Mass Effect 1 Question:

[Shegokigo]

Is there anyway to change your Shepard's hair mid-game? Console command? Save Edit? Anything?

 

[Frank]

I'd imagine someone made a mod somewhere that does it.

This is not helpful.

 

[CynicismKills]

Is there anyway to change your Shepard's hair mid-game? Console command? Save Edit? Anything?

Possibly a mod for PC, but otherwise no, once you're put together you're stuck that way.

 

[@Li3n]

Hair cuts are forever, don't you know anything?

 

[Shegokigo]

I know that you'll never post anything helpful when needed @lien.

 

[chakz]

Not that I know of.

Whats your class and origins?

 

[Shegokigo]

This time around it's Space, Sole Suvivor, Soldier.

The game I going to port over to ME2 however was: Earthborn, Ruthless, Infiltrator.

 

[Bowielee]

There really aren't as many mods with ME as there are with most games. I'd kill for a mod that really worked that upped the resolution on the outfits. With the exception of the main characters' armors, the clothing textures are so low rez, it's ridiculous.

 

[Kitty Sinatra]

I know that you'll never post anything helpful when needed @lien.

Welcome to the club, @Li3n. There's no point to the club, but it's there, and now you're a member, but there's no benefit.

 

[Frank]

There really aren't as many mods with ME as there are with most games. I'd kill for a mod that really worked that upped the resolution on the outfits. With the exception of the main characters' armors, the clothing textures are so low rez, it's ridiculous.

Man, the clothes don't bother me nearly as much as Garrus' hideously low res mug. Why he is the only Turian in low res is beyond me.

 

[Bowielee]

Again, I point out that I have no idea what you're talking about with Garrus' face. It looks like every other Turian's face when I play it.

 

[@Li3n]

I know that you'll never post anything helpful when needed @lien.

If your own damn fault for asking only about stuff i have no clue about....

 

[Overflight]

There really aren't as many mods with ME as there are with most games. I'd kill for a mod that really worked that upped the resolution on the outfits. With the exception of the main characters' armors, the clothing textures are so low rez, it's ridiculous.

Man, the clothes don't bother me nearly as much as Garrus' hideously low res mug. Why he is the only Turian in low res is beyond me.[/QUOTE]

Tell me about it. First time I played, I thought there was something wrong with my graphics settings.

 

[bhamv3]

Again, I point out that I have no idea what you're talking about with Garrus' face. It looks like every other Turian's face when I play it.

Have him in your party and then check his character screen.

 

[Overflight]

It's also pretty noticeable if you have him tag along on Noveria and you talk to the Turian executive. Or hell, just compare a screen shot of Nihlus and/or Saren to him.

 

[Shegokigo]

Was really hoping there was like a console command or a .ini edit or something. Oh well.

 

[Baerdog]

There really aren't as many mods with ME as there are with most games. I'd kill for a mod that really worked that upped the resolution on the outfits. With the exception of the main characters' armors, the clothing textures are so low rez, it's ridiculous.

Man, the clothes don't bother me nearly as much as Garrus' hideously low res mug. Why he is the only Turian in low res is beyond me.[/QUOTE]
I think this was because they literally forgot to include the high-res textures for his face in the PC port. Why they haven't fixed this in a patch is what is beyond me.

 

[Rob King]

@lien.

This is the post where I started reading @li3n's username as 'Alien' and no longer read it as 'at-lien.'

 

[Ravenpoe]

There really aren't as many mods with ME as there are with most games. I'd kill for a mod that really worked that upped the resolution on the outfits. With the exception of the main characters' armors, the clothing textures are so low rez, it's ridiculous.

Man, the clothes don't bother me nearly as much as Garrus' hideously low res mug. Why he is the only Turian in low res is beyond me.[/QUOTE]
I think this was because they literally forgot to include the high-res textures for his face in the PC port. Why they haven't fixed this in a patch is what is beyond me.[/QUOTE]

There's been much debate about this. The short answer is that it won't ever get fixed. According to people from bioware, the way the game files are set up can't easily be accessed by a patch, and adding in those textures would require a patch that replaces the entire cooked content of the game, meaning several gigs in size. There is a workaround that's been used by some mod makers, but it's a pure texture replacement that inserts a new texture into the memory overtop of what's already running, which is a bit of a klunky way of doing things.

And to answer Shego's question: No. It sucks, but there is absolutely no ini edit or console command that can change the appearance of shepherd beyond character creation. ME is also very mod unfriendly, so no luck there. The only mod that works is the one I just mentioned above, which doesn't always work very well. It's called tex-mod, and basically allows you to extract textures from memory of a running game, edit them, and pack them back in. Not user friendly, use at your own risk. http://www.tombraiderhub.com/tr7/modding/texmod/download/texmod.zip

 

[AshburnerX]

It looks like you might be able to alter your Shepard's appearance at the start of ME2. Anyone know for sure?

 

[Ravenpoe]

It looks like you might be able to alter your Shepard's appearance at the start of ME2. Anyone know for sure?

You can alter appearance and class. There's even an in-game explination as to why.

Curse you, wikipedia, for spoilering that for me!