
Afterward, hit "paste", thus replacing the existing PC data with The Watcher's.Įxample: If we use Monk Zeng on line 8, the following data: Scroll down to line 172 and you should see "TheWatcher_m" as the label.Ħ) Highlight everything starting from "N_Watchr" all the way to the end of the 172 line (in other words, everything except the line number and the label itself) and then copy it to your clipboard.ħ) Go back to your desired Player Character's line and, like above, highlight everything on the line except the line number and the label itself. In our case, who we are looking for is The Watcher. You will need them shortly.ĥ) Now you will need to find the line and label of the NPC you want to have your character replaced with.

The choice is yours.Ĭhoose which character you like and remember their line and label. This is a purely aesthetic recommendation however. Note: If you are fond of Role-playing your characters, in this particular case Monk Zeng would be the best PC to choose to be replaced by the Watcher, as the other characters in the game will comment on him having dark robes and stern features, which is also quite an accurate description of The Watcher.

Wu the Lotus Blossom is on line 0 (zero), Radiant Jen Zi is on line 2, Scholar Ling is on line 3, Furious Ming is on line 5, Lu the Prodigy is on line 6, Tiger Shen is on line 7 and Monk Zeng is on line 8. This should be pretty straightforward, as the player characters' labels can be found right at the beginning, but in case you need assistance finding them: What you are seeing now is a table containing important appearance data for every character in the game, which is assigned a "Label".Ĥ) Now you will need to choose which pre-existing character you will like to have replaced and find his/her label. Alignment is very important here and Word Wrap distorts all the lines shown. Now we shall proceed to the process itself.ġ) Back-up your Jade Empire override directory, as you will be altering the files.Ģ) Locate the "appearance.2da" file in your Jade Empire\Override directory and open it using Notepad or any other text editor.ģ) Be sure that the "Word Wrap" option is toggled OFF in your desired text editor. Even though you will not use it until later on, it is best to have it close at hand.ĭownload and extract the JE ERF RIM Editor executable somewhere handy, such as your main Jade Empire directory. It will allow you to view and extract files from the game's data directory, including important model and texture files for the character you will want to play as, so this tool is essential. To begin, you will need to download and extract the tool known as the Jade Empire ERF RIM Editor.

Jade Empire ERF RIM Editor (see Tools page for details).
