Psychos1s' Skimpy Punk Gaige Mod (TexMod)
After taking a little break from Borderlands 2 I deciced I needed to come back and finish it before diving into all the great games purchased during the latest Steam Holiday Sale. Before coming back I did some searching to see if there were any mods for the game. I came from Skyrim that was made to be modded. I was hoping Borderlands 2 had some of this for PC owners but figured it would be pretty minimal.
I came across Double Trouble's TexMods. I thought they were great starts but wanted to make it as professional as possible and also maintain some of the lore and Borderlands style. Basically I wanted to make the skin skimpy but make it look like Gearbox's original designers had created it. Some of the textures I've found look great in small youtube videos but up close you see how low quality the texture work is. They also didn't fit the "comic" cell-shaded look.
The original intent for this mod was only to be used for my personal use. After playing for awhile and showing off to my friends, I figured others may enjoy it as well.
Please note this mod only runs locally. You are the only one that will see the custom textures.
Download Psychos1s Skimpy Punk Gaige Skin
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Installation
It does require TexMod which can be found at http://www.tombraiderhub.com/tr7/modding/index.html.
The video I used for reference to learn how to use texmod with Borderlands 2 was by TheAdiposeTV. The video can be found here.
If you are just using texmod to load custom textures it's pretty simple:
1. Copy/unzip the texmod.exe file into your Borderlands 2 directory most likely found at:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Borderlands 2\Binaries\Win32
2. Rename the original Launcher.exe to something else. I just did Launcher_main.exe.
3. Rename the textmod.exe to Launcher.exe. (this makes it so Steam launches the texmod application instead of the original launcher app).
4. In the TexMod popup select where your Borderlands 2 exe directory is (same as above). With "Package Mod" tab selected click the little folder icon and select one of the tpf files I or anyone else created.
Like the video I have linked above describes, your antivirus software will most likely go off. I had to manually allow an exception for TexMod to run properly. In order for AVG to run I had to setup an exception for C:\Users\Name\AppData\Local\Temp. I'm a little cautious so I make sure I uncheck the box when I'm done for the day. It's a pain and may not be worth it to you.
About the author
You may or may not know my alias if you come Skyrim. I'm the author of the most popular custom race mod for Skyrim through Skyrim Nexus. If you google "Temptress Race" you can check it out. It's for mature audiences but there are several videos on youtube that show what it is. I'm not here to promote the Temptress Race so will leave it at that.
I hope you enjoy my mod. It may not be for everyone but I had fun making it nonetheless.
Regards.
Psychos1s
After taking a little break from Borderlands 2 I deciced I needed to come back and finish it before diving into all the great games purchased during the latest Steam Holiday Sale. Before coming back I did some searching to see if there were any mods for the game. I came from Skyrim that was made to be modded. I was hoping Borderlands 2 had some of this for PC owners but figured it would be pretty minimal.
I came across Double Trouble's TexMods. I thought they were great starts but wanted to make it as professional as possible and also maintain some of the lore and Borderlands style. Basically I wanted to make the skin skimpy but make it look like Gearbox's original designers had created it. Some of the textures I've found look great in small youtube videos but up close you see how low quality the texture work is. They also didn't fit the "comic" cell-shaded look.
The original intent for this mod was only to be used for my personal use. After playing for awhile and showing off to my friends, I figured others may enjoy it as well.
Please note this mod only runs locally. You are the only one that will see the custom textures.
Download Psychos1s Skimpy Punk Gaige Skin
Click to Enlarge
Installation
It does require TexMod which can be found at http://www.tombraiderhub.com/tr7/modding/index.html.
The video I used for reference to learn how to use texmod with Borderlands 2 was by TheAdiposeTV. The video can be found here.
If you are just using texmod to load custom textures it's pretty simple:
1. Copy/unzip the texmod.exe file into your Borderlands 2 directory most likely found at:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Borderlands 2\Binaries\Win32
2. Rename the original Launcher.exe to something else. I just did Launcher_main.exe.
3. Rename the textmod.exe to Launcher.exe. (this makes it so Steam launches the texmod application instead of the original launcher app).
4. In the TexMod popup select where your Borderlands 2 exe directory is (same as above). With "Package Mod" tab selected click the little folder icon and select one of the tpf files I or anyone else created.
Like the video I have linked above describes, your antivirus software will most likely go off. I had to manually allow an exception for TexMod to run properly. In order for AVG to run I had to setup an exception for C:\Users\Name\AppData\Local\Temp. I'm a little cautious so I make sure I uncheck the box when I'm done for the day. It's a pain and may not be worth it to you.
About the author
You may or may not know my alias if you come Skyrim. I'm the author of the most popular custom race mod for Skyrim through Skyrim Nexus. If you google "Temptress Race" you can check it out. It's for mature audiences but there are several videos on youtube that show what it is. I'm not here to promote the Temptress Race so will leave it at that.
I hope you enjoy my mod. It may not be for everyone but I had fun making it nonetheless.
Regards.
Psychos1s