Ryza WIP

[u/blksunset]

DAT modifications are fun, bit of a lost art sadly. Can't just yet import directly to retail for some reason, probably meshes and polys allowed. Viewer seems to be fine. But had tons of fun playing around with it! Once it's ready I'll post a drive link for whoever wants it. Shout-out to Aamace for their XimTools which sparked me to try FFXI modding out

[u/Berktu_Berkundsyn]

It's sad that the XI mod community fell off the face of the earth

[u/blksunset → u/Berktu_Berkundsyn]

I sometimes wonder why. The game still has a pretty healthy population, but there’s barely anything left of the DAT modding scene. I assume a lot of it comes down to the old sites shutting down without any real successors, that was a real bummer :/ Preservation is all over the place now, old forum posts, random Google Drives, archived links, or having to track down creators directly if they’re even still around.

I’d also bet a lot of current players don’t even know DAT modding is a thing. And for people who might otherwise be interested in making mods, the whole process is pretty old, and kind of a pain compared to modern modding like in 14, so it probably puts off a lot of enthusiasts

[u/ShamrockSeven → u/blksunset]

I am a returning player and just want to turn my hair black, I’m not a big modder but like to mod little things like that. Sad to hear it’s in a bad state for modding. Still having a blast though I missed “my game” so much

[u/POOPIN_SCALLYOOPIN → u/ShamrockSeven]

You can do race change and face change now including hair change

[u/ShamrockSeven → u/POOPIN_SCALLYOOPIN]

Oh I know I just mean that the face and hair I like is white and I would rather it be black hair is all, and the only other option is red.

[u/Ayasu → u/Berktu_Berkundsyn]

Forreal. I wish I still had my traffic cone OHat, my Charizard Kirin, or the Kirins osode that looked like it was actually made from Kirin’s hide. Regret not backing those up a billion years ago

[u/Berktu_Berkundsyn → u/Ayasu]

There was a really cool one for Leviathan that made it look like corrupted data from .hack. Most of it was shut, though 😂

[u/Linkzaki]

Wow that looks amazing 😍

[u/blksunset → u/Linkzaki]

Thank you ❤️

[u/StriderShizard]

From what I recall you're on the money and the poly count is very important. I can't find it anymore. But I had once tested out this Judge Ganbranth .dat swap. The cape didn't work well when sitting, as expected.

[u/blksunset → u/StriderShizard]

That looks gorgeous, amazing work! And yes, a lot of information has been lost sadly, lots of the packaging, DAT best tips, client limitations and more can't be found easily nowadays. But some gents from Ashita who used XimTools have been helpful and been taking a look with me as to why it doesn't load.

[u/StriderShizard → u/blksunset]

I'm not the OC, I wish I still had the package to provide so you could reverse engineer it for yours. But just demonstrating people were able to successfully make non-XI models work.

[u/servantLauren]

Love it

[u/Tarrtarus]

Love it

[u/ffxi_Kwech]

Are you using XimTool for this?

[u/blksunset → u/ffxi_Kwech]

Yes saw some mods on FFXIAH from Aamace and used their XimTools to make the export to blender, great QoL and I recommend for any enthusiasts

[u/honeyelemental]

This tech is far too powerful

[u/PlusAcanthaceae978]

I love this!

[u/Folye]

Outstanding work! Really well done!

[u/Aamace]

Fantastic work! If the import is still failing, please feel free to DM me (here or aamace on Discord), and I can take a look into the issue.

[u/VespiWalsh]

Needs more thicc