Updated on 11/8/2022 by Designer225

Hello, and thank you for your interest in Detailed Character Creation.

We're going to give you a detailed instruction guide on how to set up the mod for complete beginners!

The first thing you should do is download Vortex.

After installing Vortex, you need to set Mount & Blade II Bannerlords as your target game.

Once that is done, navigate to the mods tab. This is where all of your downloaded mods will appear when clicking

Proceed to download the main file of the mod:
Note 9/22/2021: Since v1.2.4.0 the main file now contains the sliders as well, and uses the FOMOD format. Continue below if you use Vortex.

Once it is finished downloading, it will appear in the mods section of your Vortex mod manager.
Install the mod. If you haven't install it before, clicking on "Never Installed" will do. Vortex may also prompt you to install the downloaded package.

Since v1.2.4.0, downloaded files are in FOMOD format. Which means when you install via Vortex you will be able to select what to install. Select what you want to install (Vanilla+ for almost vanilla sliders and Additional Sliders for the additional sliders) and install.

Note: MO2 appears to be using the Modules folder as its "root" data folder. This can cause issues after installation. Simply move DCC's modules to the root. (Verification needed)

Then Activate the mod. If you haven't installed it, clicking on "Disable" will do. You may be prompted to install it as well. If you are updating the mod, you may be prompted to choose whether to update your current profile or all profiles. Either is fine and depends on if you play with profile-specific mod set.

The mod is installed and ready to go when you see:

Now install Harmony standalone. The steps to install are the same up to this point.

Recommended: Install Mod Configuration Menu so that the settings menu work properly in the latest update. The steps to install are the same up to this point. If you have other mods that require MCM, you must install it. If you install MCM, you also have to install ButterLib and UIExtenderEx, in that order.

Well done! Now onto the final steps. Launch the game launcher and enable the mod.

Recommended: Download BannerLord Mod Launcher, and place it in your ../Mount & Blade II Bannerlord/bin/Win64_Shipping_Client/
directory

You can create a desktop shortcut to this by right clicking and selecting: Send to > Desktop.

Now open the launcher and configure it to match your setup.

Option 2: Download Fixed Launcher, and install it as any Nexus Mods (the instructions are above). Warning: Fixed Launcher does not work with Harmony v2.0.4 and above. Use it only for sorting, then disable before launching the game! Fixed Launcher is outdated. Do not use.

Now that you are in the launcher of your choice, you need to check the box for Detailed Character Creation if you haven't already.

Afterwards you need to sort the load order (this is to prevent crashing and proper installation of the mod).

You might have to manually adjust the mod load order. Harmony should be the very first, followed by ButterLib (if installed) and UIExtenderEx (if installed). MCM Standalone and its submods (if installed) should load right after.

Your mod order should look like this (as of 10/15/2010):

Note: A previous version of installation instructions used to require DCC to be loaded at the bottom of the list. This is no longer required and it is unknown if there is any benefit in loading this mod last.

If you have any more questions that aren't answered by this document, please comment below and I will add them! Thanks!

Q: I want to install this mod manually!
A: Extract the "Modules" folder to Bannerlord game directory. Then, go to Addons, go to whichever addons you want to install, and extract "Modules" folders from the addon folders to Bannerlord game directory. As of v1.4.0.10/11, you are done; both the core mod and the addons will be installed and you can select whether to enable either or both or neither. Don't worry about FOMOD; it's used only for installer and can be safely ignored.