i guess we all will have to be stuck with the broken heads until someone either remakes another one or facial animations finally listens and does an compatibility patch for xenoytype heads, which i think we all know will never come

@leaguenet

The 1.6 fork was recently taken down. I had been using it and the 1.6 updated version just deleted itself from my files after running a verification scan. I was forced to redownload this and give it a try because it *Really* ruined my immersion to either go without facial animations, or to just have... human heads for what are basically... not humans.

I will confirm that your mod... at least on the surface... still seems to be working on 1.6. But, I really only use the custom heads from Alpha Genes, so I couldn't say that for others that may or may not be supported.

ackshually that link is dead and I am not seeing any 1.6 support for these two mods to work and Im just about ready to stop using FA to see all the cool new xeno faces the way they were designed

I mean, there is one in the comments below, if you read them.

Will this still work with 1.6? Or do we just hope for a fork with mod compatibility?

@oinko sploinko TBH I wouldn't know. The more popular/obvious ones like Alpha Genes or Erin's mods seem to work out of the box, and some already have their own compatibility patches. My own modlist was never heavy on the more extravagant or obscure xenotype stuff; I only added all those 20+ mods at people's request. Anyway, you could always try and see - I believe animation mods are safe to add/remove even in ongoing games.

Does simple blinking really not have compatibility issues? I've been unsure about using it because I'm not sure if it'll work on my obscure xenotypes

All of the above. Performance, compatibility, and Simple Blinking Animations for a basic animation that had neither drawback.

Why did you stop using facial animations? Did you find a better mod or just prefer vanilla for compatibility?

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i really hope someone revives this mod, the temp update doesn't cover anywhere near as many mods as this one does.

There's this

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3523477637&searchtext=facial+animation+xenotype

Nah I'll throw it into my own FA retexture mod

@Reel you might want to get in touch with @UltraEmailMan who indicated below he'd be willing to take over - I'm not sure if he made any progress since

Alright looks like I'll have to work on my own patch in that case

There should logically be no changes between 1.5 and 1.6 to break it, so it may well work the same, but as I mentioned earlier I'll not be updating it

@月吟裔德格 you tried it? thanks

seems can use it in 1.6.

It's so over, I don't think I can play with Facial Animations without this mod... Thanks a lot for the support you gave this mod over the years tho.

There wont be a 1.6 bud

1.6 please

@UltraEmailMan sure; I feel it's pretty self-explanatory, but I can answer any questions you might have

@Leaguenet

I am interested in trying to continue support for this mod. Would you be willing to DM me on Discord to talk about how this mod works? I think I have a rough idea after going through the xml, but it would be useful to go over specifics with you.

My username and pfp are the same on discord as they are on steam, and you can find me in the Rimworld server.

@Witch ~ Good. Too bad there's no alternative. Wish Oscar just released his FA retexture as a stand-alone static face retexture.

everyone stoppin using facial animation :(

This mod is the only reason i keep facial animation

Anyone willing to take it over? ♥♥♥♥, I would actually pay for this mod to be kept up to date.

No

can you make a patch for "rim-gnoblins" and "Boglegs"?

Although I don't play FA anymore, thank you for making this mod,

I could never abide by the anime style myself and always used FA with this or that replacer (mostly Vanilla Expanded FA), but if that's your goal, I'd say Gloomy Face Mod comes pretty close - and non-animated face retextures don't really need anything to support xenotypes, as custom heads just work out of the box.

Honestly, I couldn't care less about animations themselves.
I only used FA because it's the only face retexture mod that had a (this) patch that supported xenotypes from mods such as Alpha Genes.
And now that the support is over and I already see some face being borked, me ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ sad because there're literally 0 alternatives. Guess returning to disgusting plain vanilla faces in the only option left

What he said.

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Facial animations mod itself is a great concept, but the authors continued refusal to add the most barebones compatibility made me stop using it. Can't even turn it off correctly for many xenotypes, ending up with a mess of face parts.

Thanks for what you did up until now, though!

A shame, really. I really hope someone takes over the mantle of this

nooooo

"this mod will no longer be updated"
IT'S OVER
>IT'S OVER
IT'S OVER
>IT'S OVER

This mod will no longer be updated. I stopped using FA myself and have zero interest in updating this anymore. If anybody else decides to continue updating this, good for them.

Are the wolves from Anthrosonae supposed to have eyes on their snout?

That's the way nose rings work for them unfortunately, not something I can fix.

I'm having the same problem as @JoeOwnage

weird double face action on this minotaur: https://i.imgur.com/5S37zpL.png

I cry every time I check the list and see Ferian and lapelli races still not updated to 1.5 :(

BetterLoading is an actively malicious mod that is absolutely not recommended to use in modlists of any substantial size, as it interferes with A LOT of other mods

@Leaguenet, I've already found the reason.
One of these mods (most likely the first one or in combination) does not load the heads of pawns (some xenotypes)

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1999454301

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2574315206

@Fang you do realise that this is as vague a report as you could possibly make? Can you please point me to what specifically seems to be broken.

@Fang glad i wasn't the only one

Some xenotypes have lost their heads, poke me in the solution to the problem if you've come across it.

Using VE Genie and noticed that the Head mask renders above the face in the colonist bar at the top and in the new colony startup screen if you pick a Genie as your starting colonist - in both cases making the pawn look like it's wearing a little flesh balaclava. Looks fine in-game. Not make-or-break at all but thought you'd want to know!

Would be great to get a fix for Forsaken eyes