Alternate Human Starts?

[killerbee256]

Are there any good mods for alternate human starts? What I have in mind is like for instance a version of Soviet Union that Won the cold war and started colonizing space. Red color, Hammer and sickle flag, Russian/Czech/Baltic etc names and ships named after Soviet naval and space craft. Other Ideas, Roman empire that never fell, a reto-futuristic United States a-la fallout and European Union. Of course it would be great if these had custom clothes, buildings and ships but I realize that is a lot of work.

 

[henzington]

You can customize them just make sure you keep the solar system as Sol. You make custom name lists but I think it disables achievements.

 

[killerbee256]

You can customize them just make sure you keep the solar system as Sol. You make custom name lists but I think it disables achievements.

I do some modding for crusader kings 2 so I know my way around name lists. How hard is it make custom flags/emblems like the UN faction has?

 

[henzington]

I would ask in the user mods forum.

 

[Rip Off Productions]

You can customize them just make sure you keep the solar system as Sol. You make custom name lists but I think it disables achievements.

I remember when I tried to do that there was still a Sol system with humans on it elsewhere in the galaxy, though that was a while back(pre-Asimov at least, or even pre-Clark possibly), so I wouldn't be surprised it that's been "fixed" by now and I'm just stuck in the habit of not bothering playing humans that aren't one of the two premade ones...

 

[TankRush]

I mentioned it in another thread, but I ended up with 4 humans factions (and a better recollection of events now).

It started out with me playing the xenophobes, because I like their militaristic bent, eventually I encountered a human Fallen Empire, the UN humans, and some humans that lifted themselves up from a pre-ftl planet. But yeah, custom species creation is the best way to go about creating alternate humans. And maybe Utopia will add stuff that lets you start with cyborgs, or extensive genetic modifications, for a penalty, as well as develop the technologies over time.

 

[killerbee256]

I remember when I tried to do that there was still a Sol system with humans on it elsewhere in the galaxy, though that was a while back(pre-Asimov at least, or even pre-Clark possibly), so I wouldn't be surprised it that's been "fixed" by now and I'm just stuck in the habit of not bothering playing humans that aren't one of the two premade ones...

Ah I remember that bug. It happened once when I started as a unmodified UN.

I mentioned it in another thread, but I ended up with 4 humans factions (and a better recollection of events now).

It started out with me playing the xenophobes, because I like their militaristic bent, eventually I encountered a human Fallen Empire, the UN humans, and some humans that lifted themselves up from a pre-ftl planet. But yeah, custom species creation is the best way to go about creating alternate humans. And maybe Utopia will add stuff that lets you start with cyborgs, or extensive genetic modifications, for a penalty, as well as develop the technologies over time.

It would be nice if they could have custom Flags, name lists, clothes and ships. Eh maybe I'll make a mod.