[REQUEST] Dual Sword Mod - Gan Jiang & Mo Ye (F/SN Archer's Blades)

[vnp3]

Hello. I know that Mabi currently has Appearance Scrolls for singular versions of these weapons, but as far as I know, they are limited to Dagger-type weapons.

I was hoping someone could/someone already has created a mod for the Paired version below (seems to be hardcoded as Sword rather than Dagger), specifically to spoof the appearance of any particular dual pair of swords (2 Fluted Short Swords, for example).

I very much appreciate taking the time to read this.

[Rydian]

Probably just take the model for those swords and use it to replace something else.


1 - First open /data/db/itemdb.xml and /data/local/xml/item.english.txt to find the item entry.

2 - In the text file, CTRL+F for the name, finding the below line.
54083   Gan Jiang and Mo Ye (For NPC)

3 - Now we know that it's entry 54083, so go to the itemdb and search for ".54083" to find the below.
<Mabi_Item ID="44022" blah blah blah

4 - That line has all sorts of info about the item, in this case it also mentions...
File_MaleMesh="weapon_c4_npc_ftaa_sword"
So that's the filename of the weapon's model, and it's in the c4 (chapter4) category.
\data\gfx\char\chapter4\human\tool\weapon_c4_npc_ftaa_sword.pmg

5 - So now that you know where the model is, copy it.

6 - Then find where another sword's model is supposed to be, say, Fluted Short Sword...
\data\gfx\char\human\tool\weapon_pluteshortsword.pmg
So you take the ftaa_sword pmg file, rename it to that filename and put it in that folder.

Then when Mabi loads, it'll go to load the "Fluted Short Sword" model, but end up loading the FTAA one.

(Though this method assumes that dual-as-one-item weapons aren't set up strangely, never poked around with their internals.)

[vnp3]

So, I tried following your suggestion and yes, the Paired swords pmg is an issue - even with only Fluted Short Sword equipped, it was showing two weapons in both hands.

I used your method to find the individual pmg files - gfx\char\chapter4\human\tool\weapon_c4_npc_ftaa_sword01.pmg and _sword02.pmg - but I wasn't quite sure how to swap both files for weapon_pluteshortsword.pmg. So, for the moment, I moved ahead with the Gan Jiang sword (weapon_c4_npc_ftaa_sword01.pmg).

Attached below is a picture of its in-game output; as you can see, while the blade model (and the pattern) is being shown, the color is the default gray seen in PMG viewer. The blade should be colored black. I know I need to force Mabi to reference the color scheme for the Gan Jiang (I think it's located in gfx\char\chapter4\item\mesh\weapon_c4_npc_ftaa_sword01_i.pmg) when it tries to find a color for the weapon_pluteshortsword, but I can't think of a way to make that bridge.


EDIT: searched and found tool_weapon_pluteshortsword_i.pmg in \gfx\char\item\mesh\tool.
I inputted weapon_c4_npc_ftaa_sword01_i.pmg into the folder, renamed it tool_weapon_pluteshortsword_i.pmg, and packed the folder(s).

Still no luck. Same gray blades with red pattern.

[Rydian]

You could maybe swap it out for another single-paired weapon like the uh, those chef sword items, but I don't know enough to fix this as-is.

[vnp3]

Thank you for your help thus far.

I took an educated guess and dyed the original weapon blade (limited to off blk for weapon unfortunately), and the following image attached happened. (the blade changed from gray to off blk).

I don't know if there is a way to force Mabi to ignore the original weapon color scheme and pull entirely from the male_Mesh, but it's enough for me - for the moment.

Thank you once again.

[Noonehere]

I took a look at weapon_c4_npc_ftaa_sword to see why it was coming up so weirdly.
It turns out the weapon was made weirdly. Perhaps it works better when its used as a swap for swords that are like Chef Knives or something. But for a simple sword/dagger swap, it won't work.
Then ftaa_sword01/02 was either one sword or the other on both hands.

The only way to get both swords showing as a dagger/sword swap is to use PMG Editor and fuse ftaa_sword01 and 02 together.
You can download what I put together here. Left hand holds Gan Jiang, the right holds the other
The variant color version is one that follows the colours on your sword.
The fixed color version is the one with a black Gan Jiang (and everything else follows the colours on your swords).

If you want to force a pmg to have a certain colour, I use PMG Color Editor

[vnp3]

Thank you so much for your assistance with this mod; I had no idea PMGs could be fused in this manner.

The result is exactly what I was looking for.

Thanks again to the both of you. Looking forward to doing similar mods on my own now.