These are the mods I've made for various games over the years. Screenshots are on the linked pages. Click the following links to skip to the section for a particular game:
FtG UI mod solves the problem completely, in dialog selection, inventory item and journal text and even during cutscenes. In fact, I usually play on 4k resolutions with AMD's VSR (1440p - 4k, and which gives pretty good AA too) on a 27' panel, and with FtG UI mod, text is still easily readable. What about the inventory. I don't like console inventories. Also, the icons and map are teh same size. Looks like a joke mod. I said, a polished mod. I should have said also a thorough mod that makes the UI what a PC UI should be - not a console one. If you've never dabbled with PC mods before, it's a breeze for Dragon Age 2. Simply drop the mod files in your BioWare/Dragon Age 2/packages/core/override folder that's tucked away in My Documents. Sep 18, 2017 Because Dragon Age is starting to show its age, the Dragon Age Redesigned mod is a great place to start for new players. Every facial feature in the game has been given an overhaul, so random NPCs. When logged in, you can choose up to 12 games that will be displayed as favourites in this menu.
Neverwinter Nights 2 mods
21 Jul 2014
A notorious sea hag pirate has been terrorising the port town of Candle Cove with her crew of ogres, plundering ships and sending men, women, and children to a watery grave. Now she's gone even further, and seized control of the local lighthouse, preventing any ships from coming or going at all!You and your party of adventurers have just come into town. Can you do what it takes to defeat the pirates and free Candle Cove?
Available both on the Neverwinter Nexus and the Neverwintervault.org. 176mB
Tchos' HD Widescreen UI Menu and Loading Screen
9 Mar 2012
The menus and loading screens for NWN2 were designed for a 4:3 monitor aspect ratio, and on a modern widescreen display will appear either stretched out horizontally or have black bars on the sides. This is a 1920x1080 set of menus and loading screens based on the pre-expansion versions. Available both on the Neverwinter Nexus and the Neverwinter Vault. 1.5mB10 Mar 2012
A replacement sound for the 'click' of most buttons in NWN2. I just didn't like the sound of the button click, and wanted something a little more weighty and solid, that also wasn't too loud, which would fit the elegant style of the interface.Available both on the Neverwinter Nexus and the Neverwinter Vault. 1.5mB
12 April 2013
Not exactly a mod, but a modders' resource in the form of documentation on how the SoZ loot system works, what it can do, and how to use it in your own modules.Available in Word and PDF format, on the Neverwinter Nexus and the Neverwinter Vault. 40/70kB
Tchos' Visual Effects for Characters
16 Dec 2012
This small pack for modders adds two visual effects to be applied to NPCs or PCs to indicate music and sleeping. The first one applies an effect of floating musical notes over the NPC's head, and the other does the same with floating Zs. Available both on the Neverwinter Nexus and the Neverwinter Vault. 4.8kBTchos' default Crypt Tileset edit with no jagged cobwebs
24Feb 2013
This is intended for use both by players and by modders. As a player, you can simply use it to get rid of the jagged, ugly cobwebs built into the default crypt tileset in any module you're playing, including the official campaigns. As a builder, you can distribute it within your module to make sure your module doesn't have those cobwebs, freeing you to decorate the place with higher quality cobweb placeables or placed effects. Available on the Neverwinter Nexus. 1.6mBColour Spell Scroll Icons
29 Jul 2013
Neverwinter Nights 2's spell icons are in colour, but the scrolls of those spells are monochromatic, making it more difficult to tell them apart. This is a simple fix that replaces the scroll icons with the spellbook icons for the same spells, so that they're in colour. Available on the Neverwinter Nexus. 1.7mBDragon Age: Origins mods
7 August 2011
A standalone campaign module for Dragon Age: Origins. Roaming through rural Rainesfere, you happen upon a small tavern, where you receive word of a wizard in distress, and four fellow adventurers willing to help.Also available on the Bioware Social Network. Development diary here. 63mB
Tchos' Morrigan face replacer
17 November 2009
Included for the sake of completion only, and in case there's anyone who still likes this one even though there are many better Morrigan faces out there. 26kBElder Scrolls 3: Morrowind mods
Tchos' Dwemer chainlink corridors tileset (modder's resource)
18 August 2009
A tileset of dwemer corridors and room pieces (as well as a few other pieces) with see-through chainlink mesh sections (mostly on the side walls and ceilings). Modders' resource. Further information about this mod in this blog post.Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion mods
Arwen: Elf companion for Companion Share and Recruit
29 May 2008
A companion portraying Liv Tyler's rendition of Arwen from Lord of the Rings, to be used with TheTalkieToaster's Companion Share & Recruit. 1751kBAudrey: Lovely wood elf companion for CSR
14 September 2008
A lovely wood elf companion to be used with TheTalkieToaster's Companion Share & Recruit. 1349kBBetter Meat: Hammy McHamham edition
17 June 2008
Reworked model and realistic texture for in-game ham. 628kBBetter Meat: Cooked Steaks
27 May 2008
Beef, boar, mutton, and venison retextured to look cooked. My first released mod. 236kBI Wanna Bayou a House! (now with COBL support)
14 September 2008
A player home in the swamp, with some unusual features. Also includes optional COBL version. 7892kB I highlighted this mod in this blog post.Lavish Mage Tower of Alchemy Power
28 October 2008
An opulent home for the discerning mage alchemist. I believe something lacking in the standard Mages' Guild décor is a feeling of real power, a sense that you're doing something dangerous, as well as the wealth that should come to a person skilled in magic and alchemy. 16371kB I highlighted this mod in this blog post.Live at Gweden Farm (player home)
21 October 2008
Makes Gweden Farm usable as a player home at the conclusion of the Anvil quest The Siren's Deception. 6kBNon-plastic clouded crystal balls
27 September 2008
A quick and basic texture replacement to make the crystal balls look less like plastic toys and more like something a mage would actually keep around on the desk. 30kBTchos' Breakfast Food
23 October 2008
Adds pancakes, maple syrup, oatmeal porridge, a bowl of anachronistic cereal in milk, A strawberry cake, a single wedge of the cake, cinnamon rolls, toast, fishy sticks, a dish of tartar sauce and a bottle of malt vinegar to the Tiber Septim Hotel. Free on the table and more buyable from the publican. 2914kBTransparent floor plane in Construction Set preview window
6 July 2008
No longer are your objects partially obscured by the editor ground plane in the Construction Set Preview Window.Fallout 3 mods
Tchos' Better Bittercup (spooky goth girl)
13 December 2008
Bittercup's actual look now fits all the dialogue with her, the player, and other characters talking about her white makeup and spooky styles. 5192kBTchos' Vault 101 Sealed Wing (player home)
31 December 2008
Clean, well-lit, comfortably furnished player home, specifically planned to accommodate followers, with plenty for them to do. 106kBPlanescape: Torment mods
Tchos' portrait mod for Planescape: Torment
8 April 2011
Replaces the 3D character portraits in the game with high-quality hand-painted portraits, as other Infinity Engine games such as Baldur's Gate and Icewind Dale used, which are more aesthetically pleasing than the 3D character portraits in PS:T. These replacements occur where they appear in the PC/NPC section of the journal, in the stat screens, and the inventory paperdolls.Dragon Age is probably Bioware’s most acclaimed and important franchise, right along with Mass Effect.
The excellent storytelling, interwoven with character development and fantastic worldbuilding, is masterfully delivered in every entry. This has undoubtedly helped catapul Dragon Age to its current worldwide popularity.
With the release of Dragon Age 4 still beyond the horizon, playing through the previous games is probably a great way to spend some time.
If you’re about to start a new playthrough of Dragon Age: Origins, then you can’t miss the chance to try modding it for a more unique experience.
30. Realistic Worldmap
Dragon Age: Origins’ world map does many things right in its attempt to look like a real medieval map, but it isn’t perfect.
This simple mod is meant to increase its historical accuracy and all-around realism by making it less colorful and more like actual parchment paper.
Among other things, it makes the paper less yellowish – as it hasn’t aged yet – and changes the blood marks from red to brown, like real bloodstains look after a while.
It’s available in several languages, so there’s no reason to pass it by!
29. Personal Annoyance Remover
While the colorful map might have been considered unrealistic to some, I’m sure having a flaming sword on your back and receiving no damage whatsoever is considerably worse.
This simple mod changes a good amount of personal aura and weapon effects to be less long-lived. After sheathing your elemental sword or casting a protective spell, its visual effects will fade away in an instant.
Arcane Might, Death Magic, Rally, and Shimmering Shield are only some of the many spells affected by this change.
If you don’t like your battlefield looking like a carnival, this is a sensible choice.
28. Drakes N Dragons Resized
After experiencing the towering beasts that are the High Dragons in Dragon Age: Inquisition, it’s hard not to look at DA:O’s run-of-the-mill drakes and dragons and not think they’re missing some pounds.
This mod endeavors to make these scaled creatures much more menacing by increasing their size. With it, they’ll stand a full 25% taller, and they’ll be that much intimidating.
They may not reach the size of a High Dragon, but it’s much better and lore-friendly. After all, these are supposed to be incredibly powerful creatures.
You could probably make them even bigger, but they’d probably start clipping through the environment.
27. Auto Loot
A Quality-of-Life improvement that’s useful in almost every single RPG is Auto Loot, meant to save you a lot of time whenever you’re cutting down hordes of enemies.
With this mod installed, any items found on a dying enemy will be automatically added to your inventory – as long as there’s room for it.
It can be wonky with a couple of missions that require you to loot specific items from fallen foes, but other than that, this is a must-have.
It’ll make your playthroughs much faster without you having to dash through the dialogue.
26. Starting Armors
Most games that allow you to choose your race, class, or social station also give you some relevant starting equipment to help you feel immersed in your role from the very first second.
Starting Armors will do the same for you in DA:O, outfitting Rogues with elven armor, dressing human nobles in haughty clothes, and much more. If you want, you can even change the mod’s configuration easily and choose which armor goes to which character type.
Just take into account that this mod relies on several armor mods to work. These include the Ferelden Pack, Loincloth Fashion, Viva La Orlais, and the Witcher Pack.
25. Sten of the Beresaad
DA:O’s Sten was one of the first Qunari to appear in the series, back when their design and backstory weren’t as defined as they are now.
The Sten of the Beresaad mod changes his meshes and morph to look considerably more like a “modern” Qunari.
It also makes him look more like he does in promotional material, like the Sacred Ashes trailer.
If you’re beautifying your Dragon Age experience, you have to give the gray muscleman a facelift.
24. Universal Dye Kit
Letting you re-color your equipment is one of the oldest tricks in the book to give players more variety when it comes to customizing their playable character – and their companions!
The Universal Dye Kit expands the somewhat limited vanilla possibilities by letting you use custom tints fabricated through the Online Tint Creator.
Once everything is set-up, you can buy an unlimited-use potion from several in-game vendors that’ll let you paint everything you have equipped with the aforementioned custom tint.
It’s a bit unwieldy, but it’ll get the job done.
23. Boob Patches Begone
If we’re nitpicking, I think a lot of the female armor in DA:O looks pretty bad – and no item is as immersion-breaking as vanilla female mage armor.
While I’m not against highlighting a character’s proportions with some smart costume design, the weird leather vest thing under this armor’s chest area makes no sense.
With Boob Patches Begone, this little detail is removed to let the fabric flow down to the waist in a more natural manner. It looks much better.
22. DAO Mod Manager
If you’re going to be modding Dragon Age: Origins, most modders would recommend the DAO Mod Manager to help you in the process.
Not only is it a requisite for some particular mods, but it’ll make your life much more comfortable in general.
Especially if you plan to install a whole bunch of mods here.
With this, you can install and enable mods, disable and uninstall them, and even control your mod load order without that much trouble.
21. No Helmet Hack
One of the oldest conundrums RPG lovers have to face is whether to choose their equipment for its looks or stats.
Helmets are especially troublesome, as they’ll generally cover the face and features you spent so much time customizing.
As its name suggests, the No Helmet Hack helps you keep your team’s faces visible by removing the helmet from view. It’s still equipped and will provide both its stats and set bonuses, but from the invisible “cloak” equipment slot.
You can even choose whose helmets are visible and whose aren’t from the mod’s settings.
Dragon Age Origins Ui Mod 1.8.9
Thank god this is a vanilla feature in Dragon Age: Inquisition.
20. Lock Bash
So, you’re telling me that my team of overpowered mages, rogues, and warriors don’t have the combined strength to bust open a simple lock?
Come on! That’s not immersive at all.
Luckily for us, the Lock Bash mod is here to set things straight. It introduces a lock-bashing option where your character’s strength determines whether you can bash open a door, and how many items will be lost by destroying a locked chest.
You can also get it with a 100% guaranteed success rate if that’s what you’re looking for.
19. FTG Quickbar – Center and Multirows
If you’ve been playing MMOs like World of Warcraft for a while, you’re probably used to having a nigh-unlimited amount of slots on your quickbar to easily access skills, items, and the like.
FollowTheGourd’s Quickbar mod makes the vanilla quickbar in DA:O more user-friendly, giving you more centering options and multiple rows that’ll let you have up to fifty available slots for your quick-access needs.
It also fixes a couple of bugs users had found with extra-wide displays, which are much more common now than in 2008 when DA:O first came out.
18. Morrigan Restoration Patch
The not-so-friendly Witch of the Wilds had a lot more planned for her than what can be found in the vanilla game, and this Restoration Patch will let you experience it firsthand.
It restores several malfunctioning and cut scenes involving Morrigan to the game.
This includes events, dialogue, and other interactions.
Some of these are even fully voiced, which makes it a real shame they weren’t accessible without mods in the first place.
If you’re looking for the ideal DA:O experience, you need to get this.
17. The Phoenix Armory (Female)
Among my favorite things you can add to an RPG has to be custom armor.
And The Phoenix Armory is probably the most appealing for females in DA:O.
This mod adds a full set of armor and weapons for female rogues, inspired by the Fiery Phoenix of the East, which the author describes as “a counterpart to the Dragon.”
Each armor piece comes in four tiers, including recruit, scout, battle-maiden, and matriarch. The Twin Phoenix Claw Daggers also have improved versions, and there is also a custom Phoenix bow and arrow combo.
They’re stylish, intimidating, and a little bit sexy – everything a rogue needs.
16. Kirkwall Exports
Another handy mod for a more varied wardrobe is Kirkwall Exports, which brings the best armor pieces from DA2 into DA:O.
Among them, you’ll find the Champion Rogue Armor, the Templar Commander Armor, the Robes of the Apostate, and much more.
There’s something for all races, genders, and classes – except the Mabari, for self-evident reasons.
I think Bioware improved the game a lot aesthetically with the release of DA2, so this is a godsend.
15. White Teeth
In the late medieval times that inspire the Dragon Age universe, hygiene and specifically teeth-care weren’t something the common folk had much knowledge of.
Because of this, it may seem more immersive to give every character dirty, brownish teeth… which is what Bioware ultimately did.
But in a world where dragons, demi-human races, and magic are commonplace, couldn’t they have developed some easy teeth-whitening spell?
Whatever the case, this simple mod will let you replace the horrible yellowish teeth from the vanilla game with a new set of white teeth for every single character.
14. Dragon Age Class and Specialization Pack
If you feel restricted by the base game’s available classes and specializations, I have a mod that’ll significantly improve your experience.
This Class and Specialization Pack adds a wide range of new routes your Warden can take on the road to power.
They can now be a Ritualist or a Warlock if they so choose, for example, and each class has several new specializations – including Arcane Archer, Daggerspell Caster, Invisible Blade, and other exciting possibilities.
Of course, these new classes come with unique talents and spells to try out.
13. Character Respecialization
Maybe you’re in the middle of a playthrough and don’t want to begin anew to try out your new talents, classes, or specializations.
Don’t worry, you don’t have to.
Thanks to the Character Respecialization mod, you can reset the attributes, specialization, spells, and skill points for all party members. That includes, of course, the Hero of Ferelden.
Just install the mod and head to your camp. There you’ll find a new and somewhat suspicious crow that’ll let you access the mod’s features.
12. Change Your Hero Anywhere
Character creation is tricky.
Sometimes, you’re several hours into your playthrough when you realize your Warden is hideous, and there’s nothing you can do but suck it up and plow through if you don’t want to restart your game.
Thanks to the Change Your Hero Anywhere tool, there’s hope for all of you nitpicking character creators.
With it, you can change your character’s looks at any time!
First, you have to create a new character from scratch by starting a new game.
You’ll then use this nifty tool to port that character to your main save file, and voila.
11. Theta HD
While most of the game looks perfectly fine, some textures in vanilla DA:O are hilariously terrible – especially when it comes to large surfaces like rocks and mountainsides.
The Theta HD mod changes every one of these low-quality textures for better ones. These are double the size, and they’re up to par with the rest of the game’s graphics.
It also fixes some graphical inconsistencies and visual bugs by restoring missing or poorly applied textures.
While any mod improving graphics is bound to have an impact on your performance, this one will most likely be imperceptible in most systems.
10. FTG UI Mod – More Readable Fonts and UI
Nowadays, you don’t usually have to worry about cumbersome or hard-to-read UIs, but DA:O came out in 2008, and things weren’t as reliable back then.
This mod by FollowTheGourd successfully improves comfort by making fonts more readable in most modern displays.
This includes text in cut-scenes, the quest journal, the Codex, tool-tips, and various menus.
Menus, tool-tips, and even subtitles – among others – have their own individual settings, giving you a high degree of control over the mod’s effects.
9. Origins Faster Combat
Something DA2 did better than the original was combat. It’s faster, more visceral, and profoundly enjoyable, whereas combat in DA:O sometimes feels like a hassle.
The Origins Faster Combat mod goes a long way toward improving DA:O combat by speeding it up considerably. This doesn’t only make gameplay faster, but most animations look much more natural too.
It comes in several versions with varying speed-up levels, including one that makes your character walk 20% faster outside of combat, and one that’ll make archers more deadly (like in DA2).
8. Forced Deathblows
Some mods improve our gameplay, others make the game look better – and some just let us have more simple fun.
Forced Deathblows belongs to the latter, as it can turn your Hero of Ferelden into a flashy killing machine that’ll violently execute their enemies on every chance they get.
This mod comes in various versions featuring different deathblow frequency.
I recommend getting the Lieutenant one, which guarantees a deathblow against every lieutenant-level enemy.
7. Mabari Madness
If there’s something the original Dragon Age did better than its successors, it was including a mabari war hound as a full-fledged party member.
The Mabari Madness mod celebrates and improves the feature by introducing several lore-friendly breeds of mabari to the game.
You’ll get to choose which breed you get when you first meet your new best friend, and the dogs out in the world are very varied now.
Not only that, but it adds new armor pieces and accessories for your trusty companion. That’s right: it’s armored mabari time.
6. Extra Dog Slot
One of the most significant drawbacks to bringing your mabari with you on adventures is that you’ll have one less slot in your party for the rest of your more humanoid allies.
For this reason, most people leave the mabari behind early on in the game.
With the Extra Dog Slot mod, you never need to leave your trusty canine ally behind again. Once installed, your mabari will spawn along with your other three party members without occupying a slot.
You can now use the Dog Whistle item from your inventory to summon and banish the dog at any time.
Just keep in mind that having four full-fledged allies fighting alongside you might be a bit imbalance on lower difficulties.
5. Dragon Age Rules Fixpack
Just like most extensive & deep RPGs, Dragon Age: Origins isn’t without its fair share of bugs.
The Dragon Age rules Fixpack addresses a long list of these issues, and even goes so far as to improve non-broken parts of the game subtly.
This means it won’t only avoid crashes, but also let you loot corpses automatically and make your helmet invisible if you want.
What makes the DAR Fixpack shine over other options is its modular nature, which helps keep it compatible with many mods.
4. Qwinn’s Ultimate DAO Fixpack
Another excellent option is Qwinn’s Ultimate DAO Fixpack, which addresses almost every bug in the vanilla game.
Even if you haven’t experienced any bugs so far, you will eventually, so I suggest you get this mod right now.
Not only will it prevent crashes, but it restores plenty of cut content and broken dialogue, codex entries, and even entire missing scenes with essential characters like Zevran, Leliana, and Morrigan.
3. Equal Love
Limiting who you can romance in a game like Dragon Age based on your gender can negatively impact a player’s freedom when creating a character they like.
None of us should have to settle for lesser life companions just because of what character we thought would look the best, and thanks to the Equal Love mod, we don’t have to.
With it, female Wardens can romance Gheyna, Anora, Morrigan, Kaitlyn, and Bella without issue.
Inversely, male Wardens can now woo Cammen and Alistair too. Equality!
2. Dragon Age Redesigned
After 10+ years, it’s only natural that Dragon Age: Origin’s graphics look dated and somewhat lackluster.
A great way to improve this and bring the game a bit closer to current times is the Dragon Age Redesigned mod.
It changes most NPCs from the base game and the DLC to be more appealing and lore-friendly. Easier to look at for sure.
Changes have been made to over 1240 characters, including re-aligning their teeth, giving them facial expressions that match their personality, and much more.
The mod comes in three versions:
One prioritizes aesthetics, another focuses on lore-accuracy, and the third features the “recommended” settings, an efficient middle ground.
1. Improved Atmosphere
The single most recommended and meaningful mod you can get to make your Dragon Age: Origins feel renewed and alive is Improved Atmosphere.
The mod touches almost every part of the game.
This includes making NPCs behave more immersive rather than just standing around, recreating cut content, and adding many new color tints for vanilla armor.
Dragon Age Origins Ui Mod 1
On top of that, it adds several new items that can be worn by NPCs, but that also give you more customization options while managing your equipment.
I’d say my favorite improvement here is the increased party banter frequency.
Best Dragon Age Origins Mods
Maybe I’ll finally manage to listen to all of it in a single playthrough!
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