Carbuncle fills three roles in the game. For Arcanists and Summoners, Carbuncle is both a permanent summon and a temporary summon. It performs Radiant Aegis, Glittering Ruby, Glittering Emerald, Glittering Topaz. It can also be used as glamours for the player's Egis, and performs Inferno, Aerial Blast, and Earthen Fury when set as the glamour for Ifrit-Egi, Garuda-Egi, and Titan-Egi respectively. For Scholars, Carbuncle serves as a glamour option for Eos. When set as a glamour for Eos, it performs Embrace, Whispering Dawn, Fey Illumination, Fey Blessing, and Fey Union.
Carbuncle has several technical details that need to be considered when creating a replacement.
Carbuncle is a terrestiral creatures.
Carbuncle has 1 to 1 scaling. Any creature placed on them will be their true size.
Carbuncle is not affected by /petsize commands.
Due to its wide usage and many still game relevant abilities, I consider Carbuncle to be along side the Chocobo and Living Shadow for the most complex creature replacements in the game.
A creature replacement is broken down into two categories, Core Components and Ability Components.
Model
Textures and Colors
Skeleton
EID Binders
Core Animations (considered all one component)
Idle
Movements
Despawn
Despawn VFX and SFX
Spawn Animation, VFX and SFX
Aura VFX
Glittering Topaz Animation
Glittering Topaz Timeline, VFX and SFX
Earthen Fury Animation
Earthen Fury Timeline, VFX and SFX
Aerial Blast Animation
Aerial Blast Timeline, VFX and SFX
Glittering Ruby Animation
Glittering Ruby Timeline, VFX and SFX
Glittering Emerald Animation
Glittering Emerald Timeline, VFX and SFX
Radiant Aegis Animation
Radiant Aegis Timeline, VFX and SFX
Embrace Animation
Embrace Timeline, VFX and SFX
Whispering Dawn Animation
Whispering Dawn Timeline, VFX and SFX
Fey Illumination Animation
Fey Illumination Timeline, VFX and SFX
Fey Blessing Animation
Fey Blessing Timeline, VFX and SFX
Fey Union Animation
Fey Union Timeline, VFX and SFX
When thinking about what kind of creature you want to use for a replacement, think about some details about the creature.
If it's a terrestrial creatures, does it have a movement animation? Some terrestrial creatures, like Menphina with Dalamud, are stationary and thus do not have movement animations necessary for a terrestrial creature to appear to be walking or running. This is usually not an issue for floating/flying creatures that can get away with using their idle for movement.
Does it have any attack animations? Mounts do not usually have attack animation unless they are a variant or used in combat somewhere in the game. This can make creating a replacement far too difficult to execute well, which may result in me turning down the commission request.
Does the creature have particular attacks that you already know of that you can see replacing particular abilities that the summon has?
Creature replacement mods are an advanced asset replacement that can be difficult to calculate a price for. Their price is considered separate from the job that summons them too. Estimate to be quoted $5 for each core component and $5 for each Ability Component.
For a full Carbuncle replacement expect to be quoted around $145.
Basic Asset Information
Monster ID: m7002
Model File: chara/monster/m7002/obj/body/b0001/model/m7002b0001.mdl
Skeleton File: chara/monster/m7002/skeleton/base/b0001/skl_m7002b0001.sklb
Binder File: chara/monster/m7002/skeleton/base/b0001/eid_m7002b0001.eid
Idle, Movement, Despawn File: chara/monster/m7002/animation/a0001/bt_common/resident/monster.pap
Spawn Animation File: chara/monster/m7002/animation/a0001/bt_common/specialpop/specialpop.pap
Radiant Aegis Animation: chara/monster/m7002/animation/a0001/bt_common/mon_sp/m7002/mon_sp033.pap
Radiant Aegis Timeline: chara/action/mon_sp/m7002/mon_sp033.tmb
Glittering Ruby Animation: chara/monster/m7002/animation/a0001/bt_common/mon_sp/m7002/mon_sp021.pap
Glittering Ruby Timeline: chara/action/mon_sp/m7002/mon_sp021.tmb
Glittering Emerald Animation: chara/monster/m7002/animation/a0001/bt_common/mon_sp/m7002/mon_sp031.pap
Glittering Emerald Timeline: chara/action/mon_sp/m7002/mon_sp031.tmb
Glittering Topaz Animation: chara/monster/m7002/animation/a0001/bt_common/mon_sp/m7002/mon_sp010.pap
Glittering Topaz Timeline: chara/action/mon_sp/m7002/mon_sp010.tmb
Inferno Animation: chara/monster/m7002/animation/a0001/bt_common/mon_sp/m7002/mon_sp024.pap
Inferno Timeline: chara/action/mon_sp/m7002/mon_sp024.tmb
Aerial Blast Animation: chara/monster/m7002/animation/a0001/bt_common/mon_sp/m7002/mon_sp019.pap
Aerial Blast Timeline: chara/action/mon_sp/m7002/mon_sp019.tmb
Earthen Fury Animation: chara/monster/m7002/animation/a0001/bt_common/mon_sp/m7002/mon_sp014.pap
Earthen Fury Timeline: chara/action/mon_sp/m7002/mon_sp014.tmb
Embrace Animation: chara/monster/m7002/animation/a0001/bt_common/mon_sp/m7002/mon_sp038.pap
Embrace Timeline: chara/action/mon_sp/m7002/mon_sp038.tmb
Whispering Dawn Animation: chara/monster/m7002/animation/a0001/bt_common/mon_sp/m7002/mon_sp039.pap
Whispering Dawn Timeline: chara/action/mon_sp/m7002/mon_sp039.tmb
Fey Illumination Animation: chara/monster/m7002/animation/a0001/bt_common/mon_sp/m7002/mon_sp040.pap
Fey Illumination Timeline: chara/action/mon_sp/m7002/mon_sp040.tmb
Fey Blessing Animation: chara/monster/m7002/animation/a0001/bt_common/mon_sp/m7002/mon_sp041.pap
Fey Blessing Timeline: chara/action/mon_sp/m7002/mon_sp041.tmb
Fey Union Animation: chara/monster/m7002/animation/a0001/bt_common/mon_sp/m7002/mon_sp042.pap
Fey Union Timeline: chara/action/mon_sp/m7002/mon_sp042.tmb