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Release 23-11-2017 for 2.8.0
  • Better Looking Garbs 23-11-2017

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    -Update to Jade Dragon 2.8.
    -Integrate new Chinese, Tibetan and animal portraits.
    -Match male and female Bodpa faces to eachother by making two paired sets.
    -Replace all Mongol faces with Bodpa assets.
    -Hijack one of the new culture layer tags for the backgrounds.
    -Use Chinese make-up instead of attractive trait make-up.
    -Completely realistic bear spawns.
    -Change Taoist priest avatar to Buddhist model.
    -Add Taoist religious clothing.
    -Fix Saxon headgear fallbacks.
    -Change Mongol beards to Cuman.
    -Change late Mongol clothes to Bodpa.
    -Change Centralasian clothes to Mongol.
    -Change Sogdians to to Bodpa beards and female hair.

    Download Links:

    Steam Workshop

    Mod Download

    Installation:
    1. Extract the downloaded mod or subscribe to the workshop version.
    2. If using the workshop version, open Documents/Paradox Interactive/Crusader Kings II/mod/betterlookinggarbs.zip and extract betterlookinggarbsinstall.exe (Windows) or betterlookinggarbsinstall.sh (Linux/Mac)
    3. Run betterlookinggarbsinstall.exe (Windows) or "bash betterlookinggarbsinstall.sh" (Linux/Mac). The installer will selectively add DLC dependent files and compatibility addons to the mod based on your installation.
    4. If you use overhaul mods or want to customize BLG, you can find the bundled add-on submods. The addons are packaged inside either betterlookinggarbs.zip or the betterlookinggarbsaddons directory. Extract the pair of a .mod file and directory to use it.
      • If you use the HIP SWMH mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC for SWMH mod.
      • If you use the HIP Extended Mechanics & Flavor mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC for EMF mod. Both HIP addons should be used if applicable.
      • If you use the CK2Plus mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC for CK2Plus mod.
      • If you use the When The World Stopped Making Sense mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC for WTWSMS mod.
      • If you use the The Winter King mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC for The Winter King mod.
      • If you use the Game of Thrones mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG for A Game of Thrones mod.
      • If you use a different mod with non-standard cultures, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC generic compatibility mod.
      • If you want to play for achievements, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC with ironman achievements mod. This disables several portraits.
      • If you dislike the wounding and disease graphics, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the no disease mod.
     
    Release 28-11-2017 for 2.8.0
  • Better Looking Garbs 28-11-2017

    Quick bugfix for ironman games and some more tweaks:

    28-11-2017
    -Plunder hermetic society clothing for pagan religious clothing.
    -Remove stray changes from ironman submod.
    -Adjust Tibetan men a bit more for contrast.
    -Make Jogos Nhai for the new Mongol portraits.

    Download Links:

    Steam Workshop

    Mod Download

    Installation:
    1. Extract the downloaded mod or subscribe to the workshop version.
    2. If using the workshop version, open Documents/Paradox Interactive/Crusader Kings II/mod/betterlookinggarbs.zip and extract betterlookinggarbsinstall.exe (Windows) or betterlookinggarbsinstall.sh (Linux/Mac)
    3. Run betterlookinggarbsinstall.exe (Windows) or "bash betterlookinggarbsinstall.sh" (Linux/Mac). The installer will selectively add DLC dependent files and compatibility addons to the mod based on your installation.
    4. If you use overhaul mods or want to customize BLG, you can find the bundled add-on submods. The addons are packaged inside either betterlookinggarbs.zip or the betterlookinggarbsaddons directory. Extract the pair of a .mod file and directory to use it.
      • If you use the HIP SWMH mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC for SWMH mod.
      • If you use the HIP Extended Mechanics & Flavor mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC for EMF mod. Both HIP addons should be used if applicable.
      • If you use the CK2Plus mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC for CK2Plus mod.
      • If you use the When The World Stopped Making Sense mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC for WTWSMS mod.
      • If you use the The Winter King mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC for The Winter King mod.
      • If you use the Game of Thrones mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG for A Game of Thrones mod.
      • If you use a different mod with non-standard cultures, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC generic compatibility mod.
      • If you want to play for achievements, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC with ironman achievements mod. This disables several portraits.
      • If you dislike the wounding and disease graphics, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the no disease mod.
     
    Release 12-12-2017 for 2.8.1
  • Better Looking Garbs 12-12-2017

    12-12-2017
    -Update to 2.8.1(.1)
    -Update Game of Thrones submod to 1.6.
    -Check if displayed artifacts are equipped.

    Download Links:

    Steam Workshop

    Mod Download

    Installation:
    1. Extract the downloaded mod or subscribe to the workshop version.
    2. If using the workshop version, open Documents/Paradox Interactive/Crusader Kings II/mod/betterlookinggarbs.zip and extract betterlookinggarbsinstall.exe (Windows) or betterlookinggarbsinstall.sh (Linux/Mac)
    3. Run betterlookinggarbsinstall.exe (Windows) or "bash betterlookinggarbsinstall.sh" (Linux/Mac). The installer will selectively add DLC dependent files and compatibility addons to the mod based on your installation.
    4. If you use overhaul mods or want to customize BLG, you can find the bundled add-on submods. The addons are packaged inside either betterlookinggarbs.zip or the betterlookinggarbsaddons directory. Extract the pair of a .mod file and directory to use it.
      • If you use the HIP SWMH mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC for SWMH mod.
      • If you use the HIP Extended Mechanics & Flavor mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC for EMF mod. Both HIP addons should be used if applicable.
      • If you use the CK2Plus mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC for CK2Plus mod.
      • If you use the When The World Stopped Making Sense mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC for WTWSMS mod.
      • If you use the The Winter King mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC for The Winter King mod.
      • If you use the Game of Thrones mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG for A Game of Thrones mod.
      • If you use a different mod with non-standard cultures, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC generic compatibility mod.
      • If you want to play for achievements, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC with ironman achievements mod. This disables several portraits.
      • If you dislike the wounding and disease graphics, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the no disease mod.
     
    Release 28-04-2018 for 2.8.1.1
  • Better Looking Garbs 28-04-2018

    Changelog:

    28-04-2018
    Rescale Norse portraits to be in line with other portraits.
    Narrower and smoother faces for Indian women.
    Reduce aging a bit on older Western, Muslim, Norse and Celtic portraits.
    Drop broken Western/Mongol hybrid for western steppes.
    More effect offset adjustments.
    Use Norse for English faces fallback.
    Add Court Jester outfit.
    Lighten more irisses.
    AGOT: Swap Celtic and Norse faces, add Strong Seed portraits.


    Download Links:

    Steam Workshop

    Mod Download

    Installation:
    1. Extract the downloaded mod or subscribe to the workshop version.
    2. If using the workshop version, open Documents/Paradox Interactive/Crusader Kings II/mod/betterlookinggarbs.zip and extract betterlookinggarbsinstall.exe (Windows) or betterlookinggarbsinstall.sh (Linux/Mac)
    3. Run betterlookinggarbsinstall.exe (Windows) or "bash betterlookinggarbsinstall.sh" (Linux/Mac). The installer will selectively add DLC dependent files and compatibility addons to the mod based on your installation.
    4. If you use overhaul mods or want to customize BLG, you can find the bundled add-on submods. The addons are packaged inside either betterlookinggarbs.zip or the betterlookinggarbsaddons directory. Extract the pair of a .mod file and directory to use it.
      • If you use the HIP SWMH mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC for SWMH mod.
      • If you use the HIP Extended Mechanics & Flavor mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC for EMF mod. Both HIP addons should be used if applicable.
      • If you use the CK2Plus mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC for CK2Plus mod.
      • If you use the When The World Stopped Making Sense mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC for WTWSMS mod.
      • If you use the The Winter King mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC for The Winter King mod.
      • If you use the Game of Thrones mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG for A Game of Thrones mod.
      • If you use a different mod with non-standard cultures, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC generic compatibility mod.
      • If you want to play for achievements, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC with ironman achievements mod. This disables several portraits.
      • If you dislike the wounding and disease graphics, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the no disease mod.
     
    Last edited:
    Release 06-06-2018 for 2.8.2.1
  • Better Looking Garbs 06-06-2018

    Changelog:

    06-06-2018
    Update to 2.8.2.1
    Brighten and antialias Finno-Ugric faces.
    Desaturate Iberian women a bit.
    Fix more mouth/nose layering issues.
    Fix edge of Norse female eyes.
    Use the real sword artifacts over ceremonial ones.
    Replace compatible mod checks to deal with ever increasing workshop bugginess.

    Download Links:

    Steam Workshop

    Mod Download

    Installation:
    1. Extract the downloaded mod or subscribe to the workshop version.
    2. If using the workshop version, open Documents/Paradox Interactive/Crusader Kings II/mod/betterlookinggarbs.zip and extract betterlookinggarbsinstall.exe (Windows) or betterlookinggarbsinstall.sh (Linux/Mac)
    3. Run betterlookinggarbsinstall.exe (Windows) or "bash betterlookinggarbsinstall.sh" (Linux/Mac). The installer will selectively add DLC dependent files and compatibility addons to the mod based on your installation.
    4. If you use overhaul mods or want to customize BLG, you can find the bundled add-on submods. The addons are packaged inside either betterlookinggarbs.zip or the betterlookinggarbsaddons directory. Extract the pair of a .mod file and directory to use it.
      • If you use the HIP SWMH mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC for SWMH mod.
      • If you use the HIP Extended Mechanics & Flavor mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC for EMF mod. Both HIP addons should be used if applicable.
      • If you use the CK2Plus mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC for CK2Plus mod.
      • If you use the When The World Stopped Making Sense mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC for WTWSMS mod.
      • If you use the The Winter King mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC for The Winter King mod.
      • If you use the Game of Thrones mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG for A Game of Thrones mod.
      • If you use a different mod with non-standard cultures, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC generic compatibility mod.
      • If you want to play for achievements, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC with ironman achievements mod. This disables several portraits.
      • If you dislike the wounding and disease graphics, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the no disease mod.
     
    Release 14-07-2018 for 2.8.3.2
  • Better Looking Garbs

    14-07-2018
    Add a baby stage to the child portraits.
    Improve and fix handling of a.o. Tibetans in mixed child script.
    Avoid pagan hermetic clothing for theologians and scholars.
    Widen cultural hermetic clothing options further.
    Society clothing for ranks 3 and 4 is used by default now.
    Adjust special troop graphical weight for separated maintenance.
    Fix headgear+hair layer to use hair-color.
    Fix some unit models failing with only implicit westerngfx backing.

    Download Link:

    Mod Download

    Installation:
    1. Extract the downloaded mod or subscribe to the workshop version.
    2. If using the workshop version, open Documents/Paradox Interactive/Crusader Kings II/mod/betterlookinggarbs.zip and extract betterlookinggarbsinstall.exe (Windows) or betterlookinggarbsinstall.sh (Linux/Mac)
    3. Run betterlookinggarbsinstall.exe (Windows) or "bash betterlookinggarbsinstall.sh" (Linux/Mac). The installer will selectively add DLC dependent files and compatibility add-ons to the mod based on your installation.
    4. If you use overhaul mods or want to customize BLG, you can find the bundled add-on submods. The add-ons are packaged inside either betterlookinggarbs.zip or the betterlookinggarbsaddons directory. Extract the pair of a .mod file and directory to use it.
      • If you use the HIP SWMH mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC for SWMH mod.
      • If you use the HIP Extended Mechanics & Flavor mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC for EMF mod. Both HIP add-ons should be used if applicable.
      • If you use the CK2Plus mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC for CK2Plus mod.
      • If you use the When The World Stopped Making Sense mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC for WTWSMS mod.
      • If you use the The Winter King mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC for The Winter King mod.
      • If you use the Game of Thrones mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG for A Game of Thrones mod.
      • If you use a different mod with non-standard cultures, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC generic compatibility mod.
      • If you want to play for achievements, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC with ironman achievements mod. This disables several portraits.
      • If you dislike the wounding and disease graphics, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the no disease mod.

    Tip Jar
     
    Release 11-12-2018 for 3.0.1
  • Better Looking Garbs

    Better Looking Garbs is a portrait overhaul mod combining portrait DLC and custom new material to add diversity in clothing and styles for many of the games cultures. The faces, clothing, hair and beard-styles of each source has been recombined to create new portraits.
    These new portraits fill the holes still unserviced with cosmetic DLC and add gradations to the existing portrait sets.
    While based around the use of DLC assets these are not required, an installer will add dependent parts of the mod selectively.

    Download Links:

    Steam Workshop

    Mod Download

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    Overview of portraits:

    betterlookinggarbs.jpg


    Installation:
    1. Extract the downloaded mod or subscribe to the workshop version.
    2. If using the workshop version, open Documents/Paradox Interactive/Crusader Kings II/mod/betterlookinggarbs.zip and extract betterlookinggarbsinstall.exe (Windows) or betterlookinggarbsinstall.sh (Linux/Mac)
    3. Run betterlookinggarbsinstall.exe (Windows) or "bash betterlookinggarbsinstall.sh" (Linux/Mac). The installer will selectively add DLC dependent files and compatibility add-ons to the mod based on your installation.
    4. If you use overhaul mods or want to customize BLG, you can find the bundled add-on submods. The add-ons are packaged inside either betterlookinggarbs.zip or the betterlookinggarbsaddons directory. Extract the pair of a .mod file and directory to use it.
      • If you use the HIP SWMH mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC for SWMH mod.
      • If you use the HIP Extended Mechanics & Flavor mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC for EMF mod. Both HIP add-ons should be used if applicable.
      • If you use the CK2Plus mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC for CK2Plus mod.
      • If you use the When The World Stopped Making Sense mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC for WTWSMS mod.
      • If you use the The Winter King mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC for The Winter King mod.
      • If you use the Game of Thrones mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG for A Game of Thrones mod.
      • If you use the Lux Invicta mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC for Lux Invicta mod.
      • If you use a different mod with non-standard cultures, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC generic compatibility mod.
      • If you want to play for achievements, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC with ironman achievements mod. This disables several portraits.
      • If you dislike the wounding and disease graphics, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the no disease mod.

    Changelog:

    11-12-2018
    Update to Holy Fury 3.0.1.1.
    - Added religious clothing settings are broken at the moment.
    You can use the BLG religious clothing submod if no other mod changes religions.
    - Some of the fat chins will be updated later.
    - New background will be integrated later.
    - Several sets of merchant clothing added, but with a limited implementation for a last moment patch.
    - Shuffled old layer effects around with the new layers.
    - Mixed up clothing for non-Abrahamic Satanists.
    - Given non-temporal pagan religious heads the new graphics too.
    - Muslim early and late clothing is instead split between Arabic and Berber styles.
    - Replaced Italian eyes with French to see if that fits in better.
    - Limit courtier script to generic cases on random worlds.

    Time to clear out more old portraits:
    - Changed Easternslavic to Westernslavic faces.
    - Changed Norse to English faces.
    - Changed Celtic to French faces.
    - Changed Occitan to Italian faces.
    - Changed Basque to French faces.
    - Changed Aztec to NW-Indian faces.
    - Changed Dutch to German clothing and French beards.

    Added Kurdish, Tangut, Avar, Vlach, Visigoth, Old Frankish and Egyptian portraits.
    Added Lux Invicta compatibility submod.
    Added tablet, trident and totem scepter artifact graphics.
    Lunatics and mystics can use pagan masks when disfigured.
    Use monastic clothes while on pilgrimage.
    Cleaned up animal portrait layers.
    Shrunken nose sizes of Norse and Russian women.
    Subtler papal tiara jewelry.
    Reorganized unit mods to clean up and reduce system load.
    Alternative Eastern European, Baltic and Hungarian unit recombinations.
    Dropped early Mongol units.
    Replaced Hellenic/Misc priest model with a new version.
    Replaced late Norse heavy units with early German.
    Replaced vanilla-cloned Persian unit equipment with Turkish and Indian items.
    Replaced vanilla Western councillors with picks from pagan and Orthodox sets.
    Mark former player characters with player ring.
    Hiding society clothing hides African mask as well.
    Added early Iberian group portraits with early Italian headgear.
    Block non-warrior society clothing when in command.
    Split early Frankish and early French unit sets.
     
    Release 24-12-2018 for 3.0.1
  • Better Looking Garbs

    Changelog:

    24-12-2018
    Numerous bugfixes.
    Rework the switch to tonsures for monks and monastic orders to function for all cultures.
    Same technique to shave heads for Buddhist orders.
    Smoother Turkish faces.
    Grime covering for uncouth characters.
    Further animal portrait support.
    Some more religious clothing changes.
    Avoid the Satanist face masks on player characters.
    Clean up white shadows on Italian headgear.

    Download Links:

    Steam Workshop

    Mod Download

     
    Release 18-02-2019 for 3.0.1.1
  • Better Looking Garbs

    Steam Workshop

    Mod Download

    Installation:
    1. Extract the downloaded mod or subscribe to the workshop version.
    2. If using the workshop version, open Documents/Paradox Interactive/Crusader Kings II/mod/betterlookinggarbs.zip and extract betterlookinggarbsinstall.exe (Windows) or betterlookinggarbsinstall.sh (Linux/Mac)
    3. Run betterlookinggarbsinstall.exe (Windows) or "bash betterlookinggarbsinstall.sh" (Linux/Mac). The installer will selectively add DLC dependent files and compatibility add-ons to the mod based on your installation.
    4. If you use overhaul mods or want to customize BLG, you can find the bundled add-on submods. The add-ons are packaged inside either betterlookinggarbs.zip or the betterlookinggarbsaddons directory. Extract the pair of a .mod file and directory to use it.
      • If you use the HIP SWMH mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC for SWMH mod.
      • If you use the HIP Extended Mechanics & Flavor mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC for EMF mod. Both HIP add-ons should be used if applicable.
      • If you use the CK2Plus mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC for CK2Plus mod.
      • If you use the When The World Stopped Making Sense mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC for WTWSMS mod.
      • If you use the The Winter King mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC for The Winter King mod.
      • If you use the Game of Thrones mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG for A Game of Thrones mod.
      • If you use the Lux Invicta mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC for Lux Invicta mod.
      • If you use a different mod with non-standard cultures, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC generic compatibility mod.
      • If you want to play for achievements, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC with ironman achievements mod. This disables several portraits.
      • If you dislike the wounding and disease graphics, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the no disease mod.

    Changelog:

    18-02-2019
    Updated AGOT, HIP & Winter King submods.
    Reshaded Italian/Roman chinlines.
    Split the hair from Roman female headgear into an actual hairlayer.
    Changed Italian/Roman beards to Muslim and Occitan beards to Roman.
    Changed Sogdian clothing to Bodpa headgear and Turkish clothes.
    Replaced Basque faces.
    Redone the Ugric and Bodpa skintone changes.
    Another round of effect offset adjustments.
    Fixed religious head clothing that was rescaled.
    Reusing Aztec map shields for Zoroastrians.
    Pick together a plain circle map shield set for Hellenics.
    Patched up more of the coronation implementation mess for viceroys and non-feudals.
    Expanded the selection options for merchant republic clothing.
    Updated the chin sets of the modern style portraits to the physique mechanic.
    Updated all location checks for backgrounds after further testing the various scopes.
    Replaced new character handling script hook.
    Reduce religious clothing to 27 slot limit.

     
    Release 03-04-2019 for 3.1.0
  • Better Looking Garbs

    Mod Download

    Steam Workshop Modular

    Steam Workshop Full Pre-installed

    Installation:
    1. Extract the downloaded mod or subscribe to the workshop version.
    2. If using the workshop version, open Documents/Paradox Interactive/Crusader Kings II/mod/betterlookinggarbs.zip and extract betterlookinggarbsinstall.exe (Windows) or betterlookinggarbsinstall.sh (Linux/Mac)
    3. Run betterlookinggarbsinstall.exe (Windows) or "bash betterlookinggarbsinstall.sh" (Linux/Mac). The installer will selectively add DLC dependent files and compatibility add-ons to the mod based on your installation.
    4. If you use overhaul mods or want to customize BLG, you can find the bundled add-on submods. The add-ons are packaged inside either betterlookinggarbs.zip or the betterlookinggarbsaddons directory. Extract the pair of a .mod file and directory to use it.
      • If you use the HIP SWMH mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC for SWMH mod.
      • If you use the HIP Extended Mechanics & Flavor mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC for EMF mod. Both HIP add-ons should be used if applicable.
      • If you use the CK2Plus mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC for CK2Plus mod.
      • If you use the When The World Stopped Making Sense mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC for WTWSMS mod.
      • If you use the The Winter King mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC for The Winter King mod.
      • If you use the Game of Thrones mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG for A Game of Thrones mod.
      • If you use the Lux Invicta mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC for Lux Invicta mod.
      • If you use the Elder Kings mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC for Elder Kings mod.
      • If you use a different mod with non-standard cultures, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC generic compatibility mod.
      • If you want to play for achievements, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC with ironman achievements mod. This disables several portraits.
      • If you dislike the wounding and disease graphics, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the no disease mod.

    Changelog:

    03-04-2019
    Update to 3.1.0
    Added Elder Kings compatibility submod.
    Updated portrait backgrounds with more graphics from the new default set and other additions.
    Added the background window frames as a new layer for more combination possibilities.
    Updated remaining chins.
    Block scepters and such when society clothing has staves or spears.
    Dukes of non-European cultures get a wider selection of headgear,
    opening up royal clothing to dukes in balance.
    Swap default bear type to brown bears.
    Reorganized portrait properties into separate files.
    Changed parts of the West-African faces with less bulky replacements.
    Replaced more of the West-African beards and hair with East-African versions.
    Add a lesser glow for friends besides the lovers and rivals.

     
    Release 02-06-2019 for 3.2.0
  • Better Looking Garbs

    Mod Download

    Steam Workshop Modular

    Steam Workshop Full Pre-installed

    Installation:
    1. Extract the downloaded mod or subscribe to the workshop version.
    2. If using the workshop version, open Documents/Paradox Interactive/Crusader Kings II/mod/betterlookinggarbs.zip and extract betterlookinggarbsinstall.exe (Windows) or betterlookinggarbsinstall.sh (Linux/Mac)
    3. Run betterlookinggarbsinstall.exe (Windows) or "bash betterlookinggarbsinstall.sh" (Linux/Mac). The installer will selectively add DLC dependent files and compatibility add-ons to the mod based on your installation.
    4. If you use overhaul mods or want to customize BLG, you can use the bundled add-on submods. The add-ons are packaged inside betterlookinggarbs.zip in the submods or blgsubmods directory. Extract the pair of a .mod file and directory to use it.
      • If you use the HIP SWMH mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC for SWMH mod.
      • If you use the HIP Extended Mechanics & Flavor mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC for EMF mod. Both HIP add-ons should be used if applicable.
      • If you use the CK2Plus mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC for CK2Plus mod.
      • If you use the When The World Stopped Making Sense mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC for WTWSMS mod.
      • If you use the The Winter King mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC for The Winter King mod.
      • If you use the Game of Thrones mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG for A Game of Thrones mod.
      • If you use the Lux Invicta mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC for Lux Invicta mod.
      • If you use the Elder Kings mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC for Elder Kings mod.
      • If you use a different mod with non-standard cultures, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC generic compatibility mod.
      • If you want to play for achievements, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC with ironman achievements mod. This disables several portraits.
      • If you dislike the wounding and disease graphics, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the no disease mod.

    Changelog:

    02-06-2019
    Update to 3.2.0
    Moved the additional religious clothing to the special crown layer for compatibility.
    - The Religous Clothing submod has become obsolete.
    - Now works on ironman games.
    - Autocephalous leaders are treated as religious heads.
    Customise Appearence support for the French headgear accessories.
    Added more fallback portraits from Holy Fury portraits.
    Added a number of ironman clothing override conversions of non-ironman portraits.
    Added More Bloodlines support to the AGOT submod.

     
    Release 12-09-2019 for 3.2.1
  • Better Looking Garbs

    Better Looking Garbs is a portrait overhaul mod combining portrait DLC and custom new material to add diversity in clothing and styles for many of the games cultures. The faces, clothing, hair and beard-styles of each source has been recombined to create new portraits.
    These new portraits fill the holes still unserviced with cosmetic DLC and add gradations to the existing portrait sets.
    In addition to the portraits there are updates to the army and councillor avatar models.
    While based around the use of DLC assets these are not required, an installer will add dependent parts of the mod selectively.

    Download Links:

    Mod Download

    Steam Workshop Modular

    Steam Workshop Full Pre-installed



    Overview of portraits:

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    Installation:
    1. Extract the downloaded mod or subscribe to the workshop version.
    2. If using the workshop version, open Documents/Paradox Interactive/Crusader Kings II/mod/betterlookinggarbs.zip and extract betterlookinggarbsinstall.exe (Windows) or betterlookinggarbsinstall.sh (Linux/Mac)
    3. Run betterlookinggarbsinstall.exe (Windows) or "bash betterlookinggarbsinstall.sh" (Linux/Mac). The installer will selectively add DLC dependent files and compatibility add-ons to the mod based on your installation.
    4. If you use overhaul mods or want to customize BLG, you can use the bundled add-on submods. The add-ons are packaged inside betterlookinggarbs.zip in the submods or blgsubmods directory. Extract the pair of a .mod file and directory to use it.
      • If you use the HIP SWMH mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC for SWMH mod.
      • If you use the HIP Extended Mechanics & Flavor mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC for EMF mod.
      • Both HIP add-ons should be used if applicable. CPR+ will not be compatible with BLG.
      • If you use the CK2Plus mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC for CK2Plus mod.
      • If you use the When The World Stopped Making Sense mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC for WTWSMS mod.
      • If you use the The Winter King mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC for The Winter King mod.
      • If you use the Game of Thrones mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC for A Game of Thrones mod.
      • If you use the Elder Kings mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC for Elder Kings mod.
      • If you use the Lux Invicta mod, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC for Lux Invicta mod.
      • If you use a different mod with non-standard cultures, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC generic compatibility mod.
      • If you want to play for achievements, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the BLG/CC with ironman achievements mod. This disables several portraits.
      • If you dislike the wounding and disease graphics, play with both Better Looking Garbs and the no disease mod.

    Changelog:

    12-09-2019
    New hair and beardstyles, clothing and headgear for Norse,
    -the beards and female hair are from SeeK's Proper Northmen.
    New sets of Baltic headgear.
    New pupil/iris layers for West-African portraits.
    Many Unit pack tweaks, incl. early Muslims, early Celtic, Norman, Cuman, Bodpa and South-Indian variants.
    Smaller scaling on Camel units.
    Changed king+ tier Hellenic shield models to a decorated style.
    Using unused alternate shield models for Jewish religion.
    Fixed Ugric fallback portraits.
    More ironman portrait versions.
    More fallback replacements.
    Added Celtiberian portraits for mod use.
    Replaced female Turkish mouths with Cuman mouths.
    Stricter conditions on child backgrounds.
    Added colour overlays for quest & plot targets and foes & allies.
    Replaced Fylkir crown with the Norse winged religious head crown.
    Added AGOT crowns for Slavic, Baltic and Finnic religious heads.
    Picked some new priest clothing out of warrior lodge sets.
    Moved Hindu monastic society tilaka to the general set.
    Port Russian eyes to the Westernslavic faces for Russian portraits.
    Mixed Turkish and Ugric faces for early Hungarian and Tocharian portraits.
    Another go at making a Hellenic priest model.
    Restrict Monk and Nun clothing to Christian religions.
    Add a freckle setup script for later spawned characters with varying rates for all cultures.
    Replace broken freckle inheritance script.
     
    Release 15-10-2019 for 3.2.1
  • Better Looking Garbs

    Better Looking Garbs is a portrait overhaul mod combining portrait DLC and custom new material to add diversity in clothing and styles for many of the games cultures. The faces, clothing, hair and beard-styles of each source has been recombined to create new portraits.
    These new portraits fill the holes still unserviced with cosmetic DLC and add gradations to the existing portrait sets.
    In addition to the portraits there are updates to the army and councillor avatar models.
    While based around the use of DLC assets these are not required, an installer will add dependent parts of the mod selectively.

    Download Links:

    Mod Download

    Steam Workshop Modular

    Steam Workshop Full Pre-installed

    Changelog:

    15-10-2019
    Added a number of game rules to configure the portrait effects and the character handling scripts.
    Added Tianxia: Silk Road Expansion compatibility submod. The Tianxia: Japanese, Korean & Ainu Portraits are required.
    Added new South-East Asian portraits.
    The child handling event has a second pass to switch closely related ethnicities to fit the hairstyle to the child's culture.
    The child handling event will now safely ignore unknown culture types.
    Install the mixed Russian and Tocharian portraits with their dlc checks to fix misplaced eyes.
    Added Hellenic Greek portraits for earlier era mods.
    Added Hunnic portraits with cranial deformation.
    Fixed Ancient Religions Celtic compatibility.
    Fixed Chinese crowns getting blocked by republic government type.
    Changed Chinese offmap support to generalized offmap support.
    Fixed EMF coronation support.
    Included alternate special crown sprites with original Fylkir crowns.
    Use petty king rules for more cultures without real crowns.

     
    Release 28-10-2019 for 3.3.0
  • Better Looking Garbs

    Better Looking Garbs is a portrait overhaul mod combining portrait DLC and custom new material to add diversity in clothing and styles for many of the games cultures. The faces, clothing, hair and beard-styles of each source has been recombined to create new portraits.
    These new portraits fill the holes still unserviced with cosmetic DLC and add gradations to the existing portrait sets.
    In addition to the portraits there are updates to the army and councillor avatar models.
    While based around the use of DLC assets these are not required, an installer will add dependent parts of the mod selectively.

    Download Links:

    Mod Download

    Steam Workshop Modular

    Steam Workshop Full Pre-installed

    Changelog:

    28-10-2019
    Overhauled the fallback portraits into the Hotep's Dream; Everyone is various shades of Egyptian now.
    Integrated Egyptian portraits.
    Fixed Egyptian female cheeks.
    Added Coptic portraits.
    Keeping the fallback replacement Italian faces, moving previous faces to Occitan.
    Ashkenazi changed to fallback European faces.
    Nubians changed to fallback African faces.
    Adjusted Berber skintone.
    AGOT and Elder Kings updated with the new face sets.

     
    Release 18-11-2019 for 3.3.0
  • Better Looking Garbs

    Better Looking Garbs is a portrait overhaul mod combining portrait DLC and custom new material to add diversity in clothing and styles for many of the games cultures. The faces, clothing, hair and beard-styles of each source has been recombined to create new portraits.
    These new portraits fill the holes still unserviced with cosmetic DLC and add gradations to the existing portrait sets.
    In addition to the portraits there are updates to the army and councillor avatar models.
    While based around the use of DLC assets these are not required, an installer will add dependent parts of the mod selectively.

    Download Links:

    Mod Download

    Steam Workshop Modular

    Steam Workshop Full Pre-installed

    Changelog:

    18-11-2019
    Added Mythos compatibility submod.
    Integrated Rise to Power mod compatibility.
    Added new alternate non-Norse pagan map shields.
    Monastic lay members (i.e. rulers) will wear society clothing with regular headgear.
    Limit Warrior lodge clothing to times leading troops or landless courtiers.
    Added society quest detection to toggle society clothing.
    Clearer plot target ring.
    Further devepment of the baseline fallback face graphics.
    Split Romano-Gallic and Romano-British portraits.
    Finish applying noble minor titles like despot and queen mother to clothing consistently.
    When hiding headgear on prisoners and saints, avoid hair hiding headgear selections.
    Added clothes to nun outfits in case of headgear hiding.
    Changed some current year checks to year of birth checks for history view.

     
    Release 12-01-2020 for 3.3.0
  • Better Looking Garbs

    Better Looking Garbs is a portrait overhaul mod combining portrait DLC and custom new material to add diversity in clothing and styles for many of the games cultures. The faces, clothing, hair and beard-styles of each source has been recombined to create new portraits.
    These new portraits fill the holes still unserviced with cosmetic DLC and add gradations to the existing portrait sets.
    In addition to the portraits there are updates to the army and councillor avatar models.
    While based around the use of DLC assets these are not required, an installer will add dependent parts of the mod selectively.

    Download Links:

    Mod Download

    Steam Workshop Modular

    Steam Workshop Full Pre-installed

    Changelog:

    12-01-2020

    Using French layered veils for most European cultures.
    Adapted French rules for unveiled young women into a general rule.
    New baby portrait sprites.
    Child portraits properly filled and cropped to portrait rings.
    Adjusted Eastern Slavic children skintone.
    Adjusted Berber and Italian skintone.
    Generalized landless player support.
    Replaced the supposedly buggy true_father scopes.
    Elder Kings: Created dynamic child portraits for non-humans.

     
    Release 17-03-2020 for 3.3.2
  • Better Looking Garbs

    Better Looking Garbs is a portrait overhaul mod combining portrait DLC and custom new material to add diversity in clothing and styles for many of the games cultures. The faces, clothing, hair and beard-styles of each source has been recombined to create new portraits.
    These new portraits fill the holes still unserviced with cosmetic DLC and add gradations to the existing portrait sets.
    In addition to the portraits there are updates to the army and councillor avatar models.
    While based around the use of DLC assets these are not required, an installer will add dependent parts of the mod selectively.

    Download Links:

    Mod Download

    Steam Workshop Modular

    Steam Workshop Full Pre-installed

    Changelog:

    17-03-2020

    Added armour to clothing sets that didn't have it.
    Moved mail coifs from clothes to headgear to get proper hair covering.
    Turned carried helmets from warrior lodges into general layers. (requires Holy Fury)
    Marshalls and others will now wear military clothes with carried helmets.
    Applied Orrie's workshop dependencies fix.
    Reduce chance of random headgear changes.
    New combination for Miaphysite and Nestorian monastic clothing.
    New combinations for Assassins, Followers of Hel and Otzo society clothing.
    Add more Stoic society clothes.
    Custom society clothing for various modded societies.
    Added dlc checks to some society clothes.
    Remove headgear from priests of modded early Christian branches.
    Logging the mixed children events for debugging data.
    Always replace noculture ethnicities.
    Added AGOT More bloodlines genetic portraits.

     
    Release 24-04-2020 for 3.3.2
  • Better Looking Garbs

    Download Links:

    Mod Download

    Steam Workshop modular dlc

    Steam Workshop Full pre-installed

    Changelog:

    24-04-2020
    The CoA map frames have been split off into a new mod Frames for All for feature creep management.
    Added game rules:
    - Added rule about wearing helmets.
    - Split traits and diseases.
    - Primary parent always determines child ethnicity option.
    - Post mortem disease and wound effects option.
    - No makeup from traits option.
    Improvements to African unit pack.
    Transparent makeup for a subtler look.
    Added blush to attractive men.
    New Muslim satanist society clothing.
    Equip weapons and armour during duels.
    Support for non-artifact weapons.

     
    Release 22-05-2020 for 3.3.3
  • Better Looking Garbs

    Download Links:

    Mod Download

    Steam Workshop modular dlc

    Steam Workshop Full pre-installed

    Changelog:

    22-05-2020
    Weapon display overhaul with 78 new weapon sprites.
    Moved spears from warrior lodge clothing to weapons.
    Moved society staffs to scepter layer.
    Mirrored version of weapons for lefties and dual wielding.
    Removed weapons from clothing.
    Added horse riding graphic, to be expanded later.
    Added Erilaz' Gjermundbu and Coppergate helmets.
    Adjust French helmet selection over time.
    Remove mercenary clothing from fleet captains.
    Reduced councillor sizes.

     
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    Release 08-07-2020 for 3.3.3
  • Better Looking Garbs

    Download Links:

    Mod Download

    Steam Workshop modular dlc

    Steam Workshop Full pre-installed

    Changelog:

    08-07-2020
    More mount graphics with 8 horses, 8 dragons and 10 other animals.
    Mount graphics triggered by leading cavalry flanks or having mount artifacts.
    Mount support for Crusader Mounts, AGOT and Elder Kings mods.
    Late era Saxons changed to English clothes.
    Late era Lombards changed to late Italian headgear.
    Match twin ethnicities.
    Even out West-African skintone more.
    Added basic mid-era Frankish helmets.
    Added Coptic priest model variant.
    Added apostate prison variant.
    Added vampire and werewolf effects.
    Added hunting thropies for the white stag and friends.
    Added more artifacts, pets and familiars.
    Split off Rise to Power submod to add supernatural creature support.
     
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