dark souls 3 Dark souls 3 Nude male Mod Help

[BadieBoi]

Hello everyone,
So I just wanted to see if anyone would be able to help me who's a bit more advanced at Photoshop and armor editing. I am making a mod for dark souls 3 and that mod is to make it so the base character of the mail can appear in the nude as via the other like 15 female nude mods that we have out already. Now this is been something that's always been my goal on each game that really didn't have a large community that made a lot of mail mods that matched the females I always try to at least make one so people have the option.
That means that this is nothing that's very explicit as it's just a simple nude male mod that allows a user to enjoy some nice eye candy for their mouth character the same as one would a female character.
I was able to extract the files from the actual game itself using ¡GP11 and that allowed me to be able to get the dds files off of the game itself. I'm actually going to upload the full folder so maybe someone if they have the time can take a look at what I'm doing wrong as the in-game model does show this changes that I made but a horrible black barrier shows where the undergarments would be whenever I load these textures into the game. Which makes me believe one of them are not edited correctly within my photo editing program when it comes to the layers.
The male model DDS files have been edited and I think it looks fine I just don't know how to get this one last part to be removed.
Any help would be appreciated or any links to information that may be able to help me complete this last part as I do want to release it. Hopefully before Halloween and at this point I am at the loss. I will upload a picture, showing the texture that keeps appearing as well as the full folder that I'm using to use the override file textures within the game.
Within the zip folder I just uploaded with this post is the IGP 11 override settings I'm using. As well as the folder that contains all of the textures pulled from dark souls 3 for the male and female base body models. The ones that I edited are within folder labeled Male DDS files and the original unedited version are within the backup folder just in case I mess something up extremely and just didn't know it.
There's also the folder named loin and that has the original garment that you would wear within the game whenever you pick a deprived character type so that was the original one that I was testing my technique on and that has the full edit within it as well.

DS3 Male Mod- Beta.zip

[_DingleBerry_]

I believe all or most of the female mods also make the male model nude. But I think what you're talking about is adding junk to the male model, are you trying to do it by simply altering the textures or are you actually attempting to add a model of a penis to the base model?

[BadieBoi]

I wish I was skilled enough to add a physical 3d attachment onto the male models. But all I'm trying to do is make the male model nude. I originally thought that I would be able to use the same file as the female ones for the male from the original mod. But that wasn't the case as it did not appear correctly on the male model. With this showing-

Edited October 26, 2021 by BadieBoi

[_DingleBerry_]

20 hours ago, BadieBoi said:

I wish I was skilled enough to add a physical 3d attachment onto the male models. But all I'm trying to do is make the male model nude. I originally thought that I would be able to use the same file as the female ones for the male from the original mod. But that wasn't the case as it did not appear correctly on the male model. With this showing-

 

I could have sworn the last time I had a DS3 female nude mod installed it also made the male models nude without the black artifact that you're seeing. But I think one of the side-effects was that the male model also had the vagina texture applied to it.

 

Try this one if you already haven't:
https://www.nexusmods.com/darksouls3/mods/756?tab=description

 

You may need to try a couple different female nude mods and see how they effect the male models. Not all of them appear to be implemented in the same way.

 

[BadieBoi]

Okay I find out what texture is making the black block, I just need help making this transparent. I am trying to make an alpha channel on it. But I can't seem to save it in the right format. 

262144_17090740084459585974.dds

[BadieBoi]

Also I did try the other mods for the females and none of them work as this weird black blog was still there on the male model... The file posted appears to change what shows up on the block so I'm assuming that this is the actual foul as I have tried seven different attempts to actually make it transparent. But unlike the other pieces it's not disappearing. Maybe I'm just missing something and there's one more texture within the files but whenever I use iGP11 to dump the fouls nothing shows up. And it appears for the female health department there was only usually four different files within each one meaning that technically there should only be four files for the males.

 

Yet this just doesn't appear to be the case as it appears the mail has one more layer blocking it which I'm hoping is this if I can finally to actually make it transparent and know that I did it correctly then I can rule out the possibility of this mean the last file hopefully and it will just appear in the nude if not then it appears to be one more that I need to find.

Thank you for your help so far as it was a great idea to go look at the other mods. So far I have been able to delete everything out of the override folder and put the female ones in and I still get the same thing along with the male armor not changing for the loin cloth as the male in female both have different armor parts for the bottom so I have to change that one which was pretty easy. So I'm making progress just stuck on this one part.

[wrafreed]

On 10/28/2021 at 5:01 AM, BadieBoi said:

Also I did try the other mods for the females and none of them work as this weird black blog was still there on the male model... The file posted appears to change what shows up on the block so I'm assuming that this is the actual foul as I have tried seven different attempts to actually make it transparent. But unlike the other pieces it's not disappearing. Maybe I'm just missing something and there's one more texture within the files but whenever I use iGP11 to dump the fouls nothing shows up. And it appears for the female health department there was only usually four different files within each one meaning that technically there should only be four files for the males.

 

Yet this just doesn't appear to be the case as it appears the mail has one more layer blocking it which I'm hoping is this if I can finally to actually make it transparent and know that I did it correctly then I can rule out the possibility of this mean the last file hopefully and it will just appear in the nude if not then it appears to be one more that I need to find.

Thank you for your help so far as it was a great idea to go look at the other mods. So far I have been able to delete everything out of the override folder and put the female ones in and I still get the same thing along with the male armor not changing for the loin cloth as the male in female both have different armor parts for the bottom so I have to change that one which was pretty easy. So I'm making progress just stuck on this one part.

You got it? that would be a big incentive for me to go back to DS3. I would find it beautiful. well I can't help with anything, I don't know about creating mods, BUT there is this mod "Naked Diego" on nexus that maybe the creator can help you with something. I hope you get it. https://www.nexusmods.com/darksouls3/mods/1019

[BadieBoi]

I going to finish working on it this month (hopefully)  and then release it. I have the programs I need and understand it a little be better now. Going to keep trying.

[BadieBoi]

After a whole day of messing around with yapped, and looking at cheat engines code that they use to unequipped the pants. We are using the same values that are used within Yapped to change the value of the "masks". I ended up making a spreadsheet for what each set of values affect within the game ranging from the head hands knees and legs and feet to even making the characters fall depending on which ones you click on.

 

Also going through the responses on multiple other nude mods on Nexus. It appears that everyone runs into this problem as they cannot remove the texture. As it is a mash, but what's interesting to me is that she engine itself can remove it simply by inputting a code change. So what I'm doing now is trying to implement that code change into the game itself via finding what values are affected and seeing if I can edit them within Yapped. Via the data file, as all a value for the game are within it and it should be able to be done.

If somehow I get it to work it won't only be used for males but also female characters as well. And all you need to use is one program rather than two. I'll do more research on it tomorrow and see if I can find those values. I already had the code that the cheat engine itself is using. I just want to see if I can actually make it something that will load each time rather than having to go into cheat engine.

 

But if you want to use cheat engine itself it will give you the same results now. I just need to finish working on the male body to make something that looks any decent if you're going to run around nude. Or if all else fails I'll just make a very explicit male underwear mod to go on top of the body. Some people have done the excellent mods that really does show proper physical traits and attributes of the bodies. Even if they are 2D.

[wrafreed]

thanks for the effort. I'm sure it will be amazing.

[BadieBoi]

So I am making leeway, here is my first attempt at editing the armor mash itself and also messing around with one of the two armors I'll be practicing on I plan on going a lot more and also making more physical looking armor pieces. That shows the proper aspect.

[BadieBoi]

This is very patchy and not the best, but honestly it was a test to see if I can do it in the first place. So now that I know it's easily done I'm going to work on making some various exclusive mail armor pieces using some of the maps they already have but it will be a trial and error as I still have a lot to learn with editing these files and the greedy format as I'm only used to doing 2D renders.

But it's an new year and I love learning new things so hopefully I'll be able to get really good at this and give us something good.

[BadieBoi]

Well this is a rapid result, I was easily able to remove the armor piece and make the male model nude. Now what I need to do is go back to the body textures and add the proper male genitalia. Now I'm able to bully see the body without that blocking ugly render that remain over the character's genitals I can see that it's not completely flat which is nice which means I should be able to at least find a right "package" to at least show the male characters genitals in a non erect state. It's most likely not to look like it one of those Greek nude statues. But I think that's good first step, especially since I'm just testing it to see what I can do.

If I can get that part to work I'll update with some pictures I'm also going to enhance the males muscles and everything else along with their glutes. I don't like the way their butt is rendered and I want to improve it so at least looks a bit more like they have a good butt and I'm going to try to add in more body hair especially for their pelvis.

[wrafreed]

Most people would already be satisfied with that. It's encouraging to see how engaged you are in this project.

[BadieBoi]

Honestly it's just a personal gripe that I have when it comes to the way many video game mods are when it comes to the concentration dedication people put towards male mods in general.

 

See I was spoiled because I played a lot of elder scrolls. And I always had to option of adding both mods for females and males. Sadly that someone who loves playing video games especially on that I've been playing on PC for some years now I know this a large imbalance when it came to the mods that supported well over a nude male base or any type of sexy male armors. Or clothing mods outside of certain games. 

 

People don't have to just make mods for guys. But it always disturbs me when I see so many for females and just none at all for the guys. But rather than point the finger and be upset about it I decided to try and make one. Even if it's something as basic as removing the armor completely. It may give somebody else who's far better at it than me a chance to have some fun and try out some new things.

 

That's something that I started doing and oddly enough it works. If people were able to find working around to sometimes it can be a whole type of innovation they need. I know that's not me taking my own horn because I'm pretty sure somebody who made the nude female armor set probably could have done this very quickly but they just couldn't bring theirselves to care about it. And that's where I come in that, so at least people have the option of choice when it comes to what player they can play as so now people will be able to play as a base male character I just have to find which DDS file to use that won't make the body not changing skin tone lol 

 

Also, I'll probably just release all the things I did and learn and all the lists that I did to figure out where to go and what to use. So if anyone else for male or female wants to use this research to help their own mod making stills they have it.

 

Because for the life of me I could not find any video that purely showed how to use the Flver ver a to add detail into the armor models. So as of right now all I can do is honestly delete every name or delete the armor and a specific way to make it completely nude or make the armor more sexy for the male character. Because after going through the 3D models it is a lot of very enjoyable armor once you start playing around with it.

[wrafreed]

I've already ventured into this universe, I've done some things for starbound, stardew valley and skyrim. I wasn't stealing anyone's work, I just changed it to men, asked for permission, but never got a friendly "no". I waited for months for an answer. I used it until I got tired and then deleted it.
It's very disheartening!
It might not be much, but I'm believing in you a lot. I wish I could help with something, but my knowledge is very limited. just like my english haha ?

[BadieBoi]

So here is update number three, I have been able to put a 2D rendering up just a non erect penis on the male model and also was able to match up the skin DDS files so the color of the face stayed relatively the same. And it's okay it's something it's not the best but after experimenting with all of the files that I was able to pull thanks to IGP11. I was able to texturize the penis enough to at least have it show up decently on the model?

As you can see here in these pictures this is how it looks in game as of now:

 

Now one of the problems that I I'm currently running into is trying to get the 3D model of the penis and balls attached to something to anchor it via blender and flver.

This is what I have so far via the pictures:

 

It looks good but trying to get it implemented is actually really hard. Especially since I'm not used to doing anything with mashes in 3D format. But I have come a long way and I'm positive eventually I may be able to get it to work and even fill in the holes within the model. Or if all else fails I'll just buy an actual royalty free fully three dimensional pre-made penis from one of the websites to use as it should come with all the files in that just maybe the most easiest thing to do at this point ?

 

I'm going to try working on it again tonight, maybe I will from an way to get the model to work in game.

[BadieBoi]

I understand where you're coming from wrafreed, so many other modders that specified in male mods for some of the other games that I have worked on have left the scene. Mainly because their mods don't as well as their female counterparts. And some people even having people say negative things to them or asking them to make a female version of it even though there was many better female mods in the ones that were currently made by the them.

 

I can understand how it becomes disheartening especially when you reach out to other creators and they don't reply back even with a simple no. Then over the years I learned just to move forward and do what I like. Even if it's not popular even if it's only five people downloaded it's out there and it gives people that option. Over the past couple of years I've watched many people take some my own mods and use them to make even better ones and that always makes me happy especially when I see how many downloads we can get up to ?.

 

Hopefully this can be done and I'll post everything. Not here but probably on a different post here and on some of the other forums. As I said I'm documenting the whole process, so once I'm done if I can get the results that I want someone else will be able to use that and make their own and probably even better version of what I made.

[BadieBoi]

So, after much trial and error and probably a lot more to come. I was finally able to attach the 3d male penis model onto the physical dark souls male model. And have it show up in game, this took a lot of trial and error but you can see from the pictures below that it was successful finally:

 

Now that I know in fact I can attach it correctly, now I just need to sell it a bit lower to size and at the texture for the model onto it. The only problem I know I will run into is matching the skin tones once I figure out how to remove this shiny textures and put the skin textures that came with the model onto it.

I think it will just be simply coloring the flush of the texture files to match the different skin tones within the game. And because I am highly organized I most likely will just be using the RGB codes for the skin tones to match it for download whenever I do release this so each skin tone can be used with the penis model.

If I have more time today I will work on finishing this up hopefully ?

[BadieBoi]

Okay so here is the next update and is very wild process of making this mod. I was able to get it to fully look like flesh in implement the DDS files correctly. And now that's out the way but there is one final problem that I made me help with solving as I can't find an answer to it anywhere.

It appears that when the greedy model is shown in game because it is a bit bigger than what the game allows it takes some of the mashed literally off it making parts of it see through..
I don't know how to fix this, but I'm going to keep looking if I'm so close now with having everything almost fully finish a set for this last bit. If anyone has any suggestions or knows how to fix this problem please let me know I'm using blender and Flver to be able to add it the textures as needed and the mesh.

 

[BadieBoi]

So I was successfully able to fix the model so it completely showed on the male character model. And I was able to properly do the weight and link the skeleton of the penis to the skeleton of the dark soul base model. So here is the results of that:

Other now I just need to finish working on the body base improving that also figuring out just how to properly align it so it looks the best way with the character model. After that I'll do the body here again so it sits properly and I think everything will be ready. I may have to attach it to a different skeletal point as the pelvis looks good but as of right now it's a bit too lively and it doesn't sit properly or align properly with the model.

[wrafreed]

it was very good. maybe adding a little fur will hide the clippings.

[BadieBoi]

? it's a great idea, I'm actually messing around with some of the FBX files to see which one would apply better and I think I found one. I just need to make the TPF files to match it when I bring it over for rendering within flver. I'll post a picture if I can get it to work it should solve the problem with it looking out a place on the character model.

 

Thank you

[BadieBoi]

Okay so a great update, I was able to fully get it flushed and rendered to the body correctly. So on the pictures below you can see that the penis is fully attached to the male model with additional body hair to make it look correct.

The only problem that I face now unfortunately is making sure that the weight is properly added onto the model in blender. It's attached but it's only attached to the pelvis which means. Whenever you move around or roll around or attack the penis stays in place and not actually follows the whole models body. Meaning that it would float in the mirror as the main character moves around.

Is going to take a bit more studying and practicing on my part to get that right. But at least I have one thing out the way. The 3D render pubic hair was not able to be added unfortunately as no matter how many times I tried to fix it it would remain a glowing white texture even when I added the materials onto it in flver.

So I will continue to work on trying to adjust the weight in the bone structure properly maybe it just doesn't only have to be attached to the pelvis but everything else and maybe the weight of it needs to be red and not green within blender?
 

[wrafreed]

There are several clothes with moving parts. Possible must be, maybe the location that is stuck is wrong. It's a reverse engineering job, hope you're lucky.