Project Xenotype: Chapter 2: Ascellians

Compatible with 3.9.x ✔️

Project Xenotype is an ambitious undertaking to revamp and expand vanilla Stellaris portraits.
As an evolving project, this mod will continue to grow as more content is developed over time.

This version is not achievement-compatible, but the Lite version is. You may find it here.

Here’s what’s included so far:

Humanoid 03:
• Universally revamped and reworked artwork supported by a plethora of original new pieces
• Rebuilt and refined base mesh for males and females
• 5 male and 5 female phenotype variations, each available in all 4 vanilla colors (40 total!)
• 24 unique headgear options for males and females (48 total!)
• 26 unique outfits for males and females (52 total!)
• Job- and role-specific outfit selection for all rulers, leaders, and pops

(An overall increase from 14 to 140 items. That’s 1000% more content!)

Ascellians:
• Custom base mesh for a new female humanoid portrait featuring all-original artwork
• 6 phenotype variations in two body types, each available in 4 color variations (24 total!)
• 28 unique shared headgear / hair options and an additional 6 for both body types (40 total!)
• 30 unique outfits for both body types (60 total!)
• Job- and role-specific outfit selection for all rulers, leaders, and pops

(A flat addition of 124 new items!)

Please note that this mod overwrites the following file, and is therefore incompatible with any mod which also modifies or overwrites the following file:

gfx / portraits / portraits / 09_portraits_humanoid.txt

There are no longer compatibility concerns with overwriting existing species classes!

21 Sep 23:
• Checked and proved 3.9.x compatibility
• Adapted to past compatibility & overwrite changes to remove duplicate portraits
• TO DO: Update outfit lists and triggers

05 Oct 22:
• Checked and proved 3.5.x compatibility
• Included compatibility for legacy human portraits
• Compensated for arbitrary code deprecation to maintain functionality

02 Jun 22:
• Checked and proved 3.4.x compatibility
• Corrected an issue regarding invalid primitives causing a crash on new game startup
• Optimized vanilla overwrites to prevent future mishaps of a similar type

23 Feb 22:
• Checked and proved 3.3.x compatibility
• Corrected texture errors for Ascellian presidential and necromancer outfits
• Adjusted outfit selection for Ascellians regarding artisan and fabricator jobs
• Added hivemind costumes for Humanoid 03 and appropriate outfit selectors
• Added new 3.3.x job "Politician" to outfit selection pool
• Corrected outfit indexing for both species to control species preview outfit

02 Feb 22:
• Chapter 2: Ascellians release
• Adjusted portrait code to fully integrate the vanilla gender determination feature
• Reformatted all art assets to a lighter .dds format, cutting size by 75%
• Corrected an issue with artwork file extensions which caused wardrobe malfunctions when the mod was compressed with Irony Mod Manager
• Modified asset structure to avoid compatibility issues with other mods reliant on vanilla portrait meshes

01 Jan 22:
• Initial Project Xenotype release with Humanoid 03 portraits

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All original artwork featured in this mod was created by Hestrir.

If you’re impressed by his work, please consider visiting his pages on Twitter and Patreon via the buttons below!

[www.patreon.com]

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