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About this mod
Removes the glowing circle that is under monster party members allowing for the monster to blend in better with Noel and Serah offering a more visually homogeneous aesthetic for the player’s party.
- Permissions and credits
- NOTE: This is a Nova Chrysalia mod, so it's only designed to work with builds supported for that program. I believe that only the Steam release of FF13-2 qualifies, but I may be mistaken.
- NOTE: This mod may conflict with other mods, such as other visual effect mods because of the files edited. Do not install this mod alongside those mods if you find that it is causing such issues.
- NOTE: This mod pairs well with the "Monster Glow Begone" mod from the Nova Chrysalia Core Mods pack found on their discord's announcement channel here.
Description
- Removes the glowing circle that is under monster party members allowing for the monster to blend in better with Noel and Serah offering a more visually homogeneous aesthetic for the player’s party.
Installing
- Before you begin, you will need 110 GB of free space to install Nova Chrysalia mod manager.
Installing Nova Chrysalia Mod Manager
- Open Steam and minimize it.
- Download Nova Chrysalia from the Discord server here. Latest download link will be in the #announcements channel.
- Extract the zip file and open NovaChrysalia.exe to open the mod manager.
- Set the FFXIII-2 Install Directory by going to the top-right of the Game Launcher tab and selecting "Browse." If you aren't sure where your Install Directory is, go to Steam, right-click the game title, select Manage -> Browse local files. Your file explorer window or equivalent should open up to where your game install directory is. You can use that for reference when you "Browse" in Nova.
- Above the "Launch Game" option, set the dot to "Final Fantasy XIII-2."
- There are options for "Final Fantasy XIII-2" settings. Go ahead and configure them to your preference.
- Under "Filesystem," select "Unpacked mode."
- There are buttons for "Unpack Game Data (EN Audio)" and "Unpack Game Data (JP Audio)." You may only need to do it for EN audio if playing on English audio, JP for JP audio. I do both to be safe, but it may be possible to do only one.
Installing the mod
- Download the mod from the Files section here.
- Add the mod by going to the ModPack Manager tab and selecting "Add ModPack," then select the .ncmp file you downloaded. This will let it show up in the list on the left-hand side.
- The "Monster Circle Begone" mod will now be on the list. Double-click on it and select "Install Mod." Let the terminal and process run. Once it has finished, a pop-up will show up saying that the installation has completed (sometimes it'll show up behind the main window, for which you'll have to move the main window to see it and click OK).
- You can uninstall it by double-clicking on the mod in the list and selecting "Uninstall Mod."
Credits
- All credit goes to Drifting Dreamer from the Nova Chrysalia modding community. They isolated and removed the visual effect for this purpose and my personal interest. I believe others can benefit from this modification and so I am publishing this mod with their permission for this purpose.