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(Vanilla) Ebontech Armor
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Tags:  soldier customization, star wars, Halo, skyrim, dead space, Ebony, Cape
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27 Sep, 2017 @ 1:07am
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(Vanilla) Ebontech Armor

Description
NOTE: THIS VERSION IS FOR VANILLA/LW2.
For the War of the Chosen Version, click here!

For the helmet seen in the preview pictures (and more helmets!), go to my mod "Derejin Helmets Pack":
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1101192869

A suit of purely cosmetic armor inspired by the Ebony Armor set from "The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim", as well as Dead Space, Halo, and more!
It has optional shoulderpads, shoulder cape, and full cape. The shoulderpads and capes have non-tinted and tinted versions!

This armor also has CUSTOMIZABLE LIGHTS - they obey the Secondary Color of the soldier that has the armor equipped. Go nuts!

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Contents (all fit both male+female - they're cosmetic props usable with any tier):
-Ebony Torso
=Capeless
=Tintless Shoulder Cape
=Tinted Shoulder Cape
=Tintless Full Cape
=Tinted Full Cape

-Ebony Arms (left and right)

-Ebony Shoulderpads (left and right - both tinted and non-tinted)

-Ebony Legs
=Thin version (no thighguards)

-Ebony Full Cape (Tintless)
-Ebony Full Cape (Tinted)
(these full capes are found in Helmet or Upper/Lower Face Props, as well as on torso variants)

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Versions:
v1.2
=Thin Legs Variant!
=Adds a version of the legs without the thighguards

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v1.11
=Full Cape Patch
=Adds in Torso slots that also add the Ebony Full Cape
=Also adds in Helmet slots for the Ebony Full Cape

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v1.1
=Full Cape 01!
=Adds Full Cape 01 as a Lower Face Prop and an Upper Face Prop. It is physics enabled!
Should work with any torso - at least, initial testing says so.
Definitely works with the torso added by this mod, however!

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v1.0
=Initial Release!
=Ebontech Torso, Arms, Shoulderpads, and Legs!

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FAQ
-None yet!

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Known Issues
-If you're freshly going into the Props menu for customizing a soldier, the "Shoulders" options may be grayed out.
This seems to be an engine issue, and is easily fixed by quickly going into one of the individual "Arms" options and backing back out.
-The Full Cape, if equipped as a Head prop (helmet or lower/upper face prop), will not animate properly if you do not have a torso with a "Cloak" socket directly on the ribcage bone. Vanilla items do not have this socket, but this mod's torsos do!
If you have modding tools you can add this socket onto torsos from other mods (simply open up the torso you want, click the socket tool, add a Socket onto the Ribcage and name it Cloak) and they'll work with the cape, too. :)

Incompatibilities:
-None known yet. Should be none, since this is just a cosmetic mod.

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Credits:
-Font used in preview pic (it's free):
http://www.dafont.com/search.php?psize=m&q=trajan

-Various texture maps used as brushes from Textures.com (only used free textures)
https://www.textures.com/download/grungemaps0135/45588

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Inspired by:

Stenchfury Modular Armors
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=729351665

Made in Blender and GIMP. Yes, really, just those two! They're both free!
It's possible. You can do it too.
I started focusing on Blender in about June 2017.

After completing a bunch of helmets for my mod "Derejin Helmets Pack", I started making an armor set and.. here we are!

This is part of my first serious forray into 3D Modeling: if you have tips, please leave them as comments!

I may add more gear later.

If you want more, please let me know, and what type of gear you want: more variations of what exists? New armor entirely? :)

Guides used to make this mod:
-CapnBub's Accesories Pack (imported from it to act as a guideline)
-Stenchfury Modular Helmets (same)
-Stenchfury Modular Armors (same)
-E3245's Weapon Texturing Guide
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j3sG2NUAmKj4BgJA9yLYk-i7ZfflXkcamVvgscNzkZk/edit?pref=2&pli=1#heading=h.i5wljya26ipb

-Guide on modeling Vader's Helmet (part of getting started in modeling in Blender)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfmD9XMrdYc&t=1567s

-Guide on 3D Modeling Workflow (done in 3DSMax, not Blender, but the routine he uses, and the concepts, are incredibly applicable)
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL925958D31D8D30C7

Also, thanks to the users at Reddit (especially E3245) for tips along the way!

I may make a guide for making props for XCOM 2, as there were MANY steps involved in making this mod, and MANY mistakes made along the way that took up a lot of time correcting.
If I can elucidate some of the mod-creation routine, it may help the modding community immensely, as there are a lot of tough questions with easy answers that I ran across while making this mod (and sometimes had to brute force to find the answer).
Knowing the workflow drastically reduces the turnaround time on starting on a model and having a releaseable product!

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Other Stuff:
  • You may utilize this mod and assets from this mod to create other mods, IF YOU GIVE ME CREDIT. Link back here (or to another site where I am the person who uploaded the mod), please, as well!

  • You do NOT need permission from me to create patches for this mod (for overhauls, etc.). Go nuts!
    But still, give me credit for the initial mod. :p

  • As of now, I will be the only person to upload this mod, and it will be available on the Steam Workshop. Please do not download from other sources, as they're not from me, unless it's part of a modpack!

  • I may build upon this mod. I spent a long time on it, and I have ideas for additional goodies - guess it depends on response and how I feel about it. :p

Like my work? Feel free to donate![paypal.me]
Up to you - the mod's free. :)

Thank you for your time - I praise the Lord Jesus for the opportunity to do this!
Colossians 3:23

Also, an important vid I like. If you see it, let me know what you think:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xe8Dzu5egHk&t=341s&ab_channel=LivingWaters
24 Comments
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UmbralSNPY_VT 29 Jul, 2021 @ 2:06pm 
I think I figured it out. I think the props are set for only certain types of armor. People wearing Exo-Suits cant wear this
UmbralSNPY_VT 29 Jul, 2021 @ 1:59pm 
It seems like the armor doesnt show up for some male characters which is odd
Derejin  [author] 27 Mar, 2020 @ 3:07am 
@sirsian

Would take a little bit of time for someone who knows what they're doing: archetypes are just files that contain references to the mesh/etc. as well as the prop type, and the XCOMContent.ini and Localization.int changes just have to follow suit with the other data values.
Then it just has to be rebuilt.
sirsian 27 Mar, 2020 @ 2:18am 
@Derejin Thank for the prompt reply and the permission. I'll see if I can get any help on that as I can't do it myself coz of the SDK requiring HDD space. Is the process time consuming?
Derejin  [author] 26 Mar, 2020 @ 11:03pm 
@sirsian

Sorry, but likely not: it's been awhile and I tend to have other priorities at the moment.
You have permission to make it yourself, though, if you want. Anyone has that permission. :)

The half cape itself was an existing prop that I just changed up a little and applied to the torso: someone would just have to open my mod up and add additional Archetypes that apply it to the prop locations you mentioned, as well as update the localization+content .inis to make them accessible.
sirsian 26 Mar, 2020 @ 11:54am 
Hi, I really like your armor with the half cape. Will you consider making the half cape into Helmet, upper/lower prop?
Derejin  [author] 28 Jul, 2018 @ 1:22am 
@Saint
Read the Known Issues section.
The cape requires a torso equipped that has a "Cloak" socket, which can be modded into an existing torso OR may be part of other modded torsos (I think the Advent Pathfinder torsos, for example, have this same socket).

This mod's torso has it.
Ergo, use this mod's torso, a torso from another mod that has a "Cloak" socket, or mod the socket onto the torso you want to use. :)
Derejin  [author] 18 Jun, 2018 @ 7:39pm 
@Colva_Moon123

If you mean use it in-game: simply set your character's Secondary Color on their armor and it'll obey. Darker colors won't produce as bright a light (i.e. black won't glow at all).

If you mean create it: this is the first mod I know of that utilizes this tech, as I updated the material itself to do this. Feel free to download the mod and examine it in the XCOM 2 Mod Tools and reverse-engineer it for your own mod, though I'd appreciate credit!
Colva_Moon123 18 Jun, 2018 @ 7:52am 
How do you do the glowing light on the armor?
Derejin  [author] 17 Apr, 2018 @ 8:55am 
@Kurnn

Thanks!