Use Companion Pre-Fab for PC?

[GreekyFreeky]

I have seen it around, but never explained and was wondering in anyone knew how to use a Companion's Appearance for the PC? Thanks.

[Kvellen]

It requires adding the name of the companion's head data to the list of "NPCAppearanceOptionsGameData".

The names of which tends to start with a lower case "a", followed by the name of the "Companion" (first letter is usually upper case) and then either "Head" or "Hair" (likewise first letter upper case). I feel like there may possibly be an exceptions to this naming convention, but I can't remember it off the top of my head.

So for example Rekke is: "a_Rekke_Head", and Xoti is: "a_Xoti_Head".

You then add this to one of the lists of head options like so:

"MaleHeadAppearancePieces": [
    {
        "ModelVisualDataPath": "prefabs/heads/m_hum_head01/a_m_hum_head01.asset"
    }, {
        "ModelVisualDataPath": "prefabs/heads/m_hum_head01/a_m_hum_head05.asset"
    }, {
        "ModelVisualDataPath": "prefabs/heads/m_hum_head01/a_m_hum_head06.asset"
    }, {
        "ModelVisualDataPath": "a_Rekke_Head"
    }
],
"FemaleHeadAppearancePieces": [
    {
        "ModelVisualDataPath": "prefabs/heads/f_hum_head01/a_f_hum_head01.asset"
    }, {
        "ModelVisualDataPath": "prefabs/heads/f_hum_head01/a_f_hum_head04.asset"
    }, {
        "ModelVisualDataPath": "prefabs/heads/f_hum_head01/a_f_hum_head05.asset"
    }, {
        "ModelVisualDataPath": "prefabs/heads/f_hum_head01/a_f_hum_head06.asset"
    }, {
        "ModelVisualDataPath": "a_Xoti_Head"
    }
],

Example of the above that adds Xoti's and Rekke's appearances to the list of Meadow Folk head options: Deadfire_companion_heads.zip 

The companion's head should now appear in the customisation menu as a white icon. It's worth noting that there will be some strange visual glitches, such as facial hair clipping and the skin color of the head not being affected by your selection. In the case of the latter it might be possible to change this by opening the assetbundle and making changes to the one of the actual files.

Edited July 20, 2022 by Kvellen

[GreekyFreeky]

@Kvellen  Thank You! Where would I find the NPCAppearanceOptionsGameData?

 

[GreekyFreeky]

So I was able to Add Eder's head to the List, but now it just has an invisible head. Any ideas?

[Kvellen]

characters.gamedatabundle

Though, since it seems to be (from what I have tested) one of the few game data types that requires including all components when adding something to it, the above example also contains the whole section.

[Kvellen]

20 hours ago, GreekyFreeky said:

So I was able to Add Eder's head to the List, but now it just has an invisible head. Any ideas?

Ah right yeah, seems Eder ("A_Head_Eder") and Vatnir ("a_Head_Vatnir") are the exceptions to the rule. 

Edit: Hmm Nevermind, Eder's head doesn't seem to working for me either...

Edit 2: Just rechecked and had just copied the name of Eder's head wrong, should work now!

If the game can't find a prefab matching the name to load it still loads a blank selection to the list of appearance options.

I compiled this list, which should hopefully be the correct names for all of appearance options unique to companions:

Name	Head	Hair	Facial hair
Aloth	a_Aloth_Head	a_Aloth_Hair
Eder	A_Head_Eder	a_Eder_Hair	a_Eder_Facialhair
Fassina	a_Fessina_Head	a_Fessina_Hair
Konstanten	a_Konstanten_Head	a_Konstanten_Hair	a_Konstanten_Facialhair
Maia	a_Maia_Head	a_Maia_Hair
Pallegina	a_Pallegina_Head	a_Pallegina_Hair
Rekke	a_Rekke_Head	a_Rekke_Hair
Serafen	a_Serafen_Head	a_Serafen_Hair	a_Serafen_Facialhair
Tekēhu	a_Tekehu_Head	a_Tekehu_Hair
Vatnir	a_Head_Vatnir
Xoti	a_Xoti_Head	a_Xoti_Hair
Ydwin	a_Ydwin_Head	a_Ydwin_Hair

Mirke has neither a unique head or a unique hairstyle.

Edited July 21, 2022 by Kvellen
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