A Little Deepstalker Mod
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🔍 Analysis
- 🏆 #68 of 81 Models and Textures mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
A work-around for the tinting bug affecting those silly little guys.
I noticed while messing around in the toolset that only the rear half of deepstalkers tinted, and it didn't look deliberate. Turns out--it's probably not! There's a well-known modelling bug where only the first sub-object of a multi-part model tints properly (hairstyles are somehow immune, thankfully), and deepstalkers are unfortunately affected. They appear to be the only creatures affected, in fact, which is probably why it was never caught.
The easiest fix would be to combine the sub-objects into one, but the front and back halves for some reason use separate armatures, making this impossible for me to fix in Blender with my current level of knowledge. -_-
So, what I've done instead is make a separate appearance for each deepstalker type with a new retexture for each, by using the vanilla textures and tints. They're not exact matches, but pretty close. :)
Out of curiosity I also checked the DAI deepstalkers, and it turns out they use the same texture layout, but are higher-res with different details and tint map patterns. So, I've also made alternate versions using those, using the same DAO color schemes since I'm not sure how/if the DAI deepstalkers are tinted. :p
(if you're wondering, DA2's textures are nearly identical to DAO's)
Can be installed/uninstalled at any time. Will conflict with anything else that edits the UTCs for deepstalker leaders, spitters, & matriarchs. Compatibility files included for Sensible Treasure - Animals without Purses and for the one optional deepstalker from Sounded Animals.
Uses apr_base.gda lines 133, 134, & 135
Affected files:
c_deepstkra.mao
c_deepstkra_l2.mao
c_deepstkra_l3.mao
deep_stalker_leader.utc
deep_stalker_spitter.utc
orz230cr_tame_deepstalker.utc
orz510cr_deepstalkermat.utc
orz510cr_dstalker_runner.utc
orz520cr_deepstalker_dead.utc
gib000cr_deepstalker.utc
lel500cr_sand_leader.utc
lel500cr_sand_spitter.utc
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Dragonage Mods
- Author
- Shanamah
- Version
- 1
- Downloads
- 105
- Endorsements
- 16
- Category
- Models and Textures
- Created
- 7/16/2026
- Updated
- 7/16/2026
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