I wanna give this mod a try but seeing hollow bones being a "free trait" scares me. I know full well what the AI's going to do the moment it has access to gene tailoring and I still get nightmares of the time I had a mod that somehow made the "Elven" trait gene-moddable (but somehow non-removable).

Still, I like some of the balancing you've got going on. Cold-blooded especially looks great.

Thank you for your patience and advice, i have updated the mod and it should be working as intended. I will be coming up with more content in the coming days.

thanks for the comments about the game breaking bug, i haven't been able to update this mod since i applied for the recent modjam. I will try working on it in the upcoming days. Thanks for letting me know.

Yup I hate to be that guy, but I can sadly confirm what Cheesemongle said below and your mod is breaking pop food upkeep entirely, which is sad because I really like the flavour these traits add.

-20% food upkeep completely stops being an upside when any species without the Cold Blooded trait simply has zero food upkeep instead. Makes being cold blooded or a machine strictly a disadvantage. This absolutely breaks the game.

damn.... all these traits need to be shifted like 1 point over in cost to be cheaper or give more back for the shit they charge you to take. sometimes less is better Pat, sometimes less is better.

note: pop_categories dont use expandable definitions, youll have to overwrite an inline_script or the full pop_categories files with all of their vars and stuff to add your changes

species without the cold blooded trait have no upkeep (nor some other stuff)
(alternatively, use planet_pops_food_upkeep_mult)

This is really cool. Excited to see what else you come up with.

Thank you for the feedback and support! i added images and descriptions of the modifiers, thanks Cronose for the text!

I would love to see more traits like this. I think these should be in the game to begin with. Keep it up! Feel free to use my comments in the mod description if you like @ mod author.

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Hallow Bones
Army damage +5%
Army health -20%
Defense army damage -10%
Army disengagement chance +30%
Happiness +5%
Governing ethics attraction -5%
Society Research from Jobs +10%

Cold Blooded:

Habitability -15%
Pop Food upkeep -20%

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Exoskeleton
Assault army health +30%
Defense army health +30%
Army disengagement chance -70%
Orbital bombardment damage -30%

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Pest Vermin
Worker pop resource output -30%
Specialist pop Resource output -30%
Ruler pop resource output -30%
Pop Housing Usage -50%
Leader Lifespan -50 years
Pop Growth Speed +50%

@Makk. You underestimate how much these traits have but I will type it up.

It will be better if show more details about those traits.

I really like these traits! They are a really good addition to the game!