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izzy @ 7.3

@thanc.red

go my low effort ooc gpose

November 27, 2025 at 12:42 AM

izzy @ 7.3

@thanc.red

I'm so fuckin picky with sculpts I had to go back and fix this

a really close up picture of sonnet's face showing like a 1 milimeter bump in the cheek

a more zoomed out version of the picture

November 26, 2025 at 10:01 PM

izzy @ 7.3

@thanc.red

real this type of shit

"we should improve society somewhat"

"yet you participate in society. curious! I am very intelligent"

November 26, 2025 at 8:15 PM

izzy @ 7.3

@thanc.red

with variants the model should be identical between all items, it's the materials that'll likely be different! the way I do this is just copypasting the variant 1 filepath in penumbra and changing the variant number on it

this is 3 variants for m and f models pathed to the same material

a screenshot of penumbra file redirections

November 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM

izzy @ 7.3

@thanc.red

here's my own sculpt with all the mesh decals for posterity

a blender screenshot of a head with wireframe visible

November 26, 2025 at 6:23 PM

izzy @ 7.3

@thanc.red

can we not do better than this?

sculpt with huge amounts of mesh clipping

another sculpt with floating parts and mesh clipping

November 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM

izzy @ 7.3

@thanc.red

"Sunnefa - Viera Sculpt" to clearly explain what the mod is broadly. if I just uploaded this preview with the title "Sunnefa" people could think it was any number of things. is it the sculpt? is it a piercing accessory? is it the makeup? is it the hair?

a screenshot of a mod preview image without text showing two viera with a custom face sculpt

November 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM

izzy @ 7.3

@thanc.red

4. mods that contain big blank or solid colour textures

I know sometimes TT makes these when you create a new material, but if you're actually using a solid colour texture... did you know the game has common placeholder textures you can path to instead?

chara/common/texture/texname.tex

a screenshot of the game file structure in alpha, showing different common textures available for use

November 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM

izzy @ 7.3

@thanc.red

there's more compression formats that I won't get too in-depth with but if you really wanna be # Optimal here's a lil basic flowchart I made for compression in ffxiv.

if you see format: B8G8R8A8UNorm, that's uncompressed

Block Compression Flowmap - a loose guide to help determine what the best compression format for your textures might be

What type of texture do you have?

Index: BC5 only stores info from the red and green channels! it doesn't save blue or alpha channel data. perfect for ID maps that only use RG channels

Decal: BC4 doesn't store colour data, only greyscale. it also doesn't store any data for alpha, so it's perfect for black & white decals that only use black and white

For normal, mask & diffuse:

If colour is more important to you: BC7 stores RGB channels as well as alpha channel data. the RGB channel compression is almost indistinguishable from the uncompressed image. Alpha channel is usually lower quality, however. this is the highest quality compression format available to you! it may take time to compress depending on your PC hardware.

If transparency is most important to you: BC3 stores RGB channels as well as alpha channel data like BC7 does. it's a simpler compression algorithm that takes less time to process. it does a better job at preserving the alpha channel data compared to BC7, so if you need a cleaner alpha channel this one might be for you!. it does a poorer job at colour accuracy when compared to BC7 (note: seriously only use this if transparency is your ONLY concern. it sucks ass at colour accuracy)

No transparency: BC1 stores RGB channel data, but doesn't store alpha channel. it's great for textures that are fully opaqure and don't use transparency. it is lower quality when compared to BC7 however. if you want better quality, use BC7

Compression is non-reversible and destructive to the files! please make sure you have a backup before compressing

November 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM

izzy @ 7.3

@thanc.red

identical than completely broken and invisible. you can check if your item has variants in TT by clicking the hamburger icon (3 lines) then clicking variant list or in penumbra under changed items. anything that shares an item ID is a variant (650 is the item ID, 1 and 2 are the variants)