Is there a way to replace character model of pawn "Rook" that joins in the begginning?

[HomongUS]

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[Nightwalker]

We cannot alter Rook but he can be replaced by another players pawn or one of the Offline pawns found in the Rift.

[HomongUS]

Originally posted by Nightwalker:

We cannot alter Rook but he can be replaced by another players pawn or one of the Offline pawns found in the Rift.

Damn, thought it'd be possible to make a cool cut scene if I can replace him early on

[zadymek]

Originally posted by HomongUS:

Damn, thought it'd be possible to make a cool cut scene if I can replace him early on

Cutscene? Like, his first exiting the rift?
Modifying save to alter all your party Pawns' appearances is easy enough, but editing game files is harder,

BTW I recall that there is a mod that modifies all offlines to females, including Rook.

[HomongUS]

Originally posted by zadymek:

Cutscene? Like, his first exiting the rift?
Modifying save to alter all your party Pawns' appearances is easy enough, but editing game files is harder,

BTW I recall that there is a mod that modifies all offlines to females, including Rook.

The one at the 2nd encampment, where Rook and other pawns kneel before Arisen after completing their trial. Hmm, I'll have a look to see if anything will work

[Old Goat]

You can give him armor and/or weapons but you cannot change his height, weight, stats, vocation, skills etc...not without some kind of mod. I wonder if you changed his gender if she'd have facial hair. A bearded lady pawn, that'd be a hard act to follow.

[zadymek]

Originally posted by HomongUS:

The one at the 2nd encampment, where Rook and other pawns kneel before Arisen after completing their trial. Hmm, I'll have a look to see if anything will work

OK, just tried it and it looks like the appearance of Pawns in the cutscene is determined by some data outside save file.
I made Rook a sexy girl clad in Recluse's Robe and he was back himself in the video.
Tough luck.

[Guh~hey~hey~♫]

Yes but it implies editing the save file (text editing, nothing too shabby, but still require you to know what you do, how things are named in the game files, etc...)

Just fire him in a riftstone (or toss him off a cliff) then hire any other pawn in his place.

[HomongUS]

Originally posted by zadymek:

OK, just tried it and it looks like the appearance of Pawns in the cutscene is determined by some data outside save file.
I made Rook a sexy girl clad in Recluse's Robe and he was back himself in the video.
Tough luck.

Well, found the NPC ID list. Was it arc npc504 that you edited? If so, I'd need to find that other file that take place in the cutscene

Originally posted by Guh~hey~hey~♫:

Yes but it implies editing the save file (text editing, nothing too shabby, but still require you to know what you do, how things are named in the game files, etc...)

Just fire him in a riftstone (or toss him off a cliff) then hire any other pawn in his place.

The cutscene takes place after the first trial, meaning the game technically doesn't allow any swapping for rook before the scene.

[zadymek]

Originally posted by HomongUS:

Well, found the NPC ID list. Was it arc npc504 that you edited? If so, I'd need to find that other file that take place in the cutscene

No, I simply swapped few values inside save file.

BTW I will save you time and tell you to forget about editing
romNoraPawnData.arc
The other day I was messing with this, to prove someone that there's no female Rook in the game, and even modding this file (contains offline Pawn's data, including offline Rook) didn't manage to affect the cutscenes.

Again, it looks like cutscenes' settings are governed by sepearate files. You're welcome to try and find them but I sense a lost cause.

[Guh~hey~hey~♫]

Originally posted by HomongUS:

The cutscene takes place after the first trial, meaning the game technically doesn't allow any swapping for rook before the scene.

Rook datas are on the save file as soon as he join the party. So you can pretty easily edit him here.

Also all datas of all offline pawns (including Rook) are in the game files.

Though you need to know which archive contain the pawns and unpack it first before editing anything, then repack it.
This require slightly more research on what software to use (for unpacking the archives and then for editing them), which archive you need to open to find the pawns then Rook datas... but it's fairly doable.... it's the same as editing models for armor, clothes, weapons, etc...

I wouldnt recommand making Rook female though.... might lead to weird result (I'm pretty sure there's no female assets for Rook dialog in cutscenes) or even crashes....

[HomongUS]

Originally posted by zadymek:

Originally posted by HomongUS:

Well, found the NPC ID list. Was it arc npc504 that you edited? If so, I'd need to find that other file that take place in the cutscene

No, I simply swapped few values inside save file.

BTW I will save you time and tell you to forget about editing
romNoraPawnData.arc
The other day I was messing with this, to prove someone that there's no female Rook in the game, and even modding this file (contains offline Pawn's data, including offline Rook) didn't manage to affect the cutscenes.

Again, it looks like cutscenes' settings are governed by sepearate files. You're welcome to try and find them but I sense a lost cause.

Ah, thanks man. If neither works, I'll search a bit more within the file. Still a great start for me.

[H-Foundry PIXIV]

Isn't the game notoriously hard to mod this deep. Like, more than 'there's not enough interest'. I expect DD2 to be even harder to mod cos of the DRM.

[Guh~hey~hey~♫]

Originally posted by H-Foundry PIXIV:

Isn't the game notoriously hard to mod this deep. Like, more than 'there's not enough interest'. I expect DD2 to be even harder to mod cos of the DRM.

Not really... I big afternoon is enough to figure out how to do things. There's an editor available online. Though I'm saying this only for cosmetic changes, never try mechanics/gameplay changes.