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About this mod
Body tattoos for Zevran, headmorph with a minor adjustment to Zevran's neck, also different hair and equipment (some from vanilla resources, some from mods).
- Permissions and credits
ZEVRAN'S HEADS
I have made one tiny edit to Zev's headmorph. I can't change his face, that's the face I, err, my warden fell in love with. I have brought his throat forward so that it isn't pressed up against his spine, leaving his face sticking out like a... I don't even know what. Something that sticks out really far and is very precarious looking. Male elves in DAO do have strange looking necks, but Zevran's takes the cake. In the toolset, when I opened Zev's original morph to have a look at this, the throat slider was set back to minus forty something, so I have put it closer to 0. The rest of his face is left untouched, I just wanted to make his neck look more natural and like it was actually capable of holding up his head.
I never really liked Zevran's vanilla surfer dude hair so I initially changed it for the long plait or the cornrows. Since I discovered the mohawk ponytail thing from DA2 in the Tucked Hair mod, I like that for him.
Zev's heads are very easy to install and use:
1) Drop the folder into Dragon Age\packages\core\override
2) Choose which hair you want and rename that file to em_genfl_zevran.mor
All hairs are vanilla hairs and don't require any other mods, except for the mohawk ponytail. For the mohawk ponytail, you'll need tmp7704's 'Tucked Hair' mod. It's hidden on the Nexus at the moment, I don't know why, but you can get it from here: http://www.moddb.com/mods/tmp7704/downloads/tucked-hair.
Want Zev's face for yourself?
The em_cps_p01.mop file will replace the first default elf male head in the Character Creation with Zevran's head. To replace a different head, simply rename it; i.e. to replace the second default elf male head, rename it to em_cps_p02.mop etc. If you don't want to use it in character creation, just delete it or move it out of the override folder.
For some reason, no matter what tattoo dds one uses in the toolset, tattoos will default to Dalish vallaslins in the CC. I don't know of a way to get Zevran's lore tattoo on a Dalish PC. I could probably change a vallaslin dds to a copy of Zevran's tattoo dds, but this would result in Dalish elves wandering about wearing Zevran's tattoos.
To uninstall, delete shy_zevran_heads from your override folder.
I recommend using White Teeth (https://www.nexusmods.com/dragonage/mods/44?tab=files). I know the warden and his companions live on the road, but that's not really an excuse for such poor dental hygiene. At the moment, this mod in not compatible with Realistic Teeth. I might make a Realistic Teeth compatible set too.
ZEVRAN'S EQUIPMENT
Much as I enjoy all of the different armour mods out there, I think Zevran looks great in the vanilla leathers. Because of the thighs. Shameless, but true. I don't like the leathers he turns up in, though, so I made him new ones. Drop the 'equipment' folder into Dragon Age\packages\core\override before you enter the ambush area, and he'll turn up in his personalised duster leathers, with twin daggers rather than one dagger and one longsword. No other mods are needed.
To uninstall, delete shy_zevran_equipment from your override folder.
UPDATE 2018-02-11 - I have added two more versions of Zev's equipment:
1) A version which equips Zev with the Ravens Armour (Neutral) from Rapture's Witcher (https://www.nexusmods.com/dragonage/mods/1876?tab=files), which you will need to have installed if you want to use this armour.
2) A version which equips Zev with the DA2 light armour from tmp7704's Unique Light Armour mod (http://www.moddb.com/mods/tmp7704/downloads/unique-light-armours), which you'll need to have installed if you want to use this armour.
For some reason that I haven't worked out yet, his daggers will be in your inventory after you've interrogated him and you'll need to give them back to him - assuming your warden trusts him to run about with weapons straight after trying to kill them! :D
If you install the Neverwinter Nights 2 TLKEDIT mod (https://www.nexusmods.com/neverwinter2/mods/931/?tab=files) and follow this tutorial by kinlochhold on Tumblr (https://kinlochhold.tumblr.com/post/153444736702/how-to-change-dao-npc-equipment-including-items), you can edit gen00fl_zevran.utc and ran401cr_zevran.utc (both in the shy_zevran_equipment folder) and change his equipment to whatever you'd like.
ZEVRAN'S BODY TATTOOS
Huge thanks to NewByPower for making Natural Bodies in the first place, and then for confirming that I can use the elf male texture.
If you're playing anything other than a male elf PC, a simple texture override for Natural Bodies is fine:
1) REQUIRES NATURAL BODIES ALL IN ONE! (https://www.nexusmods.com/dragonage/mods/554?tab=files)
2)To keep the original elf male body texture safe, move the EM_100_mat_d.dds out of Dragon Age\packages\core\override\NBaio\Default\Elf Male before putting mine in, or rename it so the mod doesn't recognise it, like Original_EM_100_mat_d.dds.
3) Put the new EM_100_mat_d.dds file into Dragon Age\packages\core\override\NBaio\Default\Elf Male.
To uninstall, delete EM_100_mat_d.dds from override\NBaio\Default\Elf Male and replace/rename the original texture.
If you wish to play an elf PC, you'll need to install Nude Variety V4 (https://www.nexusmods.com/dragonage/mods/1478/?tab=files) as well because vanilla Zevran doesn't have his own body model. He shares it with all other elf males in Thedas, so ALL naked elf men will have the tattoos without this mod. With this mod you can set Zevran to have the tattoo texture and set different textures for your elf PC. Huge thanks to ffan1998 for bringing this mod to my attention! I had trouble getting Zevran's tattoo texture to show up in the Nude Variety interface, so I simply renamed it to one that was in the list but that I would never use (the hairy undershirt boxer tanline texture), set that one as Zev's body texture, and it works just fine.
UPDATE 2018-02-11 - I have discovered that the Nude Variety mod is not compatible with Zevran Romance Scenes. Zev turns up in his boring plain skin, on my computer at least. I don't think there's anything I can do about that, unfortunately.
TROUBLESHOOTING
Please let me know if you have any issues with my stuff and I will try my best to work out what's gone wrong and fix it.
RECOMMENDED ZEV RELATED MODS:
Zevran ASAP by Charsen (https://www.nexusmods.com/dragonage/mods/840?tab=files)
Zevran Romance Scenes created by Hilde and Cmessaz, uploaded by sanchia (https://www.nexusmods.com/dragonage/mods/2054?tab=files)
Rendevous at The Tavern by Cmessaz (https://www.nexusmods.com/dragonage/mods/1587?tab=files)
I have made one tiny edit to Zev's headmorph. I can't change his face, that's the face I, err, my warden fell in love with. I have brought his throat forward so that it isn't pressed up against his spine, leaving his face sticking out like a... I don't even know what. Something that sticks out really far and is very precarious looking. Male elves in DAO do have strange looking necks, but Zevran's takes the cake. In the toolset, when I opened Zev's original morph to have a look at this, the throat slider was set back to minus forty something, so I have put it closer to 0. The rest of his face is left untouched, I just wanted to make his neck look more natural and like it was actually capable of holding up his head.
I never really liked Zevran's vanilla surfer dude hair so I initially changed it for the long plait or the cornrows. Since I discovered the mohawk ponytail thing from DA2 in the Tucked Hair mod, I like that for him.
Zev's heads are very easy to install and use:
1) Drop the folder into Dragon Age\packages\core\override
2) Choose which hair you want and rename that file to em_genfl_zevran.mor
All hairs are vanilla hairs and don't require any other mods, except for the mohawk ponytail. For the mohawk ponytail, you'll need tmp7704's 'Tucked Hair' mod. It's hidden on the Nexus at the moment, I don't know why, but you can get it from here: http://www.moddb.com/mods/tmp7704/downloads/tucked-hair.
Want Zev's face for yourself?
The em_cps_p01.mop file will replace the first default elf male head in the Character Creation with Zevran's head. To replace a different head, simply rename it; i.e. to replace the second default elf male head, rename it to em_cps_p02.mop etc. If you don't want to use it in character creation, just delete it or move it out of the override folder.
For some reason, no matter what tattoo dds one uses in the toolset, tattoos will default to Dalish vallaslins in the CC. I don't know of a way to get Zevran's lore tattoo on a Dalish PC. I could probably change a vallaslin dds to a copy of Zevran's tattoo dds, but this would result in Dalish elves wandering about wearing Zevran's tattoos.
To uninstall, delete shy_zevran_heads from your override folder.
I recommend using White Teeth (https://www.nexusmods.com/dragonage/mods/44?tab=files). I know the warden and his companions live on the road, but that's not really an excuse for such poor dental hygiene. At the moment, this mod in not compatible with Realistic Teeth. I might make a Realistic Teeth compatible set too.
ZEVRAN'S EQUIPMENT
Much as I enjoy all of the different armour mods out there, I think Zevran looks great in the vanilla leathers. Because of the thighs. Shameless, but true. I don't like the leathers he turns up in, though, so I made him new ones. Drop the 'equipment' folder into Dragon Age\packages\core\override before you enter the ambush area, and he'll turn up in his personalised duster leathers, with twin daggers rather than one dagger and one longsword. No other mods are needed.
To uninstall, delete shy_zevran_equipment from your override folder.
UPDATE 2018-02-11 - I have added two more versions of Zev's equipment:
1) A version which equips Zev with the Ravens Armour (Neutral) from Rapture's Witcher (https://www.nexusmods.com/dragonage/mods/1876?tab=files), which you will need to have installed if you want to use this armour.
2) A version which equips Zev with the DA2 light armour from tmp7704's Unique Light Armour mod (http://www.moddb.com/mods/tmp7704/downloads/unique-light-armours), which you'll need to have installed if you want to use this armour.
For some reason that I haven't worked out yet, his daggers will be in your inventory after you've interrogated him and you'll need to give them back to him - assuming your warden trusts him to run about with weapons straight after trying to kill them! :D
If you install the Neverwinter Nights 2 TLKEDIT mod (https://www.nexusmods.com/neverwinter2/mods/931/?tab=files) and follow this tutorial by kinlochhold on Tumblr (https://kinlochhold.tumblr.com/post/153444736702/how-to-change-dao-npc-equipment-including-items), you can edit gen00fl_zevran.utc and ran401cr_zevran.utc (both in the shy_zevran_equipment folder) and change his equipment to whatever you'd like.
ZEVRAN'S BODY TATTOOS
Huge thanks to NewByPower for making Natural Bodies in the first place, and then for confirming that I can use the elf male texture.
If you're playing anything other than a male elf PC, a simple texture override for Natural Bodies is fine:
1) REQUIRES NATURAL BODIES ALL IN ONE! (https://www.nexusmods.com/dragonage/mods/554?tab=files)
2)To keep the original elf male body texture safe, move the EM_100_mat_d.dds out of Dragon Age\packages\core\override\NBaio\Default\Elf Male before putting mine in, or rename it so the mod doesn't recognise it, like Original_EM_100_mat_d.dds.
3) Put the new EM_100_mat_d.dds file into Dragon Age\packages\core\override\NBaio\Default\Elf Male.
To uninstall, delete EM_100_mat_d.dds from override\NBaio\Default\Elf Male and replace/rename the original texture.
If you wish to play an elf PC, you'll need to install Nude Variety V4 (https://www.nexusmods.com/dragonage/mods/1478/?tab=files) as well because vanilla Zevran doesn't have his own body model. He shares it with all other elf males in Thedas, so ALL naked elf men will have the tattoos without this mod. With this mod you can set Zevran to have the tattoo texture and set different textures for your elf PC. Huge thanks to ffan1998 for bringing this mod to my attention! I had trouble getting Zevran's tattoo texture to show up in the Nude Variety interface, so I simply renamed it to one that was in the list but that I would never use (the hairy undershirt boxer tanline texture), set that one as Zev's body texture, and it works just fine.
UPDATE 2018-02-11 - I have discovered that the Nude Variety mod is not compatible with Zevran Romance Scenes. Zev turns up in his boring plain skin, on my computer at least. I don't think there's anything I can do about that, unfortunately.
TROUBLESHOOTING
Please let me know if you have any issues with my stuff and I will try my best to work out what's gone wrong and fix it.
RECOMMENDED ZEV RELATED MODS:
Zevran ASAP by Charsen (https://www.nexusmods.com/dragonage/mods/840?tab=files)
Zevran Romance Scenes created by Hilde and Cmessaz, uploaded by sanchia (https://www.nexusmods.com/dragonage/mods/2054?tab=files)
Rendevous at The Tavern by Cmessaz (https://www.nexusmods.com/dragonage/mods/1587?tab=files)