MOST of these beauty modifying mods should pretty much work perpetually, so it's a matter of playing with load orders to get the right combo.

If you're curious how these mods work, get irony mod manager (easiest way IMO), right click the mod, go to the folder. Then just go look at the change in the file to the base game. Ideally you use something like notepad++ with a compare tool. Compare the file from the mod, to the base game file. If everything is the same EXCEPT for the change for the mod, then it's still compatible. If there are changes elsewhere, the fix is easy. Merge the changes from the mod into the new file and then replace the modded files version (make sure you make a backup of the version you use).

I, for example, have a merged patch of about 3 different beauty trait mods that remove the morph changes and tone down all the makeup and stuff. I made it in 2022. I haven't played since 2022. I just loaded up a game with only that mod, and it worked fine.

@smirkyshadow I don't see why it wouldn't, this particular code is exactly the same in the game.

Does this still work?

Now i can stop avoiding the beauty trait W mod!

@Wolf I still use my mod as-is and haven't seen a need to update it, unless there's an issue I'm not aware of. It basically just adds custom files that modify the code associated with the Beauty trait. I recommend putting this mod under any other beauty mods. I tested it just now on its own to confirm and it still works.

@ Firsken Yea, I guess it was intended after all, lol.

@ MT I know it's been 2 years since your msg (lol), but I may as well clarify to say since CK3 patch 1.9 mods no longer disable achievements; however, certain game rules can still disable them, including playing multiplayer or having a custom ruler over 400 Customization Points.

Update?

"Without any context guiding Paradox's decision to do this, I'm assuming it's a bug"
We all know it's not a bug...

Update....

Update?

Would you happen to know how to tweak at what age men are getting their beards? It's a little jarring to see a 18 year old sporting a full beard

It is not achievement compatible anymore.

Yea, it's a simple mod. People reported low level error log msgs, but in my testing I didn't notice issues. You might consider tinkering with Beautiful Females and Fair Ladies first to decide if you even want this or not, since the less installed mods the better.

Does this mod still work in 1.6?

[11:14:33][dlc.cpp:348]: Invalid supported_version in file: mod/ugc_2217805502.mod line: 8

Hello there!
Maybe not best place to ask, but i don't know where.
It seems that Beautiful Females mod is hidden, anyone knows what happened?

Anyway, I'm up for making a joint project if you want. I am working on an eye mod right now, but will be done soon.

Just wanted to say that EPE changed their makeup so that you can turn it off and on. I still am not too keen on their skins though. I love the details of them, but they are too saturated for my tastes. They go better with darker characters instead of the pale Scottish / Welsh lasses I tend to make. Still using them with Fair Beauty but they have a mismatch with head/body.

Yeah it seems to be working without further error, though I'm not sure I can ever really tell the difference with the lipstick tbh which is probably because I don't do a before and after lol

Oh I see. I'll take a look later tonight and see if I can reproduce it. My guess is it's a low level error that can be ignored, but I'll see if I can stop it from occurring. Thanks.

It's in the error log.

I dumped all my mods earlier to try and workout which one was crashing my game, turned out to be Character Beautification, but while loading with one mod at a time, I noticed this error.

@ Lost Nomad
Where does the error show? Is it like a pop-up when you load in? I've never seen that error before or had anyone report it, so I don't even know what would happen if it is ignored. I tested the mod and it works, so not sure if that helps.

I'm getting the error [trait_portrait_modifiers.cpp:59]: Failed to lookup base modifier '0' in modifier 'beauty' when loading with Royal Court, is this a showstopper or can I just ignore this hoping for a update to the mod at a later date?

@Remedy Thank you!

I'll look into it. I might be able to include some vanilla CK3 files and tell players to load my mod after EPE, or something.

Oh! I'd love to see a hotfix for the EPE lipstick, and also revert their skintone changes back to the ones of the base game. I tried to make a very pale character using EPE, but the skin is very saturated and a lot more yellow based. Even at the very palest, my character was still darker than I am in real life. The mod seems to be geared towards characters with more olive skin, and that's a shame because I wanted to be able to use it for everyone.

At the very least I want to discover a hotfix players can do to their EPE installation so it doesn't add to the lipstick while players can still enjoy the suite of features EPE provides, since it'd be a shame to disable EPE entirely.

Yea, it's still compatible, and I tested to confirm. The reason for the changelog update was to simply remove the exclamation point in the launcher to remove any confusion.

I do want to report a new incompatibility though: I don't know when this started, but the Ethnicities and Portraits Expanded Mod (EPE) now dramatically increases the boldness of lipstick, regardless of a female having a Beauty trait or not.

I could make changes to my mod to overwrite theirs, but that goes beyond the scope of my mod, which is I just wanted to tune down the lipstick that the default Beauty trait added. By including extra files to overwrite EPE, it could also disable Achievements for the people not using EPE.

So basically, I do not use EPE anymore.

Is this 1.5 compatible? I see a recent update but it's not in the changelog.

Sorry about that. I must have had it set to expire. Here's a new one that should never expire:
https://pastebin.com/S7xAN70w

Also, I believe older DNA codes are incompatible with later CK3 versions, resulting in people being bald, so if that happens which I think it will, just add the hair manually.

The link to the DNA is broken. Can you create a new one ?

@ child_of_air
If you want the men to have lipstick, then yea, delete it.

Hi, thanks for responding! Should I also delete the stuff about it looking to see if the character is a man? I saw that also.

@ child_of_air
In my mod's txt files, you'll want to look for:

value = 0.2

For 80%, change it to:

value = 0.8

There's two similar copies of this same text file. Ensure the code value is 0.8 on both to ensure the change sticks.

I recommend creating your own copy of my mod when doing this so if I ever do a future update, I won't auto-update over your changes, although Paradox rarely forces me to update this anyways, so if that's too much work, just make the change directly to my file and you'll probably be fine for a long time.

@ shay
If so, that would mean they share the code block that I use. Check to see if EPE has a file in gfx/portraits and if one of the txt files uses code for either:

beauty = {}

or

visual_traits_beauty = {}

If so, then yea there's a conflict. If you can live without EPE's changes, just delete out their code block so that the game uses my code block instead, or ensure my mod's load order takes priority.

Can you give us some tipes on how to tweak the mod? I want to have men and women both using the 80% value, but I have no idea how to implement that in game. Or maybe if you can link me to something that will help me figure it out. There isn't much information out there. :/

I think it conflicts with EPE. I confirmed with EPE devs they're doing red lips on Middle Eastern chars, which is visible through your mod anyway. I don't think there is a way to workaround that since they're using custom color palettes and such. Anyway, thanks for the feedback.

I had a chance to test the mod just now (again). It still works. I even tested the mod with and without the Beautiful Females + Fair Ladies mods, and both result in reduced lipstick color:
https://i.imgur.com/kw1ta3k.jpg

If the mod doesn't work for you, then either you have a conflicting mod somewhere, or the character you're comparing changes to has extremely natural red lips to begin with. I recommend doing before and after photos with my mod enabled vs. disabled to test it. If it indeed is not working, then disable all other mods, and re-enable mods to discover what is conflicting.

Actually, it seems it broke on random other portraits as well.

Pleas update: it seems no longer working for the portrait of the primary character, I think it works for other characters.

dude,why does the btpf stop working?

WTF happened to beauty trait portrait fix?

Thanks, I basically just deleted and reuploaded all my mods. Thanks amigo.

@ Star Lord
My last update was on the current version, so it wouldn't be a Paradox update breaking anything. I know it works because the screenshot in the gallery depicting the male character was screen captured on the current version. The mod is very subtle on what it changes, so unless you do a before and after, it can be hard to notice. Are you sure it's not working? Try doing before and after screenshots for yourself with my mod disabled and enabled on a character with the Beauty trait.

If it's indeed not working, first, make sure no other mods are conflicting (I recommend just disabling all other mods except this one to help isolate any culprit). Any mod that shares code with the beauty trait can be an issue.

Also, Paradox's Beauty trait only affects characters age 18+, so likewise, my mod doesn't work on anyone younger than that.

For some reason it is not working? I haven't changed anything but there have been a few updates form Paradox.

Thank you so much!

@ Evie
Okay, I updated it. I tested it and it's working. Thanks for the reminder.

@ Marilag
Not sure what you mean there. One thing I've noticed is Paradox has done a better job face morphing men to actually look attractive with the Beauty trait; however, they still add red lipstick, so my mod will remove it. You can see an updated example image in the mod's screenshot gallery. Basically, I don't mind changes to a character's bone structure; my criticism is specific to Paradox's treatment of facial cosmetics.

Please update, no other mod does what this one does.

Please can you also fix the weird thing they do with the head shape and jawline?

@ Poldl
Oh, my mod's code only adjusts the impact of the Beauty trait. It takes on a slight orange color because orange is closer to the natural skintone of most characters.

You could try playing with my code to increase the Beauty trait's impact and see if that increases the red/pink to a more suitable amount.

Could you please alter the color of the lipstick too, so it's more red/pink instead of orange please? That would be perfect!