Lord of Harmony
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Nice mod! would love to see new aliens types and strains!
Alien Strains
- Thread starter Lord Shadow
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Spleenling
Chieftain
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Great mod but would be possible to make it compatible with the Alien EXP cap remover and the level cap remover mods, they seem to conflict and cause crashes
Lord Shadow
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I haven't looked into those mods, but if they tinker with global defines and such, they shouldn't conflict with Alien Strains as I haven't touched those fundamental values.
Anyway, major update is out! It's not compatible with savegames, but I'm providing a direct link to v1 for those who might want to finish their current games. The Kill Siege Worm quest is partially fixed: all worm strains trigger the quest, but only killing the base species completes it. I'll keep working on it, but I didn't want that to keep stalling the v2 release.
Also UI glitches are gone!
Spoiler :
TPangolin
Just the worst person
Excellent job! Another worthy add to my collection 
Lord Shadow
General
Thanks, TP!
Now, finally, and thanks to Vicevirtuoso's assistance, the damn worm quest is now fully operational.
Now, finally, and thanks to Vicevirtuoso's assistance, the damn worm quest is now fully operational.
Bandersnatching
Warlord
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Thanks for making this mod! While I've only played with it once so far, the increased variety of aliens was very nice.
Do you think it would be possible to make strains of aliens unique to different world types (fungal, lush, desert)? That is one of the things I thought should have been included to make each world type more diverse in gameplay, and being able to mod that in would be really cool.
Do you think it would be possible to make strains of aliens unique to different world types (fungal, lush, desert)? That is one of the things I thought should have been included to make each world type more diverse in gameplay, and being able to mod that in would be really cool.
Lord Shadow
General
Thank you for the feedback, but that's not in the cards for the time being, for a number of reasons. Essentially, it'd triple my work in all regards, and since I'm planning to add further strains (and more), I'd rather focus on developing a larger variety of aliens you can see in every playthrough as opposed to much smaller selections you'd only see once every three games.
Lord Shadow
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Update released! Should be compatible with Version 2, but please report any issues.
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
Lord Shadow
General
A new hotfix is out. Should get rid of issues with quests and the Affinity Quests Fix mod.
Lord Shadow
General
Yeah, it was a good effect, but being part of the unused Civ5 promotions, it was the source of frustrating unit action UI glitches. The downside outweighed the benefits.
I'll look into re-implementing promotion effects when/if Firaxis fixes their malfunction.
beyondmiasma
Chieftain
Thank you for this mod,ever since getting CiVBE was thinking "wouldn't A starship troopers theme be good"? this may be it? but I am new to installing mods is there a wiki on how to?
Will I have an option to disable it if it's too difficult without reinstalling the whole game? Thanks
Will I have an option to disable it if it's too difficult without reinstalling the whole game? Thanks
Lord Shadow
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Iron235, please don't triple-post. Next time, edit your original post.
I'm working on a major update for Version 4, its details hinted at in the "Coming soon" section of the main post. And I already have some ideas brewing in my head for Version 5, after that.
As for players producing aliens and that sort of thing, that's outside the scope of this mod.
I'm working on a major update for Version 4, its details hinted at in the "Coming soon" section of the main post. And I already have some ideas brewing in my head for Version 5, after that.
As for players producing aliens and that sort of thing, that's outside the scope of this mod.
Subscribing from the Steam Workshop (link in main post) downloads the mod once you enter the mods screen in-game. There you can select or deselect mods to be used, so there's no need to tinker with your installation.
I really love this mod and starting to fell in love with these cute alien!!!.
Its a bit sad that these awesome strain got eliminate too soon. Let equip them with some claws.
These are some ideas i have had (inspiration from starcraft II)
Made alien got stronger as time passed.
Every 50 turns, spawn special nest with 80+strength queen that always sitting on the nest.
Queen protecting nest. And while queen is presented, nastier strains such as Kamikaze, Miasma spreader, Disease carrier, Berserker (which stronger when aggression level is high) will spawn instead of old strain.
All of aliens got 50% combat bonus for each queen presented (Eg. at turn 100, 2 queens presented, alien got +100% strength). And of course, made these alien not to attack player that have Harmony as dominant affinity.
Let alien hater attempt to kill queen and alien lover which have alien as indirect alliance protecting it.
lol, that enough of blablabla, just got inspired from your mod and cannot keep it alone. I known these thing are outside scope and will require genius brains and lot of times to do.
PS. I somehow believe that geniuses are gathering in this forum.
Its a bit sad that these awesome strain got eliminate too soon. Let equip them with some claws.
These are some ideas i have had (inspiration from starcraft II)
Made alien got stronger as time passed.
Every 50 turns, spawn special nest with 80+strength queen that always sitting on the nest.
Queen protecting nest. And while queen is presented, nastier strains such as Kamikaze, Miasma spreader, Disease carrier, Berserker (which stronger when aggression level is high) will spawn instead of old strain.
All of aliens got 50% combat bonus for each queen presented (Eg. at turn 100, 2 queens presented, alien got +100% strength). And of course, made these alien not to attack player that have Harmony as dominant affinity.
Let alien hater attempt to kill queen and alien lover which have alien as indirect alliance protecting it.
lol, that enough of blablabla, just got inspired from your mod and cannot keep it alone. I known these thing are outside scope and will require genius brains and lot of times to do.
PS. I somehow believe that geniuses are gathering in this forum.
Lord Shadow
General
Well, I have been considering similar things, some of which will come into play when Version 4 is released.
Hostile Planet gives permanent upgrades to the native species as time goes by, and I've pondered similar systems, but if I decide on it, implementation is further down the road. It's somewhat controversial as it affects the aliens' role in the game, which is something I've been trying to preserve so far. I mean, their original purpose is to remain a threat during the early game, and rather quickly fall behind as you move into the mid and late game. Making aliens a potent antagonist throughout the game, never declining, is a considerable shift in direction. Though ultimately, one I'm willing to give serious thought to.
Hostile Planet gives permanent upgrades to the native species as time goes by, and I've pondered similar systems, but if I decide on it, implementation is further down the road. It's somewhat controversial as it affects the aliens' role in the game, which is something I've been trying to preserve so far. I mean, their original purpose is to remain a threat during the early game, and rather quickly fall behind as you move into the mid and late game. Making aliens a potent antagonist throughout the game, never declining, is a considerable shift in direction. Though ultimately, one I'm willing to give serious thought to.
Baleur
Prince
I strongly recommend adding mipmaps when you save the .dds files for the new Alien textures, so they dont flicker all the time.
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