- Mass Effect Hair Color Codes
So I am excited to play Mass Effect 2 for the first time but before I do so I was wondering if there is any sort of mod that allows you to make your character’s hair an unnatural color. I was hoping to make a female Shepherd and give her some blue hair, I’m pretty sure the vanilla game only gives you natural colors to choose from and I was hoping there was a mod I could download to. For Mass Effect 2 on the PC, a GameFAQs message board topic titled 'Looking for a hair mesh codes list'. Ottemis's Gibbed Femshep Hair, Hats and Textures Original Forum Post This is meant to get all the gibbed facial textures and hairstyles for femshep in one place, instead of scattered all over the web. Blush is easily changed at HEDBlushScalar in the Scalar Parameters. By adding steps of +0,1 or +0,2 to the current. Lip gloss is changed at HEDAddnSpecLipsScalar. Usually adding +0,1 or +0,2 will do. Lip color intensity can be determined at HEDLipsTintScalar in the Scalar Parameters.
With a functioning mesh importer this method is outdated.
Jack's Hair Mod download: link
The mass effect Andromeda hairs can be replaced to your choice by applying the Cora Liam Asari Armour and hair mod. However, the mod tends to do more than just replacing the hair as they can work with all types of character to suit your decorative preference.
Adding these hairs via the standard Gibbed method has some...interesting results. Here's a video if you're curious.
There is currently one work-around that I am aware of currently, and that's 'wearing' the hair as a piece of armor.
This has a few drawbacks. One, it's inconvenient, and two, in cut scenes where Shepard is automatically loaded or forced into a casual appearance your poor Femshep will have lost her wig.
However, if you just don't care about suddenly bald Shep, or only want to have her look fab for certain parts of the game, keep reading.
The first thing you'll need to do is edit your coalesced.bin file. That's another tutorial in itself, so I'll save that for another day. Instead, here's mine: link
Ashley, Miranda and Jack hair are now three additional shoulder pieces.
Now, you can wear Shepard's regular armor without a shoulder, or you can do this:
The last slider for Legs and Arms are invisible pieces. Added to the Chest are fullbody armor appearances and casual appearances. Now Shep doesn't look like anything's missing.
Enchantment!
If you want to get creative, maybe adding the missing shoulder to the head slot so you can use the classic N7, you'll have to dive into editing your own coalesced.
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So this is seriously inconvenient. A few keybindings make it less so.
Numpad 9 is forced armor. Hit it, save and re-load and Shepard will be in armor regardless of where she is.
A few times of Numpad 9 + F5 (autosave) + F9 (load last save) and it will be second nature.
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It's possible to give Shepard hair and wear her 'shoulder-hair' on top so she never goes bald.
Possible combos: Cyberbabe + Miranda, PROCustomSexy + Ashley...
you still need to change the Hair_Diff and Hair_Mask entries in Gibbed to match, or use a compatible hair diff. If you don't, it will look weird.
BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.Hair_PROMiranda.HMF_HIR_PROMiranda_Diff
BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.Hair_PROJack.HMF_HED_PROJack_Hair
BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.Hair_PROAshley.HMF_HIR_PROAshley_Diff
Mesh Names for reference:
BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.Hair_PROMiranda.HMF_HIR_PROMiranda_MDL
BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.Hair_PROAshley.HMF_HIR_PROAshley_MDL
If you don't know how to change hairstyles using Gibbed's Savegame Editor, go here first.
Hairstyles that require no extra modding.
BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.Hair_Sexy.HMF_HIR_Sxy_Diff
BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.Hair_Afro.HMF_HIR_Afr_Diff
BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.Hair_Classy.HMF_HIR_Cls_MDL
BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.Global.HAIR_Long_Diff
BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.Hair_Mom.HMF_HIR_Mom_MDL
BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.Hair_Cute.HMF_HIR_Cte_Diff
BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.Hair_PonyTail.HMF_HIR_Ptl_MDL
BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.Hair_HighBun.HMF_HIR_Hbn_Diff
BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.Hair_Iconbun.HMF_HIR_IBun_MDL
BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.Hair_HighBun.HMF_HIR_Hbn_Diff
BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.Hair_MidBun.HMF_HIR_Mbn_MDL
biog_hmf_hir_pro.Hair_MidBun.HMF_HIR_Mbn_Diff
BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.Hair_PROCustomSexy.HMF_HIR_PROCustom_Sexy_MDL
BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.Hair_PROShepard.HMF_HIR_PROShepard_MDL
On a character creator made custom femshep this hair will clip through the forehead rather extensively. Click for the fix.
BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.Hair_PROJessica.HMF_HIR_PROJessica_MDL
On a character creator made custom femshep there will be a gap down the hairline. Click for the fix.
BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.Hair_PROCustomCute.HMF_HIR_PROCustom_Cute_MDL
BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.Hair_Short02.HMF_HIR_PROShort_Diff
This hair was placed in the game unfinished. Texmod fix required: link
BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.Hair_VI.HMF_HIR_VI_MDL
BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.Hair_Short02.HMF_HIR_PROShort_Diff
This hair was also placed in the game files with unusable textures. Texmod fix required: link
BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.Hair_PROJessica.HMF_HIR_PROJessica_MDL
This mod will replace Aller's hair with Brooks' hair from the Citadel DLC: link
Hairstyles unfinished or not optimized for use on Shepard.
BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.Hair_PROEva.HMF_HIR_PROEva_MDL
BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.Hair_PROCustomAfro.HMF_HIR_PROCustom_Afr_MDL
BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.Hair_Mohawk.HMF_HIR_Mhk_MDL
BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.Hair_Short02.HMF_HIR_PROShort_MDL
BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.Hair_Short02.HMF_HIR_PROShort_Diff
Jack, Ashley, Miranda...
These models have additional issues which means they can't be added normally via Gibbed. Follow the link for the work-around: here
*Technically it's a lack of hair, but if you want bald Shepard type 'none' into the Hair Mesh entry of Gibbed.Mass Effect Hair Color Codes