Don't know if you're interested in updating this mod cuz it's 2 years old now but I got some suggestions if you do. Also just want to preface this and say NONE of this is hate, this is a great mod and the modeling and texturing is really great, I just think there's a few little things that could turn this from great "fan quality" to "pro level" really easily. Texture Issues: It looks like you just mirrored the UV's for the boots which is a good way to save UV space and get more texture detail but the issue is that one of the boots has flipped normals so it appears to have "inside out" shading because of this. Id recommend giving the boots their own textures to avoid this. The gloves may suffer from the same issue I didn't check. I don't think there's any metalness textures or if there are the roughness textures are way too high on the metal parts causing the metal to look way too matte, this makes the metal look very flat and almost cartoony. If the metal were shinier and more reflective it would look more believable as metal and would better fit in with the world of Elden ring. Try applying a metal texture and add a grunge to the roughness so the metal isn't perfectly mirror like and has some believable scratches and splotches. Modeling issues: The torso ends a bit too high, If you wear a different pair of pants other than Casca's you end up with a floating Torso, to remedy this I'd recommend making the torso and legs a bit thicker to better fit the proportions of the base body and add a round bottom or spike to the bottom of the torso so they go into the legs a little, that way players have more choice to mix and match clothing! The deeper and less slope the rounded bottom the better, just be careful it's not too deep or it may go through the bottom of the player during certain animations, there's a sweet spot you can find! Weight painting issues: The cuff of the boots clips into the thigh of the boots, thankfully this is an easy fix, simply select the verts off the cuffs and the boots and assign them the same weight, Once again this is all intended as constructive criticism and I want to emphasize that I do love the mod!
I am also not trying to be rude but since you seem well versed in all of that stuff why don't you make it? I would absolutely love a refreshed version of this. I play as guts with armor and all, I have a Skull knight summon as well as his horse to ride on, all I need is CASCA!!
Have you tried reequipping the armor pieces several times? The textures on the character edit and status screens will be messed up as I have not updated the files for those. But it should look the same as from the mod screenshots during gameplay.
That can be easily fixed with the game's body sliders. The armor also adapts to the body sliders. My Tarnished was just skinny at the time, hence what you see in the mod screenshots. :)
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Texture Issues:
It looks like you just mirrored the UV's for the boots which is a good way to save UV space and get more texture detail but the issue is that one of the boots has flipped normals so it appears to have "inside out" shading because of this. Id recommend giving the boots their own textures to avoid this. The gloves may suffer from the same issue I didn't check.
I don't think there's any metalness textures or if there are the roughness textures are way too high on the metal parts causing the metal to look way too matte, this makes the metal look very flat and almost cartoony. If the metal were shinier and more reflective it would look more believable as metal and would better fit in with the world of Elden ring. Try applying a metal texture and add a grunge to the roughness so the metal isn't perfectly mirror like and has some believable scratches and splotches.
Modeling issues:
The torso ends a bit too high, If you wear a different pair of pants other than Casca's you end up with a floating Torso, to remedy this I'd recommend making the torso and legs a bit thicker to better fit the proportions of the base body and add a round bottom or spike to the bottom of the torso so they go into the legs a little, that way players have more choice to mix and match clothing! The deeper and less slope the rounded bottom the better, just be careful it's not too deep or it may go through the bottom of the player during certain animations, there's a sweet spot you can find!
Weight painting issues:
The cuff of the boots clips into the thigh of the boots, thankfully this is an easy fix, simply select the verts off the cuffs and the boots and assign them the same weight,
Once again this is all intended as constructive criticism and I want to emphasize that I do love the mod!
The textures on the character edit and status screens will be messed up as I have not updated the files for those.
But it should look the same as from the mod screenshots during gameplay.
The armor also adapts to the body sliders.
My Tarnished was just skinny at the time, hence what you see in the mod screenshots. :)