Adding items and modifying rewards

A tutorial by toxic4u

Collected and reworked by kaosking

Preparation
1. Get GFFEditor if you dont already have it
http://social.bioware.com/project/1936/#files
2. Get GDApp if you dont already have it
http://www.dragonagenexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=214
3. Backup the files before you change them. Just to be sure.

Prepared? All right, here we go

1. Open GFF Editor and click export

2. go to your Dragon Age 2 install folder, packages -> core -> data and open file 2da.rim

3. you will get the *gda files included

4. select file "rewards.gda" and click ok

5. save it in another location (I chose install folder). Click Save.

6.You will see this (if all went ok):

7. Now, using GDApp open your exportet rewards.gda file

8. You will get a table. Maximise it for a better view.

Notice on the "Label" column the name of quests and some action triggers. On the other
columns the rewards (Money, XP, items - only 6 items can be included as rewards)

9. I will use these codes (again - champion items I used).

fake armor:

real armor:

fake_im_arm_boo_hvy_champ.uti
fake_im_arm_boo_lgt_champ.uti
fake_im_arm_boo_med_champ.uti
fake_im_arm_cht_hvy_champ.uti
fake_im_arm_cht_lgt_champ.uti
fake_im_arm_cht_med_champ.uti
fake_im_arm_glv_hvy_champ.uti
fake_im_arm_glv_lgt_champ.uti
fake_im_arm_glv_med_champ.uti
fake_im_arm_hlm_hvy_champ.uti
fake_im_arm_hlm_lgt_champ.uti
fake_im_arm_hlm_med_champ.uti

gen_im_arm_boo_hvy_champion.uti
gen_im_arm_boo_lgt_champion.uti
gen_im_arm_boo_med_champion.uti
gen_im_arm_cht_hvy_champion.uti
gen_im_arm_cht_lgt_champion.uti
gen_im_arm_cht_med_champion.uti
gen_im_arm_glv_hvy_champion.uti
gen_im_arm_glv_lgt_champion.uti
gen_im_arm_glv_med_champion.uti
gen_im_arm_hlm_hvy_champion.uti
gen_im_arm_hlm_lgt_champion.uti
gen_im_arm_hlm_med_champion.uti
fake champion weapons:
gen_im_wep_war_two_iconic (2h sword)
gen_im_wep_mag_sta_ico_fake (staff)
gen_im_wep_rog_dua_iconic (dagger)
(needless to say, you need to add twice)

10.Copy one of the items and paste it in your table. The small table window is editable by
double clicking. I will use the fake warrior set.

11. After you finish you will get this.

I used the quest Prologue Done (arrive to Gallows)

I inserted all 4 armor items, the dh sword and even the mage staff.
11.1 You can also add you Gold if you want

11.2 Or you can add extra xp

12. If you are done, goto File -> Save as

and save your edited rewards.gda file in another location.

I made a folder named warrior (if you want to make another files for rogue and mage*

* Q: why not only one file?

A: You do not get the armors for another class, even if you add them in the rewards file (if
you are a warrior and add "med" armors you will NOT get them and so on). But if you want
the look of them you can change the appearance on yours)

12. Notice you don't have "Save", only "Open" and "Cancel" if you want to save your work
in a location with no other rewards.gda file. Just clicking "Open" will do the trick

13. Place your edited rewards.gda file in the Override folder in My Documents, NOT in the
installed game folder.
C:\Users\XXX\Documents\BioWare\Dragon Age 2\packages\core\override
For this reward you need to start a new game. If you already started, just choose another
quest further in game, one you will be finishing after editing the file.

And here is your reward:

<Have Fun>