True (Hair) Colors ENHANCED

Hello everyone,

With this mod, I have adjusted the color selections for hair and facial hair.

To a large degree, I felt that the game's selection was underwhelming; lots of low-saturation pastel colors of which a fair number felt unnatural.

The Changes

My solution can be seen in the images above. For this Enhanced version, I opted to go the route of hue variations like the Legacy V2 mod, rather than the light / dark gradients of Legacy V1. I wasn't able to get perfect translations of the V2 colors over, but they should be pretty close.

In comparison to the base game, the colors are more saturated and 'vibrant', particularly the reds and browns, with a wider blonde - brown, or 'tawny', selection after the greys.

I followed the base game's pattern up until black because I wanted NPCs and player characters to have similar color to those which pre-existed. However, I decided beyond that to restructure the pattern and to completely change colors, as very few NPCs use a color located after black.

The pattern can be described as:

* Color 1: White * Colors 2 - 4: Blondes * Colors 5 - 7: Reds * Colors 8 - 10: Browns * Color 11: Black * Colors 12 - 14: Greys * Colors 15 - 18: Tawny to Alt Brown

Known Issues

Currently, certain facial hair colors, specifically the darker browns and reds, don't quite align with their scalp counterparts. For some of them, the selection 1 - 2 spaces earlier will be much closer. This is likely due to a difference in the material values for beards as compared to normal hair. I will in time revise the facial hair color selections to account for this difference, but in the meantime just know they are slightly off. It also won't be that apparent unless you are zoomed close-up admiring your character's pornstache.

Additionally, I have plans to also cover the brow colors. That will be coming soon (I hope).

Q + A

* What happens to existing characters when I enable this mod? - Their hair color will reflect the new selection, depending on whatever ID number they have selected. If the mod is disabled, they will return to their old color. I believe colors applied via an RGB selector mod will stay the same.

* Is this mod compatible with others? - It should be compatible with just about every mod other than those which also change hair color. In those cases, the mod load order can be changed to adjust which colors are enabled. When in doubt, placing this mod near the bottom of the load order should help.

* Why didn't you add [insert color name here] to the selection??!?? - I wanted to stick to colors that at the very least look natural. However, it's possible some may have slipped my mind and as a result have been omitted from the mod. If you can make a decent case as to why it should be added, I'll consider doing so.

* Will NPCs make use of the reworked selections of hair after black? - Not with this mod, no. However, I do plan on creating an addon mod for use alongside Heritage, similar to the Legacy versions, which will expand the color selections used by races like Hyborians and Nordheimer. If and when that is created, I will provide a link here.

Wrap-up

Feedback, suggestions, criticism, and so on are appreciated. Let me know if you encounter any issues, there was only so much testing I could do!

I hope you all enjoy, and thank you.

- Dread Swoop

Mod ID: 3731099424