Stellaris Species mod (2024)

This is how to create a species mod for the latest update.

Link to Wulfian_Samples common/gfx folders
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UTey...

yourmod
common
gfx
descriptor - ignore its your signature to your mod (watch 2023 for more info)

gfx folder
Wulfian_Sample\gfx\models\portraits\wulfian_sample
_wulfian_sample_portrait = mesh
_wulfian_sample_portrait_animations = animation
_wulfian_sample_portrait_entities = creating an object of the mesh/animation
Those are the 3 files you edit in models

gfx folder
C:\Users\User\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Stellaris\mod\Wulfian_Sample\gfx\portraits\portraits
wulfian_sample_portraits.txt = this ties everything together to a portrait group
Have this one file open
C:\Users\User\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Stellaris\mod\Wulfian_Sample\gfx\portraits\asset_selectors
These 4 files is how I created my clothes and hair
wulfian_sample_female_clothes_01
wulfian_sample_female_hair_01
wulfian_sample_male_clothes_01
wulfian_sample_male_hair_01

common folder
you have 3 folders open each file
wulfian_sample_categories
wulfian_sample_species_set
wulfian_sample_species_classes

Follow along to the video to learn about each file. You can ctrl + F and replace the wulfian_sample to yourmod of each file and rename the folder to match and the files

Down below you can change the file name to your mods name to see if it works with a new name. Replace the image.dds to your dds files with your mod.

Powershell commands to change file names -
Set the folder path
$folderPath = "C:\Users\User\Documents\Paradox Interactive\Stellaris\mod\Wulfian_Sample\gfx\models\portraits\wulfian_test" # Replace with the actual path to your folder

Get all files with the old name
$oldFiles = Get-ChildItem -Path $folderPath -Filter "wulfian_sample*"

Rename each file
foreach ($file in $oldFiles) {
$newName = $file.FullName.Replace("sample", "test")
Rename-Item -Path $file.FullName -NewName $newName
}

Show confirmation message
Write-Host "Files renamed successfully!"