A sculpt is a head replacement for said model. You can find more information using Yuria's sculpt guide.

Size, weights, textures and scaling are unique for each races and gender.

Physics are unique within each face of each race and gender, and are different for every original shape available in vanilla.

Shapekeys (eyeshape, brows shape, jaw shape etc) all have different physics for their respective number.

This means within the same race and gender, one sculpt can have different behaviour depending on the face options turned on.

It is essential to read the description and recommendations to ensure you are using your sculpt correctly.

Modpacks for sculpts are heavy due to the larger amount of textures, which are often uncompressed as well.

The modpack's size for AuRa is especially heavy due to AuRa needing more textures to work properly. (Raen, Xaela, vanilla scales, black and white scales, etc)

Although, this is not a problem if you are using Mare Synchronos: only the files currently in use are cached. This means all the options -which are the reason of the modpack's size- will not be sent or weight on your or your active users' cache.

"Toggles" are parts of a sculpt that can be turned on & off in:

• Character creator
• Aesthetician
• Glamourer (plugin)

On vanilla faces, toggles are scars options, scales options, etc.

In sculpts, those toggles can be custom options such as moles, piercings, tattoos, etc.

Shapes, often referred as "shapekeys", are options available on vanilla faces such as: eyeshape, brows shape, jaw shapes, cheeks shapes, iris shape & nose shapes.

In sculpts, those shapes are for most disabled, this means you will not be able to pick between different shapes for the sculpt: the only shape available will be the one advertised.

• Going further: why is it impossible to have shapekeys?



This is due to difficulties with the 3D shading because of the mandatory middle seam needed for rendering heads in game. Any shapekey modifying the topology of a face on the middle seam will create a 3D shading seam. This seam can be corrected in-engine for most engines, but unfortunately we do not have access to the engine itself.

To correct this in the models themselves, custom 3D shading on each shapekey is needed, which is not available for most 3D modelling softwares.

One option that could work would be to not cut the middle seam of the face, but this results in a middle seam as cutting the face in the middle is mandatory for rendering in XIV's engine.

Depending on the sculpt, the paths used for the textures may or may not be custom.

• Vanilla paths

If the sculpt is not using custom paths, you can use the following websites: XIV Texture Path Generator or ReniGuide

You can add your file using the following guides to add your custom texture: Yuria's Loose Texture Guide or ReniGuide

• Custom paths

To be certain of which path to use to import your texture, you need to locate the path used.

• First method

1. Click on "Advanced Editing" after selecting your mod
2. Click on the "File Redirection" tab
3. Select the option including the texture you want to modify on the top left list
4. Paths will be visible on the main list. You need to locate which is the path you need. (highlighted in green color)

• Second method

1. Click on "Advanced Editing" after selecting your mod
2. Click on "Textures" tab
3. Select the texture you want to edit on the drop-down list.
4. The texture selected will be visible, you can search others textures as well

No.

All the files needed to commission edits or commissions are included in your downloaded files. You can whatever is needed to the person you are commissioning.