Cyborg Portraits

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Author: Robicon

Last revision: 5 Jun, 2019 at 07:09 UTC (3)

File size: 39.57 MB

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Description:

Localized for the officially supported languages (Deutsch, English, Español, Français, Polski, Português do Brasil, Русский, 中文).
Compatible with version 2.3.x (and should remain stable with most future updates).
If you are looking for more cyborgs, Vehk has made a similar mod named Visible Cyborgs.

While playing as a Driven Assimilator in a multiplayer game, I wanted to provide a more immersive experience for me and my friends, so I started adding custom cyborg versions of the species I assimilated. Before the game was over we had a collection of 16 cyborg-versions of the original portraits. I hope it will add some flavor to the game for others as well!

• 16 animated cyborg portraits. All portraits are based on existing Stellaris species and keep their original animations.
• As a player, you can choose from the Cyborg category whether you play Biological or Machine Empire. Portraits picked from the Cyborg category will always look like cyborgs, no matter what traits your species has.
• The organic base portraits will convert to their cyborg counterparts if the species acquires the cybernetic-trait (either by modifying themselves or by being assimilated by a Machine Empire). This applies to both players and AI empires. If the cybernetic trait is lost, these portraits revert to the original, organic version.
• Localized for the officially supported languages (Deutsch, English, Español, Français, Polski, Português do Brasil, Русский, 中文). This mod contains only minor texts used to describe the Cyborgs species category (compliments, children, body parts, etc.), but those have been translated to the languages above to the best of my ability.
• You are free to use content from this mod in your own mod! Credit is appreciated but not necessary, just please don’t claim that you made it yourself.

• The design for the short humanoid with a chrome dome and one glowing eye is taken directly from the Terminator movie.
• The design for the winged robot with a monitor for a head is inspired by the Robot Kingdom in the Saga-series by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples, and the robot Kanti from the anime FLCL.
• The design of the robot with red hair and a checkered suit is an homage to a character designed by my brother.
• The design for the bear-like robot with a oscillogram on its front is taken directly from a robot in the stop motion movie A Close Shave by Aardman.

You don’t need Synthetic Dawn in order to play as one of the cyborg species. However, AI empires will not use cyborg portraits on start and will only transform into their cyborg counterparts if they are assimilated by a Machine Empire (available in Synthetic Dawn) or modify themselves via the Technological Ascension Path (available in Utopia).

• The winged dragon reptile will be available only if you or your host has has the Anniversary Portraits (which is free).
• The two humanoids will be available only if you or your host has the Humanoids Species Pack.
• The two plant cyborgs will be available only if you or your host has the Plantoid Species Pack.
• The armored starfish will be available only if you or your host has has the Leviathans Story Pack.

This mod adds a new category of portraits; achievements will therefor be disabled.

No original files are replaced, so the mod should be compatible with all other mods except in the following cases:

• The mod adds a Cyborg-category to the Appearance tab in empire creation. Only one Cyborg category will be shown.
• The mod adds Portrait Groups for the organic versions of the cyborg portraits (mol15, art14, avi12, fun3, mam1, mam3, mam13, mam14, avi9, rep17, humanoid_hp_13, humanoid_hp_02, pla8, pla11, mol17). Any other mod doing this may either not up show at all or show random portraits from either mod.

Happy cyborging!