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19 May, 2019 @ 9:21pm
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Better Species mashup

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New additions. Hylotls now have a tail (credits listed below for the tail sprites) and the Avians, Hylotl, and Novakids have a new chest texture. Not breasts (they are not mammals) but I didn't want to leave their chests with no texture so I added some muscle tone to the Hylotl (curvier for females) and chest texture on Novakids simulating chest muscles on humans, but not as pronounced so to give it a more alien appearance (also curvier on females). The Avians now have chest fluff. It's longer and flatter on a male, and fluffier and slightly shorter on a female (simulating the appearance of feathery cleavage). Also, the reason I removed humans' underwear is for better compatibility with mods that add new outfits, like swim suits. The underwear in the human nude sprites would show the pixelated edges sticking out of the sides of swim suits and some other outfits, so removing the underwear fixes it. The nude sprites are still SFW so don't fret.

This is a combination of the Better Avians, Better Novakids, Better Hylotl, Better Florans, Alt Heads & Hair (Floran), Anime Eyes for Humans, H.W.T.B.U.T., and Animal-like Hylotl Style mods with some of my own tweaks as shown in screenshot. I noticed some of the mods I used in this list didn't exist anymore, (can't find the better versions of Hylotl, Floran, and Novakids anymore) and since I had the mods still in my folder, I decided to combine them all so to lessen clutter in my mod folder, and decided to upload for anyone that also wants to use these all in one mod. The animal style Hylotl is where I got the tail from, and thanks goes to JinYering for the tail spites. Look for the mod here. https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1531978035 I left the Hylotl heads and arms unchanged however.

If the original mod authors are okay with this, I will leave it up, if not, let me know and I will remove this from the workshop and use in private. The human eye color is selected by changing the underwear color, while underwear itself no longer exists on the human nude sprites. The Florans, Avians, Hylotl, and Novakids have no breasts in females now, modded clothing may still have breasts appear on them unless they have flat chested variations. For vanilla clothing, you can download any kind of flatter chest mod that changes the clothes to not have breast textures. For better versions of Apex, see my Meet the Primatex mod. It has tails in some Apex while leaving other Apex tailless like the regular ones, and has Apex face edits for better detail. All in all, this mod alters Avian bodies and arms, everything on the Florans except arms (head, emotes, hair, and body), everything on humans except hair and arms (head, emotes, and body), and Hylotl and Novakid bodies only. Any mod that doesn't alter these sprite sheets will be compatible.

For standalone versions for each race, refer to the discussion on the Chucklefish forum link: https://community.playstarbound.com/threads/better-species-mashup-standalones.168377/ The zipped folder contains a folder for each species allowing you to mix and match which you want to use. Folders are also open to anyone who wants to make personal edits to them.
13 Comments
Vera 2 Dec, 2022 @ 2:50pm 
slaps, came here for hylotl tails without the Majoras Mask Zora arm fins, left happy.

keep it up gamer
GeekyRaptorStudios 29 Mar, 2022 @ 6:54pm 
awesome! just drag and drop!? Thnkyu this is awesome!!!
TheTwilightDancer  [author] 29 Mar, 2022 @ 6:19pm 
You can take what folder you want out of the zipped folder and place it in the Starbound mods folder. In this case, you said you wanted only Hylotl and Novakids, so you'll want "Better Species Hylotl" and "Better Species Novakids" out of the zipped folder. And this mod and the standalones didn't need any code editing for this. Sprite sheet edits from the humanoid folder were the only things needed to make this mod work like I intended. The Meet the Primatex mod is separated for that reason, as it combines sprite editing and hex editing to get the effect I want. (IE, some Apex with tails and some without)
GeekyRaptorStudios 29 Mar, 2022 @ 6:02pm 
so how do I install them, it looks only like a edited sprite and not patched in any way.
or even a separate species would be nice.
TheTwilightDancer  [author] 29 Mar, 2022 @ 5:54pm 
GeekyRaptorStudios I submited the standalones onto Chucklefish forums. Refer to the end of the edited mod description to find it. I decided to leave the standalone mod folders open for spriters who want to edit the sprites their own way, or combine features from other race editing mods together. The standalone folders for each species are inside the zipped folder provided.
TheTwilightDancer  [author] 28 Mar, 2022 @ 7:24pm 
If I separate the Avians into a separate addon that you don't use, then no. This mod will conflict since it edits Avian bodies and arms.
GeekyRaptorStudios 28 Mar, 2022 @ 7:16pm 
but I do got a minor question, will it overwrite my avain's 'just like real birds' mod that adds back wings to the avians?
GeekyRaptorStudios 28 Mar, 2022 @ 7:14pm 
thnkyu!
You are a saint. I am so happy you are wanting to do that.
A couple of mods with the separate races. thnx!
TheTwilightDancer  [author] 28 Mar, 2022 @ 4:34pm 
This mod doesn't overwrite the Apex. Apex edits in my Meet the Primatex mod include hex code edits as well so I separated that into a different mod. Only the species in the screenshots shown are edited. But when i get the chance, I will separate these into one by one versions.
GeekyRaptorStudios 28 Mar, 2022 @ 11:41am 
any way I can get this for only the hyotl and novakids? I don't want to overwrite the appearance of my apex or avians... If you could make standalone versions that'd be boss awesome! Thnx!