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About this mod
A custom model for the Zorah Magdaros Greatsword
- Requirements
- Permissions and credits
How To Use:
Download and install: Small Double Edge Bone GS- this mod shrinks the 'Double Edge Bone' greatsword model, which will stop it from clipping with this model.
Then, once you're ingame, layer your Zorah Magdaros Greatsword's base part to the 'Double Edge Bone' model.
Background:
This mod adds additional geometry to the Zorah Magdaros Greatsword outer part, making the model more unique.
MHW's biggest issue imo is the lack of unique looking weapons. Iceborne introduced many unique models for weapons, but there still exists a large number of generic looking weapons, of just a bone or iron base with some monster skin wrapped around the handle.
Fixing this issue through modding should theoretically be pretty easy: just remove the ugly bone base thing and the monster part handle and replace that with a new model, right?
Unfortunately, this doesn't work the way you want to in practice: when you remove the base part of those generic looking weapons, the sound effects, custom upgrades, and augments also break.
There are alternatives that work, such as replacing an existing unique weapon's model and layering any other weapon into that weapon skin, but that has a problem with versatility: There are only so many unique weapon skins in the game, and the goal is to make more of the weapons into unique ones, not keep the number the same.
So I've come up with the dirtiest way to do unique weapons - shrink the generic base, so that the outside skin can be turned into its own unique weapon model that covers the base.
I took the "Double Edge Bone" Greatsword base and shrank the blade part way down. Then, I added additional geometry to the Zorah Magdaros skin wrapped around it. This allowed me to make a unique model for the Zorah Greatsword, without needing to change a unique weapon skin.
Tools used:
MHWNoChunk
Mod3 Importer-Exporter
Blender
Download and install: Small Double Edge Bone GS- this mod shrinks the 'Double Edge Bone' greatsword model, which will stop it from clipping with this model.
Then, once you're ingame, layer your Zorah Magdaros Greatsword's base part to the 'Double Edge Bone' model.
Background:
This mod adds additional geometry to the Zorah Magdaros Greatsword outer part, making the model more unique.
MHW's biggest issue imo is the lack of unique looking weapons. Iceborne introduced many unique models for weapons, but there still exists a large number of generic looking weapons, of just a bone or iron base with some monster skin wrapped around the handle.
Fixing this issue through modding should theoretically be pretty easy: just remove the ugly bone base thing and the monster part handle and replace that with a new model, right?
Unfortunately, this doesn't work the way you want to in practice: when you remove the base part of those generic looking weapons, the sound effects, custom upgrades, and augments also break.
There are alternatives that work, such as replacing an existing unique weapon's model and layering any other weapon into that weapon skin, but that has a problem with versatility: There are only so many unique weapon skins in the game, and the goal is to make more of the weapons into unique ones, not keep the number the same.
So I've come up with the dirtiest way to do unique weapons - shrink the generic base, so that the outside skin can be turned into its own unique weapon model that covers the base.
I took the "Double Edge Bone" Greatsword base and shrank the blade part way down. Then, I added additional geometry to the Zorah Magdaros skin wrapped around it. This allowed me to make a unique model for the Zorah Greatsword, without needing to change a unique weapon skin.
Tools used:
MHWNoChunk
Mod3 Importer-Exporter
Blender