Great Idea and I love the concept. But I want to give a few points of feedback if you're going to continue updating this.
1. The model's texture is too smooth, it looks almost like plastic and doesn't really blend in well with other weapons in the game, I'd try giving it some brushed metal texture or something to make it seem more metallic and less glossy.
2. There seems to be an issue where particle effects from buffs do not appear on the weapon. Buffs that change the weapons colour like Scholar's Armament do work, but things like Electrify Armament or Blackflame blade don't show any particle effects on top of the weapon.
3. Maybe this is linked to point 2, but the weapon seems too large, I'm getting slight transparency on it (similar to when you place your camera really close to the player character) even when running around normally. I would suggest either making the model slightly smaller or changing the weapon it replaces for the Great Club, being a colossal weapon and being similarly shaped to Kaido's club would probably make the replacement more seamless.
3a. On that note, if you plan to make the model a bit smaller, might I suggest replacing the Great Stars instead of the Great Mace? The extra life-steal is great and both being Spiked makes it feel like a more fitting replacement imo.
Thanks for your feedback! So as for the weapon it does replace the Great Club colossal weapon as is, but if you wanted it to replace another weapon like the Great Stars you just have to rename the file from 0851 (Great Club) to 0864 (Great Stars) or any other weapon of your choice. A link to find out the Weapon IDs of any other weapon was included in the description.
As for the size, I'll include an optional download file of a smaller sized Kanabo, maybe a bit slimmer (kind of like Yamato's version of the kanabo) and that should fit better for shorter weapons. I'll do this probably by the end of tonight or tomorrow and add it to the downloads
As for the texture, I see your point and I also had similar thoughts however the weapon model of the kanabo that I found didn't come with any texture files and thus I had to make do with what I could find that was fitting for the shape of the model. What I can do is look for a texture with some roughness to it that will make it less metallic/shiny and get rid of some of that plastic-y look that you're talking about. But like I said the model I found didn't come with any textures and I have to make do with what I can find that matches the weapon but I'll see what I can do.
Overall thanks for the constructive feedback. Resizing the weapon should be no big deal and I'll work on the texture. Oh and about the buffs and their vfx, I've had this happen on a few weapon remodels including some I've downloaded from others and some of my own. It seems the buff trail follows the original shape of the weapon and not the model itself, this involves editing a different part of the weapon file and it is doable but will take me some time to work it out, longer than a simple resizing and retexture, but I will work on it
Wow. Can't believe this is here. I've been working on a move set for Yamato for the past 2 days. I was planning on using the great club and suck it up but this is amazing!
Feel free to use my mod in your moveset, just add me in the credits? Also if you want I could resize the Kanabo to be a bit smaller like Yamato uses, just hmu on Discord
I was thinking if enough people like this mod I could create a moveset for it to mimic Kaido's attacks, or at least the black lightning streaks from his Haki
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1. The model's texture is too smooth, it looks almost like plastic and doesn't really blend in well with other weapons in the game, I'd try giving it some brushed metal texture or something to make it seem more metallic and less glossy.
2. There seems to be an issue where particle effects from buffs do not appear on the weapon. Buffs that change the weapons colour like Scholar's Armament do work, but things like Electrify Armament or Blackflame blade don't show any particle effects on top of the weapon.
3. Maybe this is linked to point 2, but the weapon seems too large, I'm getting slight transparency on it (similar to when you place your camera really close to the player character) even when running around normally. I would suggest either making the model slightly smaller or changing the weapon it replaces for the Great Club, being a colossal weapon and being similarly shaped to Kaido's club would probably make the replacement more seamless.
3a. On that note, if you plan to make the model a bit smaller, might I suggest replacing the Great Stars instead of the Great Mace? The extra life-steal is great and both being Spiked makes it feel like a more fitting replacement imo.
As for the size, I'll include an optional download file of a smaller sized Kanabo, maybe a bit slimmer (kind of like Yamato's version of the kanabo) and that should fit better for shorter weapons. I'll do this probably by the end of tonight or tomorrow and add it to the downloads
As for the texture, I see your point and I also had similar thoughts however the weapon model of the kanabo that I found didn't come with any texture files and thus I had to make do with what I could find that was fitting for the shape of the model. What I can do is look for a texture with some roughness to it that will make it less metallic/shiny and get rid of some of that plastic-y look that you're talking about. But like I said the model I found didn't come with any textures and I have to make do with what I can find that matches the weapon but I'll see what I can do.
Overall thanks for the constructive feedback. Resizing the weapon should be no big deal and I'll work on the texture. Oh and about the buffs and their vfx, I've had this happen on a few weapon remodels including some I've downloaded from others and some of my own. It seems the buff trail follows the original shape of the weapon and not the model itself, this involves editing a different part of the weapon file and it is doable but will take me some time to work it out, longer than a simple resizing and retexture, but I will work on it