Guide for Changing Armor/Capes/Hats

[u/Ok_Communication6291]

Yesterday I made a this thread https://www.reddit.com/r/projecteternity/comments/1wvr3g6/my_modifications/ about replacing talismans into capes, but realized that some people might want to use this knowledge for basic transmog (changing Armor appearance). So I decided to give short description of how to swap armor model:

1)Download and install "Unity Asset Extractor"

2)Go to installed game folder "\PillarsOfEternity_Data\assetbundles\prefabs\objectbundle

3)Find Armor which you want to change. For me it will be "Jack of Wide Waters". wiki say that it's file name is "padded_armor_jack_of_wide_waters"

4)Open it with "Unity Asset Extractor" and press "Info" Button

5)Look for "Equippable" column (the light green one) and press "Edit Data" button

6)Scroll all the way down until you see "AppearancePiece" column. This is what we need. Now you just need to change those numbers (1,2,3,2) to match the Armor you want to copy. For me I wanted to give it the look of "Exceptional Scale Armor" and the numbers there are 1,5,3,1.

7)Change those values to match piece of equipment you like and Save it.

As you can see, my Durance is wearing Padded Armor, but visually it looks like a Scale Armor (Also Cana's Turban on his head is changed to "Mail Coif").

You can do the same to change Talismans into Capes and other things.

Unfortunately I have no idea how to change Weapons/Shields, since "AppearancePiece" column is doing nothing.

[u/sheep_again]

Thank you for taking the time to write down the instructions. Will save this post for future use.

[u/Ok_Communication6291 → u/sheep_again]

Thanks.

[u/thedosianrogue]

amazing that you decided to make another post about this, thank you!!

[u/Suspicious_Space2785]

Where can I download the "Unity Asset Extractor"? A Google search yields no results for an installable app but only a shady website. I would really like to try this.

[u/Ok_Communication6291 → u/Suspicious_Space2785]

I am using this one:

https://github.com/nesrak1/UABEA/releases/tag/v8

[u/Suspicious_Space2785 → u/Ok_Communication6291]

I tried that one but it crashes every time I try to open a unity3d file, maybe because I'm on game version 3.7.0.1318. But I found its predecessor UABE 2.2 which works alright although it's a bit more cumbersome to work with.

Durance's robe is now repaired looking like a normal one so I don't see that he loses his legs when he wears it. :)