Dark Dragon Hunters Armour (V1.0)

by maximasdecimas

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NOTES:
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Hi! This is just a note to say that I don't have a lot of time on my hands nowadays, and so I don't get many chances to monitor my mods. Or work on them, or do requests, or help with questions, or anything like that at this stage. My apologies. But feel free to use my mods as you wish, within reasonable use of course, all I ask is that you credit me. Thank you, and I hope the mods I chose to make and share with you help you enjoy your gaming experience :)

maximasdecimas



*Update: mod confirmed to definitely work without Mark of the Assassin DLC. So it should work as a standalone in a base game installation. Yay!*

I have found in my most recent playthrough that wearing the gloves (both versions) during the final fight with Meredith will prevent Hawke from being stunned when Meredith does her random stunning thing so she can rant about mages, because of the 'immunity to stun' stat. If this is a problem for anyone, I can remove that particular stat from the armour and re-upload it. Or upload a separate version. Though for now I'm leaving it as is, since being stunned really annoys me and if I want to hear Meredith yell, I can just have Hawke stand still, and then not have to worry about being stunned at any other time in the game. However, as I said, I'm happy to change it if anyone wants it. It wouldn't be hard, you need only ask.

Leave a comment if you have any problems so I can help you. Also, if you like this, please leave a comment/endorsement to let me know!

I'd also love to see screenshots of your character wearing the armour, if you feel like uploading some to the image section.

Dark Dragon Hunter's Armour (V1.0)
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This mod adds a new set of armour to the game. Works for both males and females.


It includes:

Dark Dragon Hunter's Coif
Dark Dragon Hunter's Gloves
Dark Dragon Hunter's Armour
Dark Dragon Hunter's Boots

There is also an alternate download available with a darker skin tint on the glove fingers:

Dark Dragon Hunters Armour (Darker Skin Tint)

It adds the same items as above, the only difference being the darker finger skin tint for the gloves.

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Optional downloads

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A black and red cloth version of the chainmail hood, added on its own:


Dark Dragon Hunter's Black Hood


And a pair of full-fingered gloves instead of the fingerless gloves included in the armour:


Dark Dragon Hunter's Full Gloves


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[Changelog]
V1.0 - Initial Release.
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NOTE: This mod requires the developer console to be enabled. Help on enabling the console can be found here:

http://wiki.tesnexus.com/index.php/Enable_Dragon_Age_2_developer_console

or here:

http://dragonage.wikia.com/wiki/Console_(Dragon_Age_II)

UPDATE: Or those of you who have trouble with the console can bypass it by using one of the rewards files found in the optional downloads sections to add the armour set (either the dark tint version or the main version, plus the optional gloves and hood if you have the erf files installed) into your inventory after completing the corresponding quest. Follow the readme included with these files.
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Installation :
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For the Dark Dragon Hunter's Armour:
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Extract the .rar archive and place the erf file into your override directory. (documents/Bioware/Dragon Age 2/packages/core/override)

Enable the console and enter:


runscript dark_dragon


Press enter and you should get a pop-up message that reads 'Received Dark Dragon Hunter's Armour'.


For the Dark Dragon Hunter's Armour (Darker Skin Tint)":
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Extract the .rar archive and place the erf file into your override directory. (documents/Bioware/Dragon Age 2/packages/core/override)

Enable the console and enter:


runscript dark_dragon_darktint


For the Dark Dragon Hunter's Black Hood:
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Extract the .rar archive and place the erf file into your override directory. (documents/Bioware/Dragon Age 2/packages/core/override)

Enable the console and enter:


runscript ddha_black_hood


For the Dark Dragon Hunter's Full Gloves:
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Extract the .rar archive and place the erf file into your override directory. (documents/Bioware/Dragon Age 2/packages/core/override)

Enable the console and enter:


runscript ddha_full_glove


Have fun with it!


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Uninstallation :
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Delete the respective 'Dark Dragon Hunter's Armour' erf file(s) from your override directory.


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Credits
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A huge thanks to the folks at Bioware for making Dragon Age 2 and all its awesome add-ons. Also DAO. That too.

More huge thanks to Thor for the "StandAlone Guide" for modders, found here:

http://www.thenexusforums.com/index.php?/topic/420932-standalone/

Thanks to Sunnie for the 'DA2 item delivery scripts' guide, found here:

http://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/391025-da2-item-delivery-scripts/

Thanks to the great armourer Amereta for the awesome mod 'Orlesian Noble Hunting Armors' which inspired me to make this armour.
Amereta's mod can be found here:

http://dragonage.nexusmods.com/mods/3422

(It should be compatible with my mod, although the 'Mark of the Assassin' DLC is required for Amareta's mod. But I wanted to make them work with each other, because Amereta's mod is awesome and I wanted to keep using it myself, I figured others would too.)
Super grateful thanks also to Amereta for allowing others to use the files contained in the above mod. I used the texture maps and mao, mmh and phy files as a template for how to structure this mod, then altered the maps and files I pulled from the MotA add-ins folders to make it, except for the hood, which is a retexture of one of the random noble hoods in the base game, 'hm_hoo_nobc'.

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Tools used in the making of this mod:
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GFF Editor V4.0 (http://social.bioware.com/project/1936/

erf packer tool (http://mod.gib.me/dragonage2/erfpack-rev21.zip)

GIMP 2 with dds plugin (http://www.gimp.org/) and (http://registry.gimp.org/node/70)

DragonAge Toolset - You need to have purchased a copy of Dragon Age Origins to be able to get this, at least as far as I know:
(http://social.bioware.com/page/da-toolset)
TlkEdit2

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I hope this mod works for you, and that you like it. As this is my first mod please tell me if you come across any problems so that I can try and fix/improve it. Otherwise, enjoy!
Thanks, and good luck!

maximasdecimas