🚧 TS4 CAS Swatch - 31 Referenced Swatches + Modified Meshes for ManiGP12WereWolf fingernails! ⚡ 1/19/25 - QUEUED FOR UPDATE!

────⋆⋅👹 DEADLINES™ UPDATE NOTICE

A future update is planned for these meshes.

EAxis DID NOT align these nails with Werewolf fingertips, they were aligned with Human fingertips. The result is the nails appear to float above Werewolf fingertips but look fine on Human fingertips.

It's an easy fix. However, fixing the alignment for Werewolves might mean the nails will then be too low for Humans, possibly clipping into the fingertips. I'll likely duplicate the nails as Standalone packages for Humans, fix the alignment for Werewolves, then flag all of them appropriately. #ThanksEAxis

────⋆⋅☠️ NOTICE ME, SENPAI!

• 🎁 sej_CASSwME_GP12WW_Accessory_Y_ManiWereWolf_240701.zip

  • Contains 2 packages. 1 for female and 1 for male.

  • Each CASSwME package contains 31 referenced swatches that will appear behind the EAxis swatch and 4 modified LOD meshes to make them compatible with the swatches.

────⋆⋅🎉 RELEASE NOTES

• 🎯 This is part of The Endgame but works independently.

• ⚔️ Requires TS4: Werewolves Game Pack.

• 🚀 Polished under Update 06/06/2024 - PC: 1.107.151.1020 / Mac: 1.107.151.1230.

• ⚙️ Outfit Safety is ❌ NEIN!

  • Outfits will default to EAxis swatches if these packages are removed.

• 🧬 Per the Deadlines™ note above, this add-on and the EAxis fingernails require a future mesh modification to address the fingertip alignment.

• 🧬 These are HYBRID PERFECTION packages.

  • Modified meshes are embedded but swatch textures are REFERENCED from BG and GP12_Werewolves. The smallest filesize is achieved. I am a god among flies.

  • A future update could change these to FULLY EMBEDDED packages if EAxis ever fiddles with the referenced resources.

• 🐍 Filenames - CASSwatch vs CASSwch vs CASSwME

  • My filenames have once again changed - a requirement for The Endgame, I'm afraid.

  • CASSwch (CASSwatch) packages contain additional swatches for EAxis items. They are NOT standalone items. Their SecondaryDisplayIndexes have been modified to position them between or behind EAxis swatches. The last two letters differ depending on what the package contains:

    • CASSwch contain custom swatches only.

    • CASSwME contain custom swatches and modified LOD meshes.

• 👽 Archives now include a custom folder containing the mod files.

  • Extract "#Sej" directly into your Mods folder and choose YES when prompted to replace files. Package updates will always have the same name as the previous release. Archives have version suffixes for easy backup.

  • Inside "#Sej" is a hidden DESKTOP.INI configuration file that prevents Windows Explorer from auto changing the View settings if there are more images than other files in the folder. It should work as intended on all recent versions of Windows. This DESKTOP.INI configuration file is included in EVERY archive that contains images. It is safe to overwrite this file. It is also safe to delete this file.

  • Consider the new "#Sej" folder as my way of helping you keep your Mods folder in order.

  • The primary purpose of the "#" in the folder name is to keep any Overrides contained within prioritized in the load order, however, other folders with special characters like "!" in front their names are higher in the special character order. Rename my folder as necessary to get it to the top of your Mods folder if you use any of my Overrides. I need to verify that folder names take priority over filenames and that a random loose !___.package won't override my override.

────⋆⋅✒️ WEREWOLVES CAN HAVE NAIL POLISH TOO!

Maybe you didn't notice that Werewolves have custom fingernails and toenails and maybe you also didn't notice that Werewolf toenails have 16 swatches while Werewolf fingernails have a grand total of ONE swatch.

I noticed.

────⋆⋅📖 WHAT IT DO, PIKACHU + 🌸 A MESSAGE TO FELLOW CREATORS

31 additional fingernail colors now appear after the "base" swatch. I referenced all 15 basic Solid swatch textures and all 16 Contrast swatch textures from the Base Game.

The Specular Map is referenced from Werewolves.

Werewolf fingernail meshes are... let's say "not standardized".

To achieve L/R-mirrored fingernail colors with 5 independent colors, I modified each of the 8 LOD meshes to align them with the layout used for most fingernails including those from BG, fine-tuning UV placement with ContrastPride.

These modified meshes are now compatible with any texture that uses the standard horizontal five-block layout.

🌸 Go wild, but keep in mind my Deadlines™ note above. Also, maybe link back. It's courteous.

────⋆⋅🪄 HOW U DO DIS?!

Would anyone like tutorials? I like explaining how I do things.

I could do video tutorials but I'd need to find that little gizmo I've seen other video tutorial creators use that put the button clicks on the screen.