The extremely talented
@SBeep_
brought my War Oracle Levan to live. He looks so good! Cannot wait to play this cocky asshole in our PF2E Kingmaker campaign. 😁
Had to try out their updated looks now that posing is back. Neck seam aside, Ace certainly looks very different, tho that's also thanks to the new shaders, I guess.
I have updated my whole library on NexusMods for Dawntrail and tested in Penumbra. Most of the stuff does not need to be re-downloaded if you used the auto upgrader, but here is a changeslog:
- The Body SE-Q - Added an optional leg edit in case you want tree trunk legs
I added a quick and dirty texture update of the old tb 2.0 type 3 normal textures to The Body SE-Q entry on Nexus as an optional addon, in case anyone misses their muscle definition and veins. Still has similar neck seam issues as tbse tho. :)
Name: Qadan Oronir
Place of Origin: Dawnthrone
Occupation: Adventurer
Nameday: July 27
Race: Xaela
Gender: Male
Age: 31
Height: 2.27 m / 7'5
Social Status: Married
Battle Style: Axe, Spear and Brawling
RT W/ a synopsis of your WoL
Name: Aslan Vahntyr (Ash)
Place of Origin: Garlemald (Terncliff)
Occupation: Mercenary
Nameday: August 12
Race: Hyur Midlander/Garlean
Gender: Male
Age: 28
Height: 185cm (6'1")
Social Status: Unavailable
Battle Style: Melee (katana); CQC
I added a quick and dirty texture update of the old tb 2.0 type 3 normal textures to The Body SE-Q entry on Nexus as an optional addon, in case anyone misses their muscle definition and veins. Still has similar neck seam issues as tbse tho. :)
Just FYI, I don't really intend to post Gpose on Twitter anymore, but leave that on Discord.
I'll also probably stop modding after I updated stuff for Dawntrail. I'll never say never, but yeah. 😁
So I'm starting my DT upgrade spree now since I get conflicting reports regarding automatic upgrades and I just want to be done with it.
I'll go in order of popularity and post a list of item with actual changes beyond a mere upgrade here (likely just color set adjustments).
Just wanna say thanks to all the modders that create upscales to SE-Q, especially Valus and Smurf. Makes me really happy to see that many people enjoy it as well. 😁
A bomber and a duck enter the ring, and the duck prevails! "Something with Ducks" defeats the Brute Bomber in the 3rd Arcadion match after a grueling fight!
I know a lot of people are still enjoying the vanilla goodness, still I updated my hairs on nexus mods for Dawntrail:
- Modern Monk
- Falcon (vanilla crop and fade, no elezen anymore tho)
- Mulletless Windcaller for male Miqos
- Piers' Hair
Spoiler free DT observations;
- They somehow managed to give the most baby faced characters the deepest voices.
- Male Hrothgar NPCs often look like someone pressed random and called it a day.
- So many beautiful locations. Looking forward to pose here. 😁
Honestly, for me Living Memory was a good idea and could have had real impact. But it felt like the one of the worst padded snooze fests I've experienced in FFXIV. At the end I was so done, I couldn't even care for Cacciatore defragmenting for good.
Two dye channel support (often including material tweaks):
- Pirate Coat
- Paradise Party Jacket
- Great Wave Crop Top
- Heartsteel Sett
- Warrior Vest
- Fall Jacket
- Nordic Leather (major improvements)
- Fancy Tracksuit
- Temptation (major improvements)
Small material tweaks:
- White Dragon
- Linked Dog Tags SE-Q
I also removed the materials and textures for most model-only vanilla edits, so they support the new two dye channels without any issues.
Have fun. :)
I think it's interesting how controversial DT MSQ is. I.e. I hated the last zone and found it a boring and unnecessary slog with maybe two redeeming scenes. Other people praise that part a masterpiece or talk about the emotional impact. All power to them even tho I disagree.
First thing I installed for my character was the open Fuga Haori from Tsar. I don't use the same body anymore, but I really like the Fuga Haori and also made a mod for it. Just cause it looks good. xD
Same for my first mod I made, the Skyworker Singlet. Still use it, but with Q.
Btw since I did get some messages about it; my texture add-on does not work with body hair. It's just something I whipped up for myself (I never use body hair) and decided to share.
Kinda curious how mods will have to be updated with DT. For gear mods I guess a lot depends how well Tsar can do his magic. Hair ... We'll see, I guess. 😅
I honestly will wait and see how penumbra handles automatic mod upgrades in the real version before doing anything regarding my old mods. Since with the TT auto update of the penumbra library everything looks pretty good actually, so I don't think I need to bother.
Honestly, I'm very happy that DT preserved AuRa face 1 as well as it did and fixed my biggest gripe about it (corners of the mouth were so choppy). I'll probably stay in the lizard camp for a while now. 😂
I honestly don't think I could handle either one of them for long. Qadan is just too much machismo and Ace is charming, but likely too much. Might go to grab something to eat and chat a bit.
Honestly, I don't mod much currently, but the feeling of making a test run of your own stuff and thinking, man, looks that looks pretty nice, is still a great one. 😂
I know that lots of fitness influencers are right wing, but NGL I never unfollowed someone as quickly as I did when one of them bragged how good they'd look voting for a felon.
Honestly never thought I would like the "new" Paladin, but after leveling it to 100, I am kinda vibing with it. Obviously it is no Warrior, but after getting used to the flow it plays decent and I still enjoy the utility.
Finally finished a render of my Pathfinder character, Levan, my Battle Oracle. 😁
Honestly could use a lot more polish, but after having him on my plate for so long it's nice to call him done and start something new.
Most of me is happy that work is finally productive and demanding instead of being a boring slog, but part of me wishes I could just have more time and energy to be creative rn.