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three redesigns of Keira Metz's face
OR
vanilla-enhancing updates, such as smoother face mesh, lashes not clipping through when mimicking, and cleaner normalmaps
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Credits:
Jato for holding my hand through and through, and also for letting me use his h_01.w2ent template!
Frannie for testing, and troubleshooting, and screenshots, and chatting, and saving me some grey hair ;D you're awesome! thank you a lot <3
D4nny for testing, screenshotting and giving much needed opinion on things! thank you, too!
melittacoffee for testing, screenshotting and giving some valuable feedback, too! so thank you!
You guys are bReAtHTaKinG!!!
Wolven Workshop discord server for much needed technical help! thank you for existing!
(ooof I HOPE I haven't forgot to mention anyone or I'd out of shame)
what's fixed:
> smoothened edges of the face, increased poly count (~20% heavier than vanilla mesh) while retaining the original shape; edits her jaw, chin and nose;
> face texture is now unique to her and is not shared with other npcs (previously shared with a bunch of commonfolk)
!for Geralt Doppler users! this means that Keira's head you could load from the menu will use vanilla textures;
> as much as possible, reduced clipping of lashes through the browbone when she frowns
> edited mimicking wrinkles texture, less prominent mouth wrinkles and no artifacts resulting in volumes that should not be there
what's new:
> edited texture set (Ambient, Diffuse, Normal).
She is now looking younger, blondier, with faint freckles so often spotted on natural blondes. I also decided to switch smokey eyes makeup to something more appropriate in my opinion. There is four different variants of the face, and I plan to have them enabled continuously as the world state progresses, but for now, you can choose any you like and have it on Keira at all times. Difference between versions:
- bare face, no makeup, no mascara
- bare face, no makeup, no mascara, gwent card facepaint
- makeup, winged eyeliner, some lip gloss
- makeup + extremely distracting glittery eye shadow I'm so very proud of
> new eye color, unique to Keira, not shared with any other NPC;
> new pretty lashes, that clip less and are much more chic and over the top <3
> haircards for the eyebrows; go thank Jato for convincing me to make them;
> recolored vanilla hairstyle to fit both the books description and the color of haircards on brows
FAQ:
- Compatibility?
Main versions are coming as All-in-One installations, files for Vanilla in Optionals can be used alongside any other mod, as long as they're having priority if conflicting; files for Modded in Optionals have very clear written instructions on how to use them, and I'll be disappointed in you if you manage to screw it up somehow.
Kidding. Just ask in the commnents.
other Keira face textures: INCOMPATIBLE
other Keira eye colors: INCOMPATIBLE
other Keira face meshes (w2mesh replacements): COMPATIBLE
other Keira face meshes (w2ent replacements): INCOMPATIBLE
other Keira outfits/dlcs/whatnot: until they use same paths as in vanilla, COMPATIBLE
- Merging?
Main archives are absolutely not mergeable. Optionals are mergeable but those 2 mods about lashes. Though, why would you merge in 2021??
- Resolution?
4k normal & diffuse, 2k ambient; it's wasteful and not reasonable at all, but I could see one compression artifact and go nuts about it;
overall you shouldn't struggle much as Keira doesn't appear on screen in big crowds or in city area. Though if you're really low on VRAM it can increase loading times and cause blur in dialogues.
I can do lighter version upon request, though if you use lower texture settings you can be fine with just it;
!to benefit from this resolution, you MUST have modded your game to even display textures at 4k, otherwise your game would display them at 2k no matter the real size;
you must either use custom game config settings, use Tweaks (Texture Quality = High or above, Enable Texture Mip Refiner = ON), or The Witcher 3 HD Reworked Project quality settings!
- I got blurry pauses in dialogues and cutscenes!
Seems like you're either having some mod conflicts or are running out of VRAM
Leave a comment if you need a not-so-ridiculously-sized version of textures;
- Face is melting!
I suggest either using this mod
OR
alternatively, but not preferably, editing your user.settings file (Documents\The Witcher 3\user.settings):
MeshLODDistanceScale=10
Note to only use one workaround, not both at the same time.
- I don't like this ! I want that instead!
Check the Optionals, there is a good chance you can find a file to suit your needs there. And if there's not, well, I suggest you make a change yourself. Feel free to contact me to get a tutorial on how to.
- Outfit when?
When done.
OPTIONALS:
Archive containing additions and changes for both vanilla Keira, Keira from this mod, or to be installed independently on any setup. I included short descriptions inside folders for people in the back.
edits for Vanilla Keira or Keira modded by other mods:
edits for Bsbah Keira:
Jato for holding my hand through and through, and also for letting me use his h_01.w2ent template!
Frannie for testing, and troubleshooting, and screenshots, and chatting, and saving me some grey hair ;D you're awesome! thank you a lot <3
D4nny for testing, screenshotting and giving much needed opinion on things! thank you, too!
melittacoffee for testing, screenshotting and giving some valuable feedback, too! so thank you!
You guys are bReAtHTaKinG!!!
Wolven Workshop discord server for much needed technical help! thank you for existing!
(ooof I HOPE I haven't forgot to mention anyone or I'd out of shame)
what's fixed:
> smoothened edges of the face, increased poly count (~20% heavier than vanilla mesh) while retaining the original shape; edits her jaw, chin and nose;
> face texture is now unique to her and is not shared with other npcs (previously shared with a bunch of commonfolk)
!for Geralt Doppler users! this means that Keira's head you could load from the menu will use vanilla textures;
> as much as possible, reduced clipping of lashes through the browbone when she frowns
> edited mimicking wrinkles texture, less prominent mouth wrinkles and no artifacts resulting in volumes that should not be there
what's new:
> edited texture set (Ambient, Diffuse, Normal).
She is now looking younger, blondier, with faint freckles so often spotted on natural blondes. I also decided to switch smokey eyes makeup to something more appropriate in my opinion. There is four different variants of the face, and I plan to have them enabled continuously as the world state progresses, but for now, you can choose any you like and have it on Keira at all times. Difference between versions:
- bare face, no makeup, no mascara
- bare face, no makeup, no mascara, gwent card facepaint
- makeup, winged eyeliner, some lip gloss
- makeup + extremely distracting glittery eye shadow I'm so very proud of
> new eye color, unique to Keira, not shared with any other NPC;
> new pretty lashes, that clip less and are much more chic and over the top <3
> haircards for the eyebrows; go thank Jato for convincing me to make them;
> recolored vanilla hairstyle to fit both the books description and the color of haircards on brows
FAQ:
- Compatibility?
Main versions are coming as All-in-One installations, files for Vanilla in Optionals can be used alongside any other mod, as long as they're having priority if conflicting; files for Modded in Optionals have very clear written instructions on how to use them, and I'll be disappointed in you if you manage to screw it up somehow.
Kidding. Just ask in the commnents.
other Keira face textures: INCOMPATIBLE
other Keira eye colors: INCOMPATIBLE
other Keira face meshes (w2mesh replacements): COMPATIBLE
other Keira face meshes (w2ent replacements): INCOMPATIBLE
other Keira outfits/dlcs/whatnot: until they use same paths as in vanilla, COMPATIBLE
- Merging?
Main archives are absolutely not mergeable. Optionals are mergeable but those 2 mods about lashes. Though, why would you merge in 2021??
- Resolution?
4k normal & diffuse, 2k ambient; it's wasteful and not reasonable at all, but I could see one compression artifact and go nuts about it;
overall you shouldn't struggle much as Keira doesn't appear on screen in big crowds or in city area. Though if you're really low on VRAM it can increase loading times and cause blur in dialogues.
I can do lighter version upon request, though if you use lower texture settings you can be fine with just it;
!to benefit from this resolution, you MUST have modded your game to even display textures at 4k, otherwise your game would display them at 2k no matter the real size;
you must either use custom game config settings, use Tweaks (Texture Quality = High or above, Enable Texture Mip Refiner = ON), or The Witcher 3 HD Reworked Project quality settings!
- I got blurry pauses in dialogues and cutscenes!
Seems like you're either having some mod conflicts or are running out of VRAM
Leave a comment if you need a not-so-ridiculously-sized version of textures;
- Face is melting!
I suggest either using this mod
OR
alternatively, but not preferably, editing your user.settings file (Documents\The Witcher 3\user.settings):
MeshLODDistanceScale=10
Note to only use one workaround, not both at the same time.
- I don't like this ! I want that instead!
Check the Optionals, there is a good chance you can find a file to suit your needs there. And if there's not, well, I suggest you make a change yourself. Feel free to contact me to get a tutorial on how to.
- Outfit when?
When done.
OPTIONALS:
Archive containing additions and changes for both vanilla Keira, Keira from this mod, or to be installed independently on any setup. I included short descriptions inside folders for people in the back.
Spoiler:
Enhanced lashes for Keira, with unique green eyes
edits her eyelash mesh so that it clips less and is more consistent when she's mimicking. Adds a second longer, smoother lash row. Eye color is new, unique to her.
Enhanced lashes for Keira, with vanilla green eyes
edits her eyelash mesh so that it clips less and is more consistent when she's mimicking. Adds a second longer, smoother lash row. Eye color is set to vanilla common green, and is using "bottle_green" material, same as vanilla Triss and Margarita.
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Enhanced lashes for Keira, with unique green eyes
edits her eyelash mesh so that it clips less and is more consistent when she's mimicking. Adds a second longer, smoother lash row. Eye color is new, unique to her.
Enhanced lashes for Keira, with vanilla green eyes
edits her eyelash mesh so that it clips less and is more consistent when she's mimicking. Adds a second longer, smoother lash row. Eye color is set to vanilla common green, and is using "bottle_green" material, same as vanilla Triss and Margarita.
edits for Vanilla Keira or Keira modded by other mods:
Spoiler:
Smooth face mesh for Vanilla Keira:
compatible with any other Keira face textures out there; is using textures shared with other npcs, so mind that;
use that if you're only interested in smooth mesh and not the textures from this mod;
Smooth normalmaps for Vanilla Keira:
edits her mimicking wrinkles texture (b_01) and normalmap texture (n_01). Lowers the strength of wrinkles, removes those I believe were overdone (middle of forehead, second set of those near mouth corners), cleans up artifacts and hard edges. Cleans the normalmap from heavy pores. Also affects any other npc using this texture set.
Blond hair: more yellow hair main files are using, but standalone.
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Smooth face mesh for Vanilla Keira:
compatible with any other Keira face textures out there; is using textures shared with other npcs, so mind that;
use that if you're only interested in smooth mesh and not the textures from this mod;
Smooth normalmaps for Vanilla Keira:
edits her mimicking wrinkles texture (b_01) and normalmap texture (n_01). Lowers the strength of wrinkles, removes those I believe were overdone (middle of forehead, second set of those near mouth corners), cleans up artifacts and hard edges. Cleans the normalmap from heavy pores. Also affects any other npc using this texture set.
Blond hair: more yellow hair main files are using, but standalone.
edits for Bsbah Keira:
Spoiler:
Vanilla hair: vanilla colored hair in case you don't like the recolor in the main files.
No brow haircards:
Disables hair cards on the eyebrows. Use that if you like drawn facial hair more than geometry for the facial hair.
No brow haircards on glammed up version:
Disables hair cards on the eyebrows, but keeps the glittery makeup on. Use that if you want to use ___!!!NAME!!!___ mod, but dislike the geometry for the facial hair.
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Vanilla hair: vanilla colored hair in case you don't like the recolor in the main files.
No brow haircards:
Disables hair cards on the eyebrows. Use that if you like drawn facial hair more than geometry for the facial hair.
No brow haircards on glammed up version:
Disables hair cards on the eyebrows, but keeps the glittery makeup on. Use that if you want to use ___!!!NAME!!!___ mod, but dislike the geometry for the facial hair.
My socials:
My other mods:
Elle Fanning as various characters
Prototype Yen
Bathsebah's Anna Stenger Improevements
Bathsebah's Keira Metz edits
Bathsebah's Book Jaskier
Tomira's Less Potato
Spooky Yennefer
Triss (G)Lorified
Triss (G)Lorified Wardrobe
Legacy Triss Makeover
Somewhat Ciri
My guides and resources:
Skin Editing Notes
Hair Editing Notes and Tutorial
My other mods:
Elle Fanning as various characters
Prototype Yen
Bathsebah's Anna Stenger Improevements
Bathsebah's Keira Metz edits
Bathsebah's Book Jaskier
Tomira's Less Potato
Spooky Yennefer
Triss (G)Lorified
Triss (G)Lorified Wardrobe
Legacy Triss Makeover
Somewhat Ciri
My guides and resources:
Skin Editing Notes
Hair Editing Notes and Tutorial