Cait Sith Field Model

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I'm testing a new field model for Cait Sith and need a little help. A friend of mine sent me a bunch of mods he's made, but he sent me a full copy of the battle.lgp and char.lgp files. I don't want to just fully replace mine so I've been picking out what goes with what. The problem is I have no idea what files in char.lgp make up Cait Sith, and my friends English is pretty limited and getting into technical computer questions really raises the language barrier. Any one have an idea which are his, or at least what he's labeled as on the FF7-2 spread sheet? https://spreadsheets.google.com/spr...oDVsrYhVdG0zZERUT0tsOF91eHE2WHo4ZWRseWc&gid=4 My understanding is it's an original model so I could upload it after I pull him out if anyone's interested in checking that and trying the mod. The giant white polygonal blob he rides around on can be pretty distracting, and this new one is rounded off and less of an eyesore.
 
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The best thing is to extract the char.lgp and battle.lgp with a lgp-tool. After the extraction you could open
the models with kimera. The good thing is if you open a model with kimera it loads all needed files and then you could safe them in a folder you want without having the problem to find out which part is needed.
For testing I recommend you to use the direct mode off aali's driver. This way you don't need to create a new lgp and overwrite your lgp files.
I'm very interested in the model, if it's good I would like to combine it in my mod Improved and added unshaded characters.
I try to make the models in a uniform looking way, but at the moment I try to make battle models out of the main characters.
 
I downloaded Kimera 097, seems like a cool program but I'm getting a "Component 'MSCOMCT2.OCX' or one of its dependencies not correctly registered: a file is missing or invalid" error. I'll just pick Cait Siths files out manually for now and see if they work or if I missed anything. Sure go for it, feel free to use it as you'd like. There doesn't seem to be many mods for him so go ahead and spread it around.
 
Ok so it looks like I have his field and battle models ready. I know this forum has strict guidelines for what can be shared so I want to reiterate: I'm not the owner of this mod but I was given permission to make changes and share it. Treat it like freeware: feel free to make changes and share them. If anyone finds a problem or something that violates any forum guidelines just let me know and I'll yank it down and try to fix it.


I do know for example another mod in the file looks the Zerox Tifa battle mod, which was also converted into a field model to go with it. I don't know if that's actually what it is or the ruling on that mod. Either way I had to make a lot of changes to it. The field model was completely missing it's right arm and the battle model would cause the game to crash. It seems to work perfectly and looks great so I could post it later if no one has a problem with it.

Ok cool, I'll try that and get Kimera working. That'll help a lot with testing and editing.
 
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Well that doesn't look right. After recompiling a fresh char file Cait Sith looks the same. I think aebc.hrc -aehc.a maybe Red XIII.
 
Yeah, sithlord48 is right: the char.lgp field model for Caith Sith is aebc.hrc; Red XIII is adda.hrc.
 
Thanks. Damn I'm missing something than. May have to wait till I get Kimera working. I tried the runtime installer without any change.
 
Ok so I decided the model I was fixing sucked. It wasn't much better than the original, and when I checked it out in kimera it had all kinds of problems. So instead for fun I've been working on an alternative Caitsith model to replace the giant marshmallow he rides around on.

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He's not perfect but Moogle's pretty badass compared to the mog and it didn't come out half bad. The model's from the Chocobo/Mog summoning for anyone who cant tell. It's kind of silly but he looks better than the mog, and it's funny as hell so I'm more likely to use Caitsith now.

Edit: If it looks good in the game there will be a battle model too obviously.
 
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We have few or close to none mods for cait sith here so good job! just make sure to stay clear of ripped models it could cause some issues here.

Also when testing models in-game use the direct method in installing the mod, that way you dont need to recompile your lgp's again ..
 
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I must be the only living person who likes Cait Sith. I like the marshmallow he rides around on, even. While, I'm at it, even though it's f*n random, why isn't marshmallow spelled marshmellow? That kinda blows my mind a little.
 
Cool thanks Whiteraven. Yeah I've been through enough posts on qhimm to see how ripped models go over. I pulled the model right from the magic.lgp file so it's legal.

I actually don't hate Caitsith, it's just the way he looks in the game really shows it's age. He's the worst modeled character. I'm thinking of doing another down the line made from the battle model that'll have a lot more detail, but this seemed more fun to start with.

That's actually how I spelled marshmallow till spell check corrected it lol.
 
Wow i love that model would definitely use that when i can play again if you released it, good job cmh175!
 
This is kind of funny because yesterday I was talking to someone who is also interested in ff7 mods, and I told him it would have been so cool to have Cait Sith ride a proper moogle instead of the marshmallow. What a coincidence!
 
Ha that funny. Well either way as long as he actually works in the game I'll release it. I'm fine tuning it now so he's symmetrical, the wings were a serious pain. His ears look off, but that's just the texture of the model. Otherwise it'll just need a few alterations to the skeleton to ensure it can move properly. He's about a whole inch shorter (in kimera). He also has parts missing technically as he doesn't actually have legs or hands.
 
It took some innovation and creativity to take the choco\mog model. Good thinking.
 
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