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Beauty Traits Lipstick Reducer

DIRECT DL. In case you prefer an offline version of the same mod:
VER 1.3 (For CK3 1.3.1+)[www.dropbox.com]

Reduces lipstick on women with the beauty-trait for a more natural-look, and removes lipstick on handsome-traited men. For men, CK3's Handsome traits gave lipstick to *all* men throughout the world. Without any context guiding Paradox's decision to do this, I'm assuming it's a bug, so I've emulated how Paradox did it in CK2 where none of the men had lipstick.

Women: Reduces Beauty cosmetics by 80%.
Men: Reduces Beauty cosmetics by 100%.

If you'd like to adjust the amounts, you can consult my file inside my mod's gfx folder.

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SUGGESTED LOAD ORDER:
(For my mod, I don't think it matters, but just to be safe)


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ISSUES / CONCERNS:
Ethnicities and Portraits Expanded Mod (EPE) dramatically increases the boldness of lipstick. For now, do not use it. I'll try to have a fix for it later, or at least a guide showing what files you can delete from EPE to make it co-exist with this mod.

The reduced lipstick may not work in the Ruler Designer; however, once you're loaded onto the world map, it will take affect.

Paradox has designed the Beauty/Handsome trait cosmetic to only work on characters age 18+. Characters age 16-17 (including children) see no cosmetic benefits from the Beauty trait anyways.

Some characters can still have naturally bright red lips without a Beauty trait if their DNA has assigned it to them. This is working as intended; my mod merely tones down the lipstick assigned to everyone via the beauty trait. It's not meant to target characters who were born with natural red lips.

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CHANGE LOG:
ver 1.3 (yup, still works as of 10/10/24):
- Updated to CK3 1.3.1 just in case.
- Added new example screenshot to gallery.

ver 1.2:
- Paradox changed the folder structure, so it broke my mod. My gfx file is now located in the trait_portrait_modifiers folder, with revised code.
- (Optional) Revised readme instructions for those who want to use my female character.

ver 1.1:
- Removes Beauty trait cosmetics on men by 100%. It's unclear if Paradox thinks that was working as intended.
- (Optional) Expanded upon readme instructions on how to edit save files for portrait editing.

ver 1.0:
- Initial launch.