it looks so cool, much better than original.
i would even buy visual upgrade for some 10 euros if it would change also standart view of all leaders

It is pleasant and encouraging to hear that. May your work on mods and other parts of life be blessed.

@crawlers — will do. I feel the same way.

Hello, thank you for making this mod.

I have a request: when you get around to making models for the Securans, may you please give them more clothing? The vanilla icon for them is something I do not like looking at.

@Mas -- Haha! Yeah the males are smaller. Them ladies though...big 'ol spooders :D

@Nightskies -- Thanks, friend! Yes I was using Midjourney. I've been very impressed with their reference image features. You can include a reference image in their web interface and ask it to either include that specific character or use that character as a reference. I took some of the concept art from the DW2 teams, cut it out via photo editing software and messed with various weights and prompts. I think they turned out pretty well, given it's AI and all.

Impressive work with AI! Did you plug in some lore into Midjourney to get these results? Some of these are incredibly on point.

oh good a mod to make it even easier to squash the Dhayut

@james — thanks friend! I use Midjourney with DW2 race art as references.The recent versions have been crazy good at including reference images.

@disconnected — Glad you like the mod! There is a way to kinda “hack” the game into loading static images for leaders. But I would have to edit game files, which makes the mod incompatible with others (hate how they only let one mod edit game files at a time). Still might have a go at it!

These look amazing. What AI model do you use?

Incredible mod, it would be awesome if you could improve the leaders to bring them in line with these, I would prefer them static but more detailed and realistic.

my favorite dad gamer as of today :)

@Not creepy -- Very much agree. I know when developing a complex game with a small team, stuff like this gets de-prioritized and lost, but I'm glad modders are able to put a little bit back into the game.

The races in Distant Worlds are a known and loved thing to fans of DWU and DW2...why not show them off more, right? :D

Great mod! It is not just about the art for me but the design decision to show several individuals of every race works really great.
I think the presentation is the weakest part of DW2 and it could get to another level just with better design, art and music. Devs seem to underestimate this "subconscious" part of gaming.

@pupattolino75 -- Glad you like it! I do wish I could replace some places where the race images are used and leave the others. But all-or-nothing is what we have at the moment :D

Luckily the mod is very save friendly. If you yank it, your save will just put in the vanilla images again.

Very cool indeed. I'll use it on my yt series from now on.

And thank you for the note :)

@Limited strategy time -- I will take a swing at those too.

At a certain point I do try and mimic the DW2 art style/intent of the races (with the exception of the Wekkarus)...so at this point they are just using the DW1 race pics for minor races.

But it'll be another year or so before all the races are released, so it's probably good to just have stuff in place that can be adapted to later :D

Are you going to do the minor races too?

Nice! These look great!