HC Mods corner (SotTR, HFW)

[hornycopter]

On 3/15/2026 at 2:06 AM, Batcreature said:

Hello, now that you’ve returned to modding for SOTR, I wanted to ask about an issue I’m having, whenever I use a face or hairstyle different from the one included in your mod, this happens. I know those are external mods and not yours, but I’m not a fan of Lara’s vanilla face. I’m not sure if there’s anything you can do on your side, but I thought I’d ask in case there’s a possible solution. Thanks!

Default Lara's head models also includes quite a big part of chest. While making HC Lara I had to remove those polygons as they were interfering with new body model, so custom HC Lara head now cuts out at neck:

Default Lara head model (approximately) - on the left.
HC Lara head model - on the right.

If you use mods that meant to replace only default Lara head - they gonna add this chest part back to head model and this chest part of head model gonna stick out through HC custom body - as seen in your screenshots.

You can try to ask mod creators to add second version of their head mods - they simply need to delete same polygons from head model as I did. After that this new version of their head model should work fine with all my existing and future Lara body mods for SotTR.

 

 

On 3/14/2026 at 1:25 PM, squillliam said:

Are you talking about this guy? https://www.patreon.com/collection/1965816?view=expanded

Nope, I was talking about faith103, I've posted some of images from that account here before.

 

Edited March 16 by hornycopter

[Batcreature]

20 hours ago, hornycopter said:

Default Lara's head models also includes quite a big part of chest. While making HC Lara I had to remove those polygons as they were interfering with new body model, so custom HC Lara head now cuts out at neck:

Default Lara head model (approximately) - on the left.
HC Lara head model - on the right.

If you use mods that meant to replace only default Lara head - they gonna add this chest part back to head model and this chest part of head model gonna stick out through HC custom body - as seen in your screenshots.

You can try to ask mod creators to add second version of their head mods - they simply need to delete same polygons from head model as I did. After that this new version of their head model should work fine with all my existing and future Lara body mods for SotTR.

 

 

Nope, I was talking about faith103, I've posted some of images from that account here before.

 

Thank you very much, I’ll see if making that request to the modders is possible.

[Batcreature]

On 3/14/2026 at 8:24 PM, Budz said:

 

I was having similar issues with a few mods (Legend Inspired Hairstyle and Classic Braid Hairstyle), but the modder (Seagoonia) released compatibility addons. So it's better to ask the modder that made the hair/face mods, since they're the ones that are adding the extra bits to match the original body that end up interfering with HC mods.

Thank you very much for the tip

[Max Million]

For HFW mod manager. i have the following selected. When i run the game the crotch is set to Nora Anointed and not main file 'wild'. What setting need to be used to fix this?

 

Edited March 17 by Max Million

[chooo]

8 hours ago, Max Million said:

For HFW mod manager. i have the following selected. When i run the game the crotch is set to Nora Anointed and not main file 'wild'. What setting need to be used to fix this?

 

 

 

Don't know but first thing I would try is:

HC Aloy - NA - Nude A Main One

 

 

[hornycopter]

On 3/17/2026 at 6:12 PM, Max Million said:

For HFW mod manager. i have the following selected. When i run the game the crotch is set to Nora Anointed and not main file 'wild'. What setting need to be used to fix this?

 

Was mods installation to game successful? Did you get this window after clicking "Pack Mods" inside Mod Manager?



P.S.: You need to pack "Main File" alongside other mods every time you want to changes something in-game - otherwise body textures will change back to default ones. Also make sure your game version is 1.5.80 - I've only test my mods for this most recent version of the game.
 

Edited March 18 by hornycopter

[Max Million]

So this is another image of my mod manager settings:

 

 

Spoiler

Packed the mods:

 

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Here is the game running:

 

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Edited March 19 by Max Million

[hornycopter]

42 minutes ago, Max Million said:

Heres when i pack the game 

Judging by variation naming - Maybe you're using older version of Nora Anointed Customizer, that includes body textures inside it? It can override textures from main file.

If so, go to this folder:
 

..\Horizon Forbidden West\mods\HC Aloy HFW - VarNA - Nude and Skimpy\

and delete "_texture.stream" files inside each variation folder if you find some.

Or just download and use latest version of "Nora Anointed Customizer" instead.

P.S.: Please hide your Mod Manager screenshots under "spoiler" tag (eye icon) - they took a lot of space and have too little of info. Like this:
 

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Mod Manager screenshots

Edited March 18 by hornycopter

[Max Million]

13 hours ago, hornycopter said:

Judging by variation naming - Maybe you're using older version of Nora Anointed Customizer, that includes body textures inside it? It can override textures from main file.

If so, go to this folder:
 

..\Horizon Forbidden West\mods\HC Aloy HFW - VarNA - Nude and Skimpy\

and delete "_texture.stream" files inside each variation folder if you find some.

Or just download and use latest version of "Nora Anointed Customizer" instead.

P.S.: Please hide your Mod Manager screenshots under "spoiler" tag (eye icon) - they took a lot of space and have too little of info. Like this:
 

  Hide contents

Mod Manager screenshots

"and delete "_texture.stream" files inside each variation folder if you find some."

these has now corrected the problem now. Thanks

[hornycopter]

Some news on overall HFW developments - KingJulz needed some help on creating previews for his "Character Swapper"  for next MM update - I've managed to figure out the way to automate most of the steps in creating preview from initial screenshot inside game menu. Most notable part - I can now with minimal input delete backgrounds from images in bulk  - this will help me both with my mods previews and with my regular job.

 Here's some examples:

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For now I've made 62 previews out 220 (roughly). But I think I've covered most notable characters for now - what's left is generic NPCs. 

My DeviantArt Page is up and running - you can find all previews if full quality there, along side with some other stuff 😏 Not much for now - but I'll try to convert all my previous screenshots into full quality wallpapers and to share more WIPs  as time going.

On other topic - looks like problem with disapearing custom Aloy model is solved with updated modding tools. No need to reload model by swapping outfits or in some other way.

First I need to test everything myself, but after that - looks like I would need to focus on updating all released Aloy outfits to remove this problem from my mods too.

 

Edited March 19 by hornycopter

[TrissMerigold1]

Can't wait for this body type looks so good. How long will it be to release? Thanks

Edited March 20 by TrissMerigold1

[hornycopter]

5 hours ago, TrissMerigold1 said:

Can't wait for this body type looks so good. How long will it be to release? Thanks

I'm currently trying to figure out some setup in Blender that will allow me to fit finished outfits to other body types mostly automatically. I think it's the only way for me to move forward with both HFW and SotTR (or any future games). I want to eliminate all boring repetitive tasks that really slow me down in modding.

As first step -  I think I've already managed to eliminate all painfully slow and repetitive parts of preview creation for my mods. I mentioned that in my previous post, so improving my Blender pipeline is the next step.

While I'm messing with setup in Blender I also constantly make small improvements to all body types, so all this gonna take some time, but hopefully this will really boost me in the future. I'm learning new things as I go, so not sure how long it's gonna take, but I'll report here if I got some breakthroughs as always. 

The ultimate goal is to figure out the way to make new outfits for games I'm already familiar with in just in one day - from start to finish including public release. This way I think I'm gonna be most productive as modder.

Edited March 20 by hornycopter

[youngmoist]

On 2/18/2026 at 10:38 AM, mcGrahSlammer said:

 

Update SOTTR Mod Manager to at least 1.8.5

You are a gentleman and a scholar! This fixed it, gotta reinstall/reconfigure my HC mods again but small price to pay. Thank you!

 

On 2/18/2026 at 1:50 PM, chooo said:

@youngmoist

 

I am using seperate mods for that 'wepons' and 'gear', do you have those two mods in a folder, or is that a different mod? If it's different then try the ones I'm using instead. My load order is on page 28 in this thread.

I tried so many different variations of trying to get the gear/weapons hider mods to work. Tried different load orders, (e.g. first, middle, last) then saw that combining the 2 together helps, then tried deleting specific files within the mods but nothing was working. 

[hornycopter]

On 3/19/2026 at 6:25 PM, hornycopter said:

On other topic - looks like problem with disapearing custom Aloy model is solved with updated modding tools. No need to reload model by swapping outfits or in some other way.

Tested myself, looks like fix is working - can't force bug to appear again if fix applied to all parts of outfit:

 

On 3/19/2026 at 6:25 PM, hornycopter said:

but I'll try to convert all my previous screenshots into full quality wallpapers

Done. I've prepared around 150 images of both Aloy and Lara - mostly same images used in collages on my Nexus pages, just uncropped and in full res - but also there are some sprinkles of new never seen ones. Gonna try to upload 3 or 4 each day to my DeviantArt Page until my current screenshot vault become empty.


It was evident from get go that I'm never be able to tackle all Aloy outfits (33 models) for HFW, also I always open for fair terms collaboration, so maybe now we all get few more Aloy outfits from other modder! AndreyGraphics already shared screenshot in Nexus comments section with his initial test:



We agreed on some term of use, so now he's gonna have my custom Aloy body model as base for his mods and gonna try to tackle outfits that I haven't started yet, like "Carja Shadow" on screenshot above.

Edited March 25 by hornycopter

[Akavir53]

23.03.2026 в 18:28 пользователь hornycopter написал:

Проверил сам, похоже, исправление работает — не удается повторно вызвать ошибку, если исправление применено ко всем частям костюма:

 

Готово. Я подготовил около 150 изображений Элой и Лары — в основном те же самые, что используются в коллажах на моих страницах Nexus, только без обрезки и в полном разрешении, — но есть и несколько новых, ранее не виденных. Постараюсь загружать по 3-4 изображения каждый день на свою  страницу DeviantArt,  пока мой текущий архив скриншотов не опустеет.


С самого начала было очевидно, что я никогда не смогу сделать все наряды Элой (33 модели) для HFW, к тому же я всегда открыт для сотрудничества на справедливых условиях, так что, может быть, теперь мы все получим еще несколько нарядов Элой от других моддеров!  ColdHunter23124  уже поделился скриншотом на Nexus со своим первоначальным тестом: мы договорились об условиях использования, так что теперь он будет использовать мою пользовательскую модель тела Элой в качестве основы для своих модов и попытается сделать наряды, которые я еще не начал, например, "Carja Shadow" на скриншоте выше.


 

 

Cant go to ColdHunter23124 page error 404

[DimaKoyt]

On 3/23/2026 at 9:28 AM, hornycopter said:

Tested myself, looks like fix is working - can't force bug to appear again if fix applied to all parts of outfit:

 

Done. I've prepared around 150 images of both Aloy and Lara - mostly same images used in collages on my Nexus pages, just uncropped and in full res - but also there are some sprinkles of new never seen ones. Gonna try to upload 3 or 4 each day to my DeviantArt Page until my current screenshot vault become empty.


It was evident from get go that I'm never be able to tackle all Aloy outfits (33 models) for HFW, also I always open for fair terms collaboration, so maybe now we all get few more Aloy outfits from other modder! ColdHunter23124 already shared screenshot on Nexus with his initial test:



We agreed on some term of use, so now he's gonna have my custom Aloy body model as base for his mods and gonna try to tackle outfits that I haven't started yet, like "Carja Shadow" on screenshot above.

how do you apply the fix?

[hornycopter]

17 hours ago, Akavir53 said:

page error 404

profile name was updated, I've fixed previous link

 

16 hours ago, DimaKoyt said:

how do you apply the fix?

unfortunately players can't fix issue on their own, modders will have to update each and every mesh file on their side and then release those updated files
 

Edited March 25 by hornycopter

[strejdapsychop]

Looking at the deviantart screenshots I cannot stop thinking that the voluptous bodymodel would be very fitting for Beta. But I guess NPC replacers will require somewhat different approach than the Aloy model replacers.

 

Also the wild bodyhair option would IMO benefit from the treasure trail being slightly slimmer at the top and running a bit higher towards the belly button.

 

Plus I totally love the skimpier thong on Sobeck's Rainment and would love to see it as an option on other outfits that also use that kind of underwear.

 

But even as it is now, I am having a ton of fun with your mods! Thank you for them!

[hornycopter]

20 hours ago, strejdapsychop said:

Looking at the deviantart screenshots I cannot stop thinking that the voluptous bodymodel would be very fitting for Beta. But I guess NPC replacers will require somewhat different approach than the Aloy model replacers.

I think this body type is more suitable for Petra (image below) and if my hands ever reach mods for NPCs - it's gonna be main one for her. Beta I think should be chubby, but still petite - she spent most of her time growing up just studying/reading, eating and sleeping. But don't think anyone allowed her to eat plenty. At least that's how I remember it from lore.

Speaking of Beta - I'm not sure if I even can release any mods for her anyways. By default she uses identical body model to Aloy, voice actress I think also the same - but as far as I know her age is undetermined in game lore. Also near light speed space travel make this topic even more complicated. So not sure if I even want to touch this can of worms.
 

Edited March 26 by hornycopter

[strejdapsychop]

Honestly fair. And understandable. Better be safe than cancelled.

[TheAnpanman]

what next update can you tell Me ?

[pallas42]

Do you have an estimated time for the next update? I’m planning to revisit the game once your mod is updated.

[youngmoist]

Does anyone know if its possible to have the SotTR Nude Bundle only affect certain outfits? Mainly just want the one that doesn't have an HC variant already made to get replaced (Leather Jacket)

[hornycopter]

On 3/26/2026 at 4:25 PM, TheAnpanman said:

what next update can you tell Me ?

As I think I've figured out the way to fix most notable bugs now - I'm gonna focus right now on finalizing files for currently released HFW outfits - during this process I'm gonna update them to new format to include some new body types.

 

On 3/28/2026 at 7:34 AM, pallas42 said:

Do you have an estimated time for the next update? I’m planning to revisit the game once your mod is updated.

I say you should wait for month or two.

 

On 3/29/2026 at 5:58 AM, youngmoist said:

Mainly just want the one that doesn't have an HC variant already made to get replaced (Leather Jacket)

Unpack bundle archive and delete folders from screenshot. Then inside each variation folder delete all files except files for Leather Jacket. Pack bundle back to .zip

I'm writing it just from my memory so maybe I missed something or mixed something up.

 

Edited March 31 by hornycopter

[Myrddin_Reave]

On 3/23/2026 at 5:28 PM, hornycopter said:

Tested myself, looks like fix is working - can't force bug to appear again if fix applied to all parts of outfit:

 

Done. I've prepared around 150 images of both Aloy and Lara - mostly same images used in collages on my Nexus pages, just uncropped and in full res - but also there are some sprinkles of new never seen ones. Gonna try to upload 3 or 4 each day to my DeviantArt Page until my current screenshot vault become empty.


It was evident from get go that I'm never be able to tackle all Aloy outfits (33 models) for HFW, also I always open for fair terms collaboration, so maybe now we all get few more Aloy outfits from other modder! AndreyGraphics already shared screenshot in Nexus comments section with his initial test:



We agreed on some term of use, so now he's gonna have my custom Aloy body model as base for his mods and gonna try to tackle outfits that I haven't started yet, like "Carja Shadow" on screenshot above.

Yes i can't wait