I was able to edit out many shai armors! (including the summer dreamland pajamas, however the rest of the pearl shop either showed no change or only lost half the outfit)
You'll need shai_armor.zip found here:
Thank you, suzu. I always use it well. Do you have a plan for maehwa's nude mode? Recently uploaded nude models SS are all new models. Only Lahn and Tamar upload as test models. Plum has already been completed, but I still only upload SS. Plum=Maehwa
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You'll also need 8_starter_armor_off.zip found on page 1 of this thread.
The partcutdesc.xml is key. It's instructions for the graphics engine on where to cut the nude body so that it doesn't show THROUGH armor. (like at the belly, or in the middle of stockings) I initially thought it meant hacking parts at a joint like the shoulder or ankle, which it can do, but it's purpose is to keep the body from showing at places where you shouldn't be able to see the body. (hope this helps confused people like me)
SO, if you are going for full nude sets, achieving this is much simpler than careful editing. Here are the steps I used, with no errors so far, assuming you have already installed Suzu's mod fully:
1. We need a model file to replace armors with that is invisible, so grab any armor *.pac from the "Starter armor off" zip. Copy it out somewhere and rename it "invisible.pac" or whatever, it doesn't matter as long as it doesn't look like a legit armor file. This way you won't lose it.
2. Unzip the shai armor zip, and throw those files into the "files_to_patch" as if you are about to install them.
3. One by one, replace every file inside upperbody, lowerbody, foot and underwear. To be clear, copy invisible.pac into the folder. Then click on the file you're replacing and copy the text of its name (by starting to rename, but cancel instead). You can now delete the old file and rename invisible.pac to the file you just deleted. Rinse and repeat for all files in all those folders.
If you want, you can replace only the ones you want. I didn't have the patience to discover what files went with what armors right now, so I just did everything.
4. No texture editing should be needed because the armors are rendered non-existant. I think?
5. Now back to partcutdesc.xml:
We don't want the body to be cut at all. So get in there and comment out foot, underwear, upperbody, and lowerbody for shai.
using: <!-- xxxxx -->
Shai is any path including "14_PLW"
I actually commented out (thus canceling any body cutting) every single time 14_plw was mentioned. I wanted nothing cut ever, gonna show it off.
6. Now you're ready to use meta injector, ect, and get the party started. If you've already used meta injector, then you're going to have to restore the backup and then just immediately re-apply the mod. My game always started crashing if I double-injected without restoring the backup first for a clean install. Cheers!