♡ MANTIS X CEDASTARIONS: LORD OF THE RINGS COLLECTION - BG3 Preset Collection

DOWNLOAD CEDASTARIONS' "THE HOBBITS":

PATREON | NEXUS

In collaboration with the talented Cedastarions! 

**PLEASE DELETE THE OLD FILE AS THIS ONE HAS A NEW UUID.

SAVE A BACKUP OF THE OLD VERSION IF SWITCHING MID PLAYTHROUGH. 

♡ INCLUDES

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚BODY TYPE 1 - Elven races, humans and tieflings

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎Arwen | preview + mod list

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎Arwen II* + 2 hair variants | preview + mod list

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ Galadriel | preview + mod list

*no tiefling variant yet.

˚ʚ♡ɞ˚BODY TYPE 2 - Elven races, humans and tieflings

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ Thranduil | preview + mod list

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ Legolas* + 1 hair variant | preview + mod list

*no tiefling variant yet.

♡ INSTALLATION

SINCE THE RELEASE OF THE UNIVERSAL UNIQUE TAV AND EOTB PATCHES, I WILL NO LONGER BE ADDING MANUAL SUPPORT ON MY END TO SAVE TIME.

PLEASE DOWNLOAD THESE IF YOU REQUIRE THEM:

UT - KAVT - Universal Automatic Patcher (UAP)

Eyes of the Beholder - Universal Automatic Patcher (EotB UAP)

Please read the respective mod pages for download instructions.

Extract the .zip folder, and open it and then place the .pak file into your 'Mods' folder, then make it ACTIVE in your BG3MM load order.

➟ For more help with installing mods

Please report any issues. You may contact me on my Discord if it is a complex issue. Members in my discord can open a bug report in the #bug-reports channel!

Please read the 'known issues' section before reporting, as I might be aware of it already!

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THANK YOU AND CREDITS TO
Codexa for their tutorial for BG3 Modding

Padme4000 for helping me w/ LOD stuff

weeviljester for their mod template

Gufery for their Unique Tav patcher tool

perseidipity for their CC icons template

jerinski for their custom skeleton guide

icons made with Canva

Thank you to everyone in BG3 Modding Community who helped me with learning how to make hair!

FOR CERTAIN HAIRS AND STUFF TO SHOW UP WITH THIS YOU NEED  Patches for CC Races.lsx - PUT IT AT THE BOTTOM OF UR LOAD ORDER

IF YOUR EXPRESSIONS SEEM "TOO MUCH" OR TOO MANY EXPRESSION WRINKLES, USE THIS MOD. I USE NO WRINKLE VERSION.

YOU CAN ALSO USE THIS MOD TO HELP WITH EXTREME EXPRESSIONS ON FACES THAT DON'T SUIT IT, LIKE MAEKAR OR BAELOR. IT WILL MAKE THEM MORE STOIC.

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KNOWN ISSUES/WEIRD STUFF TO FIX

ARWEN

• some nose piercing issues + nose bridge looks kind of weird when emoting in a certain way, but that is just how her face is lol

GALADRIEL

• Some tiefling upper earrings clip a bit, but others are fine; some nose piercings are too high.

• Some weird blinking with Arwen II

• ALL HAIRS HAVE BEEN GIVING ME ISSUES WITH THEIR WEIGHTS, SO SOME WARPING AND BENDING HAPPENS WITH CERTAIN STRANDS WHEN MOVING. I HAVE REDONE THESE HAIRS LIKE 10 TIMES EACH AND CAN'T FIX IT, SORRY FOR THIS! IF ANYONE CAN HELP, LET ME KNOW PLSSS! <3

CHANGE LOG

V.1.0.0 (April 18, 2024) - Initial release 

V.1.1.0.0 (April 22, 2024) - Update

• New icons bc I didn't like the last ones.

V.1.2.0.0 (July 6, 2024) - Update *NEW PRESETS

• Added new presets from early access: Galadriel and Thranduil

• New icons to match my newest ones from my other mod packs.

• New mod name to account for collaboration with Cedastarions.

V.1.3.0.0 (June 15, 2026) - Update *NEW PRESETS

• Added new presets from early access: Galadriel and Thranduil

• New icons to match my newest ones from my other mod packs.

• Thranduil, Legolas and Arwen II now have longer elf ears for full elves and drow races. Also fixed Thranduil's piercings.

♡ DISCLAIMER

Please respect the time and money I put into these by not reuploading them to other mod hosting websites. Please ask permission if you wish to patch/modify anything and reupload it, most of the time I will say yes. If you want to use my mods as a base for your own, INCLUDING THE TEXTURE FILES, please ASK me first. If something is a personal edit/mod, do whatever u want.

I WILL REPORT ANY MOD THAT IS FOUND TO HAVE ANY OF MY ASSETS WITHOUT MY PRIOR PERMISSION. I SPEND A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT ON MY MESHES AND TEXTURES. PLS RESPECT THIS.