Animal Variety Coats

Mod, 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4


Ever wondered if animals really should all have the same shades?
I sure did, so I utilized the assembly from Animal Collab Project to give vanilla animals a bit of variation. The assembly was created by thirite and has been updated by Xen.
Some of you may have noticed a collaborator showing up in the sidebar. Azrael has kindly contributed many lovely variations and we're working on even more...

Author: cucumpear

Created: 14 Sep, 2018 @ 3:53am

Updated: 29 Jul, 2023 @ 2:33am

Subscribers: 67508


Size (unpacked) : 10.524 MB

Ever wondered if animals really should all have the same shades?
I sure did, so I utilized the assembly from Animal Collab Project to give vanilla animals a bit of variation. The assembly was created by thirite and has been updated by Xen.
Some of you may have noticed a collaborator showing up in the sidebar. Azrael has kindly contributed many lovely variations and we're working on even more. ^^

Note that this will conflict with any mod that also adds variant textures or fully overrides the textures!

Currently included are:
Alpaca
Boomalope
Boomrat
Capybara
Caribou
Cat
Chinchilla
Cougar
Dromedary
Grizzly
Hare
Husky
Iguana
Labrador Retriever
Megascarab
Megaspider
Muffalo
Pig
Rat
Red Fox
Rhino
Spelopede
Squirrel
Thrumbo
Timberwolf
Warg
Wild Boar

FAQs:

Can I add this to my current save? - It should be fine to add this mid-game, but please always make a backup of your save. Only newly spawned animals will be affected, though!

Will this change the colour of the leather/wool/clothes? - No, leather has a set RGB value. One species can only have one type of leather.

Could you add [animal]? - I will consider it for sure. Pure colour changes are fairly easy but I'll have to talk to my artist friends about custom patterns.

What animals do you have planned? - Ideally, all vanilla animals that I can do.

I have suggestions for colours/patterns or can help with textures! - Shoot me a message on discord @ cucumpear#4683 (but be aware that I'm quite picky!)

Will you make a patch for [mod]? - No. As of 1.1 I'm using the system used for vanilla animals. if a modder wants their animals to have variations they can easily do this themselves

I need a local install! - Here you can find the GitHub Releases[github.com].

I mod for free, but if you want to you can buy me a cuppa on Ko-fi[ko-fi.com] to fuel my tea addiction and give me a warm fuzzy feeling.

How do I download and install mods?

Simply click the blue button above. It will open the file hosting page with the mod repacked by us from the official source.

How do I install this mod?

See the 'How to install' tab.

Is this mod safe to use?

The mods are repacked as is, without any additional software, malware, or bloatware added. To check for viruses, use a reliable antivirus or upload the archive to a website like virustotal.com. Anyway, It's always a good practice to keep backups of your saves in case of mod incompatibility .

There is a folder in the .zip archive. To install the mod, move the entire folder (not just its contents) into 'Mods' folder located under your RimWorld root isntallation folder.
So, for steam version of the game, the path would look like this: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\RimWorld\Mods
For any other distribution, firstly locate your rimworld installation path and then unpack the archive into the 'Mods' folder.
Then enable the mod in the game mods menu by double clicking on its name and restart the game