Shadow Hair
The hair and hats do not appear in the shadow of V, unlike those of the NPCs, we are always bald. However 3D lowpoly models of hair exist, it is a 3D lowpoly model of the body that is used to render the shadow of V.
So I had the idea to modify the 3D lowpoly file of V’s body by adding each of the haircuts. But surprisingly, only half of the haircuts I found have a lowpoly version.
The mod contains a folder “.archive” in which the 158 versions of the modified body are present. So you have to choose only one of these files. And that has for consequence that you will always have the same shadow by session of game, the shadow of the head will not be updated dynamically if you put a hat contrary to the clothes. Personally I never wear one.
Two other folders are present to make your choice. A “.png” where you can see the captures in full definition. And a “.stl” in which you will find the 3D files of the modified body in this format easily readable by 3D software.
Only the female body is shown here but each archive contains the modifications of BOTH bodies!
At the beginning I thought to make only the lowpoly, but I refused to exclude cuts so added the highpoly of the remaining cuts, then I thought of the hat carrier, but it is necessary to know to stop because it was without end. I recovered almost all of the “common” folder (only the cuts only designed for morphs other than ours, and what clearly has no impact on the shadow were not recovered), but I discovered during my research in other folders of other models that I did not recover intended only for NPCs.
The reason why I didn’t take only the highpoly of each cut is that these cuts are more frequently subject to bugs when moving, they are not all perfectly attached to the body and can distort especially when crouching, moreover the shadows are blurred enough that the details of the highpoly don’t bring anything more unless you are close enough to your shadow and you are in Ray-Traced Shadows (which is not the case on the captures).
Known issues
So some highpoly are subject to distortions when moving, especially when crouching. I suppose this is due to the connection with the body not being good enough yet.
Installation
Choose ONE archive from the “.archive” folder, and put it in the mod folder at this address in the game folder : …\Cyberpunk 2077\archive\pc\mod
Uninstallation
Remove the chosen archive from the mod folder.
Credits
A special thanks to the WolvenKit team who finally made me discover the modding world from the inside a month ago thanks to their user friendly software. A fantastic tool. This is my first official mod after some exploration with personal modifications of existing mods.
