Okogawa's Guide (1.9) for Gibbed's ME2 editor

1. If you have not done so, download Gibbed's Mass Effect 2 Save Editor
2. locate and load the savegame you want to edit
   Each Mass Effect 2 career have it's own unique directory. under Windows XP you can find the directory root folder here:
   ../Documents and Settings/YourComputerID/My Documents/BioWare/Mass Effect 2/Save
3. Make modifications and save the changes, then click on the 3rd icon (top left) that looks like an ancient 3.5" floppy disk, a window will pop up. Now you can change folder, overwrite or simply give your modified savegame a new name. If you give your save a new name, follow the naming restrictions to be safe i.e. if you do not want to overwrite your (example) Save_0001.pcsav save, then just save it as Save_0002.pcsav - when making major changes, try to not overwrite your original save if you messed up without knowing it.

1. open Gibbed's Mass Effect 2 Save Editor and load the savegame you want to modify
2. click the "Raw" tab
3. under "[-] 2. Squad" click on "[+] Player" to expand the branch
4. Here you will find lots of good stuff to modify.

1. Under the "Raw" tab, "[-] 2. Squad", and a expanded "[+] Player" located the "First Name" field.
2. Left click on the field that contains the actual name, and simply change it.
3. Save and load your savegame into the game to see the changes.

1. In-game calculate how much "Talent Points" your character would have after a respec and write it up, then load the savegame you want to modify with Gibbed's Mass Effect 2 Save Editor.
2. Under the "Raw" tab, "[-] 2. Squad", and a expanded "[+] Player" located these two fields directly under [+] Appearance:
   Class Friendly name
   Class Name
3. In order to now change your class to a new one replace the actual class data in Class Friendly name and Class Name fields with this information:
   
   To become a Sentinel
   Class Friendly name: 93951
   Class Name: SFXGame.SFXPawn_PlayerSentinel
   
   To become a Soldier
   Class Friendly name: 93952
   Class Name: SFXGame.SFXPawn_PlayerSoldier
   
   To become a Engineer:
   Class Friendly name: 93953
   Class Name: SFXGame.SFXPawn_PlayerEngineer
   
   To become a Adept:
   Class Friendly name: 93954
   Class Name: SFXGame.SFXPawn_PlayerAdept
   
   To become an Infiltrator
   Class Friendly name: 93955
   Class Name: SFXGame.SFXPawn_PlayerInfiltrator
   
   To become an Vanguard:
   Class Friendly name: 93956
   Class Name: SFXGame.SFXPawn_PlayerVanguard
4. Your talent points will reset to "null" after a class change in the editor, so locate the field "Talent Points" and enter the memorized number of your actual character (or cheat away with a bigger number).
5. Save and load the savegame and then distribute the talent points to your new class. You have to re-drag most battle icons since your class change often use new ones.

1. Under the "Raw" tab, "[-] 2. Squad", expand "[+] Player", expand [+] Appearance and then expand [+] Morph Head:
2. Under "Hair Mesh" replace the right field with any of these meshes you cannot get in the normal face builder:
   Important: Might be wise to copy your orginal settings so you later can change back.
   
   BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.Mom.HMF_HIR_Mom_MDL
   
   BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.Cyberbabe.HMF_HIR_Cyb_MDL
   
   BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.Ashley.HMF_HIR_PROAshley_MDL
   
   BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.Sexy.HMF_HIR_Sxy_MDL
   
   BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.Mohawk.HMF_HIR_Mhk_MDL
3. Locate the "Texture Parameters" field, click the right field (Collection) [...]
4. Locate these four fields and change the "value" to:
   
   For the "BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.Mom.HMF_HIR_Mom_MDL"
   Hair_Diff: BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.Mom.HMF_HIR_Mom_Diff
   Hair_Norm: BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.Mom.HMF_HIR_Mom_Norm
   Hair_mask: BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.Mom.HMF_HIR_Mom_Mask
   Hair_tang: BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.Mom.HMF_HIR_Mom_Tang
   
   For the "BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.Cyberbabe.HMF_HIR_Cyb_MDL"
   Hair_Diff: BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.Cyberbabe.HMF_HIR_Cyb_Diff
   Hair_Norm: BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.Cyberbabe.HMF_HIR_Cyb_Norm
   Hair_mask: BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.Cyberbabe.HMF_HIR_Cyb_Mask
   Hair_tang: BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.Cyberbabe.HMF_HIR_Cyb_Tang
   
   For the "BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.Ashley.HMF_HIR_PROAshley_MDL"
   Hair_Diff: BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.Ashley.HMF_HIR_PROAshley_Diff
   Hair_Norm: BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.Ashley.HMF_HIR_PROAshley_Norm
   Hair_mask: BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.Ashley.HMF_HIR_PROAshley_Mask
   Hair_tang: BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.Ashley.HMF_HIR_PROAshley_Tang
   
   For the "BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.Sexy.HMF_HIR_Sxy_MDL"
   Hair_Diff: BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.Sexy.HMF_HIR_Sxy_Diff
   Hair_Norm: BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.Sexy.HMF_HIR_Sxy_Norm
   Hair_mask: BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.Sexy.HMF_HIR_Sxy_Mask
   Hair_tang: BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.Sexy.HMF_HIR_Sxy_Tang
   
   For the "BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.Mohawk.HMF_HIR_Mhk_MDL"
   Hair_Diff: BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.Mohawk.HMF_HIR_Mhk_Diff
   Hair_Norm: BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.Mohawk.HMF_HIR_Mhk_Norm
   Hair_mask: BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.Mohawk.HMF_HIR_Mhk_Mask
   Hair_tang: BIOG_HMF_HIR_PRO.Mohawk.HMF_HIR_Mhk_Tang
5. Save and load the Savegame in ME2

1. Under the "Raw" tab, "[-] 2. Squad", expand "[+] Player", expand [+] Appearance and then expand [+] Morph Head:
2. Locate the "Vector Parameters" field, click the left field (Collection) [...]
3. Then decide on what you want to change:
   
   How to change eye iris-colour:
   
   
   1. Find the field: "EYE_Iris_Colour_Vector" and press the (on the right side) "[+] value" field to have it expanded.
   2. Enter a new eye iris colour.
   If you get any interesting eye, hair or skin colours feel free to post the colour codes (with description) to: okogawa@hotmail.com with topic "Gibbed colour codes". Also post a "signature" name if you want to be credited. If you make a interesting "build" feel free to forward it as I posted on my "Quarian" example.
   
   Important facts: At first the numbers can look quite overwhelming, but they are actually simple R G B values that can be rounded down or up.
   
   To get you started I'll post some interesting eye iris colour values (don't be afraid to experiment yourself). Please be advised that I'll post "direct" colour ranges (example): "0,9, 0,0, 0,0, 1" which you translate to this for the expanded "[+] value" field:
   A: 1
   B: 0,0
   G: 0,0
   R: 0,9
   
   Red eyes (normal): 0,1, 0,0, 0,0, 1
   Red eyes (light): 0,9, 0,0, 0,0, 1
   Red eyes (glowing): 0,10, 0,0, 0,0, 1
   Red eyes (spooky): 0,20, 0,0, 0,0, 1
   
   Blue eyes (unnatural): 0,0, 0,0, 0,1, 1
   Blue eyes (artificial): 0,0, 0,0, 0,9, 1
   Blue eyes (glowing): 0,0, 0,0, 0,10, 1
   Blue eyes (spooky): 0,0, 0,0, 0,20, 1
   
   Purple eyes (light): 1, 1, 6, 1
   Purple eyes (glowing): 1, 1, 10, 1
   
   Grey eyes (normal): 0,7893139, 0,7372048, 0,6592241, 1
   Gray eyes (nearly white) 0,9893138, 0,9372048, 0,9592241, 1
   
   White eyes (glowing): 10, 10, 10, 1
   White eyes (spooky): 20, 20, 20, 1
   
   Yellow eyes (glowing): 10, 10, 0, 1
   
   To get totally unique "black alien eyes" (more blackish than Drell) change:
   Field: EYE_Iris_Colour_Vector: 0, 0, 0, 1
   Field: EYE_White_Colour_Vector: 0, 0, 0, 1
   
   To return to the original eyeball colour:
   EYE_White_Colour_Vector (original value): 0,7893139, 0,6372048, 0,5592241, 1
   
   To change skin colour find the field: "SkinTone"
   Vampire skin: 0,9592996, 0,7488649, 0,6083597, 1
   Normal skin (whitish): 0,9592996, 0,6488649, 0,5083597, 1
   Normal skin (basic): 0,7592996, 0,3488649, 0,2083597, 1
   Normal skin (lighter): 0,9592996, 0,4488649, 0,3083597, 1
   Gray skin: 0,3488649, 0,3488649, 0,3488649, 1
   Eyeball skin: 0,7893139, 0,6372048, 0,5592241, 1
   Ice queen: 1, 1, 4, 1
   
   Hair and eye-brow colour:
   
   
   1. Find the field: "HED_Hair_Colour_Vector" (hair colour) and "HED_Addn_Colour_Vector" (eye-brows) and press the (on the right side) "[+] value" field to have it expanded
   2. Enter a new colour...
4. Save and load the Savegame in ME2

1. open Gibbed's Mass Effect 2 Save Editor and load any savegame with a face you want to "store".
2. click the "Toolbox" tab
3. click the "Export" button.
   Move out of the savegame directory and make a new folder in the Save-root folder called "Faces".
4. Save your "face" with an self-explanatory title so you know what it is.

1. open Gibbed's Mass Effect 2 Save Editor and load any savegame where you want to "change" the face in.
2. click the "Toolbox" tab, and press the "Import" button.
3. Enter your "face directory" and load the face you want.
4. Save your changes.

1. open Gibbed's Mass Effect 2 Save Editor and load any savegame where you want to have the "poster face".
2. Under the "Raw" tab, "[-] 2. Squad", and a expanded "[+] Player" expand "[+] Appearance", locate the field called: "Has Morph Head", and change "True" to "False".
   
   Interesting facts: to change the "poster face" back to the "playermade" version, just change the "Morph Head" field back to "True" and import a new face. WARNING: Failure to import a face after this change will lead to a corrupted savegamee if you SAVE the changes before importing!
3. Save and load the savegame to see the changes.

1. open Gibbed's Mass Effect 2 Save Editor and load any savegame you want to genderchange.
2. Under the "Raw" tab, "[-] 2. Squad", and a expanded "[+] Player" locate the field called "Is Female".
3. If you are a "male" in game, change "Is Female = False to True"
4. If you are a "female" in game, change "Is Female = True to False"
5. Save and load the game.