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Install Guide
wikid24 edited this page Feb 19, 2024
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- Blender (2.80+) or higher installed. Only Blender 3.6 LTS is officially supported, BLENDER 4.0 DOES NOT WORK YET(issue).
- MMD Tools addon for Blender
- A FFXIV Model exported into .FBX file format
- .VMD animation files (MMD animation files) - Deviant Art, bowlroll,Reddit or UuuNyaa's Helper addon (listed below)
- Before you install, make sure you have all the prerequisites installed first
- Download the latest release package.zip
- Go to Edit -> Preferences -> Add-ons -> Install and select the zip file you downloaded
- In the search box, type in 'ffxiv' until the addon 'Object: FFXIV MMD Tools Helper' shows up and check the checkbox
- Once you see "FFXIV MMD", you'll know it is installed correctly. All of the tools are located here.
- Anamnesis - Used for finding out the character data in FFXIV leveraging the .chara file. This addon is now integrated with it to make it faster and easier to use!
- FFXIV TexTools Used for exporting the character data into .FBX format - Video Tutorial - watch the first 7 minutes
- XIV Tools Discord - Where to find help on FFXIV Rigging
- XAT FFXIV Animation Toolkit - Standalone tool for manipulating animations and skeletons in Final Fantasy XIV. Needed to play any custom animation .pap files created & exported out of blender
- FFXIV Colorsetter Blender Addon - Blender Addon for better FFXIV Materials/Textures/Shaders. This addon is now integrated with it to make it faster and easier to use! - Video Tutorial #1 Video Tutorial #2
- FFXIV MekTools Blender Addon for Blender to fix inside-out alpha (if you're not using this tool to import). Also, it has a pretty good skin shader, but I haven't gotten all the controls to work properly to be honest. This addon is now integrated with it to make it faster and easier to use!
- UuuNyaa's MMD Tools Helper Blender Addon addon for MMD Tools for Blender, a bunch of useful tools for animating MMD Models (including lighting presets, material presets, physics tools etc...)
- Animation Retargeting Addon for Blender - Needed to copy animations from one model to another model (such as a MMD model to a FFXIV Model) since they have different bone names and bone structures. Used in conjunction with the XAT addon to play MMD Animations in FFXIV. This addon is now integrated with it to make it faster and easier to use!
- Auto-Rig Pro - A paid application that does what Animation Retargeting Addon does, but apparently is faster and easier to use. I don't know, I never tried it, but the more experienced FFXIV XAT animators swear by it.
- Gravity Collider Bone Physics Addon - I haven't tried it, but its a free and easy way to add skirt and hair physics (if you're sticking simply in Blender)
- The original MMD model (.pmx file) that the VMD animation files were based on (useful for animation scaling reasons)
- PMX files (MMD model files) - Deviant Art, bowlroll,Reddit or UuuNyaa's Helper addon (listed above)
- Miku Miku Dance (application) (duh)
- PMX Editor - MMD's Model Editor for PMX files
- A bunch of MMD effects: (will list them later)
- MikuMikuEffects - Install Tutorial
- Ray MMD - Install Tutorial/Beginner's Guide
- Alpha Textures Fix
- FFXIV TexTools Hex Color Reference List
- MMD Facial Expression Reference guide
- XIV Mod Archive - Useful guides to exporting
- MMD Skirt Rigging Tutorial: Video Tutorial
- UuuNyaa's Physics Adjuster: Video Tutorial
- MMD Tools wiki
- XAT Animation - Body Retargeting Guide - An alternative approach to animating FFXIV characters using MMD motion files
- XAT Animation - Working With Custom Lip Animations
- FFXIV TexTools Reference Data