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The Protolop [W.I.P]

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NOTE: The mod is still a W.I.P (Work-In-Progress), and it's something I can only do on my free time, so if you don't see updates frequently that's why!

Should be compatible with every other mod. If you experience any issues please report them on the mod's discussions page!

Also, to play as a Protolop, you'll need a character extender like this one. I also recommend this other mod if you don't want to read the codexes one time only, because I didn't make a tab for the Protolop yet :P Do not install the XCustomCodex if you have FU though, it's already included!

A W.I.P race mod of my own custom race, the Protolop! It's still an early non-finished version, so expect more stuff to be added. My aim is to create a simple but fun mod that feels like vanilla Starbound, adding some fun stuff along the way.

Lore is still WIP too, but anyway: Originating from the lush biodiverse planet Isferion, the Protolop found themselves in a massive world war soon after achieving spaceflight, due to an insurgency against governments and tyrants all across the globe. Now divided as a species, they seek a resolution to the conflict in order to achieve peace once again.

Currently, here's some of the stuff included so far:
- Fully custom new humanoid body for the Protolop
- Tier 1 - 3 Ship (broken, semi-broken, fixed)
- Custom ship pet with 4 colours (and many more to come!)
- New crafting tables to make lots of objects and items (you start by crafting the Designer's Desk!)
- All kinds of furniture and decorative objects (there's still more i'll make, no worries)
- New blocks for all your building needs (there's still alot of blocks to be done though)
- Tier 1 armor (tiered armors are still a wip!)
- Tier 1 - 5 melee weapons (axes, daggers, hammers, spears, broad and shortswords)
- One set of starter clothing (still 3 more to make)
- Custom protectorate clothing if you don't skip the intro
- New weapon type (Glaive) which is also the racial weapon you'll find on your shiplocker!
- New crop you'll find on your shiplocker to make fabric for your first armor and some clothes too
- Guns are not craftable yet, but you can spawn them in if you want! There's a minigun, assault rifle, shotgun, sniper and pistol. You can spawn them using the /spawnitem command, for example: /spawnitem protolop-sniper

As you can see it's not quite finished yet, but you can still have fun with it for now. There's still tons of stuff I want to get done, like:
- The remaining tiered stuff (armor, weapons, ship)
- Unique armor system
- More furniture and other objects
- More casual clothing
- More weapons
- More lore stuff once I work on it
- Vehicles
- Custom body for females
- More appearence options other than colours
- Racial names
- Racial Flag(s)
- Generated structures and NPC's
Etc etc

Anyway here's some people I want to credit who helped me with some stuff!
- Valyan for discussing lots of lore with me!
- Nebulox for helping with the palette and also spriting properly (im not a pro yet tho..)
- Amazing girlfriend who supported me all this time!
- And of course, Aegonian, who made the amazing THEA mod for inspiring me to make my own mod!
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22 Sep, 2021 @ 10:39pm
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Zwart
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Emerald 25 Feb @ 12:20am 
Does your mod have Towns/Villages?
Devyndreap 12 Aug, 2022 @ 1:07am 
your good make more races man
Zwart  [author] 1 Mar, 2022 @ 11:30am 
@dhwty935 Hey, just saw this now. thanks man, i really appreciate it. Life's been busy the past few months (and probably will in the next few too) so I don't know when im updating it again :/ i'd love to though
dhwty935 21 Feb, 2022 @ 10:41am 
Great original species design and no fur or tail for once! Several of my favorites have things in common but that doesn't make them copies or any less fun. Looking forward to updates!
Zwart  [author] 24 Sep, 2021 @ 1:19pm 
@Wakazu For the furniture stuff, they're not inspired by anything. Mine has rounded corners on everything, black foundations under almost every furniture (with two lights sometimes) and lines that look like mouths with lil teeth on them. In contrast with this rounded design, their weapons are all pointy and edgy with serrations on them.

Sorry for the long text, but I hope that you can give it a chance after that.
Zwart  [author] 24 Sep, 2021 @ 1:18pm 
@Wakazu No... Only you said that I "stole" so far, and I've even credited the mod on the description. Aegonian himself saw my sprites some ages ago, and he said it's fine as long as im not copying, which I'm not. I've also had cool spriters like neb to help me with that too, as it was one of my concerns. There's nothing copy-pasted on it. As for the first thing, all sprites were made from scratch, if you see any similarities that's fine because there isn't many ways to sprite digitigrade or plantigrade legs without looking like something else. Protolop also have pointy eyes, solid domes on their heads and even hooves, which afaik the akkimari does not, so apart from the legs there's nothing that looks alike.
Wakazu 23 Sep, 2021 @ 7:50pm 
Well, if a total stranger is able to tell on a first glance, where did you stole those sprites from, that kinda tells, no? The backstory may be whatever, but the sprites are very clearly akkimari and aegi for furniture and stuff. Not even changed all that much to be unrecognisable,
Zwart  [author] 22 Sep, 2021 @ 10:38pm 
@Lemon Drops Hey, thanks!

@Omeruin Thanks for that.

@Wakazu Sorry, but they do not have any similarities to the akkimari whatsoever. They did inspire me, and so did many other THEA races, but they're not even remotely similar.
Mine are ungulate, dinosaur-inspired amphibian-like aliens, whereas the akkimari are cool mammal-like spiders.
The akkimari have a mission, and they're also wild and "savage", using scrapped stuff as materials. Mine are biology oriented creatures with a war-torn homeworld, with a quick speech pattern and neat/clean aesthetics.
Hope that clears it out, but if you have any questions please lemme know.
Oмεяυıп 22 Sep, 2021 @ 9:48am 
@Wakazu
Unnecessary comment. There can be a difference between "ripping-off" and being inspired by something. Please read the last line from this mod's very own description.
Wakazu 19 Sep, 2021 @ 9:50pm 
...and now we have a discounted akkimari ripoff. Not that SB Workshop wan't full of mods ripping off of each other already...