Adding Phenotypes?

[ZenthWolf]

Yesterday, I got triggered by noticing the Creatures of the Void got phenotypes in Clarke, but Leafy Birds, did not. So I did the reasonable thing, and used all of my art knowledge of how to mess with hue and saturation. Which is very little.

Still, I also noticed that there are phenotype portraits for Leafy Birds, but the model is somehow an unfinished version. I expect they will get a proper update at some point, but if I wanted to mod in new phenotypes for an existing species, would that be possible? For instance, what I created is below, but it replaces the entry for "avi3", but I strictly want to add phenotypes so that when PDX updates, I am not overwriting their work.

 

[Chilled Legumes]

I dont know if you've looked over the wiki, but this should show you how to add it into the game.
http://www.stellariswiki.com/Portrait_modding#How_to_add_it_to_the_game

Now, as far as making it where the mod doesnt overwrite paradox updates, Im only guessing here, but for 2d portraits, when importing an image, you have to give it a name. If its the same for animated portraits, then you'd just need to give it a unique name that paradox wouldnt use (probably involving "mod" or your username)

I'll be digging into this a bit more after posting though, will be good experience for when i create animated portraits for the game

EDIT: I just thought of this, but if its a DLC race, i'd urge caution with putting it up on the workshop, even if it does technically require the DLC to function, you'd still be distributing dlc content (however modified it is)

 

[ZenthWolf]

I dont know if you've looked over the wiki, but this should show you how to add it into the game.
http://www.stellariswiki.com/Portrait_modding#How_to_add_it_to_the_game

It works in game. The problem is, that the unmodded game has a list of graphic files to pick from, but my mod works by rewriting that list in it's entirety. I want to append my phenotypes to PDX's, not overwrite them.

The wiki specifically treats the case where you are creating an entirely new portrait, which is great, because that lets them cover all the things you need to know to get it to work.

My concern is future proofing, so that when PDX updates "avian_slender_03_2.dds" and implements it, then I will still see those new phenotypes. As is, my mod would NOT use that (even though I use a unique name "leafy_bird_[something].dds" for my files.