#hope this makes sense!

[blighted-elf]

Baldur’s Gate 3 Modding Tutorial - How to Swap Your Character’s Head Preset Mid-game

Got a bunch of messages asking how I did this without restarting, so I thought I’d write out a quick tutorial.

1 - Extract the Models.pak file from your game directory's Data folder somewhere using the lslib tool. I don't recommend extracting it to your game directory because you won't need all the files, it can get kinda messy, and it might cause issues in future updates. Just put them in a random folder on your desktop for now or something. I'll refer to this folder as the extracted folder for now.

2 - Figure out which preset your character is currently using (mine was the Elf Female A), and which one you'd like to swap it out for. Keep in mind, you can’t use one from a different gender/race without issues.

*I used one from the “New Character Creation Presets WIP” mod. If also using this mod, you need to install it as normal, then extract the mod's own .pak file before continuing.

3 - Find the .gr2 file of the new preset you want, and copy it into your game's directory. For me, it goes to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Baldurs Gate 3\Data\Generated\Public\Shared\Assets\Characters\_Anims\Elves\_Female\Resources The exact directory will vary depending on your race/gender (refer to the extracted folders for help). If you don’t have the folders needed inside your game directory, then create them.

4 - Rename the .gr2 file you just moved to be what the old preset was named. For me, Kaari.gr2 became ELF_F_NKD_Head_A.gr2

Optional:

5 - If you want to also use the new head’s skin texture (and/or edit the skin yourself), just copy the three .dds files from your extracted Data\Generated\Public\Shared\Assets\Characters\_Models etc folder, then place them in your game directory. For me, I put them in Data\Generated\Public\Shared\Assets\Characters\_Models\Elves\ELF_F_NKD\ELF_F_Head_A\Resources

6 - Rename accordingly, just like with the .gr2 files. For me, Kaari_CLEA.dds became ELF_F_NKD_Head_A_CLEA.dds and so on. Do this for the other two .dds files as well.

Load your game and that's it! It should now replace the previous head with the new one. Your character's icon will still look like the old one unfortunately. I'll try to find out how to fix it.

#Baldur's Gate #Baldur's Gate 3 #Baldur's Gate 3 Modding #BG3 #BG3 modding #Blighted mods #Blighted modding #Hope this makes sense!

[chrisrin]

Hiii I want to know something about the mcyt su au! The way you assign gems to each person, does their personality influence the choice?? Or are you just going for the visual vibes of he gemstone? How do you choose

honestly it depends! some designs like bdubs was definitely more based on visuals, nephrites are green and have that one big eye so i was like, omg, that's very bdubs so i went with that for his gem.

others i feel are more personality-based, like scar as a spinel. or role-wise with mumbo as a peridot. it honestly depends on what grabs me more.

but the most important thing for me though is that for base designs (non-fusions) i try as much as i can to stick to ONLY canon designs/gems we've seen in the show, this is so i can pretty much directly pull color palettes from those characters and keep it as loyal-looking to the show as possible. it makes them more recognizable as SU designs in my mind, i did this with both gemcyt and gemstuck with only a couple exceptions (nepeta as a cat's eye, docm as bloodstone, etc.) i think a part of the fun challenge is trying to conform with these baseline designs while also trying to make the character recognizable. it's why some troll gemstuck designs have horns, and others don't. it depends on if i feel it was vital for their design aspects as most gems (unless corrupted) don't have horns.

with fusions i'm a lot more free-form with it, but for base designs i like to have at least 1 solid reference to compare the design to so i can try to match the show as close as possible. obviously this means i'm limited on what gems i can make people, and sometimes that puts me in a tricky spot because i also dislike doing too many repeats of the same gem, exceptions in both gemstuck/gemcyt being that i have multiple pearls (kanaya/eridan/jane in gemstuck, joel/pearl in gemcyt)

because let's be honest if we did this only on gem societal roles, the majority of the hermits would be either peridots as redstoners or bismuths/lapis lazulis as builders

so as far as choosing gems, that's sorta my mindset going into it! it's a mix of things but there's restrictions i give myself and i try to work within those when i can! :D

#so for example for gemcyt i havent made any designs with jades yet #so if i designed someone in the future #there's a good chance whoever it'd be i'd find a way to make them a jade #gemcyt #chris talks #hope this makes sense!

[kissporsche]

hi! this is very out of nowhere but i just rewatched ep 14 and i am still wondering, why do you think vegas didn't kill korn? he clearly didn't care about dying at that point, and korn sent the guards away before reminding vegas that macau exists, so i am a tiny bit lost in my headcanons and you're my fandom senpai when it comes to these things.

An excuse to rewatch the office scene? Anon, you spoil me!

My own headcanon entirely comes down to Macau. As soon as Vegas sees Gun's body he knows he has lost. He even got to tell Pete he loves him beforehand, which is probably more than he ever thought he would get.

Vegas raises his gun to Korn because he has nothing left to lose, he doesn't care if he dies so he might as well take Korn out with him, finally achieving his father's goal. Until, as you say, Korn brings up Macau.

This is a threat. Basically, that he'll spare them if Vegas doesn't kill him, and if Vegas does kill him they're both in immediate danger. And if it was just about Vegas then he'd spit in the face of this so-called mercy and shoot him anyway, but if there's one thing he won't do it is risk Macau.

If he shoots Korn then they'll both die, and Macau will be left completely vulnerable. If he lets Korn live, then maybe he will at least show mercy. Macau will have some protection from the main family that he would not be afforded otherwise, and although these are two shitty options, Vegas chooses the one with the least implied risk to Macau. He would be leaving him under Korn's control, yes, but not at the whims of a completely destabilised family potentially looking for revenge. He's well aware he's being manipulated, but isn't left with much choice.

While from an outsider perspective it makes more sense for him to stay alive and continue protecting his brother... being suicidal is not logical. He has lost everything, failed at his mission, and now feels like he would only be a burden to those he loves. And he cannot face that life, under Korn's control no less, cannot continue to face his own inferiority now the failed coup has robbed him of the chance of ever escaping it.

Vegas has nothing left to give, except one final attempt to protect Macau

#answer #anon #vegas #kinnporsche #kp orig #i've watched this scene a billion times and yet it still HITS #hope this makes sense! #I feel like this was very rambly sorry #vegas also knows he can be used my the main family but hopefully HOPEFULLY #korn will behave like gun and mostly ignore macau #and if vegas is out of the picture then macau can't be manipulated against him nor he against macau #i don't think that was his thought process though

[theelvishfiddler]

What inspired you to make mayze's tavern? Are there any story/worldbuilding bits you'd like to share? :]

Mayze's Tavern was inspired by a dream that I had! It was very much influenced by the "lone wolf and cub" trope type media I was watching at the time. The dream became an excuse to practice my character design skills and it eventually developed into its own story over time.

There is a lot that I'm working on and I'm not sure how I want to share those ideas yet. So, here is a rough sketched comic I made about the first time adventure dad saw RoboKid.

The kid immediately ran off. The two of them didn't officially meet until a few months later.

#Mayze's Tavern #asks #ocs #robot oc #comics #sorry this took a while to answer #ty for the opportunity to talk about my ocs! #hope this makes sense! #i really need to give these guys names at some point orz

[heich0e]

what is a lovergirl

idk a lover girl/lover boy to me is just someone who is very mushy and kind of effusive abt their love. ppl who love love and revel in it. who love very freely and openly and without any sort of hesitation. i admire these ppl but i can also acknowledge that i'm not one of them!

#liv got mail #hope this makes sense! #i don't know that there's one definition for it #this is just how i see it

[gayaest]

all your art is so engaging to look at and it's cool to see actual research put into each condition and how it affects the character. have you ever drawn a person who uses a posterior walker?

I believe I have drawn a child with a small child-sized one! But never posted and i’d have to dig for the piece — so definitely can look into drawing another one!

There are tons of conditions I have yet to research and I prefer not drawing them until I have done sufficient research and feel like I can understand what it entails! I would hate to misrepresent a condition I don’t have, which is why so much time and care is put into most of my art! Obviously a lot of my artwork is also based on my own disabled experience and self — but you know haha 🩷

Many people have sent me anons about conditions I’ve never heard of and/or they’d like to see, which is really cool! I just always want to research in order to accurately portray them — even if it takes time, I feel like quality is better over quantity! I’ve seen so many people ill-informed and ignorant spread harmful rhetoric from lack of research and I just hope not to be that person.

Also forgot to say — THANK YOU! I appreciate that you can see the time and care put into my art!

#asks #anon #hope this makes sense!

[amalgamezz]

About your aro post in your tags you said you don’t care for any loves (romantic, familial [<- I don’t feel that one too :D] etc.) does that go for friendships as well? Or are you more of a person who doesn’t care for connection at all? I hope I worded that right…

heya, thank you for this ask, and no worries, your wordings are fine! sorry, this will be a long one because my audhd demands that i should provide full contexts 😔

as i interacted and got to know more about aplatonic and loveless communities, i found a certain solidarity/kinship with them. ever since i was in elementary, friendship has never been something i actively seek myself. i still got along well with classmates. my relationships with coworkers are chill and good. i have mutuals and friendly acquaintances here and there to talk about our shared interests. i try to maintain a good relationship with my family because capitalism sucks ass, especially for single people. in a way, this, too, is how i practice relationship anarchy — to give each casual and non-casual relationship i have a function and learn to appreciate them instead of putting the burdens on one or two committed relationships. for me, friendship has become a label for happy coincidences born out of those relationships after long and frequent interactions, if both parties desire a name for it. i have some positive connections with friends who i trust with my life, and i would mourn intensively should i lose them, but tbh, im not sure if i would personally call it "love".

i was lovequeer before i am loveless. im actually still considering myself lovequeer in a way that i strongly believe that love doesnt have to be romantic and that no kind of love is superior to the other. my personal relationship with love is complicated, but mostly sour. as an aro, i am a fierce defender of non-romantic loves. it annoys me greatly when people casually throw amatonormative phrases such as "there is no platonic explanation for this" or "friends dont do that" around. it is usually a hopeless and lonely battle because people dont really care about "not all loves are romantic" until you reject the concept of love altogether. more often than not, it becomes a gotcha towards aros who express their frustration with obsession over love by society.

this frustration, too, drew me closer to the concept of lovelessness. lovelessness means different things to different people, but for me, its the rejection of love being a superior, necessary, or moral trait of a human being. i had a knee-jerk reaction at first when i learned the term, but the more i read about it and introspect, the more it resonates with me. i remember how my parents hit me when i was a kid. i remember my aunt chewed me out in front of my entire family for expressing my wish to stay single and childless. i remember being driven to tears as my dad sneakily threw out a gift from my friend that i hung on my car and replaced it with a rosary. when asked why, they said because they wanted what was best for me. because they wanted me to be happy. because they loved me. it all sounded contradictory, but i have been with them long enough to know that they were being genuine. i dont wanna think its not a real love because i dont find it useful and more often than not, it only makes me question myself if i have been a fair evaluator and get guilty when i think im not. instead, i just have to accept that good intentions dont always bring good outcomes. their love is real, but its like a sun that burns and hurts more intensively the closer i get to it. i started coming to terms with love being a neutral but strong emotional motive that drives humans to do something — just like pleasure, joy, anger, sadness, envy, etc. whether you do good, bad, or neither because of it solely depends on you. i can acknowledge that they love me, but that doesnt mean they should be able to use it as an excuse to hurt me. this applies to all kinds of love.

i have nothing against love or the people who cherish it, but as i start dissecting and understanding more about love, it becomes less and less significant in my life. i start to realise that i dont need to love someone to bring them happiness or do good for them. i dont need to love my friends to care for or emotionally support them when they need it. i dont need to love my mutuals or even strangers to consider donating for their groceries. i dont need to love the victims of war to condemn the hideous crimes committed against them by some certain govts. love doesnt make me human. i just simply am, and im happy with the loveless relationships/connections i currently have.

#long post #ask #anon #hope this makes sense! #my toxic trait is that i start rambling even when the question asked is extremely simple

[chrisrin]

Do you know how much you're going to price the stickers for? If you don't or don't wanna share I understand, I was just curious :)

ofc! I have to figure out sizing wise since the sheets won't be full A4 but from what I looked around online, most people sell smaller/mini sticker sheets at anywhere from $3-4 dollars each so it'll probably be in that range! and i'd do some discounts for bundles, i defo want to sell an "all seasons" pack for a discounted amount :)

the sticker sheets themselves probably won't be waterproof, but i'd like to sell designs individually as well with a waterproof option (they'll just be a tad more expensive on their own!) so if people want one or two for a water bottle or something that might get exposed to the elements, they have that option.

#chris sells #hope this makes sense! #chris talks

[piedoesnotequalpi]

made up fic title ask:

a very scary holiday

🥰

Thanks for sending this! The contrast between the title and the emoji is very funny.

I know this is probably meant to refer to Halloween, and I love Halloween, but it's the 🎶most goyische time of the year🎶 so it's time for some good old-fashioned Christmas annoyance. I had to read about HOAs for this, and I hate them even more now.

(Sorry everything I come up with is modern AU, I'll answer one of these with canon era I promise)

For this one I'm thinking we've got Crutchie (local menace), Davey (local obnoxiously Jewish guy), Race (token goy who loves chaos), and Katherine (finally financially independent from her parents and making that everyone's problem). They're roommates, and unfortunately the only place they were able to find was a townhouse/condo in an HOA. We're going to suspend disbelief and say this HOA requires "holiday" decorations of some sort (in reality HOAs tend to not like anything over-the-top, so this scenario is unlikely). The problem is, when people say holiday, they tend to just mean Christmas, but the HOA insists that it's nondenominational.

The conversation in their house goes something like this:

Davey: Well, we can just put up blue lights and see if anyone makes inflatable dreidels and menorahs for our 50 whole feet of lawn. Really lean into the anti-assimilationist message of Chanukah and the whole "holiday could mean any winter holiday" thing.

Crutchie: But if we do that, we're playing into their hands! They'll just say, "Oh, that's nice, you have Chanukah decorations!" We need to protest! [note that this is inspired by my protest attempt when I worked at an awful customer service job being misconstrued as me just celebrating Chanukah]

Davey: I mean, they probably won't be thrilled with the inflatables.

Katherine: Surely there has to be a way to accomplish both of these goals at once.

As it turns out, there is! Some of their friends did a Nightmare Before Christmas setup for Halloween, and they kept all the supplies. So they get a small inflatable dreidel like Davey suggested, but they also put up a 12-foot Jack Skellington (with a PVC Santa hat and beard, sewn and mailed to them by Sarah) and some other TNBC stuff, plus orange and red lights. The final result is an absolute eyesore, but they're very happy with it.

When the HOA complains that the decorations aren't for a winter holiday, they counter with the fact that Nightmare Before Christmas has "Christmas" in the title and that they gave Jack a Santa hat. Also, the HOA is not happy with the inflatables as a concept; there's no rule against them, but everyone else sticks to light-based decorations. Davey, Crutchie, Race, and Katherine refuse to take the decorations down, and eventually the HOA decides to stop making December decorations mandatory, but not before they seriously consider just banning holiday decorations altogether.

#hope this makes sense! #i originally had them plastering a school with krampus decorations but then realized krampus has some undertones that i'm not thrilled abou #anyway #my writing #asks #ask game #isabel.tex #somanywords #katherine plumber #david jacobs #crutchie morris #happy seventh night of chanukah y'all hope you enjoy this

[intersex-support]

would you say PMDD (pre-menstrual dysphoric disorder) is, or could be, considered an intersex condition/variation or even a disability regardless? i don't think it is since i didn't see a mention of testosterone anywhere, but i also don't think testosterone is the only factor that could make AFAB people intersex.

i tried looking it up with a quick search, but the results seem to imply that being trans and intersex are the same thing based on google assuming that's what i meant instead ("can trans men have PMDD?" "is PMDD common in trans individuals?" etc.), despite them obviously not being similar or even inherently overlapping.

then i remembered your blog exists, so any help would be appreciated!

Hi anon!

As always, want to give a disclaimer that I am not in charge of the intersex community and welcome a variety of opinions and perspectives. When it comes to answering questions about who is or isn't intersex, I want to affirm that the definition of intersex has room to shift and change, and that it is not an entirely static thing. It's important to have a definition so that we can organize and build community around our unique experiences, but I am not a fan of exclusion or only relying on medical authorities to define who is or isn't intersex.

One defintion that I think is helpful is from InterAct:

"Intersex is an umbrella term for unique variations in reproductive or sex anatomy. Variations may appear in a person’s chromosomes, genitals, or internal organs like testes or ovaries. Some intersex traits are identified at birth, while others may not be discovered until puberty or later in life. People with intersex variations often face stigma and discrimination because their sex traits fall outside the sex binary."

To my understanding, PMDD has not ever been considered intersex, but I absolutely believe it could be considered a disability! Although PMDD is related to hormones and menstruation, it is not a variation of sex traits/characteristics that falls outside of the "typical sex binary." For example, it is currently not understood as something that would cause variation in chromosomes, gonads, genitalia, or secondary sex characteristics like body hair in a way that is outside the sex binary. However, PMDD is associated with a lot of physical and mental symptoms that could absolutely be disabling, and I personally think that people with PMDD should feel welcome in disabled community.

As always, if there are intersex resources that are useful to you, I think that people should feel free to access those resources and knowledge regardless if they are "technically" intersex or not. I'm more interested in building solidarity between intersex and disabled communities, and recognizing the ways we might sometimes have similar or overlapping experiences, even if we don't have all the same needs!

#asks #intersex #hope this makes sense!

[the-ideal-iplier]

How will the routes work?

Basically you go on dates with the egos and make choices! :3 That’s it! And ofc on the third date you get to choose which ego you wanna stay “committed” to :3 Endings depend on your choices throughout the game to see if you got the good or bad ending!

#Hope this makes sense! #Working it all in my brain rn lol

[saradika]

art thou requests open?

hi! my inbox is open for requests! i am trying to take and break and catch up on some fic reading, so any submissions sent in will be completed as I find time. 💖

just a little note: if there’s a request or theme I’m not comfy with for any reason, that is rude, or that I feel I could not do justice - then I will gently pass on it. and if you do send something in, please have an age range listed in your bio. this blog is still 18+! 💕

And please check my Masterlist for themes before requesting! I may already have some ready for you!

thanks for asking!

#hope this makes sense! #housekeeping #requests #anons #saradika answers

[vesemirsexual]

I see people saying that Geralt and Yennefer wouldn’t have ended up together if not for the wish: do you agree? /gen

I don’t agree tbh. I think people put too much focus on “The Wish” and make it something it’s not. Sapkowski has made it pretty clear he’s never going to spell out word for word what the wish was, but it has been talked about again and again that the wish was never meant to be “to fall in love” or “tie each other together romantically” - Geralt makes the wish to save Yennefers life (it also bewilders me that people who criticise Yen and believe this about the wish, because that would be…an incredible transgression on Geralts part. An incredibly fucked ip thing to do?)

The wish is convenient for them. Yennefer and Geralt are obsessed with each other, get on each other’s nerves, break up, go off and sulk while doing their own things, think about each other, miss each other, end up seeking each other out again, rinse and repeat until the introduction of Ciri to their relationship. I don’t really think that is about the wish at all. That’s just a convenient excuse for them to keep falling back together, because they’re both incredibly stubborn broken people who cannot admit their deepest feelings to each other. They can keep being avoidant about being open by saying “oh it’s magic” vs “I love you” for reasons they keep coming back to each other.

(Also because we spoke of tropes in relation to Yennefer earlier: I’m pretty sure I remember there’s an AS interview somewhere where he talks about Yennefer and Geralt being the inversion of the “love at first sight” trope. They fall in love and ride off into the sunset, except lol jks that’s ridiculous and you can fall in love with someone all you want and still have to overcome hurdles, both your own and your relationships.)

#hope this makes sense! #katie txt #asks #analysis

[fadeaway-comic]

What is Kana??? Are there other people like her in this world?? I know in the Wings story there were but no one else in this one seems to have ears like her

Hi hello! Kana is just a normal girl <3!

Fade Away is not a story with fantasy elements (s-sorta kinda, its complicated), Kana just has weird ears because she's silly like that ^w^ its something that comes from one side of her family in particular. So there is no one else like her besides family members! Most foster kids are used to them by now, since they see Kana every day. But new kids always get confused when they see her for the first time!

Wings IOA (my other comic) talk under the cut.

Even on Wings IOA, Kana having pointy ears is not really a 3 wings thing, she is also just silly like that over there too haha! Everyone else has round ears, 3 wings included. 4 wings tho? who knows!! (I do.) Which I personally find very charming, an oddity still found among a world where "normal" means something else entirely to ours. Similarly, her ear shape is a family thing.

Tho I do have my own personal headcanon for why Wings Kana and her family have pointy ears based on my lore that maybe one day in the future I will be able to share. But it's not canon! Just a fun thought in my brain that I find interesting.

#ask #falore #Wings IOA mention #hope this makes sense!

[cat-in-da-wall]

hey i don't keep up with always sunny stuff outside of watching the show and i am very curious, would you mind saying what specifically caused you to say "make it three"?

yeah! so the first two would be glenn and charlie's mentions of possibly being neurodivergent during the early days of the podcast (it's been a while so i'm not sure i can link the exact one) and along that charlie has also mentioned possibly being autistic in a recent interview clip.

the third is in reference to rob's recent threads/twitter post

#iasip #always sunny #it's always sunny #it's always sunny in philadelphia #charlie day #glenn howerton #rob mcelhenney #hope this makes sense!

[catgirlknighted]

My gender is doll, my sexuality is slut. My orientation? Whore.

#hope this makes sense! #rose.txt #trans nsft #trans ns/fw #trans ns/ft #nsft trans