Barely Fits - Vanilla Hornetaur - EBB-Physics

"It fits... NOT! Even with enough materials!"

Fully prepared with the Poison Smoke Bombs this time, I visited the Smithy with a flawless haul of materials. My target: the Hornetaur set.

Master glanced at the materials and nodded. "Good, good. You did it right this time. Just wait a bit."

I immediately tried on the finished armor. ... I could fit in, but... it wouldn't close.

"Master... what’s the deal with this?"

"It’s because that’s the shape of the shells you brought. This stuff is tricky to handle; if I try to bend it by force, it’ll just snap. All I could do was grind off the parts diggin' in. You’ve learned something new today. Better be more careful next time."

The shape! I had only focused on not breaking them and getting the largest pieces possible!

While marveling at the depth of material processing, I couldn't help but think: "Never seen a Hornetaur shaped to fit my 'extra' parts..."

It fits... NOT! Even with enough materials...

ABOUT THE MOD

This is a lore-friendly conversion of the Vanilla Hornetaur Set to the EBB (Extra Buff Body) shape.

My goal is to maintain the vanilla aesthetics while providing the dynamic physics that EBB users love.

I haven't used any external visual assets - the pure vanilla look, now with full EBB physics merged.

User screenshots are more than welcome!

I’d love to see how your hunters fit into this tight armor.

Feel free to share your best shots!

REQUIREMENTS

To make this mod work correctly, you need:

• []Stracker's Loader[/]

  []Extra Buff Body (EBB)[/]

  INSTALLATION

  Easy Way: Use MO2 or Vortex (Highly Recommended).

  Manual Way: Extract the archive and drop the nativePC folder into your MHW root directory (where the .exe is located).

  UNINSTALLATION

  Delete the following folders:

  nativePC\pl\f_equip\pl017_0000

  • []v1. 0 (2026/04/30) - Initial release.[/]

    []v1/0. 1 (2026/05/02) -  Fixed wrongly applied weight paint on the left pauldron. Thanks to momburim11 for the heads-up![/]

    • []Karbon for the amazing EBB body mod[/]

      []korone for Blender MHW Model Editor[/]

      []AsteriskAmpersand for the MHW Modding Tools and tutorials[/]

      []JodoZT for MHWNoChunk and Texture Converter[/]

      []Vuze for WorldChunkTool[/]

      []UberGrainy for Guild Card Green Screen[/]

      []Special thanks to Nisetanaka for being source of inspiration.[/]

      []Special Thanks to HolyBasedOhMyGod for the stunning SS![/]