Another successful adventure! This time, I've revisited the somewhat rarely seen Velious textures. Velious armor sets--beautiful as they are--were scrapped once Luclin models were introduced on Live. For this reason, so many players never even realize they exist. These armor sets are special because every single gender and race combination (male Dwarf, female Ogre, male Wood Elf, etc.) has six unique high-resolution Velious armor texture sets with the exception of Humans and Iksar of both genders, who have seven to account for Monk garb. (Vah Shir and Frogloks have none because they came after Velious and after the implementation of Luclin models.)
In my first test, I took various Velious armors and applied these textures to platemail. In other words, as a male Gnome's first texture piece for platemail is stored under the image gnmch0001.bmp, I've taken the Gnome Velious set I wanted and renamed the first texture piece of gnmch0001.bmp then overwrote the above-mentioned platemail file; once I got into the game and threw Spell: Illusionary Platemail on myself, the game pulled up the beautiful Velious textures thinking they were the platemail!
The potential for this is that if people do not like how various pre-Velious armor sets (naked/base, leather, chainmail, and platemail) look, they can hijack the Velious textures and fool the game into using them instead. There is enough variety among all genders and races that it is possible to find at least one set in the six (or seven) Velious sets that will correspond well enough to each type of armor set. Of the six sets that High Elves get, at least one is bound to pass as cloth, one as leather, one as chainmail, etc.
Here is what a male Gnome, female Barbarian, male Erudite, and female High Elf can look like. Remember that I am under the effects of Illusionary Platemail in all these pictures.
Now for a little experimenting. At this point, I tested out what would happen if I deliberately mismatched a Velious armor set with the wrong race/gender. These have never been seen before, and they aren't half bad! There are some restrictions if you want good-looking results, like avoiding giving busty female armor to a male or applying a huge race's armor to a small race.
Male Dwarf in Female Gnome Armor
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Female Dark Elf in Male High Elf Armor
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Male Half Elf in Male Human Monk Garb
In my first test, I took various Velious armors and applied these textures to platemail. In other words, as a male Gnome's first texture piece for platemail is stored under the image gnmch0001.bmp, I've taken the Gnome Velious set I wanted and renamed the first texture piece of gnmch0001.bmp then overwrote the above-mentioned platemail file; once I got into the game and threw Spell: Illusionary Platemail on myself, the game pulled up the beautiful Velious textures thinking they were the platemail!
The potential for this is that if people do not like how various pre-Velious armor sets (naked/base, leather, chainmail, and platemail) look, they can hijack the Velious textures and fool the game into using them instead. There is enough variety among all genders and races that it is possible to find at least one set in the six (or seven) Velious sets that will correspond well enough to each type of armor set. Of the six sets that High Elves get, at least one is bound to pass as cloth, one as leather, one as chainmail, etc.
Here is what a male Gnome, female Barbarian, male Erudite, and female High Elf can look like. Remember that I am under the effects of Illusionary Platemail in all these pictures.
Now for a little experimenting. At this point, I tested out what would happen if I deliberately mismatched a Velious armor set with the wrong race/gender. These have never been seen before, and they aren't half bad! There are some restrictions if you want good-looking results, like avoiding giving busty female armor to a male or applying a huge race's armor to a small race.
Male Dwarf in Female Gnome Armor
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Female Dark Elf in Male High Elf Armor
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Male Half Elf in Male Human Monk Garb
). The eyes are recolored yellow, but it is hard to tell against the blinding blue bones. Love that this skeleton has a fully animated ducking stance! :dance:
