28-AUG-2022: Since so many people don't like Grey Wardens of Ferelden included in this mod, I removed it. You can download it yourself separately if you want it and use the retextures of the armour now available here as an optional file.

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PLEASE READ THE FAQ BELOW BEFORE DOWNLOADING!

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This mod has taken me quite a long time to get where it’s at, and I’m hesitant to call it finished. I can’t promise I won’t add “patches” in the future. But for the time being, I’m calling it enough to release.
 
The purpose of this mod is to quite simply make Dragon Age Origins look a little less dated, while still maintaining its memorable style and feeling. Primarily, this means upgrading most of the game’s textures, which I’ve done using a combination of AI, redrawing by hand, and replacements from later games. The mod also includes some mesh replacements altogether from later games, too. The screenshots included are but a minuscule set of examples of the 3,000+ file improvements.

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FULL LIST OF CHANGES:
 
Clothing and Armour:

• Replaces clothing and armour textures with HQ versions
• Replaces templar armours with DA:2 models
• Replaces armour for women with less sexualized versions
• Replaces some elven clothes with DA:2 models
• Gives Flemeth her DA:2 robes
• Gives mage children robes and noble children nobility clothes
  

 
Creatures:

• Replaces textures for the bronto, broodmother, spider, dog, halla, pride demon, rage demon, desire demon, abomination, arcane horror, revenant, drake, genlock, hurlock, ogre, Lady of the Forest, werewolf, golem, Shale, varterral, and Architect with HQ versions
  

 
Cutscenes and Scripts:

• Gives player and Alistair clothes when waking up at Fort Drakon
• Adds a cutscene for the player to kill Vaughan in the City Elf Origin
• Adds a few scenes for good screenshots of the player
  

 
Doors:

• Replaces textures of doors with HQ versions
  

 
Face:

• Replaces textures of the face and eye with HQ versions
  

 
Hair:

• Gives Flemeth her DA:2 hair
• Adds a few more hair options, imported from DA:2 and custom made
• Adds a few more hair options for children
  

 
Masters:

• Replaces textures of building materials with HQ versions
  

Morphs:

• Replaces faces of NPCs with recognizable but less goofy versions
  

 
Props:

• Replaces lyrium with DA:I models
• Replaces dwarf bed with DA:2 model
• Replaces Andraste states with DA:I models
• Replaces textures of various props with HQ versions
  

 
Roof and Wall:

• Replaces textures of roofs and walls with HQ versions
  

 
Shaders and UI:

• Removes background pixilation in cutscenes
• Removes screen vignette
  

 
Tattoos:

• Replaces textures of tattoos with HQ versions
  

 
Terrain and Nature:

• Replaces textures of plants with HQ versions
• Replaces Fade terrain to look more like DA:I
  

 
Tints:

• Replaces tints with more saturated versions to counter the grey lighting of the game
• Adds a few new tints such as light blonde hair, and multiple skin tints
  

 
UTC:

• Changes the clothes a number of characters are wearing for more variety or lore compatibility (i.e. Chasind characters actually wearing Chasind clothes…)
  

 
Weapons:

• Replaces some textures of weapons with HQ versions
  

 
Windows:

• Replaces textures of stained glass windows with HQ versions
  

 
Wood and Stone:

• Replaces textures of wood and stone materials with HQ versions
  

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FAQ:
“How do I install this mod?”
Extract the Unofficial Remaster folder from the downloaded ZIP, and place it in your Documents\BioWare\Dragon Age\packages\core\override folder. If you do not yet have an override folder, create one.
 
“The new character creation options aren’t showing up!”
Make sure you download the Character Creation Changes file under Optional Files.
You can only have one chargenmorphcfg file in your override at once. If you have a different chargen file from another mod, you can modify these files by hand to combine all the options into one using notepad, or use a chargen compiler to do it for you.
 
“My game won’t start / my game keeps freezing!”
This mod requires Large Address Aware to function! This is something I imagine many people already have, since Dragon Age Origins benefits from it in its vanilla state, let alone with mods. Make sure you have downloaded LAA and use it on the Dragon Age Origins EXE before adding this mod to your override.
 If you have DA:O via Steam (RIP), here are special instructions.

“Does this mod work with DLCs and Awakening expansion?”
Yes! This mod was made with the ultimate edition in mind. An important note about Awakening, though: You will want to delete the folder Unofficial Remaster\Clothing and Armour\Templar while playing this expansion unless you want the female templars introduced in the DLC to appear with invisible bodies.

"Does this mod work with Improved Atmosphere?"
If you want to use both this mod and Improved Atmosphere, you need to either delete the UTC folder from this mod or all the UTC files from IA to be safe. I also recommend deleting the Templar subfolder found in Clothing and Armour from this mod as well.
 
“What if I want to use different headmorphs from another mod?”
Just delete whatever files from the Morphs folder in this mod you want to use from another, and you’re all set. (I.e. if you want to use a different Zevran, delete em_genfl_zevran.mor in the Global folder.)
 
“Why did you change *insert change here*?”
Because I felt like it. If you don’t like it, again, you can delete the relevant files.
 
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HIGHLY RECOMMENDED MODS TO GO WITH THIS ONE:

• HQ Eyebrow Stubble and Scalp Hair Replacers by Ashhawk (A MUST!)
• Real Pigment Skin Tint Fix by Ashhawk (A MUST!)
• Elven Scenery by commanderstrawberry
• Dalls Rescaled Weapons by Dall
• Faster Movement in AND out of Combat by Gabett
• FtG UI Mod - More Readable Fonts and UI by FollowTheGourd
  

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CREDITS:

• Templar armour by LadyofPayne
• Proportion Fixes by tmp7704
• Tucked Hair by tmp7704 (+ fixes by dalishious)
• More Hairs for Kids by Shanamah (+ fixes by dalishious)
• Additional Clothing for Kids by DarthParametric (+ UTCs by SirensRequiem)
• Face texture diffuses by SammyJC
• Face texture normals by Kani Hime
• Hair/beard texture by Kani Hime (+ fix by dalishious)
• Elves of Ferelden by AdmiralAlbia (+ fix by commanderstrawberry + texture edits by dalishious)
• Pixelated Shaders Begone by bl4idd (+ fix by Ashhawk)
• Neutral Female Armor by magpiedragon (+ texture edits by dalishious)
• Vaughan death cutscene by AGayMessFromTumblr
• Headmorphs by dalishious and AGayMessFromTumblr
• Tints by dalishious
• All other cutscene edits by dalishious
• All other mesh edits/addons by dalishious
• All other texture edits by dalishious