Not gonna lie when I realized the sheer amount of tedious work I'd have to do I kinda gave up on my chocobo mod. This is far better than whatever I was going to do. Thank you for putting in the time and effort to bring this to us!
I built a script that allowed me to package one texture as 6 different mods at a time (1 for each region) which is the only thing that made such a task possible! Still took forever.
The screenshots and the uploading/filenaming was an absolute nightmare, though, lol.
Is there any way you can also change the Chocobo's avatar?? (e.g. I've made my Corel chocobo full black, could you change the avatar in the Gold Saucer Chocobo Races to now show the black chocobo instead of the default corel grey one?)
Back then on the game's first release. I wish that you can custom the color for the chocobo just like the outfits But this mod change that. good work as always. 😉👍
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, STEP RIGHT UP, BEHOOOOOOLD!!!! THE CHOCOBOUTIQUE!! (aplause from the public)
Do you suffer from chocobo envy? Does your bird look like it was dunked in dishwater while everyone else is out here looking like fashion icons? Do you lie awake at night, haunted by the fact that your neighbor’s chocobo has a better color gradient than your mom?
WELL, SUFFER NO MORE, MY FRIEND, BECAUSE TIREN FKIN MODS HAS DELIVERED A MIRACLE FROM THE GODS THEMSELVES.
288 DOWNLOAD FILES. 240+ UNTAKEN SCREENSHOTS BECAUSE PERFECTION DOESN’T NEED PROOF! A BIRB FOR EVERY MOOD, EVERY CLIMATE, EVERY MIDLIFE CRISIS.
This man didn’t just mod chocobos, he revolutionized them. This isn’t a color pack it’s a chocobo Met Gala. And the dedication?? THE DEDICATION. This dude went full Dr. Frankenstein on chocobo genetics. My dude, you put more effort into this mod than I put in my entire life. You said, “I will dedicate my time to giving giant feathery war chickens a drip so powerful, they could walk into a Gucci store and get a sponsorship.” I RESPECT THE HELL OUT OF THAT. If this mod doesn’t get downloaded by every chocobo enthusiast out there, I will personally break into their game files and replace all their birds with a dull, sad shade of gray labeled "your mom succ ass." You crafted a birb couture collection. If chocobos had Instagram, they’d be flexing these colorways harder than influencers at Coachella.
AND IF ANYONE. AND I MEAN ANYONE. DARES TO ASK WHY I JUST SPENT TEN MINUTES WRITING THIS LOVE LETTER TO A MOD, REMEMBER THIS: THIS LEGENDARY MADMAN PROBABLY SPENT TWO WHOLE WEEKS JUST UPLOADING 288 FILES FOR BIRDS THAT NO ONE, AND I MEAN ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, WILL EVEN USE AFTER BEATING THE GAME, BECAUSE THEY’LL BE TOO BUSY LICKING CHADLEY’S BOOTYHOLE IN HIS STUPID VR SIMULATIONS.
My guy, thank you for your service. You have ensured that no chocobo will ever suffer the fate of being boring again. OMEGA APPROVED!
What a variety of colors! Thanks so much for the mod.
One suggestion: Couldn't you optionally upload a file for each region and then choose from it? I see the files are small, but there are 288 files, and I think it would be much easier to find the one you want.
If I had planned things differently at the beginning of this project, I might have provided that option!
Problem is that the file naming logic in the CLI mod packaging app I wrote to help me with this project wasn't particularly conducive to producing filenames that were easily parse-able by a human who wasn't me. By the time it occurred to me, I was far too deep in to change it and start over.
Basically, to bundle things up in a way that would be half as easy to search through as it is on Nexus (where I renamed the files on upload to make them easier to search/parse), I'd need to re-name (and re-arrange) 288 files into a different configuration/folder structure first.
I might add an option like that in the future, though... if I ever find the energy to revisit this, hahaha
I briefly considered breaking this up into multiple mods - maybe one per region, or something - but I really like having things in one place. A single source of truth, and all that.
When I had uploaded 99 of them, though, I had a horrifying thought...
"What if Nexus has a limit!?"
I broke into a cold sweat over it every 50 uploads after that, haha.
Thanks for the kind words, Pejniu! I absolutely LOVE your mods!
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This one was a LOT of wark... remember to endorse if you enjoyed riding the rainbow!
Thanks for leading the way, it was your mod that put the idea into my head.
So in a way the 40 hours I spent on this is ALL YOUR FAULT
Amazing work!
The screenshots and the uploading/filenaming was an absolute nightmare, though, lol.
Thanks for stopping by, Jasni!
Is there any way you can also change the Chocobo's avatar?? (e.g. I've made my Corel chocobo full black, could you change the avatar in the Gold Saucer Chocobo Races to now show the black chocobo instead of the default corel grey one?)
Yes
Would that be super cool?
Yes
Am I going to spend the many, many, MANY extra hours necessary to do so, for the sake of a single menu screen in the game?
Probably not 😜
THE CHOCOBOUTIQUE!!
(aplause from the public)
Do you suffer from chocobo envy?
Does your bird look like it was dunked in dishwater while everyone else is out here looking like fashion icons?
Do you lie awake at night, haunted by the fact that your neighbor’s chocobo has a better color gradient than your mom?
WELL, SUFFER NO MORE, MY FRIEND, BECAUSE TIREN FKIN MODS HAS DELIVERED A MIRACLE FROM THE GODS THEMSELVES.
288 DOWNLOAD FILES.
240+ UNTAKEN SCREENSHOTS BECAUSE PERFECTION DOESN’T NEED PROOF!
A BIRB FOR EVERY MOOD, EVERY CLIMATE, EVERY MIDLIFE CRISIS.
This man didn’t just mod chocobos, he revolutionized them.
This isn’t a color pack it’s a chocobo Met Gala.
And the dedication?? THE DEDICATION.
This dude went full Dr. Frankenstein on chocobo genetics.
My dude, you put more effort into this mod than I put in my entire life.
You said, “I will dedicate my time to giving giant feathery war chickens a drip so powerful, they could walk into a Gucci store and get a sponsorship.”
I RESPECT THE HELL OUT OF THAT.
If this mod doesn’t get downloaded by every chocobo enthusiast out there, I will personally break into their game files and replace all their birds with a dull, sad shade of gray labeled "your mom succ ass."
You crafted a birb couture collection. If chocobos had Instagram, they’d be flexing these colorways harder than influencers at Coachella.
AND IF ANYONE. AND I MEAN ANYONE. DARES TO ASK WHY I JUST SPENT TEN MINUTES WRITING THIS LOVE LETTER TO A MOD, REMEMBER THIS: THIS LEGENDARY MADMAN PROBABLY SPENT TWO WHOLE WEEKS JUST UPLOADING 288 FILES FOR BIRDS THAT NO ONE, AND I MEAN ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, WILL EVEN USE AFTER BEATING THE GAME, BECAUSE THEY’LL BE TOO BUSY LICKING CHADLEY’S BOOTYHOLE IN HIS STUPID VR SIMULATIONS.
My guy, thank you for your service. You have ensured that no chocobo will ever suffer the fate of being boring again.
OMEGA APPROVED!
You've officially broken the 'Nexusmods World Record'
I can't imagine the amount of time and work that must of gone into just 'uploading' to the server smoothly.
That alone deserves an Endorsement!
In fact, I may have lost it anyways. 🙃
Thanks, hope you enjoy!
One suggestion: Couldn't you optionally upload a file for each region and then choose from it? I see the files are small, but there are 288 files, and I think it would be much easier to find the one you want.
Problem is that the file naming logic in the CLI mod packaging app I wrote to help me with this project wasn't particularly conducive to producing filenames that were easily parse-able by a human who wasn't me. By the time it occurred to me, I was far too deep in to change it and start over.
Basically, to bundle things up in a way that would be half as easy to search through as it is on Nexus (where I renamed the files on upload to make them easier to search/parse), I'd need to re-name (and re-arrange) 288 files into a different configuration/folder structure first.
I might add an option like that in the future, though... if I ever find the energy to revisit this, hahaha
Anyways, enjoy!
Just want to say that 288 files... wow, that's the most I've seen one mod having, by a huge margin
Anyways, great and sweet mod, thanks you!
When I had uploaded 99 of them, though, I had a horrifying thought...
"What if Nexus has a limit!?"
I broke into a cold sweat over it every 50 uploads after that, haha.
Thanks for the kind words, Pejniu! I absolutely LOVE your mods!