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Anime-style portraits generated by NovelAI. Replaces all pilots and NPCs portraits. 2 new company icons included. A new submod for Pilot Overhaul.
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Version 1.2: DLC4 support, 330’s Pilot Overhaul 7.0.x support.
This mod replaces texture files without adding new pilots. Technically compatible with anything and is always safe to install/uninstall. Won’t be affected by game updates (unless they fundamentally change how the game works again, which is highly unlikely).
This is a purely cosmetic mod; no changes have been made to the gameplay.
Animechwarrior for HBS Battletech here
Portraits for all base game pilots* and NPCs** are replaced by anime style artworks. I generated all the artworks with NovelAI, handpicked them for the most aesthetically pleasing and consistent feel I managed to get.
*There are 32 male, 20 female, 25 generic/nonbinary portraits, plus one each exclusive portrait for Commander Mason (player character) and Yamata.
**Including the Cavaliers crew (Ryana, Fahad, etc.), employers (contract providers), battlefield allies and enemies, pretty much anyone that has a portrait. Characters introduced in DLCs with new portraits are covered with the exception of the Bounty Hunter (DLC4).
Files explained:
-Animechwarrior_AnimePortraitsNovelAI
Main file. Replaces all portraits in the vanilla game (including the new ones introduced in DLC2 and DLC4 with the exception of the Bounty Hunter). Also includes 2 new company icons.
-Animechwarrior_PilotOverhaul
Submod for 330's Pilot Overhaul. Replaces all PilotOverhaul portraits except those of Community Pilots’.
A total of 309 portraits have been replaced; see the last additional note for more information.
Please make sure that this submod loads after PilotOverhaul; that is to say, the load order for the submod needs to be greater than the main mod. The submod’s default load order is 15 (PilotOverhaul’s is 14).
Huge thanks to the PilotOverhaul folks (specifically nofear001) who helped made this happen.
-Animechwarrior_CompanyIcons
2 new company icons and nothing more. Already included in the main file.
-Animechwarrior Source Images
Source images for all portraits in this mod, including those from the PilotOverhaul submod. All in .png format.
Installing/Uninstalling:
You can safely enable or disable this mod in the middle of a playthrough. However, if you are using the new company icons introduced by this mod, disabling the mod will make your company icon blank.
Additional notes:
-Not lore friendly. I never managed to get an actual Battetech aesthetic from AI generated art, so we’re stuck with all sorts of wacky pilot suits, exoskeletons, RGB gamer headsets and whatnots. Characters don’t have any emblems or insignias indicating their specific factions/organizations. Officers’ uniforms have, at best, somewhat lore friendly colour patterns. Some characters barely have any resemblance of their vanilla counterparts.
-I find the art style consistency to be at an acceptable level, but your mileage may vary. Certainly nowhere close to what you would expect from handcrafted artworks under professional direction; this is from a weeb messing around with a trendy AI toy.
-I’ve never played the story campaign. I believe all characters in the campaign have been covered, but do let me know if I left someone out.
-Only 2D portraits are replaced. 3D models are not affected. Same old Ryana on the Leopard; she just changed her profile picture, something like that.
-There are a few portraits that I left alone: the one for the Bounty Hunter (DLC4) and the community pilots from PilotOverhaul. For the Bounty Hunter, I’m just not happy with whatever I managed to make NovelAI spat out, so BH ended up being spared while the world around him turned anime. For 330PO’s community pilots, I don’t plan to touch their portraits; they won’t be showing up in hiring halls (according to 330PO version 7.0.3 changelog) to begin with.
-As of the current version (1.2) for the PilotOverhaul submod, there are 30 portraits recycled from generic portraits that has been used elsewhere in this mod, replacing 30 corresponding MechCommander Gold portraits; I found the original ones too hard to work with so I just called it a day like that. Sorry MechCommander fans.
This mod replaces texture files without adding new pilots. Technically compatible with anything and is always safe to install/uninstall. Won’t be affected by game updates (unless they fundamentally change how the game works again, which is highly unlikely).
This is a purely cosmetic mod; no changes have been made to the gameplay.
Animechwarrior for HBS Battletech here
Portraits for all base game pilots* and NPCs** are replaced by anime style artworks. I generated all the artworks with NovelAI, handpicked them for the most aesthetically pleasing and consistent feel I managed to get.
*There are 32 male, 20 female, 25 generic/nonbinary portraits, plus one each exclusive portrait for Commander Mason (player character) and Yamata.
**Including the Cavaliers crew (Ryana, Fahad, etc.), employers (contract providers), battlefield allies and enemies, pretty much anyone that has a portrait. Characters introduced in DLCs with new portraits are covered with the exception of the Bounty Hunter (DLC4).
Files explained:
-Animechwarrior_AnimePortraitsNovelAI
Main file. Replaces all portraits in the vanilla game (including the new ones introduced in DLC2 and DLC4 with the exception of the Bounty Hunter). Also includes 2 new company icons.
-Animechwarrior_PilotOverhaul
Submod for 330's Pilot Overhaul. Replaces all PilotOverhaul portraits except those of Community Pilots’.
A total of 309 portraits have been replaced; see the last additional note for more information.
Please make sure that this submod loads after PilotOverhaul; that is to say, the load order for the submod needs to be greater than the main mod. The submod’s default load order is 15 (PilotOverhaul’s is 14).
Huge thanks to the PilotOverhaul folks (specifically nofear001) who helped made this happen.
-Animechwarrior_CompanyIcons
2 new company icons and nothing more. Already included in the main file.
-Animechwarrior Source Images
Source images for all portraits in this mod, including those from the PilotOverhaul submod. All in .png format.
Installing/Uninstalling:
You can safely enable or disable this mod in the middle of a playthrough. However, if you are using the new company icons introduced by this mod, disabling the mod will make your company icon blank.
Additional notes:
-Not lore friendly. I never managed to get an actual Battetech aesthetic from AI generated art, so we’re stuck with all sorts of wacky pilot suits, exoskeletons, RGB gamer headsets and whatnots. Characters don’t have any emblems or insignias indicating their specific factions/organizations. Officers’ uniforms have, at best, somewhat lore friendly colour patterns. Some characters barely have any resemblance of their vanilla counterparts.
-I find the art style consistency to be at an acceptable level, but your mileage may vary. Certainly nowhere close to what you would expect from handcrafted artworks under professional direction; this is from a weeb messing around with a trendy AI toy.
-I’ve never played the story campaign. I believe all characters in the campaign have been covered, but do let me know if I left someone out.
-Only 2D portraits are replaced. 3D models are not affected. Same old Ryana on the Leopard; she just changed her profile picture, something like that.
-There are a few portraits that I left alone: the one for the Bounty Hunter (DLC4) and the community pilots from PilotOverhaul. For the Bounty Hunter, I’m just not happy with whatever I managed to make NovelAI spat out, so BH ended up being spared while the world around him turned anime. For 330PO’s community pilots, I don’t plan to touch their portraits; they won’t be showing up in hiring halls (according to 330PO version 7.0.3 changelog) to begin with.
-As of the current version (1.2) for the PilotOverhaul submod, there are 30 portraits recycled from generic portraits that has been used elsewhere in this mod, replacing 30 corresponding MechCommander Gold portraits; I found the original ones too hard to work with so I just called it a day like that. Sorry MechCommander fans.