Thank you for this , your Video helped me a lot trying to mod my game , its been years since l last played this, so many thanks from a 66 year old gamer. 🌹
Really enjoyed your Skyrim content, that led to DA I and now DA O. Thanks for many hours of entertaining content. How great your game looked got me into the modding rabbit hole.
This help me a lot, Never Mod DRO before and always wanted to. After seeing this and how to do it, it's going to make it much more enjoyable and can't wait to try it out..
I can't find the folder or file in the path in DAO modmanager: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Dragon Age Ultimate Edition\tools\DragonAgeToolset.exe". Idk if it's caused by the Steam edition, because I can't find it in the Bioware folder either.
Thank you so much for this!!!! I had the hardest time wondering why i could not find the override folder and you cleared that out right away I am so happy right now From somebody who has never modded in their life, Thank you for clearing things out
5:58 - pathways I'd like to ask: Please help. I've installed FtG, but it doesn't seem to work for me, floating pop-ups works fine but, the ''new game, ''continue'', and ''load game'' is still tiny. What Am I doing wrong? When I look at your pathways at said timestamp, does it have to be in the same drive? or do I have to install DA:O, Steam and MOD Manager in the same drive? Is that the reason why it doesn't work for me or...?
Nope you can have it on different drives no problem -- I honestly don't think FtG touches that portion of the UI -- for me it makes me subtitles, dialogue choices bigger but not some other things -- If you haven't yet I'd highly suggest reading the installation instructions as I feel like I had to do an additional step to get it to work!
@@FoodThenGames Thanks for the reply. The FtG did fix the inventory, codex, subtitles and codex text ...but sadly not the said problems I mentioned. Is there nothing I can do about the small character portrait, New Game, continue ...and other said tiny problems. Or is that not the things the FtG UI is suppose to fix? I followed the PDF instructions accordingly. I can't help but feel that I may have done something wrong in the process or...? Or maybe the MOD is incompatible in 4k at all, or windows 11. I'm not sure.
I don't believe FtG UI was ever fully finished so I don't think it fixed the UI Sizing for the stuff you mentioned -- I personally play on 4k so I know it works for that. But I can't speak to Windows 11!
So I have been attempting to mod the Steam version of the Ultimate Edition. I install the game, launch it to make sure the DLC are there, and then I'll download 1 mod (i.e. dog slot mod), but then attempt to install a 2nd (da.zip files for both) and get error. I don't know if this is enough information. The 2nd mod I attempted was the mod No Helmet Hack. But I've tried different mods each time. Is the steam version just broken?
Can any one help? I am trying to install a few of these but a huge chunk of them keep giving me: "X file is not a dazip!" and that is whether i unzip every single file in the mod or not. The ones I am having trouble with are the mods with a ton of files in them. I.E.: "A Warden's Sacrifice, Hugs, Equal Love, etc". Anyone have any advice?
Some mods have special installation instructions so the ones that don't work might need something different! You could always double check the mod pages to see if the mod author left any notes!
Hey, I know this is a very old video, but is there any way you could discuss some common issues with the console commands? I grabbed the Grey Warden armor mod you recommended, and the MOD tells you to open the console and run a command to get the armor. I would really like to wear the armor, but every time i try, the game crashes. No matter what method of using the console I try. If you have the time, could you tell me how you got the console commands to work for you?
Honestly I just followed the steps from the DAO Wiki for it -- however it is worth noting that the steps are slightly different for steam vs Origin/EA App!
Got the nostalgia bite and decided to replay DAO, but I can't seem to get the mods to work... I tried installing DA Redesigned and the necessary associated mods such as PT Vibrant Colors, but none of them seem to be working. I moved the files to ...steamapps\common\Dragon Age Ultimate Edition\packages\core\override as shown but no dice. I also tried the Documents path but that didn't work either. Can't find any solutions online. Thoughts?
DA Redesign has it's own set of install instructions which and I believe an actual installer or something like that so I'd suggest going through their instructions to see if you missed something!
@@FoodThenGames I actually just found the problem, and the solutions - chargenmorph compiler! The necessary mods for DA Redesigned had multiple chargenmorph files that were interfering, and I totally forgot I'd need to compile them into one so they'd play nice. Problem solved! Thanks for the fantastic video, too, that made things so much simpler.
Where are you trying to put them in? If it's the mod manager I'd probably just say to install it manually in the override folder! But I'd also triple check the mod page's installation instructions to make sure there isn't something specific for that installation!
I've tried manual and modmanager, but for each method it seems to go wrong when I try installing the dazip files. Manual gives me 'status: error' at the end of the installing process, modmanager just doesn't do anything when I click install dazip. I can't find a solution anywhere! TT
Have you only tried one mod or several with this happening? If you haven't yet I'd try something like "sleep until dawn" or one of the popular dazips to see if those will install. If they won't it could be the unpacking process? Maybe something isn't set up right within the Mod Manager for pathways. The other thing is to double check in your "downloadable content" section on the main menu to make sure it isn't already installed as I believe that could give you an "error" message as well?
@@FoodThenGames Thank you for responding! I eventually got it to work - turns out some of the game folders didn't exist yet (?) because I had freshly reinstalled the game and hadn't run it yet. DAupdater kept telling me it couldn't find a certain directory. After starting up the game and closing it again, all mods installed fine :) Many thanks for your awesome guide!
doubt im going to get a response to a 2 year video but im going to try anyway, I cannot get the mods to work, I thought this would work like how modding works for the KOTOR games with the override folder but nothing is working, I installed the DA2 warden armor mods and duncan should be wearing said armor but he keeps spawning with no clothes or weapons and I have to erase all my DAO folders and reinstall my game to fix it, this is for the steam version of the game.
Are you trying to install Grey Wardens of Ferelden? If so that's not an override folder that's a dazip file. There's a timestamped section in the tutorial that talks about how to install that via the updater! Also -- in the known issues of that mod it talks about the naked character issue which might help further troubleshoot it.
I love the video, it does help a lot. Question although, I use ModOrganizer as mod manager, would that be a good substitute or would you recommend still using the DAO specific mod manager
I'm not sure if ModOrganizer has support for DA:O -- honestly though I'd highly suggest either not using a mod manager or just use the DAO MM as it's built specifically for the game!
Hi can you answer me please I wanted to instal alistar wedding but i made a new override folder put the mod but my game is delected can you please help me
another dragon age mod video said we have to download a 4gb patch on a website before downloading mods. I didnt see that in your video so im assuming it works with out it? @@FoodThenGames thank you for responding.
OH! You mean the LAA Patch? That's so the game will utilize more of your computers memory (4gb instead of 2gb) -- that's only needed if you're doing specific types of mods like texture mods. However steam has issues utilizing it from what I remember but if you run into issues with the game not loading textures/looking like you have gray cement blocks you can install a Large Address Awareness patch to fix it!
If im not mistaken there are mods that enable a little bit more gore in the game which i don´t recall its name, and another one which makes the character performs insteresting finishes on its foes. Do you know them by chance?
Hi, I have a question regarding DAUpdater. I've noticed it doesn't show the mods you've installed this way previously when you open it again. So how can I know which ones I've installed, and which ones I have not? also, what happens if I install the same mod again this way, so it's installed twice?
Around the 8 minute mark I showed how to see in game with the downloadable content section -- that will show you any dazips that are installed! Or you can use the mod manager as showed right before that as well! If you reinstall an exisiting mod I don't believe anything happens.
I installed mods through Content Updater however there are no files being written to the override folder. But the mods work perfectly fine but I still need to overwrite some files for some compatibility patches. Any idea?
if you use the DA Updater those files don't get added to the override folder -- only the .erfs and any other files modders in the description say need to go into the override folder should go there/will show.
You’d either use the mod manager OR the override folder + the installer in the game folder depending on the mod. I personally don’t use the mod manager and use the other two but it’s 100% personal preference
I personally don't really use a Mod Manager with DAO unless I absolutely have to and I've personally never used Vortex with DAO so I'm not sure if there's a difference or any issues with it!
@@FoodThenGames Ok I have one question did every mod that you installed manually work as it should? My vortex is not as providing as it should be. :D maybe i try completly without a manager.
So I’m dumb, I downloaded the mod manager and downloaded some hair styles to see if it would work but I’m don’t know how to unpack. This is my first time modding if you can’t tell lol
It depends on the mods really. Just make sure when you are in the Nexus Mods page to carefully check the requirements and the installation process needed because each mod has different conditions for use. If you miss one thing it could be the reason your mod is not working
there is a faster combat mod. i cant play without it makes the game more action based it not perfect but simce i cant stand how slow the vanilla combat is its a huge improvement
you don't need to do anything to activate override mods! They just do there thing when you load in. And those file types tend to be override folder based -- however I'd double check the mod page and see what the mod author says for installation!
I would not recommend modding through the Game folder itself. I have had a whole bunch of problems with this, mods working then not and the like, and since it is an unconventional way of modding it means you won’t find many instructions on how to deal with mod problems. I’ve had to remove all my data twice now. Just do it through the documents method.
I've actually had the opposite happen -- I've never had issues modding in the game folder, but when modding through the documents folder I've had issue! The nice thing for DAO you have both options so it's easy to play around and see what works for you and your system!
No matter what I do, I can't get override files to work. I've legit spent days on this. I can see my dazips in the downloads though, that's the only thing that seems to work.
your overrides won't show anywhere but in your override folder -- that should only have your .erf files and any other mod that requires that kind of installation (usually with loose files or folders w/ loose files). If your override folder isn't working it's usually because the files don't go in the override folder *or* the override folder is in the wrong location. I believe in this guide I gave 2 different options for spots so I'd suggest trying the opposite of which ever one you tried first. It's also important to note that if your override folder mod is Character creation related it probably isn't working/showing because your chargenmorph file hasn't been updated with the appropriate information! I'd suggest using a mod like "skip ostagar" to confirm/trouble shoot your override folder as it's fairly quick to get to that point and you can easily make a save a little before it to use as a tester while troubleshooting!
@@FoodThenGames It sucks that I've already tried all of that.🥲 Best I got was some elf proportion mod to work, but that's something at least. I changed the changemorph and still no hairs in creation. Also mods such as texture/model upgrades haven't popped up either. I'll have to keep tweaking around.
Weird -- all of my mods for DA:O still worked after the update to EA App. Including the Mod Manager. Have you tried backing up your override folder and repairing your game? Something might be off there -- The only thing to note is if you do try to repair your game your dazips will be uninstalled so you'll have to reinstall those as well!
@@FoodThenGames The mods might still work, but the installation tools no longer do even the one that came with the game. People have been talking about it on the forums.
Thanks so much, I was getting again into this classic so I could revisit the saga and wondered about throwing some mods into the mix but I had no idea if anything changed since the good ol day, now that I discovered your videos I'll follow them to mod the whole saga!
Trying to mod this game for the first time--attempting to install some hair mods. They're not dazip files so I have the chargenmorph compiler program to use. The instructions do say to place them into the game's override folder, which I have done. But the game always crashes when I hit New Game. If that's where the mods are supposed to go, then what's going wrong?
I know how to install mods in DAO but wow this Mod Install Guide is just perfect. Everything is explained without leaving questions behind. I’m more than sure that this Guide helped a ton of people. A very good video!!
Firstly, good informative video. I enjoyed it. Secondly, just curious about your accent. For the most part it sounds American, but the way you say "process" sounds Canadian. The way you say "so, hope," and "note" sounds Australian at least to my ears. I hope you don't mind me asking, but are you a mix of any of those or grew up in any of those places?
Is there a way to install overrides using the DAO mod manager? I can't seem to do it and while I don't mind manually installing it since it isn't an issue, it does seem a little confusing for the mod manager itself to not have the overrides listed when I put it in the override folder. I dragged and dropped my dazip files into the dazip folder and it managed to detect and install those no problem
I know that the Mod Manager should be able to handle overrides but honestly I just prefer to install the .erf and override folder mods manually as they usually have some extra files, etc that the mod manager might have issues with!
Tried like 3 different guides, did every single thing in all of them, didn't skip anything and not a single mod ever worked, I am so lost why it is not working.... When I even dare to create an override folder and it's empty or have one mod, the game just doesn't work, I load the save and game crashes.
Great video! Question: can you do both of these methods? I have some stuff installed through mod manager but also some files are zips and I added a couple of them based on your override folder method here. Are those two things in conflict? I'm also trying to install the CharGenMorph Compiler as recommended, but what folder will I point it to? it says override, but I know the ModManager files are elsewhere. Any help is appreciated!
You can totally use dazip and override file mods together! The only time you'll have issues is if you install two mods that conflict! Your chargenmorph only deals usually with your override folder so you'd want to point it there!
tech stuff might as well be a foreign language to me. I have no idea what I'm doing and this couldn't fix that. like in the video you open an archive or something? I literally have no clue how to do that or anything else.
Gave up trying to create the override folder on my PS2. Couldn't access the filesystem. It kept saying "Please insert a PlayStation or PlayStation 2 format disc". Oh well. 🤭My last playthrough was in 2020 but I was never able to get its HoF on Keep. Perhaps it was that console thing, though I don't remember using or enabling the console that time. Back then I just assumed Origins was so old they stopped supporting it. I kept the saves. Might be worth reinstalling and trying. Thanks, Plex!
I wonder if you didn't enter in the secret password which is why it didn't let you access the system 😎 Also for the keep you can manually pick your options to sync everything -- it's how i've done the stream play throughs to create different world states so you could always try that option instead!
@@FoodThenGames Oh yes, I ended up creating the World State manually in Keep. Still, it would have been nice getting it to sync and have that Hero of Ferelden show up instead of having to pick one of the default ones.
Hey there! Thank you for the great videos, I’ve been following for years when it comes to your dragon age mods :) I do have a question about DAO. I am on my first play through and I can’t get out of the temple for ashes. After I pick up the ashes it goes to a black screen whenever I leave, I can only hear the audio music. I uninstalled and reinstalled the game, with and without mods. I reduced the quality of the graphics to the lowest possibly but these aren’t fixing. I tried repairing the game but nothing… have you ever encounter this issue?
I have been modding this game for a few years and just this week I actually added a ton more mods (I'm up to 90 mods now which is a lot for me lol) but I really like how you explained this Complex. I have your dragon age vids saved to a playlist so I can go back to them anytime I need a refresher course because ya know, I forget things and this vid is really good. Thank you! 😊
Hi!! I installed some mods with the Daupdater and they all say that they were installed, when i start the game they also show up in the downloadble content as enabled but except for 1 mod all the others don't show up in game. prior to installing with the Daupdater i tried to install them with the DAO mod manager but none of them showed up in game.
You might need to repair your game and then try installing each one individually to see if they work. Also double check that they don't have other things they need to work. And lastly I'd highly, highly suggest getting a 4GB patch as that cures a lot of things! And if none of that works I'd check the mod page comment sections to see if anyone else had issues!
I installed a ton of mods long ago in my DA:O installation. Was going to check what ones I installed to let someone know and I can't seem to find anything. And the DLCs are called mods? Mod updater is just for dlcs? Pulling my hair out here. Isn't there an easy way to see what actual MODS I installed, not DLC? I had hair, teeth, eyes, lock pick mod, texture packs.. But I don't even have a dazip or override folder so dunno.
If you downloaded them off of nexus you can check your download history! As far as DLCs go they're not considered mods, however dazips are installed through a similar path as the dlcs so it's more like mods that are dazip based become they're own lil' dlcs.
Took me a while to figure out as well. Some mods come with a cargenmorph archive thingy attached to them. The problem is you can't have more than one of those in your override folder at least not without a third party. That's where Chargenmorph Compiler comes in. It's a program you can download from Nexus Mods very easy to find. What this does is it combines all the chargenmorph archives that come with your mods into one so that you can use all these mods at the same time. If you run the program and set the right paths it will scan and find all the different chargenmorph archives that you have put in your override folder and you can then make them into a single one. I know it's complicated but it's the only way to make these mods work together.
I know this is an old video but I'm having trouble getting the dazip file downloaded. It keeps saying error, not found file. Can you or someone help me?
Is it for a particular mod or all DAzips? If it's just one mod I'd suggest trying a big usually works for everyone on nexus dazip mod like sleep until dawn!
@@FoodThenGames Then you ARE incredibly lucky, or are playing it on a very old machine, as DAO has the dreaded "4GB Ram Overflow-CTD bug" and even without mods and graphics set to low, I can barely get a half hour down until my game crashes - which is no fun at all. And yes, back when, with an appropriate PC, I had no problems and I haven't found a crash fix that worked for me so far, thanks anyways.
Huge thanks!!! Easy to follow..but I think I did something wrong. I added the patch from the same site to the override file. This was the bug fix for the golems that didn't show up marching in the "Armies marching" cutscene. I added the file to override on both my C and D external hard drives where I play the game. Is it that its not a mod but a fix? Any advice would be GREATLY appreciated. ** I wish there were local gamer companies to assist with these things....wondering if geeksquad could help?
I would double check that it's not a .dazip as that needs the other kind of installation method. You could have another mod overwriting it for some reason, you might be missing a dependency mod. Lastly I'd re-read through the mod description again carefully to see if there's any special modding instructions!
@@FoodThenGames Thank you!!! : ) No special instructions. It was a straight Nexus Mod to download and drop into the override folder. I did that for both my C and external Hard drive for the game. Neither worked. I think Might need to pay for GeekSquad to help. Ugh. But huge thanks...great video!!!
The console is auto disabled in DAO if you've enabled it and need to re-disable it, you'd just delete the command line that you put in and it'll get rid of it. I believe the Wiki has a walk through on how to enable and disable it!
Thank you so much for this video. I've been pulling my hair out, and going insane. Just to install Mods to DOA my Favorite game ever. I tried mod managers, but they never worked. And this is a 100% better, and easier. I don't even know why I put myself through all that crap. *Hugs* 🤗💖🥰
Didn't think I'd be playing this game in 2023, let alone modding it.
Thanks for the guide, it really helped!
Thank you for this , your Video helped me a lot trying to mod my game , its been years since l last played this, so many thanks from a 66 year old gamer. 🌹
Your videos are the reason I started modding BioWare games - so easy to follow. Thanks for this!
I just started my first playthrough. I also watched the mods you recommended for DA:O. What can I say except....
It's morbin time.
That first method modding was way too easy to believe but it actually worked. I wish Skyrim was as easy too. You are amazing thanks a bunch
Do you just open the game like normal with that method?
Really enjoyed your Skyrim content, that led to DA I and now DA O. Thanks for many hours of entertaining content. How great your game looked got me into the modding rabbit hole.
thanks to your tutorials i started playing da:i, now i also started playing origins and i bought da2
This was useful. Especially the portion for Uninstalling DAZIP files. Thank You.
This help me a lot, Never Mod DRO before and always wanted to. After seeing this and how to do it, it's going to make it much more enjoyable and can't wait to try it out..
Thanks for the clear video!! I started modding dai adn because of you now i am going to mod all of them!
Thank you so much for this I was really struggling and this made it so easy !
Hey, nice tutorial. I'm new to modding this game and this will be very helpful
Thanks, this helped. DAO modding is surprisingly easy.
Which method did you use, and is your game on steam or origin?
I can't find the folder or file in the path in DAO modmanager: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Dragon Age Ultimate Edition\tools\DragonAgeToolset.exe". Idk if it's caused by the Steam edition, because I can't find it in the Bioware folder either.
Clear and concise great tutorial
yes very clear but there not working for me
And this is now a sign for me to start modding
Thank you so much for this!!!!
I had the hardest time wondering why i could not find the override folder and you cleared that out right away
I am so happy right now
From somebody who has never modded in their life, Thank you for clearing things out
5:58 - pathways
I'd like to ask: Please help. I've installed FtG, but it doesn't seem to work for me, floating pop-ups works fine but, the ''new game, ''continue'', and ''load game'' is still tiny. What Am I doing wrong?
When I look at your pathways at said timestamp, does it have to be in the same drive? or do I have to install DA:O, Steam and MOD Manager in the same drive? Is that the reason why it doesn't work for me or...?
Nope you can have it on different drives no problem -- I honestly don't think FtG touches that portion of the UI -- for me it makes me subtitles, dialogue choices bigger but not some other things -- If you haven't yet I'd highly suggest reading the installation instructions as I feel like I had to do an additional step to get it to work!
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Thanks for the reply. The FtG did fix the inventory, codex, subtitles and codex text ...but sadly not the said problems I mentioned.
Is there nothing I can do about the small character portrait, New Game, continue ...and other said tiny problems. Or is that not the things the FtG UI is suppose to fix?
I followed the PDF instructions accordingly. I can't help but feel that I may have done something wrong in the process or...? Or maybe the MOD is incompatible in 4k at all, or windows 11. I'm not sure.
I don't believe FtG UI was ever fully finished so I don't think it fixed the UI Sizing for the stuff you mentioned -- I personally play on 4k so I know it works for that. But I can't speak to Windows 11!
So I have been attempting to mod the Steam version of the Ultimate Edition. I install the game, launch it to make sure the DLC are there, and then I'll download 1 mod (i.e. dog slot mod), but then attempt to install a 2nd (da.zip files for both) and get error. I don't know if this is enough information. The 2nd mod I attempted was the mod No Helmet Hack. But I've tried different mods each time. Is the steam version just broken?
i need tis answer too
Thank you for this I love your channel.
Can any one help? I am trying to install a few of these but a huge chunk of them keep giving me: "X file is not a dazip!" and that is whether i unzip every single file in the mod or not. The ones I am having trouble with are the mods with a ton of files in them. I.E.: "A Warden's Sacrifice, Hugs, Equal Love, etc". Anyone have any advice?
Very good video, thanks :)
I tried modding it by installing manually, some mods work and others don't. I have no clue why
Some mods have special installation instructions so the ones that don't work might need something different! You could always double check the mod pages to see if the mod author left any notes!
Hey, I know this is a very old video, but is there any way you could discuss some common issues with the console commands? I grabbed the Grey Warden armor mod you recommended, and the MOD tells you to open the console and run a command to get the armor. I would really like to wear the armor, but every time i try, the game crashes. No matter what method of using the console I try. If you have the time, could you tell me how you got the console commands to work for you?
Honestly I just followed the steps from the DAO Wiki for it -- however it is worth noting that the steps are slightly different for steam vs Origin/EA App!
Brilliant, thank you!
Got the nostalgia bite and decided to replay DAO, but I can't seem to get the mods to work... I tried installing DA Redesigned and the necessary associated mods such as PT Vibrant Colors, but none of them seem to be working. I moved the files to ...steamapps\common\Dragon Age Ultimate Edition\packages\core\override as shown but no dice. I also tried the Documents path but that didn't work either. Can't find any solutions online. Thoughts?
DA Redesign has it's own set of install instructions which and I believe an actual installer or something like that so I'd suggest going through their instructions to see if you missed something!
@@FoodThenGames I actually just found the problem, and the solutions - chargenmorph compiler! The necessary mods for DA Redesigned had multiple chargenmorph files that were interfering, and I totally forgot I'd need to compile them into one so they'd play nice. Problem solved! Thanks for the fantastic video, too, that made things so much simpler.
I'm getting the "not an override file" error when trying to put my mods in (they're not dazip). What am I doing wrong?
Where are you trying to put them in? If it's the mod manager I'd probably just say to install it manually in the override folder! But I'd also triple check the mod page's installation instructions to make sure there isn't something specific for that installation!
@@FoodThenGames I figured it out. I needed to add a compatibility file so two of the mods could work together.
Thanks for the quick reply. 😊
I've tried manual and modmanager, but for each method it seems to go wrong when I try installing the dazip files. Manual gives me 'status: error' at the end of the installing process, modmanager just doesn't do anything when I click install dazip. I can't find a solution anywhere! TT
Have you only tried one mod or several with this happening? If you haven't yet I'd try something like "sleep until dawn" or one of the popular dazips to see if those will install. If they won't it could be the unpacking process? Maybe something isn't set up right within the Mod Manager for pathways.
The other thing is to double check in your "downloadable content" section on the main menu to make sure it isn't already installed as I believe that could give you an "error" message as well?
@@FoodThenGames Thank you for responding!
I eventually got it to work - turns out some of the game folders didn't exist yet (?) because I had freshly reinstalled the game and hadn't run it yet. DAupdater kept telling me it couldn't find a certain directory.
After starting up the game and closing it again, all mods installed fine :)
Many thanks for your awesome guide!
doubt im going to get a response to a 2 year video but im going to try anyway, I cannot get the mods to work, I thought this would work like how modding works for the KOTOR games with the override folder but nothing is working, I installed the DA2 warden armor mods and duncan should be wearing said armor but he keeps spawning with no clothes or weapons and I have to erase all my DAO folders and reinstall my game to fix it, this is for the steam version of the game.
Are you trying to install Grey Wardens of Ferelden? If so that's not an override folder that's a dazip file. There's a timestamped section in the tutorial that talks about how to install that via the updater!
Also -- in the known issues of that mod it talks about the naked character issue which might help further troubleshoot it.
@@FoodThenGames thank you, and yes the mod is grey wardens of ferelden
I followed your steps to install the mods and when I opened the game there were not all the mods I had installed. can you help me plss?
I love the video, it does help a lot. Question although, I use ModOrganizer as mod manager, would that be a good substitute or would you recommend still using the DAO specific mod manager
I'm not sure if ModOrganizer has support for DA:O -- honestly though I'd highly suggest either not using a mod manager or just use the DAO MM as it's built specifically for the game!
Hi can you answer me please
I wanted to instal alistar wedding but i made a new override folder put the mod but my game is delected can you please help me
tysm this was very helpful
You rock!!
Thanks fellow grey warden :D
What do I do if my DAI doesn't have a bin_ship folder ?
Inquisition won't have a bin_ship folder -- this tutorial only applies to Dragon Age Origin and partially to DA2!
Do we not need the 4gb patch?
4gb patch?
another dragon age mod video said we have to download a 4gb patch on a website before downloading mods. I didnt see that in your video so im assuming it works with out it? @@FoodThenGames thank you for responding.
OH! You mean the LAA Patch? That's so the game will utilize more of your computers memory (4gb instead of 2gb) -- that's only needed if you're doing specific types of mods like texture mods. However steam has issues utilizing it from what I remember but if you run into issues with the game not loading textures/looking like you have gray cement blocks you can install a Large Address Awareness patch to fix it!
Thanks for the reply!, and got it!@@FoodThenGames
If im not mistaken there are mods that enable a little bit more gore in the game which i don´t recall its name, and another one which makes the character performs insteresting finishes on its foes. Do you know them by chance?
I don't I'm sorry!
Hi, I have a question regarding DAUpdater. I've noticed it doesn't show the mods you've installed this way previously when you open it again. So how can I know which ones I've installed, and which ones I have not? also, what happens if I install the same mod again this way, so it's installed twice?
Around the 8 minute mark I showed how to see in game with the downloadable content section -- that will show you any dazips that are installed! Or you can use the mod manager as showed right before that as well!
If you reinstall an exisiting mod I don't believe anything happens.
@@FoodThenGames thanks! didn't expect such a quick reply, you're the best :)
I installed mods through Content Updater however there are no files being written to the override folder. But the mods work perfectly fine but I still need to overwrite some files for some compatibility patches. Any idea?
if you use the DA Updater those files don't get added to the override folder -- only the .erfs and any other files modders in the description say need to go into the override folder should go there/will show.
@@FoodThenGames ohhh so I had it wrong. Thanks for the help, though I was gonna have to reinstall
Hi! does DAO works for Dragon Age inquisition? Cuz DAI doesn't 😢
i'm confused should i use the DAO modmanager override folder or the one i made in the original game folder
You’d either use the mod manager OR the override folder + the installer in the game folder depending on the mod. I personally don’t use the mod manager and use the other two but it’s 100% personal preference
I will name my firstborn after you.
Hey, can you do a video on 'Vortex' the new mod handler by 'Nexus Mods'.
do you always use DAO mod manager. Is there any difference to vortex ?
I personally don't really use a Mod Manager with DAO unless I absolutely have to and I've personally never used Vortex with DAO so I'm not sure if there's a difference or any issues with it!
@@FoodThenGames i found the issue. The Vortex mod Manager had the idea to overwrite the deploy data. I Was just blind. Still thx for the answer 👍
@@FoodThenGames Ok I have one question did every mod that you installed manually work as it should? My vortex is not as providing as it should be. :D maybe i try completly without a manager.
I only mod using the methods mentioned in the video and haven't had any issues before!
@@FoodThenGames ok. thx.
I will try that. maybe i get more lucky with that.
So I’m dumb, I downloaded the mod manager and downloaded some hair styles to see if it would work but I’m don’t know how to unpack. This is my first time modding if you can’t tell lol
You need a program like 7zip or winrar to unpack!
Could i install mod’s halfway through the story or would I have to start a fresh game?
It depends on the mods really. Just make sure when you are in the Nexus Mods page to carefully check the requirements and the installation process needed because each mod has different conditions for use. If you miss one thing it could be the reason your mod is not working
I think my biggest issue is knowing how to get the shop to pop up on the map for the RL Sawn Song mod
Does it pop up on the map? I honestly don't think I've ever gotten the vendor for it working and just use console commands to get myself the armours!
@FoodThenGames I did figure it out. Since it wasn't popping up at all I just got a specific file for the modular files and did a command prompt
You are life saver thx you million times . 2023 .
Thank you, nice video tutorial, but i'd like a combat mod (yes, i know it, it doesn't exit)
there is a faster combat mod. i cant play without it makes the game more action based it not perfect but simce i cant stand how slow the vanilla combat is its a huge improvement
@@Александар-МЈанкоски What's the name?, i'd check it out
@@victorcampbell1868 Origins Faster Combat
@@Александар-МЈанкоски Thanks!!
Try
Awakening in the OC
Or
DRAGON AGE REBORN
Both are on nexus very fun mods
i dont have bioware in my documents
Isn't there a wabbajack mod list for dragon age?
I have a question how do you turn a mod into a dazip I try to dowload a mod but it's on a folder
if it's a .zip or .rar you'll need to use a program like winrar or 7zip to open it and then the .dazip should be inside!
Thank you for responding. Am actually using winrar but I haven't found a file that call dazip can I turn the file into a dazip by any chance.
is it an .erf or something else inside of it? If so that's an override mod and shouldn't be installed through .dazip!
you don't need to do anything to activate override mods! They just do there thing when you load in.
And those file types tend to be override folder based -- however I'd double check the mod page and see what the mod author says for installation!
@@FoodThenGames mevermind that I figured out I didn't know the fi3rst one was a method and not a step thank you so much for your help
My game doesn’t have a bin_ship folder. Now what??😂😭
It has to as that's where the game's exe is located -- double check you aren't in your documents folder!
what the heck there was already an override folder there
I would not recommend modding through the Game folder itself. I have had a whole bunch of problems with this, mods working then not and the like, and since it is an unconventional way of modding it means you won’t find many instructions on how to deal with mod problems. I’ve had to remove all my data twice now. Just do it through the documents method.
I've actually had the opposite happen -- I've never had issues modding in the game folder, but when modding through the documents folder I've had issue! The nice thing for DAO you have both options so it's easy to play around and see what works for you and your system!
I cant figure out if your accent is australian or american
It's Plexian!
Do I lose my data if I install mods?
By data do you mean save files? If so then nope!
No matter what I do, I can't get override files to work. I've legit spent days on this. I can see my dazips in the downloads though, that's the only thing that seems to work.
your overrides won't show anywhere but in your override folder -- that should only have your .erf files and any other mod that requires that kind of installation (usually with loose files or folders w/ loose files).
If your override folder isn't working it's usually because the files don't go in the override folder *or* the override folder is in the wrong location. I believe in this guide I gave 2 different options for spots so I'd suggest trying the opposite of which ever one you tried first.
It's also important to note that if your override folder mod is Character creation related it probably isn't working/showing because your chargenmorph file hasn't been updated with the appropriate information!
I'd suggest using a mod like "skip ostagar" to confirm/trouble shoot your override folder as it's fairly quick to get to that point and you can easily make a save a little before it to use as a tester while troubleshooting!
@@FoodThenGames It sucks that I've already tried all of that.🥲 Best I got was some elf proportion mod to work, but that's something at least. I changed the changemorph and still no hairs in creation. Also mods such as texture/model upgrades haven't popped up either. I'll have to keep tweaking around.
Great video, too bad no matter what it doesn't seem to want to work anymore ever since the new EA app update
Weird -- all of my mods for DA:O still worked after the update to EA App. Including the Mod Manager. Have you tried backing up your override folder and repairing your game? Something might be off there -- The only thing to note is if you do try to repair your game your dazips will be uninstalled so you'll have to reinstall those as well!
@@FoodThenGames The mods might still work, but the installation tools no longer do even the one that came with the game. People have been talking about it on the forums.
so my first time ever doing this type of modding stuff… i dont have a bin_ship*
Thanks so much, I was getting again into this classic so I could revisit the saga and wondered about throwing some mods into the mix but I had no idea if anything changed since the good ol day, now that I discovered your videos I'll follow them to mod the whole saga!
Trying to mod this game for the first time--attempting to install some hair mods. They're not dazip files so I have the chargenmorph compiler program to use. The instructions do say to place them into the game's override folder, which I have done. But the game always crashes when I hit New Game. If that's where the mods are supposed to go, then what's going wrong?
You did it?! I asked for this a while back, and you delivered. It's a great tutorial! Thanks Plex!
The way I'm getting frustrated trying to consume all this information like "WHAT!?" 😡
Love love love your modding walkthrough videos! I'll be back to watch this when I play this beautiful game again 😁
I know how to install mods in DAO but wow this Mod Install Guide is just perfect. Everything is explained without leaving questions behind. I’m more than sure that this Guide helped a ton of people. A very good video!!
Firstly, good informative video. I enjoyed it. Secondly, just curious about your accent. For the most part it sounds American, but the way you say "process" sounds Canadian. The way you say "so, hope," and "note" sounds Australian at least to my ears. I hope you don't mind me asking, but are you a mix of any of those or grew up in any of those places?
none of the mod manager works for me.. DOUpdater gives me an error and DAOModManager nothing happens when click Install...
Hey i’m have trouble with mods that end with .dazip not showing up when click on it shows contacts and manifest do i move that or the dazip file?
Hello everyone, I don't know if the method still works in 2024, but I'll test it and come back here to let you know.
Ps: Thanks for the great videos!
Is there a way to install overrides using the DAO mod manager? I can't seem to do it and while I don't mind manually installing it since it isn't an issue, it does seem a little confusing for the mod manager itself to not have the overrides listed when I put it in the override folder.
I dragged and dropped my dazip files into the dazip folder and it managed to detect and install those no problem
I know that the Mod Manager should be able to handle overrides but honestly I just prefer to install the .erf and override folder mods manually as they usually have some extra files, etc that the mod manager might have issues with!
Tried like 3 different guides, did every single thing in all of them, didn't skip anything and not a single mod ever worked, I am so lost why it is not working.... When I even dare to create an override folder and it's empty or have one mod, the game just doesn't work, I load the save and game crashes.
I got bored having to restart the gwme so many times to see which downloaded 😂. I will juat stick to trying to learn to animate or something.
Great video! Question: can you do both of these methods? I have some stuff installed through mod manager but also some files are zips and I added a couple of them based on your override folder method here. Are those two things in conflict? I'm also trying to install the CharGenMorph Compiler as recommended, but what folder will I point it to? it says override, but I know the ModManager files are elsewhere.
Any help is appreciated!
You can totally use dazip and override file mods together! The only time you'll have issues is if you install two mods that conflict!
Your chargenmorph only deals usually with your override folder so you'd want to point it there!
tech stuff might as well be a foreign language to me. I have no idea what I'm doing and this couldn't fix that. like in the video you open an archive or something? I literally have no clue how to do that or anything else.
DAO mod manager way is the most confusing for me and sad to say so is the entire guide but i wont give up on trying to understand it.
Gave up trying to create the override folder on my PS2. Couldn't access the filesystem. It kept saying "Please insert a PlayStation or PlayStation 2 format disc". Oh well.
🤭My last playthrough was in 2020 but I was never able to get its HoF on Keep. Perhaps it was that console thing, though I don't remember using or enabling the console that time. Back then I just assumed Origins was so old they stopped supporting it. I kept the saves. Might be worth reinstalling and trying. Thanks, Plex!
I wonder if you didn't enter in the secret password which is why it didn't let you access the system 😎
Also for the keep you can manually pick your options to sync everything -- it's how i've done the stream play throughs to create different world states so you could always try that option instead!
@@FoodThenGames Oh yes, I ended up creating the World State manually in Keep. Still, it would have been nice getting it to sync and have that Hero of Ferelden show up instead of having to pick one of the default ones.
I so badly wanna mod my Dao but I try to follow all the steps but still simply mess up for some reason
Hey there! Thank you for the great videos, I’ve been following for years when it comes to your dragon age mods :) I do have a question about DAO. I am on my first play through and I can’t get out of the temple for ashes. After I pick up the ashes it goes to a black screen whenever I leave, I can only hear the audio music.
I uninstalled and reinstalled the game, with and without mods. I reduced the quality of the graphics to the lowest possibly but these aren’t fixing. I tried repairing the game but nothing… have you ever encounter this issue?
I have been modding this game for a few years and just this week I actually added a ton more mods (I'm up to 90 mods now which is a lot for me lol) but I really like how you explained this Complex. I have your dragon age vids saved to a playlist so I can go back to them anytime I need a refresher course because ya know, I forget things and this vid is really good. Thank you! 😊
Podré poner mods a dragón age origins of PS3?
do you have a list of the mods you use?
TY so very much ..WooH00 :)
Hi!! I installed some mods with the Daupdater and they all say that they were installed, when i start the game they also show up in the downloadble content as enabled but except for 1 mod all the others don't show up in game. prior to installing with the Daupdater i tried to install them with the DAO mod manager but none of them showed up in game.
You might need to repair your game and then try installing each one individually to see if they work. Also double check that they don't have other things they need to work. And lastly I'd highly, highly suggest getting a 4GB patch as that cures a lot of things!
And if none of that works I'd check the mod page comment sections to see if anyone else had issues!
I installed a ton of mods long ago in my DA:O installation.
Was going to check what ones I installed to let someone know and I can't seem to find anything.
And the DLCs are called mods? Mod updater is just for dlcs? Pulling my hair out here.
Isn't there an easy way to see what actual MODS I installed, not DLC?
I had hair, teeth, eyes, lock pick mod, texture packs.. But I don't even have a dazip or override folder so dunno.
If you downloaded them off of nexus you can check your download history! As far as DLCs go they're not considered mods, however dazips are installed through a similar path as the dlcs so it's more like mods that are dazip based become they're own lil' dlcs.
some of these mods aren't going into the mod manager. and i can't find the bin_ship folder. I am in my dao folder and it's not in there
i found it by opening the game and going into documents
How do I do the thing with the cargenmorph thing
I would also like to know... I tried to mod a hair style in and it comes out as a see through hairstyle.
Took me a while to figure out as well. Some mods come with a cargenmorph archive thingy attached to them. The problem is you can't have more than one of those in your override folder at least not without a third party. That's where Chargenmorph Compiler comes in. It's a program you can download from Nexus Mods very easy to find. What this does is it combines all the chargenmorph archives that come with your mods into one so that you can use all these mods at the same time. If you run the program and set the right paths it will scan and find all the different chargenmorph archives that you have put in your override folder and you can then make them into a single one. I know it's complicated but it's the only way to make these mods work together.
Why am I getting errors when I try to use the Updater for dazip files? I extracted them to a place completely outside my game installation path
I've encountered the same issue which seems to point to OneDrive being the culprit - unfortunately I haven't figured out a fix yet
I know this is an old video but I'm having trouble getting the dazip file downloaded. It keeps saying error, not found file. Can you or someone help me?
Is it for a particular mod or all DAzips? If it's just one mod I'd suggest trying a big usually works for everyone on nexus dazip mod like sleep until dawn!
Improved Athmosphere? And you can play this for any length of time? Which crash fix are you using? Or are you just lucky?
No crash fix, I just modded it really carefully and removed any of the conflicting files from either other mods or IA!
@@FoodThenGames Then you ARE incredibly lucky, or are playing it on a very old machine, as DAO has the dreaded "4GB Ram Overflow-CTD bug" and even without mods and graphics set to low, I can barely get a half hour down until my game crashes - which is no fun at all. And yes, back when, with an appropriate PC, I had no problems and I haven't found a crash fix that worked for me so far, thanks anyways.
Have you tried the LAA Patch? That fixed for me a lot of crashes way back when!
Can you please help me!!
what is the difference between installing da zips through daomodmanager and the daupdater?
Huge thanks!!! Easy to follow..but I think I did something wrong. I added the patch from the same site to the override file. This was the bug fix for the golems that didn't show up marching in the "Armies marching" cutscene. I added the file to override on both my C and D external hard drives where I play the game. Is it that its not a mod but a fix? Any advice would be GREATLY appreciated. ** I wish there were local gamer companies to assist with these things....wondering if geeksquad could help?
I would double check that it's not a .dazip as that needs the other kind of installation method. You could have another mod overwriting it for some reason, you might be missing a dependency mod. Lastly I'd re-read through the mod description again carefully to see if there's any special modding instructions!
@@FoodThenGames Thank you!!! : )
No special instructions. It was a straight Nexus Mod to download and drop into the override folder. I did that for both my C and external Hard drive for the game. Neither worked. I think Might need to pay for GeekSquad to help. Ugh. But huge thanks...great video!!!
Thanks a bunch! Super easy, I thought I'd have to use that mod manager on nexus mods, but the one in the game folder is way better
Does anyone know how to disable the console in dao? I can’t seem to figure it out
The console is auto disabled in DAO if you've enabled it and need to re-disable it, you'd just delete the command line that you put in and it'll get rid of it. I believe the Wiki has a walk through on how to enable and disable it!
Thank you so much for this video. I've been pulling my hair out, and going insane. Just to install Mods to DOA my Favorite game ever. I tried mod managers, but they never worked. And this is a 100% better, and easier. I don't even know why I put myself through all that crap. *Hugs* 🤗💖🥰
Hey guys, I want to get an XBOX Game Pass for PC, or the EA game pass, both of them have the trilogy, is it possible to mod them in these launchers?
Very helpful, you have my thanks!
I have a wonder, if you'll indulge me. Where did you get Irving's Robe?
Hi, have you have any tips re Unofficial Remaster? It is not a dazip and when unpacking to override and installing laa it does not work :(