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Xenthos

@xenthos.bsky.social

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Artist, modder & Souls + MH fan. Working on Dark Souls: Furnace of War, an overhaul mod for DSR. No ETA. Posts aren’t always related. Discord: discord.gg/kBmbUudQUF Profile art: @auroraunity.bsky.social Donate for the project: patreon.com/xenthos Diana 💚

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Moonlight Ruin @moonlightruin.bsky.social · 8h

Dark Souls 2 Firelink Edition is finally out!
This is a new DS2 experience with new visuals, items, weapons, armor, enemy and item location and many more changes. Tell your friends and family.

I hope you all enjoy it.

Firelink Edition

New enemy placement, item location, armor sets, weapons, decorations...A new experience and look for Dark Souls Ⅱ!

www.nexusmods.com

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Xenthos @xenthos.bsky.social · 23h

holy shit genius

Xenthos @xenthos.bsky.social · 23h

Pleasantly surprised with how decent this came out

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Xenthos @xenthos.bsky.social · 1d

Shall I bring Lordran despair?

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Xenthos @xenthos.bsky.social · 2d

To clarify, I’m asking about spellcasting weapons specifically. I’m not worried about regular old catalysts not having the ability to riposte or backstab.

Xenthos @xenthos.bsky.social · 2d

The alternative I’ve thought of is binding spellcasting to an L2 stance.
This would only temporarily put you in a state where you could spellcast with R1, meaning the visual feedback on the HUD would be grayed out when you’re not in the stance. Might also feel clunkier, so idk.

Xenthos @xenthos.bsky.social · 2d

There’s an annoying quirk with spell tools (catalysts etc) in DS1 that prevent them from being able to do critical hits.
How do people feel about that tradeoff? Giving certain weapons the ability to spellcast for their heavy attacks, but losing the ability to riposte or backstab?

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Xenthos @xenthos.bsky.social · 5d

Can't forget the actual death plane states lol

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Xenthos @xenthos.bsky.social · 6d

Nevermind! I made the fall speed consistent by breaking up the animations even more and adding even MORE states. Also fixed a visual bug while I was at it. Works perfect now!

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Xenthos @xenthos.bsky.social · 6d

Nevermind! I made the fall speed consistent by breaking up the animations even more and adding even MORE states. Also fixed a visual bug while I was at it. Works perfect now!

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Xenthos @xenthos.bsky.social · 6d

Update! It now has proper falling and landing states for when you use it from high ground. (You fall much slower than on flat ground, but I can't do anything about the gravity lol)
Also, another weapon imported by Bird - the Kikuichimonji.

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Xenthos @xenthos.bsky.social · 6d

Precisely lmao, literally his

Xenthos @xenthos.bsky.social · 6d

More Hell's Gate polish! Definitely the most complex move I've set up for what you'd think should just be a simple R2 lol
Also featuring the Shiranui, another weapon to go with Masamune in the Odachi class. Model imported by @birdoflight.pmd.social

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Xenthos @xenthos.bsky.social · 6d

Oh you know it will loool

Xenthos @xenthos.bsky.social · 7d

I’m having way too much fun playtesting this lol, I think the moveset will be a hit once it’s done

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Xenthos @xenthos.bsky.social · 7d

Well, cursed method proof of concept lmao
I've just gotta make some more variants and obviously fix the double crouch, but I mean, it works...

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Xenthos @xenthos.bsky.social · 8d

Hell's Gate WIP
I have to figure out a way to make the root motion scale with enemy distance. As far as I know, that's not a thing in DS1, so I'll probably have to resort to some cursed method like invisible bullets to track distance... lmao

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Xenthos @xenthos.bsky.social · 8d

If you know you know lmaoo
Hope the idle transitions are acceptable - I tried to adapt them to an already-existing DS1 idle. The original animations were so fast and these required a ton of adjustments.
(Model import courtesy of @birdoflight.pmd.social)

Xenthos @xenthos.bsky.social · 8d

Washing Pole who?