This mod fixes the main issue I had with Duke ever since he was added into the game that comes mainly to the way his head was unwrapped and forcefully used a seperate eye material, where you could squeeze it into the head textures without all the hazzle if the person who modelled the model made a decent uv unwrap, but in this case, they didn't and with that this specific model was re-used for Ethan. My mod fixes that, speaking of which it fixes all the issues Duke's model has that have really annoyed me for a long, long time. This is not improvised by any means necessary, this mod had to be made.
What does this mod do?
Fixes all the nasty issues that Duke has had for a while for once and all:
- One of the fixes includes a completely new UV Unwrap that I've come up with to fix all the concurrent seam issues that the model has suffered for a while (main mod thumbnail showcases how terrible the affect of the vanilla unwrap was)
- Fixes the forced use of the eyeball material since it's no longer necessary and the model now uses only one model, so that said, only one drawcall for the head is being used instead of two!
- Supports both the new duke visuals added within Update 220 and also supports the old duke, whichever you prefer, is up to you.
- Fixed overlapping UV Island for the eyes, wasn't much of a serious issue but the changes I've done add a whole lot more creativity freedom if you want to mess around with it by adding a new eyeball texture of your choice, so this is reserved only for professional texture modders. The current one that is being used is the default Duke eyeball textures that have baked ambient occlusion to them, so in that case, feel free to add your own. That change was necessary.
Installation: There are two mods on this mod page, one is the old duke before update 220 with all the fixes that I have cooked.
The other is the current Duke but with all the important fixes I've brought out.
Note: For your information;
Duke models in the preview image contain the model fixes, except the tiny square images show the issues that these two changes had.
Put one of the downloads of your choice to your mod_overrides folder. You cannot have both, you can only have one so choose wisely.
For other modders reading this,
Feel free to use it as a resource for your mods, just don't forget to credit me for the dirty work, that is all I ask for.
Thanks for downloading.
Please note that I won't touch this mod anymore until Starbreeze adds in one new issue or comes up with a proper fix, that's where I'll migrate the mod over and leave it forever because it won't need any updates anymore. I am leaving the mod as it is for now until the next hotfix that addresses duke.