HC Mods corner (SotTR, HFW)

[vaze234]

On 8/18/2025 at 3:41 PM, Demonwise said:

Let us all stop to remember the fact that we have mods at all is purely due to the grace of mod creators' good and giving nature. We should be grateful that we get mods at all. If we are to make further requests, it should be made with all due humility and understanding. Temper your expectations and know that the mod creators owe, you, me, nor anyone else absolutely anything. Any initial and continued consideration of the community's requests for additions, tweaks or changes is entirely dependent upon their whim and fancy or willingness.

 

@hornycopter Thank you so much for the mod. Your continued dedication to this game as well as your work on Tomb Raider are incredible. Truly some of the best mods I have ever had the pleasure of using. 

 

True, which is why I prefer to pay for a work to be completed. Then, atleast I know it will be done. One of the downsides to mod creators is that their whim changes at the drop of hat due to anything. Sometime a project gets halfway and just stops. What sucks, is when a creator has shown no intention to finish a work, they just either vanish, or don't want to release any unfinished work to the public, and let others complete it.

 

A lot of projects are dead that I was interested in, and so was the public. I decided to take up mantle, and get those projects finished which turned out to be a journey. Some creators have left the scene for so long that there's no way of contacting them. Some refuse despite making it clear they a project is unifnished and they don't plan on working on it anymore.

So often times you just have have to hope someone with the willingness ,and skill starts over from scratch, but this time sticks with it, which often times they don't. I've taken time to learn how to do many things over the years, and one goal I have in mind is making sure that whatever I do, is share my works with the public in the event I cannot continue it.

 

[Reaper59]

10 hours ago, hornycopter said:

Three more outfits for HFW are half finished right now - won't start anything new until I release them. But first I need to return back home to my PC - I'm on vacation right now 😎
 

Closest to release is "Carja Blazon" with revealing top and loincloth made of finest silk straight from Meridian and with some naughty pants too 😉

Nice 😁

Can't wait try these......or maybe to see a sneak preview of them 😉

Enjoy your vacation HC, I believe you've earned it.

[Myrddin_Reave]

16 hours ago, hornycopter said:

Three more outfits for HFW are half finished right now - won't start anything new until I release them. But first I need to return back home to my PC - I'm on vacation right now 😎
 

Closest to release is "Carja Blazon" with revealing top and loincloth made of finest silk straight from Meridian and with some naughty pants too 😉

Nice to hear the blazon is probably the second favorite in regards to my outfits, also enjoy your holiday

[WindSeven]

On 9/15/2025 at 5:34 PM, hornycopter said:

Three more outfits for HFW are half finished right now - won't start anything new until I release them. But first I need to return back home to my PC - I'm on vacation right now 😎
 

Closest to release is "Carja Blazon" with revealing top and loincloth made of finest silk straight from Meridian and with some naughty pants too 😉

Carja Blazon has been a favorite outfit for many gamers since HZD, and I even used mods to layer his look over other armor. A smart choice.

[Bigjay]

Do these mods have jiggle yet?

[lunarfreya]

On 9/6/2025 at 3:55 AM, TrissMerigold1 said:

I didnt make the patch- I need to ask the person if I can share it

it kinda ironic that the patch that link 2 free mod together is not free ! LOL

[TacticalGiraffe]

On 9/7/2025 at 2:50 PM, greedo75 said:

There is no patch for the hair on Gamerlands site. 

I cant seem to find any mention of it aswell. rather frustrating no one can provide a link. . . not saying to post the file download but atleast a link to the patreon post would have been nice.

[LabelDegree]

Does anyone know if Gamerlands' Youthful and refine Aloy face would be compatible with with HC Aloy?

[hornycopter]

On 9/19/2025 at 7:46 PM, Bigjay said:

Do these mods have jiggle yet?

New HFW & HZDR engine is quite unfriendly for modding, so I won't be surprised if custom juggle will never be implemented. It's miracle that we even got model replacements for this engine.

 

9 hours ago, LabelDegree said:

Does anyone know if Gamerlands' Youthful and refine Aloy face would be compatible with with HC Aloy?

I haven't tested it myself, but looks like it's compatible - first example, second example, third example.

 

Edited September 21, 2025 by hornycopter

[siframe]

13 hours ago, LabelDegree said:

Does anyone know if Gamerlands' Youthful and refine Aloy face would be compatible with with HC Aloy?

Yes it is, no patching required.

Edited September 22, 2025 by siframe

[LabelDegree]

17 hours ago, hornycopter said:

New HFW & HZDR engine is quite unfriendly for modding, so I won't be surprised if custom juggle will never be implemented. It's miracle that we even got model replacements for this engine.

 

I haven't tested it myself, but looks like it's compatible - first example, second example, third example.

 

Thanks for providing examples  Though I think your face looks a bit more natural so I'll stick with that. (Saves me a couple bucks too  )  

 

Also. When do you plan on returning to your SotTR mods? Been wanting to replay it but i've been waiting for more updates.

Edited September 22, 2025 by LabelDegree

[kingcody]

5 hours ago, LabelDegree said:

Thanks for providing examples  Though I think your face looks a bit more natural so I'll stick with that. (Saves me a couple bucks too  )  

 

Also. When do you plan on returning to your SotTR mods? Been wanting to replay it but i've been waiting for more updates.

I feel like he's already replied to the 3 or 4 people asking about this a few pages back. He said he will but he's currently in the HFW trend, and personally, as a Horizon fan we haven't had any mods for this game until now with HC, let the man cook what he wants  

[siframe]

20 hours ago, LabelDegree said:

Thanks for providing examples  Though I think your face looks a bit more natural so I'll stick with that. (Saves me a couple bucks too  )  

 

Also. When do you plan on returning to your SotTR mods? Been wanting to replay it but i've been waiting for more updates.

In fairness I think the linked videos show one of the most extreme versions of GamerLands head resculpt. The original version is far more natural, but the update provided various versions, (not all of them hitting the mark for me but providing for various tastes was what he was trying to do). Personally I'm very happy with the combination I have running and she looks nothing like she does in those videos. 

Edited September 23, 2025 by siframe

[LabelDegree]

19 hours ago, kingcody said:

I feel like he's already replied to the 3 or 4 people asking about this a few pages back. He said he will but he's currently in the HFW trend, and personally, as a Horizon fan we haven't had any mods for this game until now with HC, let the man cook what he wants  

Oh don't get me wrong, I dont mind that he's making HFW mods. In fact, I bought HFW on the weekend because HC made mods for it, so the more HFW mods the better. I was just trying to get a general estimation on how long I'm gonna be waiting before replaying SotTR. And I think HFW is the perfect game to fill that void no?

 

15 hours ago, siframe said:

In fairness I think the linked videos show one of the most extreme versions of GamerLands head resculpt. The original version is far more natural, but the update provided various versions, (not all of them hitting the mark for me but providing for various tastes was what he was trying to do). Personally I'm very happy with the combination I have running and she looks nothing like she does in those videos. 

Oh yea that looks much better than in the videos. Much more like a real person XD. I wish GamerLands had more previews of the different variations. Does their resculpt come with the patch to that hair mod? Saw it mentioned before but also didnt find any mention of it on their store.

[siframe]

22 hours ago, LabelDegree said:

Oh yea that looks much better than in the videos. Much more like a real person XD. I wish GamerLands had more previews of the different variations. Does their resculpt come with the patch to that hair mod? Saw it mentioned before but also didnt find any mention of it on their store.

No, afraid not. The hair mod is compatible with the head/face resculpts but HC's mods require a patch as for some weird reason (headwear presumably) hair is part of the armour files. 

Edited September 24, 2025 by siframe

[LabelDegree]

10 hours ago, siframe said:

No, afraid not, Gamerlands didn't make the patch. The hair mod is compatible with the head/face resculpts but HC's mods require a patch as for some weird reason (headwear presumably) hair is part of the armour files. 

I see. It seems no one is willing to point me and others who want it in the direction to get it for ourselves which is a bit of a shame. I think HC should just make a patch themself when they have the time. The author of the hair mod said its easy but then again its entirely up to HC.

[hornycopter]

17 hours ago, LabelDegree said:

I think HC should just make a patch themself when they have the time. The author of the hair mod said its easy but then again its entirely up to HC.

It's easy until It's not. When you want to use one specific new hair style for one specific outfit variation - yeah no problem, you need to change one outfit ".core" file one time to make it compatible.

 

Problems starts with scale. Right now I have 43 variations across 3 outfits - soon it will be 6 outfits, so let say 80 variations - so 80 ".core" files. I need to modify each one of them for each of 3 new custom hairstyles to make our mods fully compatible - so essentially I need to create 80 x 3 = 240 new ".core" files - and add 18 new archives to my mod's page for ease of use. More new outfits - even more new files and archives just for hair support - whole mod page will be just a mess. Also creating 240 new ".core" files and testing them - will be extremely boring and monotonous, so no, thanks.

 

I think my time can be better spent elsewhere - for example I can try to add my own new custom hairstyles as part of "HC Aloy - Head Model Customizer" and make them compatible with all custom outfits mods by default. It'll have some caveats, but in theory it should work.

 

Edited September 25, 2025 by hornycopter

[LabelDegree]

12 hours ago, hornycopter said:

It's easy until It's not. When you want to use one specific new hair style for one specific outfit variation - yeah no problem, you need to change one outfit ".core" file one time to make it compatible.

 

Problems starts with scale. Right now I have 43 variations across 3 outfits - soon it will be 6 outfits, so let say 80 variations - so 80 ".core" files. I need to modify each one of them for each of 3 new custom hairstyles to make our mods fully compatible - so essentially I need to create 80 x 3 = 240 new ".core" files - and add 18 new archives to my mod's page for ease of use. More new outfits - even more new files and archives just for hair support - whole mod page will be just a mess. Also creating 240 new ".core" files and testing them - will be extremely boring and monotonous, so no, thanks.

 

I think my time can be better spent elsewhere - for example I can try to add my own new custom hairstyles as part of "HC Aloy - Head Model Customizer" and make them compatible with all custom outfits mods by default. It'll have some caveats, but in theory it should work.

 

I see. From that perspective it is a lot of work. I know nothing about modding HFW so excuse my ignorance 😅. I agree your time is better put elsewhere then fulfilling the wishful thinking of one person and as I said it's entirely up to you to make whatever you want. I'm just here to consume. 

[BlackFalcon]

On 9/22/2025 at 11:42 AM, siframe said:

In fairness I think the linked videos show one of the most extreme versions of GamerLands head resculpt. The original version is far more natural, but the update provided various versions, (not all of them hitting the mark for me but providing for various tastes was what he was trying to do). Personally I'm very happy with the combination I have running and she looks nothing like she does in those videos. 

Damn...Aloy never looked ths pretty. Which face mod is this?

[siframe]

Ok, looks like Gamerlands has the hair thing sorted for everyone. Haven't tried it yet but here's the tool: 

 

https://www.patreon.com/posts/hair-patcher-139862506

 

Free for anyone it seems. 

@LabelDegree

 

Edit:

It works great, not the simplest mod edit in the world to do, but following the video closely is easy enough. Full integration of HC's mod and Hair Studio is now doable for anyone. 👏

Edited September 27, 2025 by siframe

[ibmeto]

14 hours ago, siframe said:

Ok, looks like Gamerlands has the hair thing sorted for everyone. Haven't tried it yet but here's the tool: 

 

https://www.patreon.com/posts/hair-patcher-139862506

 

Free for anyone it seems. 

@LabelDegree

 

Edit:

It works great, not the simplest mod edit in the world to do, but following the video closely is easy enough. Full integration of HC's mod and Hair Studio is now doable for anyone. 👏

 

 

I tried it... works well

 

Used it on Nora Anointed 

Only thing Aloy's default hair is missing in the other outfits

[siframe]

10 hours ago, ibmeto said:

 

 

I tried it... works well

 

Used it on Nora Anointed 

Only thing Aloy's default hair is missing in the other outfits

Installing the full Hair Studio alongside your patched outfits should fix it as posted here: 

 

https://www.patreon.com/posts/breaking-news-in-139930524

[ibmeto]

6 hours ago, siframe said:

Installing the full Hair Studio alongside your patched outfits should fix it as posted here: 

 

https://www.patreon.com/posts/breaking-news-in-139930524

 

Thanks...

 

But Installing the mod will override the default hair, right?

 

 I'll give it a go 

 

 

Edited September 29, 2025 by ibmeto

[boggeyb]

Looks like you got hair dye to work -- could you let me know how? I tried to install both the All Color and Brunette only dyes from Nexus, and get an error -- ""File too large in zip: streaming_graph.core" -- and it's only the hair dye mod I get that error with.

[StuRedman]

On 9/27/2025 at 6:46 PM, siframe said:

Ok, looks like Gamerlands has the hair thing sorted for everyone.

 

Everyone that is ready to use Blender at least. 😕