Hi All,

I wanted to put up a quick how to guide for making Malibody work with modden pawns (aliens). this process should work for any modded pawn save for those with odd body types and sizes (Doesnt work for Jawa's, Ewok's, Pawns with Fur IE Wookies etc)

Introduction:

This will require some light XML editing, if your comfortable with this great! If not I would be happy to help answer your questions.

I also strongly recommend that you save a backup of any mods that you attempt to change, this way you can go back easily if you break something.

I also recommend saving your current modlist to your local Rimworld mods folder. This way an update from the author will not automatically wipe out the changes we will be making.

*Note* There are separate instructions for two gender (Male and Female) alien races and one gender alien races. instructions for Monogender races is below the main instructions.

How To:

Find the rimworld local folder for the mod you want to add Malibody textures to (example: steamapps/common/rimworld/mods/YOURMODNAME)

Navigate to the Def's folder *Note* this may be located in a parent directory based on version IE 1.0, 1.1 etc)

Navigate to the ThingDefs_Races folder and open the XML file labeled with Race (this will usually be something like Race_Alien) *Note* You can use any text editor to open and edit the file including notepad. I suggest Notepad++ or Dreamweaver if you have it.

Inside this file will be lots of text that determine attributes for the modded pawn race. you will be looking for the sections that begins with:

<alienRace>
<generalSettings>
<alienPartGenerator> <----- this is where you will be making changes

To add the Malibody textures to the mod add the following text within the alientPartGenerator container (between the opening <alienPartGenerator> and closing </alienPartGenerator>)

<useGenderedBodies>true</useGenderedBodies>

*NOTE* Some mods already contain this string, if it already exists just make sure the value is set to "true".

Additional Advice:

I usually add this string below "Crowns" and above "Body Types", not sure if this is important. Has worked so far.

Textures:

Most of the modded pawns will not include their own body texture and instead use the Vanila structure. You can tell if this is the case by looking for a folder called "Bodies" inside of the textures folder. If your mod has a Bodies folder you will likely want to copy the Malibody textures into this folder. I do this just in case the mod prioritises the internal Bodies folder over that of Malibody.

And thats it. Save your changes and load up the game. I suggest using something like EDBPrepare Carefully so you can hand pick your pawns and cycle through clothing and body sizes to ensure it all changed correctly.

*Note* Sometimes when you change a body type in EDBPrepare Carefully it will default to the opposite sex. If this occurs just select the gender again and it should update automatically.

Instructions for Adding Malibody Textures for Monogender Alien Pawns (IE Single Gender, Asari etc)

Single gender alien races are much easier to patch. You only need to do the following:

Locate the body texture folder for the alien race mod you want to add malibody textures to

Save a copy of the malibody textures to the texture/body folder(s) (only select the textures for the gender the alien species uses)

Rename the malibody textures so they replace the mods stock textures (Rename the north, south, and east texture models to match the mods stock names, replacing the file when prompted)

Thats all thats technically needed, if you want to you can use paint or another graphics program to edit the color of the models for races like asari that have multiple body texture folders for: light blue, blue, violet etc.

Special thanks to Ultimuh for the monogendered work around!

I hope this helps, let me know if you have any questions about the process. Goodluck!