Cheat Sheet: Head

Head file paths

If you want to edit the player's head, you need meshes and morphtargets. If you want to make a custom NPC, you can check this guide.

female	.mesh	base\characters\head\player_base_heads\player_female_average\h0_000_pwa_c__basehead\
female	.morphtarget	base\characters\head\player_base_heads\player_female_average
male	.mesh	base\characters\head\player_base_heads\player_man_average\h0_000_pwa_c__basehead\
male	.morphtarget	base\characters\head\player_base_heads\player_man_average

Here, you can also find tattoos and cyberware.

Skin tones by index

1	01_ca_pale
2	01_ca_pale_00_warm_ivory
3	02_ca_limestone
4	02_ca_limestone_00_beige
5	03_ca_senna
6	03_ca_senna_00_amber
7	03_ca_senna_01_honey
8	03_ca_senna_02_band
9	04_ca_almond
10	04_ca_almond_00_umber
11	05_bl_espresso
12	06_bl_dark

List compiled by wolv

Freckles / cheek make-up

For a list of freckles and make-up sorted by colour and skin type, see NoraLee's NPV guide.

Lipstick

For a mod fixing various mix-ups in the character creator, see here.

Lipstick colours and styles are sorted in (more or less) ascending order in the appearance list in the mesh.

Style order is Default - Glossy - Matte (no suffix, _02, _03)

Link: Reference images on imgur

Eyeliner and kohl

to be done

Complexions

Every complexion has its own associated texture file. These are sorted by body gender under

base\characters\head\wa\h0_001_wa_c__basehead\textures\h0_000_wa_c__basehead_d0X.xbm
base\characters\head\ma\h0_001_ma_c__basehead\textures\h0_000_ma_c__basehead_d0X.xbm

The files are ending in 01..05. Each complexion has its own appearance in the head mesh, e.g.:

03_ca_senna
03_ca_senna_d02
03_ca_senna_d03
03_ca_senna_d04
03_ca_senna_d05

Eye make-up