butt in, but that mod you linked only makes it available for other races but doesn't seem compatible with most heads to fit, the chin usually clips. Do you have that personal mod you can link, please?
Then I'll release my personnal mod that adds Gale's beard to all heads. I should first clean up the files as it contains other features I don't want to share at the moment. It should be ready next week.
Hello, I've been digging around trying to find a way to add Gale's beard for Tav. Did you ever get a chance to finish creating other beards for Tav? The other Gale's Beard mod has clipping issues with many heads, both vanilla and modded, so I figured I'd try my luck asking you if that's okay!
I love this mod and consider it necessary for my games! I have, however, noticed that the mustache clipping isn't great. I'm guessing because the beard had to be pinned lower on the face to keep it from clipping into his chin while he's talking, but now the sides of his mustache disappear into his upper lip when he makes certain facial expressions. Is this something that is possible to fix or look at? If not, I understand. Thank you for a great mod!
The image insert doesn't seem to like my imgur link, but you can see a screenshot here: https://imgur.com/a/qrUW9qM
Edit to add: If this has already been fixed, I'm so sorry for the extra post. I just noticed that there was an update to the mod. I'll give that a quick try first.
Thank you so much for the fix, Noira! I now seem to be having an issue with his vanilla earring being gone, but I'm not as concerned about that. Thank you for the great mod!
You should not use the two Gale's mod at the same time (With earring and without it). Only keep the mod you want to use in your mods folder. Also, check your mod loading order, just in case: the core mod should be loaded first. If this doesn't fix your issue, maybe just use the mirror on Gale again and set its peircings: soemtimes the game needs it to update the model. Plese let me know if it works.
I've never downloaded the "No Piercing" version of the mod. The only three I have in my load order are as follows: NF_GaleModsCore, Noira_Gale_Edit, and Noira_Gale_Beard_Fix (and the only three main files I show downloads for are the Gale Beard Fix (Uploaded 1/25/25), Gale Edit (Uploaded 7/30/2024), and Core (Uploaded 1/26/2025), with no downloads of the Gale Edit - No Earring). I'm sorry if it's user error, but I don't see the Piercing Improvement mod. Is that a different link? I'll look around and try that first.
Thank you for the super quick response!
EDIT: I didn't have the Piercing Improvement mod and now I can see Gale's earring just fine, beautiful physics and all! I'm a very happy camper. Thank you again!
For anyone seeing this after-the-fact, I followed Noira's suggested load order listed below in BG3MM: 1. NF_GaleModsCore 2. Noira_Piercing_Improvement 3. Noira_Gale_Edit 4. Noira_Gale_Beard_Fix
gale edit is supposed to work without the piercing improvement installed. Can you please try without it and tell me if the earring remains visible? If there are new incompatibilities I should know to be provide a fix
hi! im having the same issue with his piercing not showing up at all. i tried the person above's load order and it still didn't work. i don't have any other mods installed that edit gale's head at all and when i completely remove your NF core mod his piercing shows up again.
im going to see if removing the piercing physics mod fixes it but this is where i am right now EDIT: this did not work, the earring is still not appearing. im just going to remove the mods for now!
Hey! Can't figure out what I'm doing wrong, can anyone help?
I am only using BG3MM and testing with ONLY these mods - I have Improved UI, appearance edit enhanced, the piercing improvement, and then the 3 files from this one: The core file, the beard fix, and the gale edit file (I want his vanilla earring to stay). I have the most recent version of each file.
The problem I run into is the vanilla earring disappearing when I add the core & beard fix files. When I just have the gale_edit file (along with improved UI, appearance edit, and piercing improvement), the vanilla earring shows up. But when I add in the core mod and beard fix, there is no vanilla earring on him.
My load order is: Improved UI appearance edit the core file for this mod gale_edit beard fix piercing improvement
I also tried swapping the position of the beard fix & gale edit files, and I originally also had the appearance edit at the bottom because the page for it says to load it last. I've tried a few other tweaks in the load order too, but nothing seems to bring back the earring other than completely removing the core & beard fix files. Anyone know what I'm doing wrong? Thanks!
I'm currently having the same issue. I'll probably just write it into my headcanon that he started developing feelings for Tav and decided to take the Mystra earring out, lol. I'm just happy his beard and mustache are working properly. Hopefully Noira can find the issue.
Are piercing sets working or not? Please try to use the mirror on Gale to force the update, and do not keep the mod without his earring in your mod folder. Are there other Gale's head mods in your mod folder?
bingo! My WHOLE mod list got removed and reset when I enabled that core mod. It took me all morning to figure that out. It completely cripples mcm menu too
I could use a mod list, if one of you feel fine to share it,.to check if there is not a conflict with another mod. The core mod overrides game assets so if it conflicts with another mod, it could explain the issue. But I need more info
I was able to track my mod list reset down to the moment I installed this mod. After binary search I found that the problem was not with this mod, but with having No Intro in my load order.
Thanks for the feedback. Strange indeed the no intro to be the cause. I think it is more something related to bg3mm + in game mod manager that triggers bugs of that sort when mods that override vanilla content are used. Are you using loose files mods?
whatever changed between the last gale core upload and this one worked. I was able to boot the game, get to the main menu without a "mcm not found error" and my mod load order remained active. Thank you.
Hey thanks for your mod! I wanted to know, is it the same one we can load with the bg3mm thing and the one directly in game ? Because I did tests tonight and the one directly in the game has some colour bugs (part of his beard is lighter). So I deleted it in the game, and re installed the one through bg3mm and now his beard is perfect. Thought I needed to report that!!
As "in game" you mean from the official mod manager? It is supposed to be the exact same mod except the mod from the game manager was made with the official toolkit during the closed beta. But the model of the beard is the same, and I do not edit materials. If you have some screenshots to share with the strange color, I'd like to see it so I can check if it is something related to my mod or not. It might be another mod that edits hair color that edits Gale's beard too.
Yes official mod manager seems to have a weirder beard. I hope you see what I mean, I tried to make the screenshots obvious, seems better on the right ones!
Thank you for the screenshots :) Do you use shaders mods? I see the subtle difference, but do not understand how my mod could be the issue as the mesh is the same file.
would it at all be possible for you to make a standalone file for gale's beard in CC? because i'm running on mac, and when i use the mac compatible origin mirror mod, Origin Mirror Unlock, his beard completely disappears and i have no gale beard option in the CC.
This mod is great!! I've been looking for a way to remove Gale's earring and make him match the ones my tav wears, so the no earring version of this mod was a big help since I could use it and then use appearance edit enhanced to add different piercings to Gale. However, I am having one problem and I'm not sure whether it's caused by this mod or your physics mod, or if I just did something wrong: the earrings I gave to Gale look perfect in the mirror, but then while talking to him they slide around and ultimately end up being offset again instead of in the adjusted position!
I took a break from BG3 for a while and am only just getting back into it, hence why I'm replying to this so much later... but, I wanted to say that the update does work with patch 7 and stops his earrings from sliding around! Unfortunately though, the earrings I originally gave him were from the Ghoul's Custom Piercings mod and it seems that they no longer appear and I can only give him vanilla ones now. But I understand that that might not be something you're able to fix and I'm still grateful for this mod!
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And this mod is working perfectly fine for me, not resetting modsettings on my end. Plus works fine on my end with mod configuration menu and magic mirror menu. I tested the latter after noticing people having issues with mcm so wanted to test both since both utilise that SE menu.
For those running into issues may I suggest a few things?
troubleshooting behind the spoiler tag just to not take up too much comment space.
Not sure this will help at all but this my load order:
again behind spoiler tag to not take up too much visual space.
- ImpUI
- Mod Configuration Menu
- Magic Mirror Menu
- NF_GaleModsCore
- Noira_Gale_Edit_No_Earring
- Noira_Gale_Beard_Fix
and then the rest my other mods for my playthrough.Sadly the modder cannnot fix an issue that doesn't happen to everyone, which because it doesn't happen to everyone suggests there is something else that has gone wrong. Though I do hope some of my troubleshooting tips will help those of you running into issues to sort them out.
I think Plus cosmetic - Gale's beard does what you are looking for. If it doesn"t please let me know and I will share a personnal mod I made that adds Gale's beard to Tav, without clipping.
Thank you again
The image insert doesn't seem to like my imgur link, but you can see a screenshot here: https://imgur.com/a/qrUW9qM
Edit to add: If this has already been fixed, I'm so sorry for the extra post. I just noticed that there was an update to the mod. I'll give that a quick try first.
UPDATE: Fixed in Gale beard fix v2.0.0
Also, check your mod loading order, just in case: the core mod should be loaded first.
If this doesn't fix your issue, maybe just use the mirror on Gale again and set its peircings: soemtimes the game needs it to update the model.
Plese let me know if it works.
I've never downloaded the "No Piercing" version of the mod. The only three I have in my load order are as follows: NF_GaleModsCore, Noira_Gale_Edit, and Noira_Gale_Beard_Fix (and the only three main files I show downloads for are the Gale Beard Fix (Uploaded 1/25/25), Gale Edit (Uploaded 7/30/2024), and Core (Uploaded 1/26/2025), with no downloads of the Gale Edit - No Earring). I'm sorry if it's user error, but I don't see the Piercing Improvement mod. Is that a different link? I'll look around and try that first.Thank you for the super quick response!
EDIT: I didn't have the Piercing Improvement mod and now I can see Gale's earring just fine, beautiful physics and all! I'm a very happy camper. Thank you again!
For anyone seeing this after-the-fact, I followed Noira's suggested load order listed below in BG3MM:
1. NF_GaleModsCore
2. Noira_Piercing_Improvement
3. Noira_Gale_Edit
4. Noira_Gale_Beard_Fix
If there are new incompatibilities I should know to be provide a fix
this is my load order:
NF_GaleModsCore
Noira_Piercing_Improvement
Noira_Gale_Beard_Fix
im going to see if removing the piercing physics mod fixes it but this is where i am right nowEDIT: this did not work, the earring is still not appearing. im just going to remove the mods for now!Never mind. I found it after MidnightChord in Larian's discord showed me. Gah, I'm a goober. LOL
What i had in mind was to also use this on my tav
I am only using BG3MM and testing with ONLY these mods - I have Improved UI, appearance edit enhanced, the piercing improvement, and then the 3 files from this one: The core file, the beard fix, and the gale edit file (I want his vanilla earring to stay). I have the most recent version of each file.
The problem I run into is the vanilla earring disappearing when I add the core & beard fix files. When I just have the gale_edit file (along with improved UI, appearance edit, and piercing improvement), the vanilla earring shows up. But when I add in the core mod and beard fix, there is no vanilla earring on him.
My load order is:
Improved UI
appearance edit
the core file for this mod
gale_edit
beard fix
piercing improvement
I also tried swapping the position of the beard fix & gale edit files, and I originally also had the appearance edit at the bottom because the page for it says to load it last. I've tried a few other tweaks in the load order too, but nothing seems to bring back the earring other than completely removing the core & beard fix files. Anyone know what I'm doing wrong? Thanks!
Please try to use the mirror on Gale to force the update, and do not keep the mod without his earring in your mod folder.
Are there other Gale's head mods in your mod folder?
It is recommended to save your load order list and export mods as list (bg3mm can do it) before installing new mods.
But I need more info
Strange that it would interact like this.
Are you using loose files mods?
If you have some screenshots to share with the strange color, I'd like to see it so I can check if it is something related to my mod or not. It might be another mod that edits hair color that edits Gale's beard too.
Do you use shaders mods? I see the subtle difference, but do not understand how my mod could be the issue as the mesh is the same file.