Here is a little cool program i found on another forums
that is made by japanese,and what it does is really cool,
it lets u change how your character looks like,u can change race,gender and face type.
When i first got it it didnt want to work till i changed my registry entry,but after that it worked,now i'm walking around with mithra in stead of taru.
Only you can see the change but any change is always good.
Reason i'm posting here is cause i'm bored,wanna share what i found,and i hope Cliff can make a plugin that does same thing but in english but with more options /cheer.

here is link to original jp website:
http://www.geocities.co.jp/Hollywood-Studio/6415/

here is link to forums where i found about it
http://www.killingifrit.com/forums.php?m=posts&q=57506

here is link to rapid share in case geocities is down,taken from forums:
http://rapidshare.de/files/2370661/raceconv.zip.html

on http://www.killingifrit.com/forums.php?m=posts&q=57506 is insturction
how to use program in english and also there is code that i used for my registry to make it work with NA ffxi

Quote from KI forums:
Quote:
Go to website, it's on the top right.

Unzip these files to the Final Fantasy XI folder inside the Playonline/SquareEnix folder, then run the .exe file from there

--READ BEFORE USAGE-- PC VERSION ONRY

This is a nice program I found on a Japanese website that allows you to change one race to another or switch heads. Please note, changes that this program makes is seen by YOU only. Basically, this program will tell your computer which files to load for which character. It does NOT switch .dat files, but it alters the Ftable.dat and Vtable.dat files instead. Right now, I changed my Hume into a Tarutaru, so now most hume males I see are now Tarutaru, but those who were already Tarutaru are still Tarutaru. Also, if you are already in game when making these changes, exit out to POL then start FFXI again.

Usage

The drop down menu on the first tab is what you will change a race into, if you see only ???? then it follows the order that you see on the character creation screen. From top down: Male Hume, Female Hume, Male Elvaan, Female Elvaan, Male Tarutaru, Female Taruaru, Mithra, Galka.

The list right underneath the drop down menu is what you want to change, in the same order, but missing Female Tarutaru (they are combined into one). So Male Hume, Female Hume, Male Elvaan, Female Elvaan, Taruaru, Mithra, Galka.

So first select a race to turn into from the drop down menu, then pick which one you are changing, then hit the button underneath to apply the change.

The button all the way on the bottom restores everything that you changed.

Also, the second tab will let you change heads only, in case you're not happy with yours, but remember everyone else sees you with your regular head and body.


here is registy code:

Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PlayOnline\InstallFolder]
"1000"="C:\\Program Files\\PlayOnline\\SquareEnix\\PlayOnlineViewer"


Enjoy

What happens if you change your avatar's race and then equip your RSE? Would I be seeing a hume wearing taru rse?

No, your only changing the model of your character, not the actually character its self, so you'd still use the same RSE.

What happens if you change your avatar's race and then equip your RSE? Would I be seeing a hume wearing taru rse?

But imagin a galka in mithra RSE