-- Update, November 18, 2016 --
I have finally gotten the proportion of the diamonds correct on darkened samite, so there is now a v2.0, with hard and softer versions. Added samite.

There is now an All In One zip containing all of the main edits and their variations. Use only ONE for each fabric.


-- Update, July 11, 2016 --
Added cotton, royale sea silk, infused vyrantium samite, and plush fustian velvet.

As of this update, I am not planning on doing the remaining seven fabrics, as I think all of them look just fine and load properly in the game. If I get extremely bored, I might go ahead and finish them off just to have a complete collection.

-- Update, July 8, 2016 --
Added new options for darkened samite, and fixes for silk brocade (with additional options), dragon webbing, and dales loden wool.

-- Update, July 4, 2016 --
Added imperial vestment cotton, king's willow weave, ring velvet.


-- Description --

This is a single mod page for the various fabric edits I will upload to the Nexus.

My goal is to improve the existing textures and maintain the developer's intention, rather than to provide completely new or different textures; other modders have that well in hand.

Despite the above, I have included some new, alternate textures for some fabrics. I just couldn't help myself, particularly in the case of darkened samite. My primary goal is to fix the default fabric, so these new textures will always be optional extras.

NOTE: In the various descriptions, when I mention the default fabric not loading properly, I am referring to it being blurry. I have a GTX 960, 16GB of RAM, play with Ultra settings and Fade Touched Textures and can get on with 4x MSAA when I want things to look extra pretty (I don't notice the difference most of the time so I do most playing with it off). I've never been able to determine what exactly causes this fabric loading problem, but it is the only sort of graphical issue I have with the game. I've noticed this in other people's screenshots as well, so I know it's not just me.

This has happened to me most often with fabrics like cotton, darkened samite, and royale sea silk. I have been able to temporarily "fix" this problem while playing by going into the character menu (P) and cycling through all of the party members until everything loads nice and crisply. When using other fabric mods, such as those in LL Crafting Material Fixes, which are all 512px, I discovered that this problem was not present, leading me to believe that the culprit was indeed the smaller size of the texture.


THE FABRICS

All textures are 512px, up from 256px.

01 A new texture for darkened samite, made by me.
The default texture has problems; it loads poorly, and is quite pixelated. LL managed to mitigate some of this with LL Crafting Material Fixes, but it wasn't enough for me. I have completely redone the texture from scratch. Because of this, the proportion of the diamonds is a bit different from the default (mine are a tad shorter), but I think it's hardly noticeable. I have also reduced the bevel a bit to give it a softer appearance; this is my own preference.

I have also added three alternate edits of the darkened samite texture.
   * Cross, named after the crosshatching edit I used.
   * Lacy, which looks somewhat lacy.
   * Smooth, featuring diamonds with a more rounded appearance.

** New in v2.0 **
The proportion of the diamonds is now accurate. Two versions to choose from, hard and soft.


02 A new texture for silk, made by me.
This is a smoother texture than the default. I realize that the pilling seen on the default fabric is typical of some silks, so it is realistic in that sense, but it always annoyed me because it looked unpleasant, and more like poor visuals than actual silk fabric.

03 A fix for imperial vestment cotton.
I have upscaled the default texture and fixed some of the seamless tiling issues.

04 A fix for king's willow weave.
I have upscaled the default texture and fixed some of the seamless tiling issues.

05 A new texture for ring velvet, made by me.
This is a completely new texture made from scratch. There are three different versions to choose from. USE ONLY ONE.
   * Default texture, with both rings and center diamonds.
   * Just Rings, with... just the rings.
   * Diamonds, with only the center diamonds.

06 An edit and fix for silk brocade.
I wanted to make it look like fabric, rather than an artificial game texture.

I have also added two new textures.
   * Flower, a completely new texture, sourced from the web, done to look like fabric. It is difficult to see in the screenshot, but the very darkest markings are shiny, just as in the default texture.
   * Viv, which is a reuse of a pattern already in the game files marked for Vivienne.

NOTE: For some reason, an edit/fix of the normal map was not possible with this fabric as it kept crashing my game, so it uses the default normal, which is the same as the default silk fabric. In this case, it works out since it is mostly smooth and unobtrusive.

07 An edit and fix for dragon webbing.
The default texture never seemed to load properly. Even so, it was very subtle and a reuse of the cotton fabric normal map, with slight variation; I thought this inappropriate for dragon "webbing." I have done a minor edit of the diffuse texture, and also replaced the normal with another in the game's files -- ptrn_cloth_naturalfibre1_n. I did do some minor edits of this normal to look more organic.

08 A fix for dales loden wool.
I have upscaled the default texture and fixed some of the seamless tiling issues.

09 A fix for cotton.
This is also the same texture that is used for the "default cloth" found throughout the game, including on the Inquisitor's Skyhold attire. I've always had problems with the default cotton loading properly (see screenshot); this larger size fixes that. I have also removed an unfortunate line on the diffuse; it was hardly noticeable, but was still bothersome to me.

10 An edit of royale sea silk.
The smaller size of the default texture has some loading problems. I have also made it a smoother texture overall, getting rid of the pixelation.

11 A fix for infused vyrantium samite.
This texture was fine as far as appearance goes, but the smaller size caused some loading problems.

12 An edit of plush fustian velvet.
This texture was fine overall. The primary motivation for my edit of this is because it is featured on Dorian's default armor and he is my favorite character. There are two different versions to choose from. USE ONLY ONE.
   * Smooth, which is a smoother, cleaned up version of the default.
   * Rough, which has more of an appearance of textured fabric.

13 An edit of samite.
As with cotton (the default fabric), samite had some loading issues. I have fixed these by upscaling the texture.


-- Installation --
This is in .daimod format. Requires DAI Patch 11+. Extract the .daimod to your mod directory, merge, and enjoy.

-- Uninstallation --
Delete the .daimod from your mod directory, and use the Mod Manager to merge again.