I really like the idea of this mod, but it does - as others have also mentioned, take up quite a bit of space on the map, and the opacity of the portraits does compound this effect. I would suggest to perhaps make the portraits a tad smaller, and/or do the holographic change you've mentioned. Would be a great addition. Also, for some reason it doesn't trigger properly when opening a game as a shattered ring origin in ironman.

Damn, that sucks. I am used to "puppet animation" so hoped i could make some unique animations for them :P

@Xenon
That was always the plan when I first decided to make the mod! I would have loved that. But sadly, as far as I know, we can't call up animated portraits like that. I have more information in the Dear PDX thread above if you're interested.

If it were possible it would have looked better, cost less data, been way easier to make as a mod, and could properly react to EXACT empire leader clothes and genders and stuff. It would have been epic.

Would it be possible to make them play animations?

Ye I remember that too but same as you can't find it again lol

@Kali
Yeah transparency might be good. The PDX version I'm remembering actually had them as holograms that were vaguely transparent too!

The only issue I have is that it obscures a bit of vision, would be cool if it were transparent to some extent. But always love your mods.

Ye I thought it was on one of the federation or nemesis trailers... but cant find either.

@Kali
When I made this workshop page back in summer I was looking SO HARD for one of the official Stellaris trailers/streams/whatever where they had edited this effect on, but I couldn't find it! Really annoyed me, lol. I swear it was on a dev clash or something but no dice.

It's funny because they implemented this in Age of Wonder 4

@The Destroyer of Worlds
Glad to hear it! Have fun!

update: it works perfect! Thank you for responding and making this awesome mod!!! :D

oh yeah i can see a bit of the alien species when i hover over a homeworld system, i just need to disable a UI mod of mind and i think it should work since i think this mod uses the base vanilla UI colours and whatnot

@The Destroyer of Worlds
The mod still works 100% fine on my end, the "out of date" bit is just a version number thing and nothing else as far as I know! I'd need more info about your setup to know what's wrong.

I have the same issue as Moon_Man. Maybe it needs an update? I've noticed that it was out of date (3.11?)

@Moon_man
No idea what is wrong with your install on that one, sorry!

I can't get this mod to work. I disabled everything and it still wouldn't run.

@VooDude
That empire name idea is how I originally wanted to do it! I couldn't figure it out but had a message from someone here this summer with a concept, I'll give it a shot when I get back to modding.

The other thing you mentioned is unsolvable.

Is there a way to replace "Homeworld system" with just the empire name or something?

Also the icons for the ship is really far sideways, down to the edge of nameplate. Makes me think that ships are on a different system than where they actually are.

Other than all that, this is cool as fuck and I love everything about it

@Hawking
Unfortunately it's not possible as a map mode, unless there are a LOT of cool controls in the map mode scripts that I don't know about!

woah this is a unique mod would it be possible to make this its own map mode? or is it a limitation in the code.

@Sammy
I would have loved that too but I never found a way!

This mod would be perfect if it showed the empire's flag as well as the portraits on the galaxy map.

Sounds intriguing - as a fellow modder, my hat's off to you. Good luck if/when you return mate!

Thanks, man! Sadly there isn't a way to implement this without renaming the stars - but I've been given a cool idea for how to make it better when I return to modding.

This mod is absolutely fantastic; however it renames the core system for every empire, something that I personally find is too intrusive/immersion breaking.

I will maintain my subscription (albeit with the mod disabled) and eagerly await more updates from you WP - you are doing some stellar work here mate =)

@Rohzdear
Yeah I LOVE the idea if it being the leader, too! Check out my "The Future / Cut Content" thread above for details on that.

@Atenvardo
A toggle is sadly not possible, sorry :(

I am guessing the portrait displayed it just a still image?
I bet it'd be much harder to implement, but I'd be really cool if the portrait displayed was of the current Leader/Ruler of that Empire, rather than of the main species.

@WP - Anywhere to report specific portraits showing wrong one in Galaxy map? May be due to the new update though.

@WP - Love the mod, any chance to get a size toggle and on/off toggle in game if possible?

That's right, it doesn't work in localizations other than English.

@Athen96
Thanks! I wish it could be done in a less hacky way but I'm quite happy with the result!

This is pretty cool, and its an easy way to see empire species quickly.

@SADИСТ
No, the entire concept revolves around this.

Judging by the comment below, the mod actually works correctly only in english loc. Is there a way to prevent the mod from renaming homeworld systems? I think it's easier than adapting it to each localization

@Polish
If someone sends me a polish loc I'll add it!

The mod is great, but i do have a question. It appears that in other languages (like in my case in polish) the mod doesn't seem to work, perhaps because it changes capital's name to something that it can't find? Name in this case is "wp_gp_human_1" (human probably because i tried commonwealth of man). So the question is: will You try to fix this?

@Dragatus
Just one more really then I'm leaving the scene again for a long while, probably. And thanks for the kind words!

I'm glad to hear you love my mod. And it looks like you're on an even more prolific streak than I thought. I'm now curious to see what you'll come up with. :D

@Dragatus
Yeah! PDX themselves could hook something up that would be able to do that, and they could be animated etc as well. (Also btw I LOVE your signature weapons mod, I've been making something similar the past few weeks!)

It's a shame that it doesn't work for modded portraits, but I love the concept.

@Gorehuchi
Yeah it's system names with custom loc icons baked in! Sadly very hacky and limited, but the best I could do :(

Is this iron man compatible?

Love the thought behind this! Are you editing the nameplates to get this to work? Ideally this seems like something that would be best toggleable since it can block other elements. I wish it was a mapmode, but I am guessing that probably isn't possible with how this works...

aww im not sure why but it wont work for me, im not sure if its because im using a mod to be able to put more then 30 empires in a 600 galaxy. would you recommend me to put it in all the way in the top of mode order instead of bottom

Boisegangpc, that's a portrait only available to people who buy a special edition of Stellaris, either Nova Edition or Galaxy Edition. But it is available without mods.

oooh nice, very nice, this needs some appreciation from the devs cause this is the first mod ive seen like this. impressive work man. How to pay some respect cause damn.

What's the spider-like arthropoid portrait that rotates in the thumbnail (between the jellyfish and the venus flytrap)? Is it a mod?

If Paradox hasn't offered you a job, they should fire the guy who hasn't offered you a job, and then replace him with someone who will offer you a job.

@freddek
Will add these screens to the known issues. It's the same problem!