So I just got dragon age for pc. Played around 20 hrs on 360, but decided to switch once I finish my PC build.
This one looks interesting, higher res textures is what it looks like?
http://www.dragonagenexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=15
Just curious if anyone has used any, or noticed any mods that give a better experience to the game. I'd probably want to play the game stock first to see any differences though.
Dragon Age: Origins
Game » consists of 20 releases. Released Nov 03, 2009
Dragon Age: Origins is an epic fantasy role-playing game featuring a rich story, personality-driven characters, and tactical, bloody combat. It is considered a spiritual successor to the Baldur's Gate series.
Dragon Age PC: Any mods worth my time, first playthrough on PC?
I can't remember off the top of my head since its my brother who has the pc version, but some of the mods he used were the hair mod (since the hair in the character creation screen are pretty crappy) and some mage clothing mod (basically mage clothes in game look like crap so this mod offers some cool looking gear for mages).
There are others too but it may imbalance the game unless you up the difficulty level such as a mod that allows the dog in your party to be a permanent 5th member in combat and a mod that allows warriors and mages to open chests without the help of rogues. I think he also has a mod that silences the 'nug' in the party camp so it doesn't make irritating noises - oh yeah, and a mod that changes/removes annoying sound effects such as the champion specicialisation moves when party members enter and exit the shpere of influence
That being said though, Dragon Age is a horribly, horribly flawed game (both technically and mechanically). Sometimes I wonder what the hell the programmers/designers were thinking at times. Luckily a lot of mods sort out these problems but since I'm a 'couch' gamer I'm stuck with the 360 version
I'm using quite a few off DragonAgeNexus. Currently, the ones I would recommend are: (Don't forget to d/l DragonAge Mod Manager from the site, too)
- Natural Bodies All-In-One (modify all species bodies and skins)
- More Hairstyles (more hair styles to choose from)
- Ren's Beautiful People Hair (even more better hair styles)
- CC Extra Tints & Tones (skin tones and eyes)
- Chargen Package (new presets, more character creation options)
- Pineappletree's Vibrant Colors (as above)
- A Little Leg Combined Mesh (more revealing armors ~ many options)
- Equal Love (allows same sex romances where there would be none)
- Madd Gift Guide (hint as to what gifts are for which character)
- Biddells Makeup Studio
- Larger Conversation Text
- Better Sex Cutscenes (this is definitely Adults Only!)
- Dialog Tweeks
- Morrigan and Leliana Sacred Ashes Face Mod (new better looking faces as seen in the DAO "Sacred Ashes" trailer)
There are a few which I'm playing around with right now so I can't say either way if I'd recommend them, too but so far I've enjoyed them.
- Mutantspicy's Magic Vault (new mage & archer clothes)
- Armory (Warrior & mage armors)
- Oracle (mage armor)
- Morrigan's Robes for Elves (just what it says)
- Wilds Robes (unlock Morrigan outfit & adds a better one ~ glitch replicates it every time you start the game for easy cash if desired)
- Morrigan's Loose Robes mod (sexier version)
- Bag of Kittens (adds a bag of kittens to give to party members as gifts to improve relations)
Then there are a few things I'm not sure if I got off DA Nexus or the Bioware Social Forum.
- White Teeth (clean smiles!)
- Better Archery (you may need to Google for this one)
- Less Barking Dog (dog barks less)
- Project Beauty (makes most NPCs mildly attractive ~ may conflict if other party member specific appearance mods are added)
- Detailed Tooltips
- No Helmet Hack (never see the God-awful helmets on characters again but get all the functionality from them ~ this should have been something Bioware included)
- There are some mods that spruce up the Lady of the Forest and the Desire Demon, too. I have one but I am not sure what it's called.
It's possible there are some others I am missing and there are bound to be conflicts between items as well as some possible instability. One of the biggest is getting a proper Chargenmorphcfg file to work. You can only have one, so you need to find one that works with the most mods you can. The Ren's Beautiful People Hair mod comes with a program that mixes a fresh one, so I took one that suggested to work with most of my mods and ran it through that. I haven't had too much trouble, but it's hard to tell with all these add-ons.
There's not too many mods out there right now. The two I would recommend are:
Combat Tweaks - fixes a lot of the balance issues I had with the original Dragon Age.
Dragon Age Redesigned - improves a lot of the face models so the NPCs no longer look like their face was crushed by a clamp.
That said, it does sound like a decent mod.
Glad to know there's a "display helmet off" mod but the thing that really bothered me most throughout DAO is the selection of voices for your charater all of them have remarks that drove me crazy ("want me to get you a ladder so you can get off my back" heading up that long list). Bit of a trivial thing I know but if anyone finds anything that lets you turn off your characters voice or even a mod to give you more, less anoying voices to choose from please let me know ;)
Why PC gaming is still the best ^^. If the studio doesn't add it, mod nation will do it for free."
I'm using quite a few off DragonAgeNexus. Currently, the ones I would recommend are: (Don't forget to d/l DragonAge Mod Manager from the site, too)Some of these require other mods to work right. Additionally, I have new morphs of Leliana, Morrigan and Wynne running in my game which can also be found on DANexus.
- Natural Bodies All-In-One (modify all species bodies and skins)
- More Hairstyles (more hair styles to choose from)
- Ren's Beautiful People Hair (even more better hair styles)
- CC Extra Tints & Tones (skin tones and eyes)
- Chargen Package (new presets, more character creation options)
- Pineappletree's Vibrant Colors (as above)
- A Little Leg Combined Mesh (more revealing armors ~ many options)
- Equal Love (allows same sex romances where there would be none)
- Madd Gift Guide (hint as to what gifts are for which character)
- Biddells Makeup Studio
- Larger Conversation Text
- Better Sex Cutscenes (this is definitely Adults Only!)
- Dialog Tweeks
- Morrigan and Leliana Sacred Ashes Face Mod (new better looking faces as seen in the DAO "Sacred Ashes" trailer)
There are a few which I'm playing around with right now so I can't say either way if I'd recommend them, too but so far I've enjoyed them.
- Mutantspicy's Magic Vault (new mage & archer clothes)
- Armory (Warrior & mage armors)
- Oracle (mage armor)
- Morrigan's Robes for Elves (just what it says)
- Wilds Robes (unlock Morrigan outfit & adds a better one ~ glitch replicates it every time you start the game for easy cash if desired)
- Morrigan's Loose Robes mod (sexier version)
- Bag of Kittens (adds a bag of kittens to give to party members as gifts to improve relations)
Then there are a few things I'm not sure if I got off DA Nexus or the Bioware Social Forum.It's possible there are some others I am missing and there are bound to be conflicts between items as well as some possible instability. One of the biggest is getting a proper Chargenmorphcfg file to work. You can only have one, so you need to find one that works with the most mods you can. The Ren's Beautiful People Hair mod comes with a program that mixes a fresh one, so I took one that suggested to work with most of my mods and ran it through that. I haven't had too much trouble, but it's hard to tell with all these add-ons. "
- White Teeth (clean smiles!)
- Better Archery (you may need to Google for this one)
- Less Barking Dog (dog barks less)
- Project Beauty (makes most NPCs mildly attractive ~ may conflict if other party member specific appearance mods are added)
- Detailed Tooltips
- No Helmet Hack (never see the God-awful helmets on characters again but get all the functionality from them ~ this should have been something Bioware included)
- There are some mods that spruce up the Lady of the Forest and the Desire Demon, too. I have one but I am not sure what it's called.
I have to say I haven't tried it yet because (A) I'm in the middle of an Elf Mage now ("experienced" voice set) and have place my Human Rogue aside for a bit. (B) When this originally came out it was only for males and my rogue is a female. Now that it is out for all genders and races, I'll have to try it out.
The only mods I ended up using are the hair one and one that shows who likes the gifts in your inventory.
I may try the better texture one, I dont really care about the character models of any of that stuff really.
Is there a mod that can make the conversation text larger, or is there an option in the game for it. At 1080p the text is tiny.
Also the storage container for your camp is extremely useful.
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