Vanilla Armor Refit Collection

NOTE: With the release of Dawntrail this mod is superseded by http://xiv.zone/mods/narc and https://codeberg.org/redstrate/Refitter. Existing mod files may still work but are unsupported.

Have you ever wondered why your female FFXIV character’s body shape mysteriously changes depending on whatever you decide to wear? No more!

The main reason why I created this mod is that some armor in the game don’t properly fit certain female characters like my Viera. Compared to other mods that are refitting it to a completely different (and usually ridiculously NSFW) body type, this is meant for people who prefer the vanilla body.

The cause of this is due to weight painting differences in armor sets. Breast size in FFXIV is decided by scaling the bones, which in turn are affected by weight painting (basically, a tweakable parameter that controls how much a certain part of the mesh is affected by certain bone transforms). Normally, most armor is painted with the chest area being fully affected by the breast bones, but some are not - either intentionally (to give it a smaller look, when intended) or unintentionally (due to artistic differences, or lack of testing). In my opinion, the weight painting should always be uniform, and when the smaller look is intended - change it via the mesh itself. This mod aims to fix both intentional and unintentional weight painting issues, and make your character’s busom look more uniform regardless of clothing.

Coincidentally, characters that have smaller chests would also benefit from the mod because all armor in the game is modeled around the midway of the breast size slider.

You can view more information on it's dedicated website: https://xiv.zone/varc. Or view full list of affected gear: https://xiv.zone/varc/gearlist!

Note: This is a Penumbra mod, and only tested in Penumbra. I don't support installing this via TexTools.