why is it always modding?

Last updated 26-05-04. Please check the original post for new updates. Contact me via askbox if you want your guide removed, edited, or added.

CLOTHING

7.0 Mashup Walkthrough by Khloris A Blender Weight Transfer Technique by Felis How to split legs for weighting by key How to combine meshes seamlessly by bluberry

UPSCALING

M Middie Refit Walkthrough by Khloris Yet Another Vanilla Upscaling Guide by Lighty Upscaling Guide (Masc Bodies) by key Upscaling Guide (Fem Bodies) by key How to Upscale Vanilla Outfits by key FTM Porting Guide by key How to make a bulge by key How to fix UVs/warped textures after upscaling by key Upscale to Lux+ Redux by oneiroy Upscale Guide by Quoth

HAIR

hair weights aren't scary and you are brave: an ffxiv modding guide to manually painting weights by lyss Textured Hair Guide by belovedcrypt Hairstyle mashup walkthrough by rasp How to add hat compatibility by rasp Custom Highlights by Felis How To: Midlander to Highlander Hair "Ports" by Ellie Hair Skeleton Porting Guide (+M!AuRa 1 to Fem 6) by khanter How to use multiple hair skeletons for one mashup by sleepybnuuy Hair porting guide (incl. to miqo'te) by vievinvalor How to make hair holographic by Fii

FACE

Double chin sculpting tutorial by workingelezen Adding catchlights by priestess Porting sculpts from pre-DT to 7.0 by Eme How to add extra toggles by Maja How to make piercings for beginners by Yuna AsymFaces - 3d Creator & DIY Guide by Spiswel

VFXEDITOR

vfx editing notes by taco VFX Texture File Paths by (unknown) Adding vfx to an item without one by ocealot VFX, Texture, Model, Animation, and UI Guides on the vfxedit wiki

TEXTURES

How to make tattoos appear on all skin tones by TheTiredPopoto 7.0 face texturing guide by DVNO Texture path generator by Yuria Loose files guide by Yuria How to make a tattoo glow by Alexstrasza Deleting Baked Shadows in Vanilla Gear by Kirke

MISC

My plan is to work backwards (I started on the EW dungeons today) and get all the dungeons and trials safer. The norm and alliance raids are gonna take A While, mostly because I have to run them with people instead of the trust and there's so many more effects to sort through.

In the meantime, if you didn't know, EasyEyes is a plugin for Dalamud (ie it's a mod). You can import presets into it to block all the vfx in the preset without having to run the duty and manually block everything yourself. That's obviously not safe, hence me doing it. You can find it on xma (Safer DT Dungeons and Trials). It's a zip folder with each dungeon and trial labelled as individual presets. You just have to hit import and pick them, super easy.

Please be aware that it's super difficult to turn off vfx in the background, and I left a lot of small vfx untouched for aesthetic, but I very much took out everything glaringly obvious, or that my sister explicitly complained about, and more. Some of the vfx turned off are going to make it harder for you to position yourself to avoid attacks, so please keep that in mind, but safety trumps a healer's feelings!

Floating the idea of starting a ko-fi to support this project. It's time-consuming and it'd pay my sub so I can work on it in a more timely manner. I am glowering at Endwalker and ShadowBringers especially since I know several of those dungeons and trials are flashy. Let's not even get into the monstrosity that are the Nier raids. Idk yet though. I care more about people being able to safely play the game than money, so I'll do it regardless. Thoughts?

SCION PSD (download .zip - proton drive) - Free to use / no credit needed Includes:

DUTY SUPPORT (download .zip - proton drive) - Free to use / no credit needed Includes:

Okay I did it... Merlwyb Skin Fix

Available on Heliosphere!

Replaces Squeak the Coyote.

Step 1. Duplicate the original texture three times, and make a solid black layer underneath all three. Step 2. Create layers of solid pure red, green, and blue over each one. Set the colors to multiply / darken.

Step 3. Merge the colors into each layer, and set each layer to add, OR, put each layer in a group and set each group to add. This makes it so you can paint over the texture non-destructively.

I also use an auto-action for this for CSP: https://assets.clip-studio.com/en-us/detail?id=1486733

https://heliosphere.app/user/vwz3c99zrn641f5s0xhe5v5k74

started a playlist with some guides, for now only very beginner ones but i plan on adding more when i get the time