About directories : I for one, really hate having to reapply my personal patches whenever the game updates and having things break.
So, to address that simply put your overwrite files here:: TERA\Client\S1Game\CookedPC\Art_Data\Packages\CH - by default, there is nothing there but further directories. The game installer, therefore, can care less. You never have to overwrite a thing, your files stay in place and swapping, adding or changing them up is utterly painless. Have fun.
You're supposed to put them in */_CH/PC like i said lol.
Okay what the hell, in attempt to fix the Event_Basebody for elins, no matter absolutely anything i try body is mysteriously invisible and absolutely will not fix via any attempts.
Tried a bazilion different save methods & quality settings, even tried the .patched which supposedly is a workaround but no dice.
Edit: Success!! Uploading~
Cause: you must be really careful to always save changes as patched every time with this file or it will glitch to stupid mysterious reasons. Tip: start changes from scratch on the original file each time to avoid doing anything accidentally.
I improved my skin texture for elins by figuring out the colour depth encoding and proper dithering for DDS. . . This also means i have the solution for my wet elins mods, so i just have to get around to doing it lol. Future mods will have nicer looking skin~
In other news: look forward to a fixed and improved ear/tail colour mod when reapers come out.
PS: if people want me to do bunny ears i'll have to get at least a handful of people messaging me wanting it . . . unless i randomly decide to do it anyways....
---UPDATE---
Ninja outfits cannot be made into nopan or otherwise. I will be making the thighhighs solid colour, that is all. I may or may not keep the lacey bit at the top. I kinda wanna try and get the thighhighs to have that seam straight up the front if it isn't too hard to get right~