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Blender file with quadrified / subdivided vanilla hair meshes I created for my HQ hairstyles mod.

For all your mashupping modding needs :nail_care:

Permissions and credits
! This is not a beginner-friendly resource ! 

You need to know how to use Blender in general and how to work with Witcher 3 meshes specifically.
There are also raw FBX files for other 3d software users.

Files are provided as-is with no intention of support, but feel free to drop a comment anyways - someone (not necessarily me) may be able to help.
Or go to Wolven Workshop discord server and tag me there.

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The resource may be useful for modders who are interested in modding hair, but don't want to tediously clean up optimized vanilla meshes themselves. These mesehs have higher resolution than their vanilla counterparts, which makes them look much better from up close. Check mod page for comparison pics.
Meshes were extracted, cleaned-up, quadrified (when it wasn't too tedious) and then subdivided. Then I would occasionally touch them up by hand to optimize or leave as is. Many meshes were then fixed and polished by me to remove clipping and other artifacts (cut strands, bad UVs, bad weights etc).

List of models:
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✅ Ciri - fixed bun clipping
✅ Triss - fixed cut hair strands, bangs clipping through her cheeks
✅ Triss DLC6 - fixed bangs clipping through her cheeks
✅ Yen c01 (for travel outfit)
✅ Yen c03 (for bare shoulders outfits)
✅ Keira
✅ Keira bloody - repainted blood color to better match the rest of appearance
✅ Philippa
✅ Philippa unsqueezed - optional file with no bandage shrinking
✅ Priscilla
✅ Priscilla wounded - replaced vanilla low-quality mesh with an extended version of her regular hairstyle
✅ Cerys
✅ Cerys crown - repositioned the crown to be on, well, crown of her head instead of her forehead (I like it better)
✅ Fringilla
✅ Ves and Ves brunette (some minor chars use this hairstyle)

Hearts of Stone:
✅ Iris - fixed UV clip on bangs
✅ Iris veil
✅ Shani - much less clipping in between layers

Blood and Wine:
✅ Anarietta curls - lots of clipping and see-through fixes
✅ Anarietta masquerade
✅ Syanna
✅ Oriana
✅ Vivienne, Vivienne monster - fixed clipping, repositioned upper strands to not dive into the hairstyle
✅ b&w Common c01 - unused in the game, may come handy for custom chars; fixed front strands
✅ Anarietta's Lady in Waiting Ponytail


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Intended use:

FOR BLENDER
- create your own Blender file
- load vanilla Witcher hairstyle to fetch armature, materials and textures from your modding depot
- append a collection from HQ hairstyles blend file to fetch the HQ mesh
- correct materials, parent, and armature link
- have fun modding

FOR OTHER SOFTWARE
- make sure to have vanilla source available (for armature, materials and textures)
- import FBX into your 3d editor
- correct materials, parent, and skeleton link
- have fun modding

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IMPORTANT INFO

- most meshes use vanilla Material0, Material1 names - check vanilla XML/W2MESH for texture paths
- Vertex Color is vanilla for most meshes, but few I had problems with (Keira, Ves)
- make sure to check SecondUV / Tangent Space setup when using raw FBX - it may have been screwed up on export from my Blender as I didn't triangulate them

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USEFUL LINKS

Witcher 3 Blender Tools
FBX Import Addon
WolvenKit 7
Official Modkit 1.3
Hair Editing Notes