Pioneer started out in 2008 as a remake for Frontier: Elite II for modern systems. Over time it became its own game with its own lore, but Frontiers spirit remains, and continues to evolve as a grand space travel, trading, et cetera simulation game. It is singleplayer only.
Binaries, as well as source, can be downloaded from here:
https://pioneerspacesim.net/
https://github.com/pioneerspacesim/pioneer
Just recently I released a very simple mod, that introduces a new species with three races. Pics related.
I hope you enjoy.
https://spacesimcentral.com/community/pioneer-mods/ponygen-the-ultimate-answer-to-facegen/
ToDo/Ideas:
o Optimize the *.png files, I forgot to do that in this version. Mouths need the 50% transparency though
o Species: Zebra, Kirin, Batpony, (perhaps donks), have them rarely generated (alicorns are never seen, they rule over stars perhaps
o Icons, e.g.: horseshoe for population, some in character creation
Not ToDo, perhaps in a separate mod:
o Celestia star system
o Pony name generation
o Missions.
If there is interest, I will try my best to keep this thread updated.
/vx/ - Videogames and Paranormal
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File (): 8C842F9B6B73674652D6021F55A7EFB4-3066277.mp4 (2.9 MB, Resolution:960x480 Length:00:01:24, facegen2.mp4) [play once] [loop]
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File (): F0DDAFDF6683E7B474DB39A4FDD089CF-396106.zip (386.8 KB, Listing of : ponygen.zip
Size Date Time Name
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8561 17-07-24 15:48 facegen/backgrounds/general.png
193 17-07-24 15:24 facegen/species_1/accessories/acc_0.png
877 17-07-24 15:39 facegen/species_1/accessories/acc_1.png
3022 17-07-24 17:08 facegen/species_1/clothes/armour_0.png
3022 17-07-24 17:09 facegen/species_1/clothes/armour_1.png
......... (only showing the 10 first files) ......... , ponygen.zip)
This file goes into
>'My Docs/Pioneer/mods' for Windows, '~/.pioneer/mods' for Linux, and '~/Library/Application Support/Pioneer/mods' for OSX
without extracting, if anyone wants to play with ponies!
>'My Docs/Pioneer/mods' for Windows, '~/.pioneer/mods' for Linux, and '~/Library/Application Support/Pioneer/mods' for OSX
without extracting, if anyone wants to play with ponies!
File (): A45F16B725ED3FEFD54D26DBCC973AF9-3448.png (3.4 KB, 295x285, unicorn_horn.png)
Everything required to create new assets is in the archive(except the tools), but here is a horn that you may use as mask. For stylistic purposes, I use web-safe colors (every channel has an increment of three, and is one hex number e.g. #fc3, #cc9, #36c, #fff). Use indexed color palettes and mogrify with imagemagick for optimal file size, otherwise use 24-bit RGB if opaque alpha values are required, for example, mouths.
Layers must be 295x285. For further information:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pioneerspacesim/pioneer/master/data/facegen/readme.txt
Layers must be 295x285. For further information:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pioneerspacesim/pioneer/master/data/facegen/readme.txt
File (): AA94F9A0BBA9E2F2176B9C9D95A800EB-322407.zip (314.9 KB, Listing of : ponygen.zip
Size Date Time Name
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2026 20-07-24 18:41 facegen/backgrounds/general.png
193 17-07-24 15:24 facegen/species_1/accessories/acc_0.png
854 20-07-24 16:22 facegen/species_1/accessories/acc_1.png
3147 20-07-24 16:49 facegen/species_1/clothes/armour_0.png
3147 20-07-24 16:51 facegen/species_1/clothes/armour_1.png
......... (only showing the 10 first files) ......... , ponygen.zip)
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File (): C62CB3102C3CFC265232FA228FD72C4C-55646.png (54.3 KB, 501x501, ponice.png)
File (): 892863D5D932A77147113577A964E8AB-9797.gif (9.6 KB, 320x200, fe2_dindu.gif)
Consider this v1.1. I have raised every layer by 20 pixels. Filez #2 and #3 related.
SHA256:
b0b4cf77ae74bc54c909d6b1eeccf90b0268ee8c5a7c9a1a49b040b61d4bdc69 ponygen.zip
>>174616
>Use indexed color palettes and mogrify with imagemagick
Don't mogrify. The game doesn't like 4-bit or smaller palettes. Use 8-bit if possible.
I think I will do a Zebra species next, and then Kirin. May need look into a way to change species generation chance. I thought about making a Copper Top outfit for the police, or similar to the police forces uniform from Frontier, file #4 related.
SHA256:
b0b4cf77ae74bc54c909d6b1eeccf90b0268ee8c5a7c9a1a49b040b61d4bdc69 ponygen.zip
>>174616
>Use indexed color palettes and mogrify with imagemagick
Don't mogrify. The game doesn't like 4-bit or smaller palettes. Use 8-bit if possible.
I think I will do a Zebra species next, and then Kirin. May need look into a way to change species generation chance. I thought about making a Copper Top outfit for the police, or similar to the police forces uniform from Frontier, file #4 related.
File (): B85D2A2FE990804D287EB586C38F0A33-612408.png (598.1 KB, 1440x1080, zigger-ass_lookin_wave.png)
>>174619
>>174620
Thank you very much, friends!
Today I had a lot of time thinking again. Specifically I have decided to split up the pony races to species with one race each. This has the following effects:
+ Increases chance of a type of pony to be generated
+ Unicorn armor, and accessories, such as horn rings, (those are CUTE)
- Possibly break compatibility of saves, had the CMDR not chosen earth pony, or change appearance
Furthermore, the accessory and hair layers may be switched, to make earrings and such above the mane and more convincing. Then the nose layer could be used for accessories or features below the mane, such as sunglasses(that will be improved) adhesive bandages, even scars.
This also will break compatibility, so I'd say break it sooner rather than later. Save games can be manually rebuilt using the cheat/dev menu so I don't think it would be an issue to do that once.
More eye options is on the to-do list as well. Honestly I got lazy really fast on that front because they are a bit more difficult to make.
And as a miscellaneous change, I wondered about changing the species_0 to resemble Anons. The race_? would specify green, orange or whatever color. Those are a lot of files however but at least it's in this thread now. The other option is to outright replace species_0 with pony and create a pony galaxy. This would need many files but for now a wide variety of re-colors would do the trick. Pic related shows a texture used in the station model with human silhouettes, that will be edited once I make up my mind.
Tell me what you think, if you will!
>>174620
Thank you very much, friends!
Today I had a lot of time thinking again. Specifically I have decided to split up the pony races to species with one race each. This has the following effects:
+ Increases chance of a type of pony to be generated
+ Unicorn armor, and accessories, such as horn rings, (those are CUTE)
- Possibly break compatibility of saves, had the CMDR not chosen earth pony, or change appearance
Furthermore, the accessory and hair layers may be switched, to make earrings and such above the mane and more convincing. Then the nose layer could be used for accessories or features below the mane, such as sunglasses(that will be improved) adhesive bandages, even scars.
This also will break compatibility, so I'd say break it sooner rather than later. Save games can be manually rebuilt using the cheat/dev menu so I don't think it would be an issue to do that once.
More eye options is on the to-do list as well. Honestly I got lazy really fast on that front because they are a bit more difficult to make.
And as a miscellaneous change, I wondered about changing the species_0 to resemble Anons. The race_? would specify green, orange or whatever color. Those are a lot of files however but at least it's in this thread now. The other option is to outright replace species_0 with pony and create a pony galaxy. This would need many files but for now a wide variety of re-colors would do the trick. Pic related shows a texture used in the station model with human silhouettes, that will be edited once I make up my mind.
Tell me what you think, if you will!
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>>174657
Races are now split up in the data/facegen/ dir like so:
species1/race0/ #earth
species2/race0/ #pega
species3/race0/ #unicorn
As was mentioned
Races are now split up in the data/facegen/ dir like so:
species1/race0/ #earth
species2/race0/ #pega
species3/race0/ #unicorn
As was mentioned
File (): 738773A640BFA9B4B2F48EFBD828FF35-374802.zip (366.0 KB, Listing of : ponygen.zip
Size Date Time Name
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1902 22-07-24 13:22 facegen/backgrounds/general.png
193 17-07-24 15:24 facegen/species_1/accessories/acc_0.png
854 20-07-24 16:22 facegen/species_1/accessories/acc_1.png
3146 22-07-24 13:04 facegen/species_1/clothes/armour_0.png
3146 22-07-24 13:04 facegen/species_1/clothes/armour_1.png
......... (only showing the 10 first files) ......... , ponygen.zip)
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Consider this release 1.2.
I left a few blank *.png in the unicorn accessories dir because I planned on making more types of eye glasses. So that's why that is a bit quirky. I'm not in the mood to work on this at the moment, so these things have to wait.
I have started work on zeebs but that will take a long while until I can release anything. So I layered some of the first, pic related.
The unicorns now have their own armor. If you are loading a savegame, your commander will most likely be a different species. Sorry about that.
SHA256:
15fda14056563388ac6b4aa2d643c1beaf0b4700656edce79a37fbfc9c132e5e ponygen.zip
I left a few blank *.png in the unicorn accessories dir because I planned on making more types of eye glasses. So that's why that is a bit quirky. I'm not in the mood to work on this at the moment, so these things have to wait.
I have started work on zeebs but that will take a long while until I can release anything. So I layered some of the first, pic related.
The unicorns now have their own armor. If you are loading a savegame, your commander will most likely be a different species. Sorry about that.
SHA256:
15fda14056563388ac6b4aa2d643c1beaf0b4700656edce79a37fbfc9c132e5e ponygen.zip
File (): A6091A254A0DD40D5142AB75138F666B-605191.zip (591.0 KB, Listing of : ponygen.zip
Size Date Time Name
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664 03-12-24 18:19 facegen/backgrounds/general.png
193 11-08-24 09:24 facegen/species_1/accessories/acc_00.png
1727 20-09-24 20:56 facegen/species_1/accessories/acc_01.png
1805 11-08-24 09:24 facegen/species_1/accessories/acc_02.png
2895 01-12-24 16:11 facegen/species_1/accessories/acc_03.png
1376 30-11-24 19:54 facegen/species_1/accessories/acc_04.png
......... (only showing the 10 first files) ......... , ponygen.zip)
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File (): B682D1813CC142A4049C28BC42A0DDF0-59286.png (57.9 KB, 1600x1200, apogee.png)
File (): 877B39A330C18EF1A5285EE67021C6D3-1706121.mp4 (1.6 MB, Resolution:800x600 Length:00:00:20, 2mw_beam.mp4) [play once] [loop]
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The little additions that I've sprinkled in over the last few weeks have added up and I'm happy to announce this new release. All armor is completely new and modernized, and there are now more body colors to choose from, as well as eye shapes and colors. There are lots and lots of manestyles yet to be added but that's it for now.
Ziggas won't be available for a long while, unless someone else wishes to contribute.
I tested this on a cutting-edge release, freshy compiled. The new version of the game will have many new and exciting improvements! It will feature a really nice Natrix re-design, but what will be really interesting, is the new equipment system, which will be more communicative to the player about weight and available slots.
SHA256:
b3a333b953b10f83c7be156dfb5e4d3c3d23e44fe6187306dad69c017f622932 ponygen.zip
Ziggas won't be available for a long while, unless someone else wishes to contribute.
I tested this on a cutting-edge release, freshy compiled. The new version of the game will have many new and exciting improvements! It will feature a really nice Natrix re-design, but what will be really interesting, is the new equipment system, which will be more communicative to the player about weight and available slots.
SHA256:
b3a333b953b10f83c7be156dfb5e4d3c3d23e44fe6187306dad69c017f622932 ponygen.zip