Kenshi

[The_Mask]

1st post about this game is an April's Fool's, but the game is far from it:

The Hive Queen's First Dance

If you can’t find food, find love!

Here’s a sneaky peek at our new project - The Hive Queen's First Dance, a new game from Lo-Fi that combines the excitement of dating sims with the unique world of Kenshi.





Today we are excited to introduce you to "The Hive Queen's First Dance", a new game from Lo-Fi that combines the excitement of dating sims with the unique world of Kenshi.

You will be the star of the show, with potential suitors vying for your attention and affection. You'll have the opportunity to get to know them through conversations and interactions, as you ultimately choose the one who is worthy of becoming your royal consort with benefits.

In true Kenshi style, your choices and actions will determine the outcome of the game, and ultimately decide who will join you at the Hive Queen's First Dance.

Whether you're a fan of dating sims or simply looking for a new and exciting game to explore, "The Hive Queen's First Dance" offers something for the romantic Kenshi fans out there. And yes, of course, we'll be making a Shek edition.

Click here to play the pre-alpha now.
https://lofigamesofficial.itch.io/the-h ... irst-dance

[Tweed]

Kenshi is another "mod it till it crashes" game. Not that vanilla isn't great, but there's a load of really great mods that help bring the world to life and improve the overall quality.

[rusty_shackleford]

are there any good mods for this game?

[ArcaneLurker]

are there any good mods for this game?

I remember a mod that made the cannibal faction into *******, but I never even found the site that it was hosted on again.

[Tweed]

are there any good mods for this game?

I remember a mod that made the cannibal faction into *******, but I never even found the site that it was hosted on again.

I thought they always were *******?

[ArcaneLurker]

are there any good mods for this game?

I remember a mod that made the cannibal faction into *******, but I never even found the site that it was hosted on again.

I thought they always were *******?

Nope, there was a pretty clear desire to avoid depicting ******* accurately.

[Tweed]

Maybe I had a mod then.

[DagothGeas5]

are there any good mods for this game?

I use these ones myself that I think are good.

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Reactive World
This one fleshes out the game's already in-place mechanic where wiping out towns or killing leaders has consequences, making sure that you can potentially wipe out anything on the map and it will register with both the factions and lack thereof.
https://www.nexusmods.com/kenshi/mods/1 ... escription

XT MKIII and XTMKIV Concept Art Skeletons
This one is more appearance-wise, but it restores/adds concept art Skeleton types that are also playable
https://www.nexusmods.com/kenshi/mods/445

Limb and Decapitation Overhaul
This one adds icons to bounty heads and adds the ability for severed limbs to those that lacked it among other things.
https://www.nexusmods.com/kenshi/mods/410

TameBeasties
As it says on the tin, this one can allow you to have even the most aggressive of creatures as pets.
https://www.nexusmods.com/kenshi/mods/105?tab=files

Recruitable Prisoners
This one allows you to do the same as above, but with humanoids. Virtually anyone that was not added in by a mod can be enslaved/recruited this way and they have their own dialogues to do so, and it is not just "come with me" "k", their alliance must be earned at times, while at others it is a matter of bribing, but there are so many options I can't really say for everyone (faction leaders can also be recruited this way).
https://www.nexusmods.com/kenshi/mods/70

Players Slavery
This one fleshes out slavery for the player because, otherwise, any slaves you own are uncontrollable NPCs that will try to escape far as I recall.
https://www.nexusmods.com/kenshi/mods/261?tab=posts

Players AI (Add AI to Default Squad)
This is just one example of a mod that can add AI to the player's squad. I use one such as this for Fog Men recruits as they cannot eat NPCs alive once recruited, this makes it so that the "Group 1", which must not be renamed for the mod to work, will have whatever AI you install for it, and act it out whenever they are not assigned a task. The link is just one example, the guy made a lot of these.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/ ... 1602865318

Animation Overhaul Mod - Crafting
This one simply adds animations for immersion purposes when crafting.
https://www.nexusmods.com/kenshi/mods/274

I try to not mod the game too much as I like Kenshi as it is, but anything this guy uploads (or re-uploads) seems interesting, there is also a mod that adds chickens and another that makes fences look more upright and visible when placing them https://next.nexusmods.com/profile/BigB ... 736&page=1

[DagothGeas5]

are there any good mods for this game?

I remember a mod that made the cannibal faction into *******, but I never even found the site that it was hosted on again.

Sorry for double post, but I am unsure if the mention thing works on a post's edit, could the site be this one? https://catalogue.smods.ru/archives/cat ... app=233860
I usually find deleted mods for Kenshi are hosted here, though a search for ******* did not show anything. One that I know modifies cannibals is Cannibals Enhanced, but I did not see them making them darker.
For anyone that might want to try their hand and finding this mod, they might not call them "*******" but "Scorchlanders", as that is what the purely ash skinned race is called in the game.

[ArcaneLurker]

are there any good mods for this game?

I remember a mod that made the cannibal faction into *******, but I never even found the site that it was hosted on again.

Sorry for double post, but I am unsure if the mention thing works on a post's edit, could the site be this one? https://catalogue.smods.ru/archives/cat ... app=233860
I usually find deleted mods for Kenshi are hosted here, though a search for ******* did not show anything. One that I know modifies cannibals is Cannibals Enhanced, but I did not see them making them darker.
For anyone that might want to try their hand and finding this mod, they might not call them "*******" but "Scorchlanders", as that is what the purely ash skinned race is called in the game.

Ah, yeah! This site rings a bell.

Yeah, I don't think it was scorchlanders or ******* but something like "Cannibal redesign" although I wouldn't be surprised if it was taken down.

[DagothGeas5]

I remember a mod that made the cannibal faction into *******, but I never even found the site that it was hosted on again.

Sorry for double post, but I am unsure if the mention thing works on a post's edit, could the site be this one? https://catalogue.smods.ru/archives/cat ... app=233860
I usually find deleted mods for Kenshi are hosted here, though a search for ******* did not show anything. One that I know modifies cannibals is Cannibals Enhanced, but I did not see them making them darker.
For anyone that might want to try their hand and finding this mod, they might not call them "*******" but "Scorchlanders", as that is what the purely ash skinned race is called in the game.

Ah, yeah! This site rings a bell.

Yeah, I don't think it was scorchlanders or ******* but something like "Cannibal redesign" although I wouldn't be surprised if it was taken down.

Went on a hunt for it, but every single mod of Kenshi that contains "Cannibal" in either the title or description seems to not be the one. One I found was deleted from Steam, but it just added a squad and other such things without modifying the cannibals themselves.
As for possibly re-making the mod, the cannibals are a separate race from Scortchlanders and Greenlanders, so it would be more of a texture thing to do it.

[Manny V]

i'm sure resident Kenshihead @TKVNC would have some good suggestions

[TKVNC]

i'm sure resident Kenshihead @TKVNC would have some good suggestions

It's possible. It's a very good game.

I could cook up a very easy 'Cannibal > ******' mod, either I'd do it with body presets where they're all Dark Skinned, or just change them to Scorchlanders to make it really quick.

But alternatively, a ****** skin for Cannibals would be pretty easy to do.

As for good mods? There's more than I could realistically list.

But my 'must-haves' from Steam Workshop:

Recruit Prisoners
256 Squad Cap
Reactive World
More Attack Slots
Crucifixion

I've a whole load of my own mods - I'll maybe upload them once I'm satisfied with them, but really, it's more a case of - how do you want to play. Because you can mod more or less anything with the FCS and a dream.


I should probably write a full review for Kenshi...

[TKVNC]

Poking about in the Cannibal files

The reason you can't really get ****** Cannibals is almost certainly an accident, rather than by design.

The 'Masks' that define skine tone changes, are identical for both cannibal types (Green, and Red) so the Green One has legs that are ALWAYS White, etc.

That said - because the skin tones are set to a range from Black, to White, but relatively middle spread, the game doesn't really use an extreme of either - but that's easily fixed anyway.

Might either remake the masks completely, or just use the skin without the Tattoos - either that, or make the Tattoos again by scratch, idk

[Big Red Dog]

are there any good mods for this game?

all of my mods are good i only post my bad ones on the workshop so they get off my computer

[TKVNC]

Made the Cannibals into ******* - see the first image to see the Face Editor restrictions I applied

Restrictions:
Big ****** Lips
Big ****** Noses

No face can be generated without those two elements, in varying scales.

Forgot to state - above is the original, lower is the edited one.





There is a little 'lighter' colour around the edges of the paint. I'll make a cleaner one at some point.

[TKVNC]

Bonus picture of my testing characters.

[TKVNC]

Two Germans travel into Berlin - Circa 2024

[rusty_shackleford]

Surprised he didn't try to add multiplayer to this game, feels like something that would have really taken off more than it already did

[TKVNC]

Surprised he didn't try to add multiplayer to this game, feels like something that would have really taken off more than it already did

I wonder if it's possible to set up a bootleg online like Morrowind Online... Would be a very different experience online, I think.

[TKVNC]

Early morning autism. Cleaned up the skin a little, still not perfect, but I don't really want to redo the paint by hand, so this will do for now.

Much better though, in my opinion.

[Rand]

I like the idea of this game, while disliking most of the choices the devs made.
The aesthetics are hideous. The balance is goofy. I don't like the pseudo-oriental stuff.
The AI is ********, but that can be forgiven. AI is hard for the best programmers.

[Big Red Dog]

Early morning autism. Cleaned up the skin a little, still not perfect, but I don't really want to redo the paint by hand, so this will do for now.

Much better though, in my opinion.

your opinion is wrong

[TKVNC]

your opinion is wrong

You prefered the old one?

[TKVNC]

I like the idea of this game, while disliking most of the choices the devs made.
The aesthetics are hideous. The balance is goofy. I don't like the pseudo-oriental stuff.
The AI is ********, but that can be forgiven. AI is hard for the best programmers.

I think the aesthetics are actually really nice. It has a surprisingly cohesive design direction - even if individually nothing seems to actually make sense; a bit like Morrowind, it just somehow works.

As for balance... I don't know - there's not really a single weapon that completely dominates, and that is an argument to be made for wearing no/light/medium/heavy armour, rather than just heavy in all circumstances like Morrowind.

[Big Red Dog]

different doesn't mean better

[Tweed]

different doesn't mean better

Everything you say is stupid.

[Big Red Dog]

different doesn't mean better

Everything you say is stupid.

are you black

[Tweed]

are you black

Nobody likes you.

[Big Red Dog]

are you black

Nobody likes you.

my heart is broken