[mod] Space Shortstacks

[GuildedLily]

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Space Shortstacks

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Adds Shortstacks to Stellaris as a playable race with custom flags, rooms, and loading screens!

This is my first attempt at modding, and is a bit cobbled together under the hood, so comments questions and concerns are always appreciated!

Major Credits to Huffslove, I love their art and you should go support them here -> [Hufflove Patreon] 
In addition, this project was originally inspired by Striped Honey's imeri mod for Crusader Kings 3 link to them here -> [Striped's Imps 1.2]

( Striped Honey I wasn't sure how to contact you, but I did add your imeri as a bit of an homage, if you prefer them to be left out, please let me know! )

New to v1.1.0 - we've added Borvar! they are really talented and you should check them out too -> [Borvar's Carrd]


Installation:
 

Unzip the attatched HuffMod.7z with your preferred file decompresser (I like 7zip personally)
and slap the contents directly into your `\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Stellaris\mod` directory


Requirements:

Good news, there aren't any!
although, I would recommend adding Lustful Void, as its pretty core to the modded experience :)



once again, credits to Huffslove and Striped Honey, And would love to hear feedback!

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• Submitter
  GuildedLily
• Submitted
  10/10/2025
• Category
  Stellaris
• Requirements
  None

 

[Master Don]

crashed my game. Idk if it was due to load order, or something else.

[GuildedLily]

That's odd, the mod should just be adding assets, not entirely sure why it would crash.

Just to make sure, are you adding the "Huffslove mod" folder and the "Huffslove mod.mod" file to the stellaris mods folder directly?
if they're still inside the "HuffMod" folder, it might not work.

[Master Don]

no I expanded it and put in the 2 files in the flies there, like seen in the stellaris/mod folder. from opening up the 7z file then the file named HuffMod and put the 2 files there in the stellaris/mod folder.

[GuildedLily]

alrighty then, would you mind posting your current load order?
there might be something in conflict there

[Master Don]

give me a bit I just loaded a galaxy to test my current loadout, added the astral dlc, and the latest update.

[Master Don]

nm got it to work, when at the bottom of the load order

[GuildedLily]

Oh, nice! I'm sorry I couldn't help more, but glad it's up and running now!
Best of luck with your future endeavors, and feel free to reach out if anything else comes up!

[Rennoc]

Big fan of Huffslove and Shortstacks so this mod is very excellent! I hope you have a wonderful day!

[GuildedLily]

Thank you :3

Also, if you know any other shortstack artists, I'd love to add more stuff!

Edited October 12, 2025 by GuildedLily

[Rennoc]

I know a couple of artists though none are as dedicated to shortstacks, still, could maybe be useful.
- Borvar: Draws goblins and other shortstacks.
- Twistingtoxic: Prominent goblin enjoyer, very good content.
- Reagan Long: Has some good stuff.
If you want to expand the roster of races with more shortstacks Yordles might be a good option. :3

[GuildedLily]

0.0

Thank you!!!

I tried doing a bit of yordle stuff originally, but I didn't know if there was going to be enough support to make something, but it looks like there might actually be.

also, thank you for the artists, I'll see what I can get added hopefully by tomorrow!

(if you have specific recommendations, feel free to send them and I'll see if I'll try to get them in)

[Rennoc]

No, thank you! Any recommendation for images would mostly just come down to me love of shortstack bdsm, but I love all shortstack art! So I'm just happy for such good content. ^w^

Edited October 12, 2025 by Rennoc

[Master Don]

back with problems. after adding ATAEP mod, ancient astrolatries origin mod, ancestors' grudge origin mod, and ultimate automation mod, Huffslove mod, and raid and conquer mod all stopped working. the game will load but loading the galaxy or trying to get to the Room and City. can I get help?

Edited October 12, 2025 by Master Don

[Rennoc]

I have noticed one thing weird with the mod. The portraits for pops and rulers are always the first option with no natural variation. I'm unsure what's causing it all I know is that it was happening with the gobbos and the imps but not with any other of my portrait mods.

[Master Don]

 

found where the problem might have comes from, new update.

[Master Don]

Found something that fixes the bug, having a mod called Universal modifier patch (4.1.*). so if you are having problems try that.

14 hours ago, Rennoc said:

I have noticed one thing weird with the mod. The portraits for pops and rulers are always the first option with no natural variation. I'm unsure what's causing it all I know is that it was happening with the gobbos and the imps but not with any other of my portrait mods.

 

[Rennoc]

Oh! Thanks for the tip, I'll definitely check it out!

[Rennoc]

Unfortunately the suggested mod did not fix my issue, I also tried rolling back the update to various different versions to see if that would help but it didn't.

[Rennoc]

So, I have fixed this issue, but it required updating the files myself as after taking a looksie and comparing it to other portrait mods I realized it was missing some stuff for making leader portraits variable. My fiddling seems to have fixed my issue (I don't know if it will cause other things to explode lol). :3

[Master Don]

did you try a new save. the data in the saves save mod info

[GuildedLily]

Hey all, sorry for the absence (,,>_<,,) I needed to get a bit of work done over fall break here

@Rennoc You are entirely right, I think I messed up the portraits/portraits/*.txt

it was running without some of the optional fields, so I had assumed it was fine, but it looks like those might have been important (◑ - ◑)

A patch for that should be out tonight!

@Master Don any luck with your crashing problem?

 

Edited October 15, 2025 by GuildedLily

[Rennoc]

Exciting! ^w^

 

[GuildedLily]

NEW UPDATE!!!

Borvar has been added!
Thank you again for the recommendation @Rennoc

[Rennoc]

This is very good news~! :3