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This is a mod to improve the appearance of female NPCs and custom Femsheps.

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::WHAT THE H? WHAT IS THIS?::

This is a mod to improve the appearance of female NPCs and custom Femsheps. I was always bothered by how any female character without a unique facial texture looked like she was made out of putty compared to the dudes, so I made this in an effort to even it out and pretty 'em up.

I guess I'd call these semi-custom--For the most part all of the mods were made by Frankening pieces from other characters together. (Jack, Ashley, Kasumi, etc. Dr. Eva may only be in the game for a couple minutes but her textures have been a godsend!) I tried to keep the gist of the individual textures intact, so C.1 is still even and smooth, C.2 is still a bit rougher/more lined than 1 or 3, and C.3 is still freckled. I've also fixed the makeup maps so they line up with the modified lip borders.


::WHAT IT CHANGES::

- The diffuse and normal maps for female complexions 1, 2, and 3.
- The diffuse and normal maps for the female wrinkled/old textures.
- The makeup masks for Shepard and NPCs

This will cover most random NPCs you see around, with a few exceptions for the ones that use the rough maps. I'm still working on those. I'm having a hard time finding an NPC who uses that map though, so it may not even be noticeable.


::KNOWN ISSUES::

- There are a few problems with seams, most noticeably in front of the right ear. I have no idea how fixable this is (believe me, I've been poking at it forever), but to be honest I've played through the entire game using this mod and barely noticed it. YMMV.


::HOW THE EFF DO I USE THIS?::

In case you're new to using ME mods, Texmod is required. You can find it here:
http://social.bioware.com/project/2015/

Just follow the instructions on the linked page. It gives instructions for using it with Steam, but to get it working with Origin you'll need to follow krayzi's instructions:

1. Copy your Texmod exe into the folder where your MassEffect3Demo.exe is located
2. Rename your Texmod exe into MassEffect3.exe and the MassEffect3.exe into whatever name you please
3. Start Origin and click onto the Demo
4. Now it should load the Texmod exe
5. After that go back to your folder and change the name of your Texmod exe and ME3 exe
6. Now go back to Texmod and browse the ME3 exe and run it

Source:
http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/325/index/9063117/162#9289946

That's it!

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ETA 2/23:
Added versions for ME1 and ME2! Awwww snap.

ETA 3/7:
If the old ME3 mod doesn't play nice with the Citadel DLC, I uploaded a new version that should work. (In my case, ME3 would pop up in the taskbar, then crash and disappear.) Unfortunately since I had to use TGAs to get it to work, it's huge (about 34mb), but at least it'll let you use the mod with the DLC. (Let me know if it doesn't work! Don't know if I'd be able to fix it, but...it'd be good to know!)



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