NPC Eye Fixes and Overhaul

NPC Eye Overhaul for The Witcher by Flix

Introduction:

While replaying The Witcher trilogy it began to grate on my nerves how everyone in TW1 uses an identical eye texture.  Every human, elf, & dwarf in the game except for Geralt, Rayla, & Jacques de Aldersberg has the same muddy eyes, which appear a brownish grey, depending on the lighting.

This mod adds unique eyes of various colors for several NPCs throughout the game as follows:

• []Humans now have one of 5 eye colors: Hazel, Green, Cornflower Blue, Brown, and Icy Blue.

  []Elves now have one of 3 eye colors, with more vibrant hues and a different base texture from human eyes: Amber, Azure, or Emerald.

  []Dwarves now have dark brown eyes.

  []Dryad/Naiad/Lady of the Lake all have bright green eyes.

  My choices were mainly based on:

  • []Consistency with in-game lore (so Blue-Eyed Lass now has blue eyes, White Rayla's eyes don't turn from blue to brown when she "reappears")

    []Continuity with TW2 and TW3 (so Shani now has green eyes, Zoltan has dark brown, Dandelion has cornflower blue, etc.)

    I apologize for violating any book canon, but if anything this should be more faithful to the lore.

    Installation:

    • []As with most TW1 mods, just extract the folder titled zzz_Eye_Overhaul into the Data\Override directory of your Witcher 1 installation.

      []For example my folder structure looks like: C:\GOG Games\The Witcher Enhanced Edition Director's Cut\Data\override\zzz_Eye_Overhaul

      Compatibility:

      • []This mod edits several mdb files (models), so would be incompatible with any mods that also alter the same models. I only know of one such mod: Rise of the White Wolf. This mod will be slightly incompatible with Eye Overhaul (only Yaevinn and one other elf will conflict).

        []This mod touches no scripts, and no base skins. The only texture changes are eye textures. The human eyes use AI Upscaled Textures as a base and so are compatible with that mod.

        []Eye Overhaul does not touch Triss Merigold, Geralt, or any of the other Witchers. There are already great mods out there that give them unique eyes. I highly recommend you pick these up as they will complement this mod very well:

        Unique Witcher Eyes and/or School of the Wolf (I user the former for Vesemir & Berengar, the latter for the others)

         Witcher 3 Geralt Face and Leather Jacket

         Lore Triss (Pack 1)

        Thanks to ltsheppard and hiuuz for the inspiration and advice.

        Other highly recommended compatible texture mods:

        • []AI Upscale Textures

          []The Witcher Overhaul Project (season to taste)

          []Inferno Edition UI

          []Realistic Moon

          []Witcher 2 Foltest

          []Witcher 3 Radovid

        • Witcher 3 Zoltan

          If you play TW2 you may also want to pick up Aen Seidhe Eyes, which gives elves in that game the same unique HD eyes, for continuity.