Elegant Carmine Armor - Clean Look and Crop Top

[b][size=4]1. Description[/size][/b]

[size=3]This mod redesigns Damiane’s Elegant Carmine Armor set and offers two distinct styles: Clean Look and Crop Top.[/size]

Designed for players who appreciate minimalism and prefer a clean, streamlined aesthetic, these versions remove many of the decorative elements from the original armor while giving it a sexier look.

Two versions are included:

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[][b][color=#ff7700]Clean Look[/color][/b]: Removes various decorative elements from the original armor to emphasize simplicity and a cleaner overall appearance.[/]
[][b][color=#ff7700]Crop Top[/color][/b]: Builds on the Clean Look version by adding a crop-top design for a sexier appearance.[/]
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[b][size=4]2. Features[/size][/b]

Five skirt-length options:
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[]100% (Original) → 95% → 90% → 85% → 80%[/]
[/list]Three panty options:
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[]White Panties, Black Panties, or No Panties[/]
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[b][size=4]3. Known Issues[/size][/b]

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[][color=#ff0000]When using the shorter skirt lengths (80–85%), viewing the inside of the skirt from an extremely low camera angle may reveal a gap between the lower body and the panties.[/color][/]
[][color=#ff0000]With the Crop Top version, faint texture patterns may become visible from certain angles under strong lighting.[/color][/]
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[b][color=#ffff00][size=4]Modder’s Note :[/size][/color][/b]

Crimson Desert uses a Body Shrink mechanism to optimize game performance and minimize armor clipping caused by character movement. This mechanism is also linked to the game’s body-part masking system inside armors.

Unfortunately, this makes built-in armor modding extremely frustrating. Because of this system, a gap between the lower body and the panties may become visible inside the skirt when viewed from a low camera angle. The Armor Shrink mechanism itself can be disabled fairly easily. However, doing so causes the body to expand and clip heavily through the armor, resulting in a complete visual mess.

Ideally, the Body Shrink mechanism should remain active while body-part masking is controlled independently. So far, however, I have not been able to determine exactly how the game controls this body masking behavior.

One possible workaround would be to create an entirely new body mesh that matches the shrunken body dimensions. However, this would result in extremely poor compatibility with other armor sets and body-related mods.

The best solution would be to control body-part masking only for the modified armor, but this is still under investigation.

The faint patterns that may appear on the Crop Top version under strong lighting are caused by applying the body texture to an armor mesh rather than to the actual body mesh. It is essentially a workaround. Hopefully, these issues can be properly resolved in the future.


[size=4]Happy gaming, everyone...[/size]



[b][size=4]Special thanks to [/size][/b][url=https://www.nexusmods.com/profile/DCansado]DCansado[/url] for the idea of hiding the holstered shield and lantern.
 
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[][url=https://www.nexusmods.com/crimsondesert/mods/3088]Hide Holstered Shield from Damiane[/url][/]
[][url=https://www.nexusmods.com/crimsondesert/mods/3092]No more Lantern[/url][/]
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