Despicable 2 – Core

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Authors: DCSzar, Ogam

Last revision: 16 Mar at 09:05 UTC

File size: 7.33 MB

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Description:


A character-focused framework for RimWorld with expressive facial animations, manual social interactions, hero system for roleplay/mc, and multi-pawn animation framework + studio.
[discord.gg]

Overview

Despicable 2 Core is the foundation of Despicable 2’s features.

It is a character and interaction framework for RimWorld that adds manual social interactions, facial animations, Despicable face-part visuals, a Hero / Karma / Reputation system, and an advanced multi-pawn animation framework.

It also serves as the base for our official NSFW expansion.

We made this project community-friendly and addon-friendly so other modders can build on it too. Learn more on our Discord server[discord.gg] and explore the source code on GitHub[github.com].

Features at a Glance
  • Manual Social Interactions
  • Facial animations with advanced auto-patching (+ Pawn Editor Forked support)
  • Hero System with Karma, Ideological Standing, and Reputation
  • Advanced Multi-Pawn Animation Framework and Studio

Detailed Features

Manual Social Interactions
Take a more active role in your colony’s social life.

Instead of waiting for everything to happen in the background, you can directly trigger valid social actions such as chatting, insulting, social fighting, and marriage proposals.

Facial Animation
Core includes custom face parts that automatically replace vanilla eyes, without replacing head textures and scaling automatically based on age/size using cached runtime masking.

Meaning automatic support for a wide range of head types, helping visuals fit more naturally across different pawn appearances with less manual setup. Faces can also be edited using Pawn Editor Fork.

Hero System
The Hero System adds a colony-focused progression layer built around a chosen active hero.

Track Karma, Ideological Standing, and Reputation as your hero gains social weight over time across other individual pawns, settlements and factions.

Advanced Animation Framework
Core includes a multi-stage, multi-pawn animation framework for more dynamic and visually involved interactions.

Compatibility

NL Facial Animation is supported.

If NL Facial Animation is installed, it overrides Despicable’s custom facial animations and face parts while still working alongside Despicable’s broader systems. NLFA expressions can continue to play during Despicable’s animated interactions, including lovin’ animations from the NSFW addon.

Tested optional support:

  • NL Facial Animation
  • Pawn Editor
  • Yayo’s Animation

The original Despicable had known incompatibilities with HAR, Big and Small, and Anomaly.

Those issues were addressed during development of Despicable 2, and so far the old conflicts have not resurfaced.

As always with larger RimWorld mod lists, edge cases are still possible, but this sequel was built to avoid the major problems that affected the original.

Supported languages: English, 简体中文, Deutsch, Русский, Français, Español

Requirements

Required:

  • RimWorld 1.6

Optional Support:

  • NL Facial Animation
  • Pawn Editor

Migration & Save Notes

A new save is recommended ONLY if you used Despicable before.

If you want to continue an existing save, you should uninstall the old Despicable mod before loading that save with Despicable 2.

Though it is worth noting some users reported migrated from Despicable to Despicable 2 without any issues.

FAQ

What happens if I use NLFA?
NLFA takes over the facial layer, while Despicable continues handling its broader systems and animations.

Does this still have the old HAR / Big and Small / Anomaly issues?
Those were problems with the original Despicable. Despicable 2 was built to address them, and so far those old incompatibilities have not reappeared.

How does it perform?
Almost non-existent performance cost for the amount of features it provides, tested to work with most performance mods!

Credits & Support

Despicable 2 Core + NSFW is developed and maintained by DCSzar.

Credits:

  • Ogam – art/page setup contributions, community management
  • c0ffeeeeeeee – inspiration for the animation framework and existing animations in the NSFW addon

Community:
[discord.gg]

Support the primary developer of Despicable 2:
[ko-fi.com]

Contributor / community support, future addons:
[www.paypal.com]

Source Code
Want to create an addon, see how it works, or follow development?
[github.com]