Redesign – formerly known as Project Beauty

Improved the appearance of every NPC in Fallout 3.

This is my attempt at improving the appearance of NPCs in Fallout 3. I redesigned their facial structures to make them look more realistic and better match their personalities. This removes awkward skin tone and facial structure Vanilla FO3.

Disclaimer

If you have other mods installed, this mod may conflict with them. This is because of the way Fallout 3's engine is set up. When I edit the character's face, it also edits the character record (the game's "definition" of a character: their behavior, gear, sounds, appearance, basically the entire character). When two loaded mods edit the same record, the game will only get data from the record of the most recently installed mod. We call this mod conflict. This problem is solved with a compatibility patch: a new plugin that can edit conflicting records and merge their changes.

I redesigned almost every character in Fallout 3... so this mod will not be compatible with many other mods that edit NPCs, barring a compatibility patch.

What exactly does this mod do?

Nearly 500 NPCs have received plastic surgery, makeovers and/or haircuts. Odd skin colors and head shapes were changed to be more realistic and human-like, and sometimes a character's face or hairstyle was adjusted to better suit their personality. Almost everyone has been redesigned: companions, children, Talon mercenaries, brotherhoods, slaves, settlers, raiders, named NPCs, random people walking on the roadside, and more.

I'm a big fan of Fallout 1 and 2, which helped me create characters that fit into Fallout 3. I also have experience in character design and portrait drawing in the past, which helped me find the right proportions for my characters in Fallout 3.

My rule of thumb is:

If there was a face that needed fixing, I saw it. I try my best to make amends. I may not have succeeded, but I saw it and I wanted to fix it.

This mod will conflict with most mods that edit NPCs.

If you try to use the redesign along with another mod that edits NPCs, you will miss out on the redesigned faces or changes from the other mod.

Because the redesign is cosmetic and does not affect gameplay, it is recommended that you put our plugin very early in your load order. This is so that in case of conflict, the redesign will be overwritten and will not interfere with your game-impacting mods.

It is recommended to use Vortex to install this mod, manual installation will cause the game to crash.