Freaking awesome! I like this aliens, and live teh artist who created them!

An amazing mod, however I do have a suggestion. The Birrin share their planet with a second, larger, but less intelligent species that are just referred to as the Giants. I tried to incorporate this with my Birrin civilisation by starting with the Syncretic Evolution origin. However I had to use a random portrait that felt out of place with the Birrin. What I'm getting at is that it would be nice if the Giants were added as a second portrait in the mod.

@a-sartek thank you!

BIRRIN BIRRIN BIRRIN BIRRIN BIRRIN BIRRIN BIRRIN BIRRIN!!!!!!!!

@Socialist_Bismarck Usually new portrait mods need stuff in the common folder (so, yes it affects checksum), the only exception is if they replace only gfx data from an existing portrait.

It is possible however to play with mods and earn achievements is just a single check in the .exe that is easily changed with a hex editor like HxD

There is a guide, here:
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2719382752

Is this ironman compatible or does it break checksum?

"a planet approximately the size of Venus" - so basicly approximtly Earth size?
Venus diameter: 12.104 km
Earth diameter: 12.756 km

@Ph00nix: Alex Ries is an artist who's done a lot of phenomenal "speculative evolution" style aliens. The Birrin are a very well developed project of his, with a lot of art from their homeworld at various stages of their history (viewable on DeviantArt, ArtStation, his website, etc.). He also did some concept art for Subnautica: Below Zero.

@mdidjm
can i use some potraits for my mod?

Yuuzhan Vong
Brontosaur

who is Alex Ries?

Hell yeah, love these dudes.

Holy shit, good job

@Jack Hood: There actually was a mod that included them, the Extended Species mod

FINALLY

YES

I'm surprised it took this long for the Birrin to be modded in lol, do you plan on adding more Birrin portraits to this mod or are you finished? I'm happy either way. :)

This really neat, take these points and keep up the fantastic work.

I L-O-V-E the graphic design of Birrins! :D
What an interesting creature! :D

Could you make one with only the head at a 3/4th angle so it blends with the other species in the game?

YES

Hellyeah! I always loved the Birrin and their homeworld. Thanks.

Oh wow, I didnt expect this, those are such a well thought out alien species by a talented artist and writer.