Humanoid Alien Races

Mod, 0.19, 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4




A framework for the creation of new alien races in Rimworld

If you ever thought that the racial diversity in rimworld is... not that diverse and you want to change that, you came to the right place. This framework allows to easily add new humanoid races without any C# knowledge, purely in xml.

The rest is up to your creativity: Fantasy races like Elves, Dwarves and Orks; Sci-...

Author: erdelf

Created: 9 Jan, 2017 @ 2:50pm

Updated: 29 Jan @ 9:11pm

Subscribers: 802987


Size (unpacked) : 6.693 MB



A framework for the creation of new alien races in Rimworld

If you ever thought that the racial diversity in rimworld is... not that diverse and you want to change that, you came to the right place. This framework allows to easily add new humanoid races without any C# knowledge, purely in xml.

The rest is up to your creativity: Fantasy races like Elves, Dwarves and Orks; Sci-Fi races like Asari, Klingons, Gungans eldritch beings like Deep Ones; or greenskinned and leaf-sporting mutants.




  • Custom graphics with weighted skin and hair color selection
  • Changing graphics, optionally changing over the course of aging.
  • Drawing additional parts on the body that change based on backstory, diseases and implants.
  • Integration in the starting pawns, as well as slaves and refugees.
  • Custom Backstories
  • Customizable bodysize, that can change during the lifetime.
  • Support for genderless races
  • Optional immunity to aging related body problems.
  • Optional forced traits
  • Customizable thoughts, with specific configurations for eating and butchering humanlikes
  • Modifiable relation chances
  • Race restricted clothing, weapons, research projects, buildings, bills and plants.
  • Custom Ideologies relating to eating, enslaving, killing and dating aliens.




Github[github.com]

Race Creation Wiki[github.com]

If you want to create your own races or just chat with the race mod authors, join us on Discord[discord.gg]




Orassans

Androids

RimEffect ~ Asari



Note: Bug reports without a log will be deleted immediately.
Fluffy's guide here should be followed
Note: Old versions are available on github

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