DRAGON'S DOGMA - DARK ARISEN

MODS INSTALL GUIDE

by MV

BEAUTIFICATION
by AnGDeV
 REQUIREMENTS
I) Arc Extractor and Repacker and Image Viewer
by FluffyQuack and chrisco
“Tool made to help open arc files, extract texture files and repack them quickly“

Download link – Nexus Mods website: https://www.nexusmods.com/dragonsdogma/mods/25

II) Beautification
“Faces HD for male and female: specular, normal and diffuse maps.
Body male and female HD: specular, normal and diffuse maps.
Details HD: eyes, teeth, eyebrows, makeup, scars etc...(are all details files): specular, normal and diffuse
maps.”

Download link: https://www.nexusmods.com/dragonsdogma/mods/243

SUMMARY
The whole process consists on
- extracting the game file “game_main.arc” into a “game_main” folder, containing the extracted files;
- copying the Beautification mod’s files you want to use, into the “game_main” folder, previously created from
the extraction process, and overwriting the files
- repacking the “game_main” folder, now with the mod’s files, into a new “game_main.arc” file
 STEPS
0) Download and extract the “Arc Extractor and Repacker and Image Viewer” program and the
“Beautification” mod zipped files from the nexusmods site (you can use the links above, at the Requirements
session)

0.1) Backup your “game_main.arc” file, just in case ;)

This file is located at your “DDDA Install Folder\nativePC\rom”
1) Open the program "Arc Extractor and Repacker and Image Viewer" (DDDATool.exe)

2) Click on the […] button at the upper left corner and select the game file “game_main.arc”
3) Click on the “Extract Arc” button. The extraction will initialize, so wait untill it’s done.
Don’t close this program yet, because you’ll repack the .arc file later

4) The folder “game_main”, with the extracted files, will be created (at the same location of your
“game_main.arc” file: your “DDDA Install Folder\nativePC\rom”)
5) Choose the Beautification mod’s features you downloaded and extracted and that you wish to add into the
game

6) Copy the “game_main” folder of the mod’s feature you chose (in this example, it’s for the Faces HD, but
you can do the same step for the other features, like Female Body, Male Body and Details Arisen Scar too)
7) Paste it at your “DDDA Install Folder\nativePC\rom” folder, where your “game_main” folder is, and
overwrite the files when asked to
8) On the DDDATool program, click on the “RePack Arc” button and wait until it’s finished

A new “game_main.arc” file will be created/repacked containing the mod files you chose to add/overwrite.
You can notice the “game_main.arc” file will have a different size (usually bigger) than the original file.
And that’s it.

All done! Launch the game and have fun ;)

THANKS
Thank you Dark Arisen game developers and AnGDeV, FluffyQuack and chrisco for the mods :)