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Homestuck - Troll Race

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This mod adds a new custom race and pre-scripted empire inspired by the Alternian trolls from the online webcomic 'Homestuck'.

This mod includes the following features:
- 70 custom static portrait images (plus 1 unique ruler-exclusive static portrait) under the Arthropoid species class, organized into four different portrait groups: One for all portraits, one for lowbloods only, one for highbloods only, and one for sea-dwellers only.
- The new Stale World planet class, which is essentially a non-radioactive variant of the Tomb World.
- A new civic, Hemospectrum (which creates two subspecies alongside your dominant species, each designated to occupy a specific social strata), and a new origin, Desolate Origins (which causes any empire with this origin to spawn on a Stale World).
- The pre-scripted Alternian Empire, utilizing all aforementioned features, which is set to enable normal spawning in some games.

This mod is not ironman/achievement compatible, as it changes the checksum (this cannot be fixed). It may or may not be savegame compatible, but certain features might be missing unless you start a new game from scratch. Only playable on multiplayer if both you and the other players have the same mod. Please let me know as soon as possible if you are experiencing any issues with the mod itself, or wish to inform me of any compatibility issues with other mods.

This mod may or may not be incompatible with other mods that also overwrite the following vanilla files:
- scripted_triggers/01_scripted_triggers_jobs.txt (can_fill_specialist_job_check_trigger, entertainer_job_check_trigger, and battle_thrall_job_check_trigger already exist)
If anyone would like to develop a third-party compatibility patch for any mods that this conflicts with, I highly encourage you to do so.

Planned additions for the future, from highest to lowest priority:
- Modify the existing code to allow for less direct overwriting of the base game's files.
- A potential event chain involving an uprising by the land-dweller subservients, in a Signless/Summoner-style revolution, to overthrow the sea-dwelling ruling class.
- Make the portraits animated.
- Add a new custom cityscape set.
- Add a new custom ship model set.

All credit for the original concept goes to 'Troll Race - Alternia' by Giovan
( https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1339097869 ).

I now have a modding Discord! Feel free to join up if you want to discuss/make suggestions for the mod, or offer your assistance in the mod's development: https://discord.gg/7fGsUCRGT5