Chocobo

About

The Chocobo companion is a player mount, a battle companion, and a variety of NPC creatures. As a mount and a companion, Chocobo has several pieces of armor that are interchangeable. When summoned as a companion, Chocobo can perform Choco Strike, Choco Guard, Choco Drop, Choco Blast, Choco Rush, Choco Beak, Choco Slash, Choco Medica, Choco Surge, Choco Cure, and Choco Regen.

Technical aspects

Chocobo has several technical details that need to be considered when creating a replacement.

Chocobo is classified as a terrestrial creature.
Chocobo has 1 to 1 scaling. Creatures placed on it will be their true size.
Chocobo is not affected by /petsize commands.
Chocobo is unique from other mounts with an extensive list of armor pieces that are interchangeable. When making a replacement, these armor pieces have to all be edited to be invisible.
In addition to being a summoned battle companion, Chocobo is also a mount.
Chocobo is also a creature encountered in many other areas of the game, requiring the use of Penumbra collections to keep the enemy, mount, and companion versions separated.
Mounts have an extensive list of movement animations including flying, swimming, water transitions, etc.
Due to their extensive list of abilities, their status as a mount, various NPCs, and battle companion, I consider Chocobo to be THE MOST intensive and complex creature to edit.

Basic Parts

A Chocobo replacement generally involves several basic parts

Model replacement
Skeleton replacement
Binder replacement
Idle Animation replacement
Movement Animation replacement
Player Mount Animation replacement
Spawn Animation, VFX, and SFX replacement
Despawn Animation, VFX, and SFX replacement
Choco Strike Animation, VFX, and SFX replacement
Choco Guard Animation, VFX, and SFX replacement
Choco Kick Animation, VFX, and SFX replacement
Choco Drop Animation, VFX, and SFX replacement
Choco Blast Animation, VFX, and SFX replacement
Choco Rush Animation, VFX, and SFX replacement
Choco Beak Animation, VFX, and SFX replacement
Choco Slash Animation, VFX, and SFX replacement
Choco Medica Animation, VFX, and SFX replacement
Choco Surge Animation, VFX, and SFX replacement
Choco Cure Animation, VFX, and SFX replacement
Choco Regen Animation, VFX, and SFX replacement

Additional Factors

In addition to the basic parts of the replacement, there are often other factors to consider that are more advanced edits

Scaling the model, skeleton, animations, and binders.
Automaton Queen does not have attachment settings. So when replacing it with a creature that is supposed to wield a particular weapon, the weapon has to be located and manually attached and weighted to the skeleton to be added to the model.
Some creatures, like Demi-humans, have multiple separate pieces that are combined by the game to give them variety. These parts have to be combined together to use as a replacement.

give it thought

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?

Base Price

$150

I consider Chocobo to be the most complex and difficult creature to replace. If you're still interested in commissioning a creature replacement for it, and want an idea of price, I've thought of a base price to set for a replacement of the parts indicated above.

Possible Additional Costs

If the creature you want to use for the replacement requires more advanced editing and work, a higher price might need to be negotiated based on the complexity.

Scaling
Model combination
Weapon Attachment

Basic Asset Information

Monster ID: d0001
Model File: chara/demihuman/d0001/obj/equipment/e0001/model/d0001e0001_dwn.mdl
Skeleton File: chara/demihuman/d0001/skeleton/base/b0001/skl_d0001b0001.sklb
Binder File: chara/demihuman/d0001/skeleton/base/b0001/eid_d0001b0001.eid
Battle Idle File: chara/demihuman/d0001/animation/a0001/bt_emp_emp/resident/idle.pap
Movement Filed: chara/demihuman/d0001/animation/a0001/bt_emp_emp/resident/demihuman.pap
Spawn Animation File: chara/demihuman/d0001/animation/a0001/bt_common/specialpop/specialpop.pap
Despawn Animation File: chara/demihuman/d0001/animation/a0001/bt_common/specialpop/specialdepop.pap
Auto Attack File: chara/demihuman/d0001/animation/a0001/bt_emp_emp/resident/attack.pap
Mount File: chara/demihuman/d0001/animation/a0001/bt_common/resident/mount.pap
Choco Strike Animation: chara/demihuman/d0001/animation/a0001/bt_common/mon_sp/d0001/mon_sp001.pap
Choco Strike Timeline: chara/action/mon_sp/d0001/mon_sp001.tmb
Choco Guard Animation: chara/demihuman/d0001/animation/a0001/bt_common/mon_sp/d0001/mon_sp002.pap
Choco Guard Timeline: chara/action/mon_sp/d0001/mon_sp002.tmb
Choco Kick Animation: chara/demihuman/d0001/animation/a0001/bt_common/mon_sp/d0001/mon_sp003.pap
Choco Kick Timeline: chara/action/mon_sp/d0001/mon_sp003.tmb
Choco Drop Animation: chara/demihuman/d0001/animation/a0001/bt_common/mon_sp/d0001/mon_sp004.pap
Choco Drop Timeline: chara/action/mon_sp/d0001/mon_sp004.tmb
Choco Blast Animation: chara/demihuman/d0001/animation/a0001/bt_common/mon_sp/d0001/mon_sp005.pap
Choco Blast Timeline: chara/action/mon_sp/d0001/mon_sp005.tmb
Choco Rush Animation: chara/demihuman/d0001/animation/a0001/bt_common/mon_sp/d0001/mon_sp006.pap
Choco Rush Timeline: chara/action/mon_sp/d0001/mon_sp006.tmb
Choco Beak Animation: chara/demihuman/d0001/animation/a0001/bt_common/mon_sp/d0001/mon_sp007.pap
Choco Beak Timeline: chara/action/mon_sp/d0001/mon_sp007.tmb
Choco Slash Animation: chara/demihuman/d0001/animation/a0001/bt_common/mon_sp/d0001/mon_sp008.pap
Choco Slash Timeline: chara/action/mon_sp/d0001/mon_sp008.tmb
Choco Medica Animation: chara/demihuman/d0001/animation/a0001/bt_common/mon_sp/d0001/mon_sp009.pap
Choco Medica Timeline: chara/action/mon_sp/d0001/mon_sp009.tmb
Choco Surge Animation: chara/demihuman/d0001/animation/a0001/bt_common/mon_sp/d0001/mon_sp010.pap
Choco Surge Timeline: chara/action/mon_sp/d0001/mon_sp010.tmb
Choco Cure Animation: chara/demihuman/d0001/animation/a0001/bt_common/mon_sp/d0001/mon_sp011.pap
Choco Cure Timeline: chara/action/mon_sp/d0001/mon_sp011.tmb
Choco Regen Animation: chara/demihuman/d0001/animation/a0001/bt_common/mon_sp/d0001/mon_sp012.pap
Choco Regen Timeline: chara/action/mon_sp/d0001/mon_sp012.tmb

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