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Sort Of Arbitrary @sortofarbitrary.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

On the other hand, High Summoner is going to officially be over 1 GB by the time I'm done with him and Phoenix.

Sort Of Arbitrary @sortofarbitrary.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I had added the Ifrit from the cross over event to my old Hellfire Summoner mod. However, there were some limits I had to work with at the time that pushed me to make the big attacks into target spawning. With conversions from XVI, I get have true position spawning like all my other summons.

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Sort Of Arbitrary @sortofarbitrary.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I'm going to be starting a new job soon, and I'm going to be mostly focused on settling into my new work. So for now I'm just going to be working in what I know rather than taking on new projects. It's a perfect time to dive back into the Eikons.

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Sort Of Arbitrary @sortofarbitrary.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Still very early. My next High Summoner update will be three new summons. I can't just do Ifrit without doing his risen form and I can't just do his risen form without doing Phoenix too. I also have to announce that I'm going to have to take a break from commissions.

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Sort Of Arbitrary @sortofarbitrary.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

For now yeah. They are long and difficult personal projects that I'm going to have to spend a lot of time working on, but it's something I'm becoming a fast expert in. Perfect for right now. I'm starting a new job so I don't really have the focus for anything new.

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Sort Of Arbitrary @sortofarbitrary.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Nope. Just looking at something to see if an idea will spark for my old BLM mod. Yesterday I actually put together XVI Ifrit Risen's model and textures to hopefully bring him into the game. I think I'll also do Phoenix while I'm at it too.

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Sort Of Arbitrary @sortofarbitrary.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I'm exploring more of FFXVI's creatures to maybe try something new with an old BLM pack I made.

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Sort Of Arbitrary @sortofarbitrary.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Lol, IDK why I haven't been just hitting the follow back button. Just sitting in my own little corner I guess tinkering with mods.

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Sort Of Arbitrary @sortofarbitrary.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Hell, even if they want to keep the greens as a consumable, at least let the bird last until we decide to dismiss.

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Sort Of Arbitrary @sortofarbitrary.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Why do we need to constantly have to monitor our companion's time. It feels like just another minor unnecessary annoyance. Anyone else feel like they should just be called, last indefinitely, and then dismissed when you want them to?

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Sort Of Arbitrary @sortofarbitrary.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I never got the point of the greens and the half hour timer other than just being one more minor annoyance in the system.

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Sort Of Arbitrary @sortofarbitrary.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Pokedex Expanded, a pet mod for Beastmaster that adds 300+ variant options across all 50 pets, is now free for download. www.xivmodarchive.com/modid/169312

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Sort Of Arbitrary @sortofarbitrary.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Hmm, I don't have anything planned right now for the core job itself, just these variants for the pets.

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Sort Of Arbitrary @sortofarbitrary.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Yep! Wherever I find forgiven variants, they will be included.

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Sort Of Arbitrary @sortofarbitrary.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Divinity Reborn, a Venat and Hydaelyn themed Red Mage mod has been published. youtu.be/lLgXt0ZGXyU

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Divinity Reborn

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Sort Of Arbitrary @sortofarbitrary.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

You should be able to simply directly swap the stave you want onto the book you want it to replace with Textools.

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Sort Of Arbitrary @sortofarbitrary.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

While I haven't decided to abandon it, I have been rethinking some of the choices I've made on the project. I've overused certain aspects and now I'm rethinking parts.

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Sort Of Arbitrary @sortofarbitrary.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Anyone else remember when we had a President who didn't stutter and could get through their entire speech while staying focused and on topic?

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Sort Of Arbitrary @sortofarbitrary.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Crimson Cyclone and Strike. I know the strike is not shaped like a targeted AOE, but I really don't have any other place to include the animation for Earthen Fury, and I can't really call it Earthen Fury either given that's his ult. But it's a melee ranged attack anyways, so a cone isn't so far off.

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Sort Of Arbitrary @sortofarbitrary.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I think this might be the largest summon I'll ever do. When I do Ifrit (next), he'll probably be about half this size. This is Titan set to large too. There will be options to make him smaller though.

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Sort Of Arbitrary @sortofarbitrary.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Figured out how to set up randomized sound files without using VFX emitters. Found all his walking sounds. Very impactful walking.

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Sort Of Arbitrary @sortofarbitrary.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Oh, I was just being funny, but yeah. There will be options for use with the /petsize commands. I've tested his scaling and at the smallest setting he'll just be a little bit larger than an M Roe.

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Sort Of Arbitrary @sortofarbitrary.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Not the one that caused the calamity, but Bahamut Prime, yeah. The raid boss.

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Sort Of Arbitrary @sortofarbitrary.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

But then I thought "I should be able to splice animations just like I already do for XIV." Clive's walking animation looks so powerful on him!

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Sort Of Arbitrary @sortofarbitrary.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

And so it begins again. Titan was questionable until this point. Here he is at full scale next to a full sized Bahamut. See, all his movement in his fight is just him leaping, jumping, and sliding around. He had no clean walk or run animation to use.

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Sort Of Arbitrary @sortofarbitrary.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

High Summoner is now updated and uploaded with Eikon Garuda, Warden of the Winds youtu.be/d86Ls0ew59k

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High Summoner: Warden of the Winds Update

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Sort Of Arbitrary @sortofarbitrary.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

But yes, I plan to do the rest of the Eikons. Ifrit, Titan, Ramuh, Shiva, Leviathan, Bahamut, Phoenix, and Odin.

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Sort Of Arbitrary @sortofarbitrary.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

And I have to learn how to first use the modding tools of the other game in order to gain access to a new source of assets. Most modding tools for other games are rudimentary compared to what we have in XIV though.

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Sort Of Arbitrary @sortofarbitrary.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

So, this is Eikon Garuda, Warden of the Wind, from FFXVI. Not really an upgrade. More of a new type of creature replacement mod where I've converted every asset of a creature possible from one game to another. I can only do what creatures are possible from the source game. FFXVI in this case.

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Sort Of Arbitrary @sortofarbitrary.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Last, but certainly not least, the LB3

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Sort Of Arbitrary @sortofarbitrary.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Crimson Cyclone and Crimson Strike finished. Still to do: Lux Solaris and maybe Rekindle. I'll have to see what I can put together of her animations.

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Sort Of Arbitrary @sortofarbitrary.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

I do plan on using at least one for Crimson Strike. Crimson Cyclone is in the air though, because Benedikta has a few gap closer abilities that are just gorgeous.

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Sort Of Arbitrary @sortofarbitrary.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

I could have maybe tried to use just the animations Clive performs, but there's not actually that many that work well with ranged attacking for Summoner. They'd really be more fitting for a melee job, like Dark Knight.

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Sort Of Arbitrary @sortofarbitrary.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

The first Talons ability. This one is for Mountain Buster. I've enjoyed using of Benedikta's ability animations. I feel like they're unexpected but fitting for a mod pack based around her.

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Sort Of Arbitrary @sortofarbitrary.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Have you tried playing around with the color set stuff in Penumbra's Advanced Editing panel?

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Sort Of Arbitrary @sortofarbitrary.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Really cool! I have been working on doing conversions of FFXVI animations, summoned weapons, and Eikons to FFXIV. I remember you did that pack based on XVI before.

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Sort Of Arbitrary @sortofarbitrary.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

I really am trying to get away from drowning XVI Garuda and her associated Astral Flows with XIV aesthetics, but these animations are not making that easy.

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Sort Of Arbitrary @sortofarbitrary.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Bigger Torgal and Torgal Companion have both been updated with the Fenrir version of Torgal from FFXVI. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrzM...

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Bigger Torgal and Torgal Companion Fenrir Update

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Sort Of Arbitrary @sortofarbitrary.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

I was HOPING to update my Torgal mods with both a new model and new animations. However, we're still limited by certain settings which have made his animations, for now, unreachable. But some improvement is better than none I suppose.

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Sort Of Arbitrary @sortofarbitrary.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Dropped two packs today. I completed Journey Monk and Ranger a little while back. Just never found the time to make videos and post them. Too many things and not enough follow through I guess. And now XVI conversions are becoming a new shiny distraction. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mz52...

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Journey Monk

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Sort Of Arbitrary @sortofarbitrary.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

All of my free stuff is fair game for reusing and sharing. Well done. Looks great!

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Sort Of Arbitrary @sortofarbitrary.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

And that was just to get the basic animation motions. I still had to fix the tail, skirt, and fingers. But the results are worth it in the end. FFXVI has tons of new animations for me to pull from. I'll try to create a bone redirect list to make it easier. Might as well skip skirt and finger bones.

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Sort Of Arbitrary @sortofarbitrary.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

This took all day to get right. First, had to convert Benedikta's wings into a summoned weapon. Then had to convert her animation to the player skeleton. I've never done animation conversions from other games like this. We don't have a bone redirect list, so I manually renamed her skeleton bones.

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Sort Of Arbitrary @sortofarbitrary.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Oh, and I increased her size a bit. She wasn't feeling quite as impressive as I would have liked.

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