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✨ my feeble attempt at collecting info shared by the community into one spot with easily searchable tags πŸ› οΈ β€·planned tags are split between #xivmoddingtips and #xivtechtips with added contextual tags β€·maintained by @sinuntosea.bsky.social

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list discords and dedicated sites to collecting guides

29.07.2025 02:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

this is a WIP atm, with my intent being to make a helpful QRT of most guides shared by the community thats appropriately tagged and described so as to make finding everything easier and more accessible but for now I'm just collecting stuff here!

29.07.2025 02:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Stupidest Guide to Upscaling Vanilla Gear Stupidest Guide to Upscaling Vanilla Gear Want to scale to titties? Well hopefully this will help Written by someone who made this process work for her

Here you go all. The raw guide
I'll do like an official 'share' I guess before uploading it to other sites but

Here you go

#ffxivmods | #xivmods | #apple-mods | #xivmodguides

26.07.2025 19:41 β€” πŸ‘ 424    πŸ” 201    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 6
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Midlander to Highlander Mod Conversion Foreword : I have never wrote a guide before so you’ll excuse me if i miss some stuff but i will try to be as step-by-step as possible. This guide is nonetheless for the people having a semblance of ...

I use this tutorial to port gear to highlander docs.google.com/document/d/1...

05.05.2025 15:17 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Lazy Weight Tool Supports weight painting by displaying and editing weights in a table, setting weights by numerical, strengthen vertex selection , etc.

superhivemarket.com/products/laz... godsend, unfortunately it's a paid plugin.

05.05.2025 15:15 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
ffxiv textools advanced modpacking guide
YouTube video by Moff Bby ffxiv textools advanced modpacking guide

Guide on how to make advanced modpacks. I probably forgot some stuff and I'm sorry in advance πŸ™

www.youtube.com/watch?v=umdf...

04.03.2025 20:06 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Quick and dirty guide on how I made Juksie's scars :D

Quick and dirty guide on how I made Juksie's scars :D

Alright motherfuckers let's do a funny lil guide on scars

DISCLAIMERS: I am not graphically skilled. I barely know what I am doing. I am using a Bibo-based body to demonstrate this. You do not need to know how to draw (I sure as hell don't).

01.05.2025 19:05 β€” πŸ‘ 255    πŸ” 109    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 10
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Robust Weight Transfer for Blender 0.00 USD - ,Join the Discord for support and news!: ,https://discord.gg/Fdy5RpunY4A Blender addon for getting smooth weight transfer results with just one click!Robus

jinxxy.com/SentFromSpac... superhivemarket.com/products/mul... github.com/bnpr/Abnormal my favorite blender plug-ins. Two of which are free.

02.05.2025 05:50 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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πŸ”Ά HACKJOB WEIGHTS WITH THE DATA TRANSFER MODIFIER

my original super-simplified data transfer guide for beginners, now updated with clearer screenshots. it just explains how to set up a data transfer modifier, so for more details, please refer to a full mashup guide!

#sorenmods

30.04.2025 22:31 β€” πŸ‘ 92    πŸ” 40    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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hi! here are 2 quick guides i made to share tips for weighting mashups in ffxiv! first up:

πŸ”Ά DUPLICATE MESHES FOR WEIGHT PAINTING
a lil trick i use a lot. this can simplify your workflow for models with many materials, handpainting, or troubleshooting annoying areas like underarms.

#sorenmods

30.04.2025 22:31 β€” πŸ‘ 220    πŸ” 94    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1
A screenshot of TexTools open to a hairstyle mashup.  The More Options button has been clicked and Add to FMV is circled in red.  Text: Open TexTools to your chosen hairstyle and click > More Actions > Add to FMV

A screenshot of TexTools open to a hairstyle mashup. The More Options button has been clicked and Add to FMV is circled in red. Text: Open TexTools to your chosen hairstyle and click > More Actions > Add to FMV

A screenshot of the FMV window.  Text: Select the race/gender you want to port to.  Then click Export > name your file > click Export again.  Relevant areas of the screenshot are circled in red.

A screenshot of the FMV window. Text: Select the race/gender you want to port to. Then click Export > name your file > click Export again. Relevant areas of the screenshot are circled in red.

A Blender screenshot showing the exported hairstyle on a head.  Text: Import into Blender with a head to check the fit.  The bulk of the work is done for you. :)

A Blender screenshot showing the exported hairstyle on a head. Text: Import into Blender with a head to check the fit. The bulk of the work is done for you. :)

A Blender screenshot showing the exported hairstyle on a head.  Text: From here, just make whatever edits you need to perfect the fit!
If you're porting to Miqo, you'll need to steal ears from another hairstyle.
If you're porting to Viera, I recommend importing their ears to make sure there's no gaps underneath.

A Blender screenshot showing the exported hairstyle on a head. Text: From here, just make whatever edits you need to perfect the fit! If you're porting to Miqo, you'll need to steal ears from another hairstyle. If you're porting to Viera, I recommend importing their ears to make sure there's no gaps underneath.

I'm sure this tip has been shared before but here is a mini tutorial on how to use TexTools as a shortcut in porting hairstyles.
#raspmakes #ffxivmods #vanillacreatives

03.01.2025 22:57 β€” πŸ‘ 324    πŸ” 128    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 5
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*deshines your nikki* & its example mod are out now!

it's a guide to retexturing hairs using vanilla materials.
pls share feedback if you have any, and i hope you enjoy!

#ffxivmods | #xivmodcreate | #sorenmods

guide: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
hair mod: heliosphere.app/mod/pjg96pf2...

17.01.2025 22:43 β€” πŸ‘ 536    πŸ” 291    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 5

paywalling guides is ridiculous, here's some good free ones:
- Quoth's
- Key's
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- Lighty's
- YAB Devkit Documentation
- Curie's

28.07.2025 00:09 β€” πŸ‘ 148    πŸ” 108    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 1

A short thread with relevant tips to the above guide

bsky.app/profile/quin...

27.07.2025 19:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#xivmoddingtips #textures #scales

[ A guide for getting metal/shiny/metallic shaders on skin textures, including scales ]

27.07.2025 19:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
OP, in CSP, instructs you set a layer above your shot to 'Divide' in the layer settings.

OP, in CSP, instructs you set a layer above your shot to 'Divide' in the layer settings.

OP then says 'Select the color of the BG that you basically want to be white' and then points to the Divide Layer we made and says to fill it.

OP then says 'Select the color of the BG that you basically want to be white' and then points to the Divide Layer we made and says to fill it.

Wow! All hints of that Divide Layer Color are gone and everything is bright and crisp and white now!

Wow! All hints of that Divide Layer Color are gone and everything is bright and crisp and white now!

A little tip when you've taken a gpose reference shot or something of that sort on a stage panel and everything is just a littttttle off color because of the housing lighting-

27.05.2025 01:54 β€” πŸ‘ 362    πŸ” 175    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 1
A Blender screenshot of a vanilla hairstyle with the bones listed

A Blender screenshot of a vanilla hairstyle with the bones listed

A TexTools screenshot with "export complete skeletons" circled

A TexTools screenshot with "export complete skeletons" circled

A Blender screenshot of the same vanilla hairstyle now with additional bones

A Blender screenshot of the same vanilla hairstyle now with additional bones

Here's another mini tutorial on something that may be common knowledge, but sharing for those who don't know:
You can export full skeletons from TexTools, which can give you access to additional bones for hairstyle mashups.
#RaspMakes #FFXIVMods #VanillaCreatives

06.07.2025 03:16 β€” πŸ‘ 133    πŸ” 56    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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How To: Midlander to Highlander Hair "Ports" - Dawntrail Edition Hair β€œPorting” Guide: Midlander to Highlander - Dawntrail Edition A visual guide for fem highlander players who got bamboozled too many times for the β€œfor hyur” tag on hair mods by Ellie, now without...

And it is done! A quick and easy rundown on how to port female midlander-based hairs to female highlanders with ONLY penumbra!

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

I tried my best, and even included how to add metadata for extra posing bones.

I hope this helps ❀️Enjoy #ffxivmods

04.07.2025 00:31 β€” πŸ‘ 77    πŸ” 44    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
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IMC Toggle guide for Textools IMC Toggle guide for Textools! A quick and easy guide on how to make toggles for mods in textools. I am no expert on everything, and this is merely a quick little thing I set up. Firstly, have your se...

OKAY.. This is a very quick guide on how to make easy toggles to your mods. You do need some knowledge of mod creation, blender and textools to do this.

As I'm no expert, please be kind, if there's incorrect things written in this! I merely wished to share!

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

30.06.2025 16:13 β€” πŸ‘ 212    πŸ” 102    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 0
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Double Chin Sculpting Tutorial!

This video tutorial already assumes you know a little bit about blender and sculpting, but not everything about sculpting.

This tutorial doesn't have a voice over, so turn audio on at your own peril.

17.06.2025 04:27 β€” πŸ‘ 207    πŸ” 100    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 2

ask people to @ this account in the replies to make it easier to collect into one place

29.03.2025 03:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

ideas: quote post with tags xivmoddingtips, xivxivtechtips, add in contextual words like sculpt, blender, hair, mashup etc to help make search more robust

29.03.2025 03:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

and a reply if u like

22.03.2025 23:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0