some interesting textures found in animations~, ta_shoulders_03_ribbon and ta_shoulders_06_ribbon9
on their own theyre not that interesting, but note the filename that suggests they were going to be attached specifically to these respective parts!
ribbon is used to describe these sorts of effects. yknow.. ribbons
ta_shoulders_03_ribbon is referenced in two effects, 0x5F4DB16C.pfx and 0xB6038A7E.pfx, both found in editors.effdir.unpacked. theyre both slightly different, one is a light grey and the other is brown among other differences. theyre both affected by gravity also
ta_shoulders_06_ribbon9 is referenced only in 0x84669AD5.pfx, its a slightly reddish grey, and here theres three ribbons with horizontal offsets!
none of these effects are referenced anywhere
i tried adding in the modelEffect parameter for both parts in creature_rigblock~ to see if i could get it to work. i tried the first effect for shoulder 03 specifically
and i packed the mod then, it works!!!
its a little jank when the animation resets, but it actually follows the animation of the creature and everything. its also unaffected by any of the creature's colors
i would also assume that the frilly bits on the second shoulder part werent present alongside the ribbon effects
anyway heres the second effect for this part. its possible either one of those effects for it were intended for a different shoulder part, but its hard to know
in fact, i would even assume that this entire column of shoulder parts would have had ribbons!
heres a video demonstration, featuring animation jank, not dispalying on creatures in the sporepedia, and the second ribbon for the first shoulder part, also that the effects dont scale with the part
the attachment points on this part DO move though
unfortunately it doesnt show on the png when saving (it does make a visible copy of the creature's effects in the center of the editor, though, while its saving), nor will it show in the sporepedia. theres a chance these effects may be exclusive to the editor
i imagine this was cut because it is pretty jank, but its pretty neat still!
