Art Resources

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Art Resources are all Art created and stored into the Dragon Age Filesystem. Creators of Worldmaps will need Art Resources to shape them with Models, while creators of Facemorphs need Models of Faces. With that ,they are also creating Art Resources. This is Part of the Art Category.

Overview

Any Resource is stored in the Dragon Age Filesystems ERF Files. They are created by external Tools and the Dragon Age Toolset, by multiple ways. The most common and diverse Resource is that of Models. The Filename Scheme for Resources follows a general Naming Structure, due to its Amount and easier Management. It is also split into many ERF Files for different kinds of Resources.

Filestructure

ERF Files are stored in the (Install Dir)\Dragon Age\packages\core\ Folder and Subdirectories.

Resourcetypes

Models

See Main Article: Model

Textures

Part of Models.

See Main Article Model

Animations

Visual effects

Levels

See Main Article: Level editor