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About this mod
This is a visual mod that changes the look of the monster drops(shiny drops) in MHW. The usual drop is rather hard to see due to environmental reasons and so I made this mod to help improve its visibility.
There are 3 types of model changes:
1) Engram Drops
2) Floating Drops
3)Projecting Drops
- Permissions and credits
Visibility mod for Item Drops/Monster Drops
A visual mod for those who are tired of missing out on monster drops because it was hidden behind vegetation/under snow/etc.
The mod is a simple model exchange and so will always be compatible with mhw and Iceborne.
There are 3 types of mods here,
1)Engram Drops: This is inspired by destiny2 engrams, it changes the small shinies to look like football-sized octahedron of sorts. The size is bigger for monster drops.
2)Floating Drops: As the name suggests it makes the shinies float in the air. They float at about the shoulder length of your hunter and they shine as well. The interaction point is still on the ground so don't worry about missing out on a drop because it was "out of reach" or something.
3)Projecting Drops: This one is just a whimsical design I decided to try and it worked so I put it here. It basically adds floating neon tubes on top of the drop. It looks kinda futuristic and cool so, it worked out.
HOW TO INSTALL THE MOD
It is a standalone mod, which means it needs NO other files to work (other than mhw obviously).
STEP1: Download the zip corresponding to the type of model you want. [eg. Engram Drops/Floating Drops/Projecting Drops]
STEP2: Extract the zip inside the monsterhunterworld folder. [This folder will be located inside of the steam folder, e.g. D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common
]
done!
NOTE: Download only 1 of these zips and not all of them, that will cause the game to not load any textures. So pick one. If you wanna swap just delete the one you had before then download the new one.
ALSO NOTE: Currently there is some sort of issue with my slinger ammo drop mod for the "FLOATING DROPS mod", they don't shine unless viewed from a certain angle. If you do download this zip file and find it to be irritating delete the gm000_030 file within the zip. This will revert them back to the original form. I know what's causing this but I am not sure why and I don't wanna make something I don't understand so until I figure this out it won't be fixed.
ALSO ALSO NOTE: If you only want the visual change for the monster drops and not for the bandit mantle (or the slinger ammo if that's there) then within the folder in the zip file, Keep only the gm000_014 file. That is the one with the monster drop file. This will only change monster drops the other drops will be as they were before.
Extra info: gm000_014 contains the shiny monster drop model (Gold color in-game)
gm000_030 contains the slinger ammo drop model (red color in-game)
gm000_120 contains the bandit mantle drop model (Green color in-game)
*If you have any positive criticism or suggestions or questions post them here and I will read them. TY!*
This was a great learning experience and it was made possible due to a number of free public tools provided by amazing people. Thank you so much!
Chunktool: MHVuze.
NoChunk: JodoZT.
Texture Converter: JodoZT.
ModdingWiki: Ezekial711, AsteriskAmpersand, Vuze, Miralis, zStatykz, Starflare.
Blender-Mod3-Import-Addon: AsteriskAmpersand, TheCrazyT.
Intel DDS Plugin for Photoshop: GameTechDev.
A visual mod for those who are tired of missing out on monster drops because it was hidden behind vegetation/under snow/etc.
The mod is a simple model exchange and so will always be compatible with mhw and Iceborne.
There are 3 types of mods here,
1)Engram Drops: This is inspired by destiny2 engrams, it changes the small shinies to look like football-sized octahedron of sorts. The size is bigger for monster drops.
2)Floating Drops: As the name suggests it makes the shinies float in the air. They float at about the shoulder length of your hunter and they shine as well. The interaction point is still on the ground so don't worry about missing out on a drop because it was "out of reach" or something.
3)Projecting Drops: This one is just a whimsical design I decided to try and it worked so I put it here. It basically adds floating neon tubes on top of the drop. It looks kinda futuristic and cool so, it worked out.
HOW TO INSTALL THE MOD
It is a standalone mod, which means it needs NO other files to work (other than mhw obviously).
STEP1: Download the zip corresponding to the type of model you want. [eg. Engram Drops/Floating Drops/Projecting Drops]
STEP2: Extract the zip inside the monsterhunterworld folder. [This folder will be located inside of the steam folder, e.g. D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common
]
done!
NOTE: Download only 1 of these zips and not all of them, that will cause the game to not load any textures. So pick one. If you wanna swap just delete the one you had before then download the new one.
ALSO NOTE: Currently there is some sort of issue with my slinger ammo drop mod for the "FLOATING DROPS mod", they don't shine unless viewed from a certain angle. If you do download this zip file and find it to be irritating delete the gm000_030 file within the zip. This will revert them back to the original form. I know what's causing this but I am not sure why and I don't wanna make something I don't understand so until I figure this out it won't be fixed.
ALSO ALSO NOTE: If you only want the visual change for the monster drops and not for the bandit mantle (or the slinger ammo if that's there) then within the folder in the zip file, Keep only the gm000_014 file. That is the one with the monster drop file. This will only change monster drops the other drops will be as they were before.
Extra info: gm000_014 contains the shiny monster drop model (Gold color in-game)
gm000_030 contains the slinger ammo drop model (red color in-game)
gm000_120 contains the bandit mantle drop model (Green color in-game)
*If you have any positive criticism or suggestions or questions post them here and I will read them. TY!*
This was a great learning experience and it was made possible due to a number of free public tools provided by amazing people. Thank you so much!
Chunktool: MHVuze.
NoChunk: JodoZT.
Texture Converter: JodoZT.
ModdingWiki: Ezekial711, AsteriskAmpersand, Vuze, Miralis, zStatykz, Starflare.
Blender-Mod3-Import-Addon: AsteriskAmpersand, TheCrazyT.
Intel DDS Plugin for Photoshop: GameTechDev.