Advanced Playable GZ Big Boss - Sneaking Suit Replacer

Description

Over the years, several mods have attempted to make Big Boss playable in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.

Some replaced Venom Snake's face with Big Boss, while others imported or reused the Ground Zeroes version of Big Boss.

Many players have wanted to play through MGSV:TPP as Big Boss himself.

However, existing GZ Big Boss replacement mods generally have one major limitation:

outside of cutscenes, several character animations do not function correctly.

In particular, facial animation, blinking, lip movement, and hair movement may be missing or incomplete during normal gameplay.

This reduces the overall authenticity of the character compared with how he appears in cutscenes.

After investigating the way the game handles player outfits and character animation, I found that these problems can be largely avoided when the internal GZ Big Boss data is used through the normal player outfit system.

This mod therefore replaces the following Sneaking Suit variants with a more complete playable version of GZ Big Boss:

• []GZ Sneaking Suit [/]

  []NS Sneaking Suit [/]

  []TPP Sneaking Suit [/]

All three versions are included in the same archive.

You can install whichever version you prefer, or install all three versions at the same time.

As an optional addition, separate Gold Snake and Silver Snake camouflage replacements are also available.

These optional files allow the Gold Snake camouflage, the Silver Snake camouflage, or both to be replaced with GZ Big Boss.

Unlike simpler model replacement mods, this version retains normal gameplay facial animation, blinking, lip movement, and animated hair physics.

As a result, GZ Big Boss behaves much more like a normal playable TPP character not only in cutscenes, but also during regular gameplay.

Version 2. 0 fixes an issue where back-mounted weapons could visibly jitter during movement.

This mod is also compatible with the Bandana version of my Headset for Snake and DD Female mod:

https://www.nexusmods.com/metalgearsolidvtpp/mods/2580

When the Bandana version of the headset mod is installed, the headset will be displayed on GZ Big Boss when the Bandana is equipped.

The headset is not displayed when the Bandana is not equipped.

This works because the playable GZ Big Boss replacement retains TPP's normal Snake face and head-equipment system.

There is, however, one important limitation.

This mod uses the GZ Big Boss character data already included in MGSV:TPP, which was originally prepared for cutscene use rather than normal playable gameplay.

Because this internal GZ Big Boss data was originally prepared for cutscene use rather than normal playable gameplay, it still relies on TPP's player animation system when used as a playable character.

The facial motion is therefore based on Venom Snake's TPP facial animation behavior.

This means the mod does not perfectly reproduce the exact facial performance of Big Boss as seen in Ground Zeroes.

This limitation comes from the way the internal TPP version of GZ Big Boss is configured, and changing it without breaking the normal gameplay animation system is difficult.

All three main versions of the mod are independent from each other.

You can replace only the Sneaking Suit you prefer, or install all three versions at the same time.

The optional Gold Snake and Silver Snake replacements are also independent from the three main Sneaking Suit versions.

Since this version of Snake visually has both human arms restored, some Bionic Arm equipment can look unusual.

The arm equipment itself can still be equipped and its gameplay effects continue to function.

For example:

• []The Stun Arm can still be used, although some of its visual behavior may appear unusual. [/]

  []The arm can still rotate during certain animations. [/]

  []The Rocket Arm still functions, but the launched arm itself is invisible. [/]

In practical terms, this mod allows you to bring the Big Boss who was active nine years earlier into the events of The Phantom Pain and use him as a pseudo-playable version of that character.

Installation instructions

[]Download the archive or optional file you want to use. [/]

[]Extract the downloaded archive. [/]

[]Install the included

file or files you want to use with SnakeBite Mod Manager.[/]

[]Launch MGSV:TPP. [/]

[]Equip the corresponding outfit:

[] GZ Sneaking Suit version → equip the GZ Sneaking Suit [/]

[]NS Sneaking Suit version → equip the NS Sneaking Suit