[Stellaris] Space Drow! :-)

[evergrey]

loving this mod and thanks for it

 

a suggestion if i could

 

do a human Fox or Cat hybrid race just cropping the ears off that fox and lion race and glueing them to humans

 

or perhaps a new type of Modification tech that lets you modify existing humans and cross them with other races like gene splicing and all that

 

also can you make the elves ears more prominent  like using that sloth races ears  

[Dark Thoughts]

I think you underestimate a "little bit" how much work that would be.

 

@Nessa: 

Is this your work? lol 

I immediately thought about those empty categories in the appearance menu when I saw that which I'm pretty sure come with your mod.

[Nessa]

@evergrey

I made my own elf ears for these guys and it was a bear getting them to poke through hair. (You have to be very precise or you can see through the ear part to the background behind the character!) Paradox is all over the place with their art assets too. Everything is a different size and nothing lines up so you have to figure out what their original setup was before you can do a thing. (Naturally guys are totally different from girls regarding hair.) I don't know what Paradox's workflow is but I hope it's more organized than it -looks-.

Which... is a long way of saying: I probably won't be doing anything aside from elves for Stellaris.

 

@HateMe

 

Shouldn't be, the empty categories are removed from random circulation. Otherwise we'd be seeing empty suits for randomly generated species as well. Sentinels are randomly generated from existing valid species just like everything else. (I think, I've yet to see the Sentinels in a single game. But I did "run into" them while looking through various files.) There are actually quite a few species that don't have portraits the only difference is that "Ilythiiri" must be player selectable otherwise we don't get access to the extra ship style and city style.

In my case, I also use Pirate and Ancient ship mods which also have empty portrait slots. No empty suits yet... but then I haven't run into the Sentinels yet either!

 

Next version will have general randomization turned off. I've been playing a new game with elves and drow active. Neither are taking over the galaxy. There are only two minor issues:

• No un-sentients. Which is probably fine, elfies are sentient anyway.
• There will -always- be an elfy/drow fallen empire if you play on a larger galaxy. This is because the game will pick one of each fallen type on larger maps. That will include drow and elves. Mods that add additional fallen empires or that make maps even larger may include multiple elf/drow fallens. Not sure on that as I haven't used any yet.

The advantages seem to outweigh that problem however. I can now specify exactly what type of traits the pre-FTL elf civs get. So everybody has some form of the "elven" trait. Also, if you run into a pre-FTL elf/drow civ, they are a bonus because they have pretty good traits.

 

Oh yeah, and... I kind of made the Drow fallen empire a bit nasty by accident. They get 2 full ringworlds instead of the usual 1. I was going to fix it but.... OUCH.

[Nessa]

@HateMe again...

 

You know, what was your active mod list when you ran into Mr. Headless? This bears investigation!

[Nessa]

It's U time again!

 

• City styles redone!
• General randomization is now off! (No more pre-sentients, no more Drow everywhere!)
• Fallen empires: 1/4 chance for small maps. 100% chance for large maps!
• Pre-FTLs are now generated using system initializers. Smaller maps have fewer, larger maps have -all- of them.

Still tweaking the proper percentages for the pre-FTLs. Let me know if anybody thinks there are too many or too few drow running amok.

 

Also, nothing I can do about Drow -definitely- showing up as fallens on larger maps. If there are 4 or more fallen empires, Drow will -always- be picked.

 

Oh... and watch out for the Drow fallen. It's... a bit nastier than the others. (An accident on my part that I liked so I didn't fix it. )

[PervBird]

I like the re-designs on ships and cities, but would love not to see the NPC Empires. Is there a quick way to remove them or refuse their spawning?

 

More importantly, since the Space Elves Thread already has a

:-)

on its thread, I propose that the Drow, who, as we know, are more likely to be evil get a

>:-)

instead.

[Nessa]

NOT SPAWN THE ILYTHIIRI TULSHAR!?? MANY UGLY HUMANS WILL DIE FOR THIS INSOLENCE!

 

 

Yes actually. Just edit each empire, -do not- change the name, and then set your edited version to never spawn. You'll still run into pre-FTL drow and fallen empire drow. (Presently. Randomized Drow civs are coming in a future version.)

 

Oh yeah, and you're right about the smiley. I'll fix it next update!

[Nessa]

New update here too, but now it's HERE.

[xalienxgamerx]

Any chance I could get a mega link?

[Tyrranus]

Any chance I could get a mega link?

this thread doesnt get updated anymore I dont think, theres a more current version and thread inside the paradox sub-forum

[xalienxgamerx]

 

Any chance I could get a mega link?

this thread doesnt get updated anymore I dont think, theres a more current version and thread inside the paradox sub-forum

 

Thanks.