[Old] How To Get Your FFXIV Character From Textools to Blender for Animation: Blender 3.3

[@BMChummy]

Great guide man! Been struggling with this stuff for a while and this helped a whole lot. Lookin' forward to the next video, keep 'em coming!

[@sevoranffxiv6638]

Hey you're welcome I recommend Pierrick Picaut and Grant Abbitt for new Blender users and prospective animators. you may also like CGI Fast Track's first video, wish I had done that last year honestly

[@DAGJason]

Great job. I'd like to see how you would get it ready to 3d print if you do that kind of thing.

[@sevoranffxiv6638]

I dont know how to do that but theres a dude named Grant Abbitt on here that has a video about that. "Blender Model to 3D print" I think or something like that. He's good. Maybe that will help

[@Lordschosen93]

Is there a way to export a character via Mare or Penumbra and upload it into Blender? a way without having to resort to Texttools I ask this due the issue of it not taking my body mod .

[@KevinSatron]

14:22 when i press tab, my character just laying down on the floor

[@im_Dafox]

Hi there, thanks alot for this tutorial :] Any idea why i can't send modded clothes to FMV - to export an entire character, by any chance ?

[@mimiminori]

Thank you for the guide! This is such a good resource, especially for a beginner like me :D you explained the process simply and clearly, and allowed me to hit the ground running lol quick question, would you ever consider making a guide on getting NPC models from TT to blender?

[@sevoranffxiv6638]

You're welcome! I'm glad its working out for you. NpC's are a little complicated but not impossible. I use Anamesis to turn a character into the NPC i am looking for, then check the gear number and use that to find the right attire in Textools

[@sevoranffxiv6638]

The faces can be found in the higher numbers of face models. Emet Selch is in the Elezen face section for example. I will think about doing a video if I can reproduce it correctly enough time on my own

[@NoPurposeIndie]

Thanks for this dude! Ive been looking to do something like this for a while... Though im still a newbie at Blender, but this video helped loads ^^ ... annnnnnd subscribed ^^

[@sevoranffxiv6638]

Youre welcome! I recommend Pierrick Picaut for animation tips and Grant Abbitt for beginner blender tutorials!

[@NPDStudio]

​@@sevoranffxiv6638 is there a way to use Penumbra to export character models instead of TexTools? Or does it have to be TexTools?😮 I ask because I heard TexTools & Penumbra clash when you're in-game.

[@NPDStudio]

​​@@sevoranffxiv6638 also I noticed the "Append Rig" doesn't have one for Female Au'ra? Would the normal Female Hyur work the same way?

[@sevoranffxiv6638]

@@NPDStudio I have never used Penumbra so not sure about that, but yeah the "Append Female Rig" works for Aura!

[@NoPurposeIndie]

​@@sevoranffxiv6638 Thank you very much, I ended up getting TexTools & MekTools anyway :) Hopefully I'll have my first animation done within a couple months & I'll send it over & credit you for the help ❤

[@ZylphiaCrowley]

Hi, this tutorial looks really useful! (I haven't tried it yet but I plan to when I have the time to do so) Thank you for taking the time to make it! I did have a question though, how do you go about changing stuff like the nose and eye shapes and such if you don't have say, the default face 1 but instead face 1 with nose 3 and lips 2 or something like that? Or is this perhaps addressed in Meku's video (or did I just miss that step entirely somehow)? Not sure if context helps, but my ultimate goal is to 3D print a physical figure that has the exact features that my character has. Again, thank you for the useful video.

[@sevoranffxiv6638]

If you select the mesh, There is a section to the right called object data properties, find "shape keys" in there and you can slide the different values between 0 and 1 for the different face types and stuff. Also yeah i think mekus video covers it and his video is clearer overall

[@FlameSalvo]

Hey, great guide! Question though, if the gear my character is wearing has a tail coat (Dark Knight's Bale chest piece specifically), how would I make it so I have bones to control it? Currently it just keeps clipping through the legs whenever I move them.

[@sevoranffxiv6638]

There are bones for that, I think they are just hidden by default. Over on the right there should be a section where you can switch that bone layer on. Blender 4.0 has it in a different area than what is in this video though, and i cant remember what the menu is called off the top of my head, but its over there somewhere lol. I will check when i get home!

[@FlameSalvo]

Appreciate you looking into it! If it helps at all, I'm on Blender 3.6 and Mektools 0.35@@sevoranffxiv6638

[@sevoranffxiv6638]

Try going to pose mode and going to the armature tab on the right, there should be a layers section and clicking one of those gray boxes should bring up skirt bones, i cant remember which one it is though lol

[@FlameSalvo]

oh my god you're a lifesaver, thank you so much lol@@sevoranffxiv6638

[@nothingbutice12]

Thank you so much for doing these guides, they're a very lifesaver for someone who is just getting started with these tools like me! Do you need an additional Textool plugin to extract NPC characters that use custom outfits like Emet? I've being trying to extract the twins and G'raha in his exarch outfit but I can't find their bodies/outfits, only their heads/hair.

[@sevoranffxiv6638]

You're welcome! Dont get discouraged if something doesnt work or breaks, its VERY common. Most of my time is spent googling and surfing discords trying to solve very specific issues, if you have any problems hit me up

[@nothingbutice12]

@@sevoranffxiv6638 Thanks for the advice! I haven't considered discord before, but I will definitely try looking there for an easy way to export custom NPC models. Keep it up with with the great stuff!

[@sevoranffxiv6638]

I just noticed the second half of your question i will explain how to do that when i get home

[@xkelbix93]

When I select the armature then try to select Pose Mode it's greyed out saying "Disabled: Cannot edit library linked or non-editable override object." Any idea what this means? I've tried googling but I can't find the answer anywhere.

[@herklopik]

One thing: how do we get anything metal to work upon export into blender? It's coming up as grey in all viewports...

[@zhexu3391]

Great tutorial! Thank you! Do you know how to change the color of clothes in blender just like how you changed the hair color in textool? I think there should be a way that can change color without repainting the texture?

[@sevoranffxiv6638]

Yes there is it is called the Colorsetter addon and its alot to explain so i will try when i get home later

[@sevoranffxiv6638]

If you search for ffxiv colorsetter on twitter or something you may be able to find the creators page and the link, it comes with a general guide but i will probably make one for how i use it sometime.

[@zhexu3391]

@@sevoranffxiv6638 Wow, that's great! Thank you for your advice and your patience. I am looking forward to seeing your next video.

[@zhexu3391]

@@sevoranffxiv6638 I tried to use the colorsetter you mentioned, however, when I use colorsetter node and apply textures on it, it never worked properly, I didn't know why...

[@sevoranffxiv6638]

Hmm I will make a guide to show how I use it tomorrow, hopefully that will help

[@eevirawr844]

Hi there! Great guide, I've been trying to figure out how to do stuff like this for a little while. One question, sorry if you mention this in the video and I missed it, what do I do if the character I'm trying to export has some mods as part of their appearance, e.g hair, clothing, face makeup, etc? Would I need to install those mods in Textools first then begin the export process? I just use Penumbra for most of my modding these days (like most people, I suspect!) so I was wondering if there was an easier way of doing it!

[@sevoranffxiv6638]

I have never tried to export something with a mod :/ hmmmmmm......thats a thinker. I will have to find someone with mod experience to ask...so i will have to get back to you later!

[@eevirawr844]

@@sevoranffxiv6638 So far the answer I found on my own is to basically just install all the mods I'm using for the character into Textools and then export her. This isn't exactly ideal since I then need to uninstall them all afterwards to avoid conflicts with Penumbra! Probably not a big deal when exporting a single look for a character, but might be a bit annoying when I want to change her clothes or something!

[@bybublebox8229]

can i use textools with ffxiv start free trial downloaded?

[@TommuVA]

Great video! One problem, whenever I move my one arm, the other moves as well, same goes for the legs. How can I fix this?

[@sevoranffxiv6638]

You may have "mirrored movement" toggled on. In pose mode check in the top right for a highlighted X looking symbol. Toggle that off and you should be good

[@TommuVA]

@@sevoranffxiv6638 Yes this was it! Thank you!!

[@lichwarri]

I have some problems with Aura, I can tell textools that I want a xaela (dark scales) head but all the other scales will be light... any idea how to make those adjustments?:)

[@sevoranffxiv6638]

There is a fix but I will have to check when I get home later, cant remember right now but I will let you know later. I think the discord Melu Arts has the solution pinned in one of the "help" channels as well

[@sevoranffxiv6638]

Sorry thats "Meku Arts" discord

[@Nehji_Hann]

I'm wanting to do this and also change the color of my character's hair without having to extract a new model from Textools every time I'm using blender 4.1 so right now the colorsetter addon can't even work unless I revert to an older version of blender Is there another way to color my hair/skin/eyes that would be easier than drawing over the texture and re-importing? Or is it easier just to revert to blender's earlier versions? (I'm very new to using blender and 95% of what I know for how to use it is all in this video so far...)

[@Atraira]

the title says "outdated" but doesn't really say why or point to a non-outdated version.. before i get into it, is this video still useable?

[@sevoranffxiv6638]

Still useable. Just uses an older version of Blender and Mektools. The process remains the same.

[@Atraira]

@@sevoranffxiv6638 ah ok thanks! you probably don't need outdated in the title then, maybe just put the version numbers or something; makes it seem like the video is no longer relevant

[@Rob9722]

Hey, I'm following up until the point where you append the body, when I try hitting the append button it doesn't do or show anything changing. Do you have any recommendations or have run into that sort of issue?

[@sevoranffxiv6638]

Make sure you are in object mode when you hit append let me know if that works

[@sevoranffxiv6638]

Also check if you have the latest version of blender.

[@Rob9722]

@@sevoranffxiv6638 I am (or at least I'm lead to believe I am), though it still doesn't seem to work. 🤔

[@Rob9722]

The latest version might be my issue though lol. I thought i was on 2.9.. I'll check right now!

[@sevoranffxiv6638]

Should work with 3.5 if you update check the option to keep your settings

[@DeadlyScorpion]

Hi, amazing guide dude I must say. I have a final fantasy mod which is basically a .pak file which I want to edit by loading it in blender. Do you know how could I unpak the mod file so that I could load it in blender may be using Quickbms/ Umodel or Textools as you showed?

[@bunnyshade6112]

What do you do for blendshapes? When i was messing with the face and importing it, it had no blinks, or mouth movment.

[@sevoranffxiv6638]

I do all the movement with Mekus rig addon. I think the only blendshapes that come with the exported models are to change the eye/nose/cheek shapes etc.

[@NoSkills1988]

Late response, but they change the shape of the face (jaw, nose, eye, cheek, etc) in accordance to the 'number' in game. Note: I think the shapes count from _a, _b, _c and so on, but in game it's numerical starting from 0. So, cheek "0" in character creation is cheek_a shapekey set to 1.0.

[@Switch72nd]

I have the same desktop background

[@NPDStudio]

I got mine working in the end, though I ran into just a couple issues & one particularly bothersome one... The earring that I have attached to the character model won't budge in Pose mode. Ill move my character but it will just stay still mid-air. AND YET, it moves in object mode when I move the head... I can't find any bones or anything attached to it, I can't even click on it. Is this common or did I mess up somewhere? :o 2nd Little issue: Whenever i hit 'Fix Alpha Blend Mode', my character model become semi-transparent and fuzzy, so i just didn't use it and things still seem all good :) Thanks for all your guidance ^^

[@JojoDigitalArtist]

For some reason my models face looks fine in Blender but when I render it it's a completely different face and I have been trying to figure out what's causing that wondering if you know?

[@sevoranffxiv6638]

Hmm maybe, what does it look like?

[@JojoDigitalArtist]

@@sevoranffxiv6638 It kind of just turns into the default face before I applied any edits to it in textools if that makes sense.

[@SnowBlackheart]

Hey I'm using a body mod for my Viera Male and I'm trying the Apply Skin Shader stuff. The face looks great, but the body when applying the skin shader, doesnt change at all. Is it cause im using a body mod and it needs to be my character being default only with no body mods? Edit : I figured it out, it was undera a different tab in the Materials

[@VaracolacidVesci]

Hehe the shoes are the female version xd. Excelent video

[@cursoula]

HI!~ is there a reason pose mode might not work? Could follow steps up t'ill 13:00, but when I tried to go into Pose mode it says "disabled, cannot edit Library linked or noneditable object override object"

[@sevoranffxiv6638]

Someone else had this problem too and I haven't been able to figure it out yet :/ I am using Blender 3.5 and MekTools 0.34

[@cursoula]

@@sevoranffxiv6638all good mate thanks god getting back. great video regardless! I’ll keep messing around and checking settings. Cheers!

[@cursoula]

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[@mimiminori]

@@cursoula hi! I know this is 2 months ago but if you were still wondering how to fix the 'cannot edit library linked' error, I found right clicking the rig in outliner and selecting "ID Data" then "Make Local" fixed it for me. :o

[@UtogiMaps]

When I press Append Rig nothing seems to happen. I'm using a male Elezen export.

[@sevoranffxiv6638]

Are you in Object Mode up in the top left

[@NPDStudio]

@@sevoranffxiv6638 Im having the same issue - im in Object mode, still nothing... Only noticable thing is that the n_root box in Modifier tab is red. But not sure how to fix issue... I'm importing an Au'ra, trying to append Female Rig. I think the problem is that my Blender isn't updated. I'll let you know if that fixes issue...

[@NPDStudio]

@@sevoranffxiv6638 Fixed! I was on Version 2.81. Worked immediately with updated version :)

[@sevoranffxiv6638]

Glad to hear it!

[@BamideleCaleb-k9o]

Hello, can I port the character fully created from scratch in blender to ff

[@KimsuKale]

So when I try to pose the fingers for my character, they always keep forming out very long like and won't bend. Is there a way to fix this?

[@sevoranffxiv6638]

i think so, it involves moving the bones on the hands with "edit" mode a little farther down the hands so they line up with the end of the fingers...also i think the newest version of mektools fixes this as well. let me check and i will get back to you! just be sure and save before you try and make any changes