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I had Mass Effect 2 for quite a while before I even considered the concept of modding. Current generation games don’t give much love to the modding community so it didn’t even occur to me that not only might there be mods, but I might be able to create some.
After looking through quite a few mods, I noticed that there were a ton of blonde Miranda Lawson mods, probably because her voice actress Yvonne Strahovski, is blonde. I personally wouldn’t download any of them though because they make the quintessential mistakes for recolorations. Some were not the “right” shade of blonde (that’s just my tastes speaking). Others did not mask the hairline very well so you could see a sharp line where the hair — and some of the skin — was lightened. Even more didn’t bother changing the eyebrows to match the hair, leaving poor Miranda nothing but a bottle blonde. I decided the only solution was to make my own up to my standards.
The result is what I believe to be a very acceptable blonde Miranda, with lighter eyebrows to match her lighter hair. I went for a lighter shade of blonde than Yvonne, but overall I believe it looks fairly realistic and fits the character very well. Actually using Mass Effect 2 mods is a little different in that you’ll need TexMod to use it, but I have included detailed instructions in the read-me so I won’t go into too much detail here. Enjoy your new blonde crew mate!
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TITLE: Blonde Miranda Lawson
AUTHOR: Inyri Forge
E-MAIL: inyriforge@gmail.com
FILENAME: mirandablonde_if.7z
DATE RELEASED: 22 April 2010
BUILD TIME: 15 minutes
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CREDITS
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Bioware, and the folks at the Bioware forum for inspiring and providing guidance on how to actually do this.
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INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
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In order to use this mod you will need a program called TexMod (google for it, there are various sources for download).
Once you have downloaded TexMod, launch it and click the button that says "Package Mode" (not package build). Click the little folder icon and select ME2-BLONDE-MIRANDA.tpc along with any other mods you wish to load. They should now appear in the package list.
You will also need to select your Mass Effect 2 EXE where it says Target Application. This can be found in the Binaries folder in your ME2 directory. When you've done all this click "Run" at the bottom. You can not use this mod just by running ME2 normally. You MUST run the game from TexMod.
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DESCRIPTION
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Just a simple mod to change Miranda's hair from brown to blonde. Also alters the eyebrows to make them not be quite so dark.
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COMMENTS
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I honestly didn't think ME2 texture modding would be this easy. If I get a little more experience with it I'll write up a guide in case any of you want to attempt it, since it really IS quite easy with TexMod.
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BUGS
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None, unless you find some I missed.
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DISTRIBUTION NOTES
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You may use this modification in mods as long as this read-me is included in your archive, unaltered, and appropriate credit is given. You may not distribute *this* archive to any other site.
THIS MODIFICATION IS NOT MADE, DISTRIBUTED, OR SUPPORTED BY BIOWARE,
ELECTRONIC ARTS AND/OR ITS LICENSORS.