Tali Remastered ME1 V1.0


Autors/ Contributors :

- Creative Machinima (Tali Remastered Designer/Rigger/Skinner)
- Getorex (Tali Full Face mod's ME3 original conceptor)
-Sumirehaikuxna from DeviantArts (Tali full face mod's textures creator).
Here is a list of people who gave their time and advice at some stage of the whole Tali Remastered project:
- Audemus
- Mellin
- MGamerz
- KKJiro




1- Description :

This mod is a model replacer for Tali Zorah for ME1 Original trilogy.

It adds a full animated face to Tali, with jaw, teeth and eyelashes, it also improves the mesh of her Suit to fit on these changes.

I recommend to disable "film grain" in game option to improve the rendering of Tali's visor.
Enabling vertical sync also improves the rendering if you are getting good performance on your machine with it.

This DLC is designed to be quite accurate to the lore and can be used even during your first playthrough.

Modding is very difficult for me on Mass Effect 1, so version 1.0 will probably be the only version I will provide for this game.



2- Installation :

Please Read before downloading.


- [Tali Remastered ME1] located in Main files (Main DLC) :

This is the main DLC package built with mod manager, just import, or drag and drop the archive into the program and apply it to your game.


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- [Tali Remastered ME1 Character_Selection_Picture] located in Miscellaneous files:

Unfortunately and due to its technical issue, it is not possible to load the character selection image of Tali Remastered from the DLC folder.
If you just install the DLC, my picture will not appear when you choose your team mate before launching missions or leaving the Normandy and the original picture will appears instead.
This is not really a problem for your gaming sessions, however if you really want to load my picture, you will need to download and paste yourself this
separate package.

/!\ Caution : Installing stuff (which are applied outside the DLC folder) is not recommended if you install many mods, you can apply it if you don't use other mods or if you are sure that your mod don't affect the startup.upk files.

Installation : Download Character_Selection_Picture located in Miscellaneous files.
Open the archive .rar.
-Put the folder called [BioGame] into your [Mass Effect] folder,
When your computer ask you to overwrite files in your [BioGame] directory --> clic yes for all.
Be sure to put the right folder at the right place.

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- [TaliRemasteredME1] Full Manual installation (Not Recommended):

Using full manual installation instead of regular DLC format is not recommended as it's not optimal, only consider this option if you intend to use this mod alone on a completely vanilla (unmodified) game.

Even if I can understand that some people don't like adding external programs on their computer, you must understand that you won't be able to use other mods without
ModManager.

Please note that Manual Installation does NOT provide a DLC folder ! This package merges all Tali remastered assets directly into to your base game, that's means that all original data related to Tali will be replaced by the new ones.

If you try to install other DLCs or ALOT after applying this package, it may significantly alter your data or textures in a negative way.
Once again, only consider this solution if you have a very specific reason.

Installation : Download the version V1.0 located in Old files section.
Open the archive .rar.
-Put the folder called [BioGame] into your [Mass Effect] folder,
When your computer ask you to overwrite files in your [BioGame] directory --> clic yes for all.

Be sure to put the right folder at the right place.
Be sure to disable automatic update, or checking files integrity on your Origin or Steam settings before launching your game.



3- Incompatibilities:

You will have to make a choice.

Due to its structure, performing compatibility patches for Mass Effect 1 is very painful as many files read and use the same game packages.

All mods that use the same file references as my DLC will conflict.

Most of the time, this does not mean that your game will have issues but rather that the content of one or the other mod will not be loaded or will be enabled instead of mine depending on the mount priority of the DLC.

Developers must think patches with many layer properties and for each combination of mods added by players.
This must be repeated on each new update.
This is very difficult because it also requires knowing all the modifications that the modders have made to their files.

I will not guarantee compatibility patch on ME1, however, other modders can try to create these patches if they wish and as long as my mod is required to make Tali Remastered work.

The files can be hosted on my nexusmods patch if they want.



4- Authorization / permissions:


Modding :

Same as all my version of this mod,

Some simple rules should be respected:

If you make changes (fix some bug or just change eyes color etc ..) you
can not create your own nexus page and dump all my files on it.

If you want to mod and share your own modification of Tali Remastered,
please contact me before, I will add your mod in the downloadable
section of my topic.

Your name will be added in the credits on this page as contributor of Tali Remastered.

Please contact me before using my assets to get permissions.


Stream/ Let's play :


If you are a Streamer and you want to do a let's play with Tali Remastered, you can play without problem, I will just ask you to
mention Creative machinima, Getorex , and Sumirehaikuxna in your credits (or
somewhere in the description of your videos.)




5- Known issues :

Tali Remastered V1.0 for ME1 is the result of numerous trials and experiments.
The development of this mod was very difficult, especially since I know that most people play the Legendary Edition of Mass Effect.
I didn't notice any major issues during my tests on this version, but there may be some.
Additionally, I won't be providing variant B, C, or D like I did for the Legendary Editionas I already had a lot of luck getting version A to work.


6- Artworks :


Tali remastered's wallpeapers are available on my Deviant Art page here :


https://www.deviantart.com/creativemachinima


7- Mod history:


March 21 2018 : Creation of my youtube channel dedicated to my Tali Remastered fan videos (Machinima's performance).

August 26 2018 : Release date of Tali Remastered mod for ME3.

Febuary 14 2020 : Annoncement of Tali Remastered for ME2 (trailer).

March 21 2020 : Release date of Tali Remastered for ME2.

March 21 2021 : Release date of Tali Remastered for Legendary Edition.

April 6 2023 : Release date of Tali Remastered for ME1.




Credits:

Thank to :


- Bioware
- ME3 explorer Team
- Getorex
- Sumirehaikuxna from DeviantArts
- KKJiro
- Mellin
- Audemus
- Mgamerz
- Nexusmods.com team moderators

Enjoy,
Creative Machinima