Looking for mods

[Cawwot]

I bought the DA:O Ultimate pack yesterday, though I've never tried the game before. But man, I'm totally hooked by the game.
I've been playing for a couple of hours, but the game seems to be missing some..... spicyness.
Steam Workshop does not support this game, but I found NexusMods has a huge community considering Dragon Age mods, so I want to try my luck on there.

Are there any suggestions about which mods I should get? I would love to hear about your experience!

I've currently only unlocked the developer console, but yet have to do something with it.
I'm also running the game on the highest possible quality, which, frankly, my computer is capable of handling, with just 2,99Gb of RAM.

[Midnight Fuel]

Just to get you started: Dragon Age Redesigned, Improved Atmosphere, Extra Dog Slot, Lock Bash, No Helmet Hack, Personal Annoyance Remover, White Teeth, Morrigan Restoration Patch Dialogue Fixpack, Make Console Commands Visible, More Hairstyles, Pineapple Tree's Vibrant Colors, JB3textures, Natural Bodies

[Amycus]

Using Nexu's "top 100 most endorsed files of alltime" is always a great start to look at if you are just starting to play a game with an already well-established mod community: http://dragonage.nexusmods.com/mods/topalltime/?adult=2

Otherwise, some of my favorite's are:

Polygamey: Allows you to romance multiple NPCs at the same time (though you miss some "catfights" and bickering between party members. Might not want to use this until later playthroughs).

Teleport: Adds a mage spell in your talent tree, which allows you to teleport to a certain spot visible to you. This is especially invaluable when you want to backtrack some mines in the awakening expansion, but can also be used to "skip" a certain annoying puzzle in the "trials of the gauntlet".

Baldurs Gate II Redux - Module 1 Irenicus Dungeon: This is still a BIG project in the works,to recreate the game Baldurs Gate 2 in the Dragon Age engine. The first dungeon has been released and is playable. Rather than suggesting that you download this though,I suggest that you just keep an eye on this project for now until it'sreleased (yes, it's still being activelyworked on).

Skip the fade: You shouldn't use this in your first playthrough, since it's actually pretty fun to play through the fade the first time imo, but it does get tedious after you have made multiple characters.

Extra dog slot:
Allows you to bring your dog in addition to your 4-man party.

Lock Bash:
Readds the feature to bash locks, that the devs decided to remove at the last minute before release. Good if you don't want to feel forced to bring a rogue.

Make console commands visible:
If you ever feel like activating the console in DA:O,you will quickly notice that you can't see what you type in the vanilla game. This mod fixes that.

DAModder: My favorite mod manager for DA:O. Can't get much easier to install mods than this.

[Djörk]

Here's the list of mods I use that I posted in the other thread

Improved Atmosphere[dragonage.nexusmods.com]
Dragon Age Redesigned[dragonage.nexusmods.com]
FTG UI Mod[dragonage.nexusmods.com]

^The three essentials, in my opinion. The first two do a very nice reworking of the game and the third makes the interface more readable.
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Here are the other ones I use (mostly items/equipment, and things that alter the gameplay)
Character Respecialization[dragonage.nexusmods.com]
No Follower Auto Level[dragonage.nexusmods.com]
Skip the Fade[dragonage.nexusmods.com]
Armor of the Devout[dragonage.nexusmods.com]
Madd Gift Guide[dragonage.nexusmods.com]
DLC Merchandise[dragonage.nexusmods.com]
Black Templar Armor[dragonage.nexusmods.com]
Wings of Velvet[dragonage.nexusmods.com]
Circles Be Gone[dragonage.nexusmods.com]
Shadow Warden's Armor[dragonage.nexusmods.com]
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And some bug fixes:
Morrigan Restoration Patch[dragonage.nexusmods.com]
Zevran Dialog Fix[dragonage.nexusmods.com]
Dragon Age Rules Fixpack[dragonage.nexusmods.com]
+ Healing Received Fix[dragonage.nexusmods.com]

[Amycus]

Forgot one:
http://social.bioware.com/project/4802/#details
Not on the nexus, but it makes morrigan actually look like the concept art, hood included :)

[Cawwot]

Oh gosh, thank you so much, this is definitely I something I can start with!

I've until only recently added mods to Skyrim, adding mods to DA:O seems to be a different story. I'll try to figure out how to add those mods myself. I'll keep you updated.

And again, a big thanks to you 3.

[Cawwot]

UPDATE: First step: Installed DAO Mod manager is complete. Now off to installing the major overhauls. Hope I'll still be able to run the game on highest quality..

[Amycus]

Publicado originalmente por Cawwot:

UPDATE: First step: Installed DAO Mod manager is complete. Now off to installing the major overhauls. Hope I'll still be able to run the game on highest quality..

Talking about graphics, forgot this one, Lightening enhanced:
http://dragonage.nexusmods.com/mods/3653
Recommended especially if you think that the vanilla game looks a bit too "blurry" for your tastes. This sharpens the edges and textures of the game, among other things (personally I prefer to run it without the ENB modification, but might just be me). Make sure to install this last though, after you have made sure that all the other mods are running as they should, since it is a tad bit trickier compared to the other mods that you can just throw into the DAModder.

[Cawwot]

Wow. Modding DA:O is more complicated than I thought. It seems I have to install everything to a folder that is NOT in the steamapps folder, but instead in My Files\BioWare instead. And there are a lot of folders I must or mustn't leave unattended. Wow. I'll try nevertheless....

Am I supposed to leave everything in the folder or not? I'm looking at Improved Atmosphere at the moment. I think I succesfully installed the Dragon Age Redisigned, using the Dragon Age Origins\Noncompanions with the .exe file in there.

[Amycus]

Publicado originalmente por Cawwot:

Wow. Modding DA:O is more complicated than I thought. It seems I have to install everything to a folder that is NOT in the steamapps folder, but instead in My Files\BioWare instead. And there are a lot of folders I must or mustn't leave unattended. Wow. I'll try nevertheless....

Am I supposed to leave everything in the folder or not? I'm looking at Improved Atmosphere at the moment. I think I succesfully installed the Dragon Age Redisigned, using the Dragon Age Origins\Noncompanions with the .exe file in there.

It's been some time since I installed that particular mod, but from the description you are supposed to just drop the whole "improved atmosphere" folder into your "override" folder - THEN you delete the folders you might not want. Just keep reading the instructions to see where you want to make a decision. Here is one example (quote from the instructions):

"2.6. Merchants: Modified the stock of certain stores. Also made merchants sell some items found in "Items".

You need to choose only one version:

- In the "Default Buy from Player Values" you will find stores that only have modified stock. Price ranges remain the same as in vanilla. (Revised in v1.3.)
- In the "Modified Buy from Player Values" the stores have modified stock and price ranges: 35-65% (merchants with fewer funds [e.g. taverns] will offer less for your goods). Only "buy from player" stats have been changed. (Revised in v1.3.)

Requirements: Gold Material, Tints, Items."

That is, you delete EITHER "Deafult Buy from Player Values", OR "Modified Buy from Player Values".

[Cawwot]

And concerning having 2 DA:O Files; one in Program Files, and one in My documents. Does launching DA:O from Steam use the override from My Documents? I did not see an override folder in the Program Files\Steam directory.

[Cawwot]

Update: Downloaded and installed More Hairstyles turns out I have to use CharGenMorph Compiler to merge the .xml files of the following mods: Pineapple Tree's Vibrant Colors, JB3textures, Natural Bodies. Or something. Oh well, let's see how it turns out. If it goes wrong I can always delete the whole game and start all over again. That's just how I roll.

[Cawwot]

UPDATE:

I have currently got those mods installed (And not yet started the game, so I hope this WILL work out)
Dragon Age Redisigned
Character Respec Addon
DAO More Hairstyles (Used CharGenMorph Controller to merge .exm files)
Extra Dog Slot
Healing Received Fix
Lock Bash Awk
Lock bash
Morrigan Restoration Patch
Improved Atmosphere
No Helmet Hack
Pineappletree's VIbrant Colors
Teleport (For some reason this shows twice in the DAModder interface)
Annoyance Remover
White teeth
Natural Bodies All in One (Because why not?)
Make Console Commands visible

I used Natural Bodies All in One by using DAO Mod Manager, by dragging the file, installing it and using the config for the settings.

I'm going to launch the game now, and create a new save. Hope everything will work out just fine.

EDIT: Restarting computer first, for just in case.

[DjinniGenie]

Did you add any of the romance mods? I *adore* hugging Alistair!

[Cawwot]

Publicado originalmente por DjinniGenie:

Did you add any of the romance mods? I *adore* hugging Alistair!

I just love Alistair as well! I haven't installed the hug mod (yet). I've installed Equal Love, Active Alistair, Alistair Kisses, Anyone Can Marry Alistair, and some side-mods improving overall performance such as Improved Atmosphere, White Teeth, Natural Bodies, No Armor Hack, Vibrant Colors and FaceGen Morph. The latter was necessary due to 2 separate CharGen files which could cause conflicts.

BUT. I'm sad. I convinced Alistair to rule beside me but the game crashes even before the fight with the Archdemon. I'm installing everything all over again and look for conflicting files.

[Onion]

Publicado originalmente por Cawwot:

Publicado originalmente por DjinniGenie:

Did you add any of the romance mods? I *adore* hugging Alistair!

I just love Alistair as well! I haven't installed the hug mod (yet). I've installed Equal Love, Active Alistair, Alistair Kisses, Anyone Can Marry Alistair, and some side-mods improving overall performance such as Improved Atmosphere, White Teeth, Natural Bodies, No Armor Hack, Vibrant Colors and FaceGen Morph. The latter was necessary due to 2 separate CharGen files which could cause conflicts.

BUT. I'm sad. I convinced Alistair to rule beside me but the game crashes even before the fight with the Archdemon. I'm installing everything all over again and look for conflicting files.

if your game crashes at certain spots you can always try to lower your graphics settings.. it usualy works.