Alternative Cats addon

I do NOT allow using these 3D models and textures in mods for other games. It is prohibited. You do it, I will DMCA. Do not come asking for permission, at the moment I do not plan to give it.

Alternative 3D models and textures for the cat mutant done from zero, including four model variants and eight texture variants.

Description
A simple addon which changes the 3D models and textures of the cats from the game. These models and textures were done by me using ZBrush, Maya, Topogun and Substance Painter.

The idea was to remake the entire 3D model with better quality, this may have been the one in which I've gone for more freedom of all my alternative mutant mods, as I believe the original cats don't look incredible both model and texture wise, yet I also wished to keep to the lore somewhat, while adding what I personally believe would be life in The Zone for cats. I also wanted to keep similar textures to the originals, so I used similar colours.

The 3D model itself has more polygons than the original model, but it is optimised for games. The textures are all in 4k, but if you install through MO2 you can choose a smaller resolution. Performance wise, if the Alternative Pseudodog and Psydog mod works well for you, so should this, although this mod is slightly heavier polygon wise. The fur textures are in 1k resolution, and the eye texture is in 512. These two, you cannot change the resolution through the install.

Through the install, you can also choose the option of Glowing Eyes, this makes it so that the cat's eyes have a glow in the game.

The scale of the models remain the same as they are in game, those which are a bigger scale will also be big with this mod, and those who are smaller, will also be smaller. There are four different 3D model variants for the cats in this mod, which differ depending on the original texture they used. With that, I textured them also with different colours based on the original colours in Anomaly. The whole concept of the variants and the cat on itself was inspired by the concept art of STALKER 2 of the Bayun mutant. Each variant's 3D model is different aswell as their textures:
- Grey Basic Cat
- Dark Grey Cat with mutated right side of the head
- Blue Greyish Cat with mutated right eye
- Orange Cat with mutated right eye and mutated left side of the head
- Darker Basic Cat
- White Basic Cat
- Grey Cat with mutated right side of the head
- Dark Grey Basic Cat

You will find them varied as they do in the game already, keeping to vanilla, yet changing their models and textures to these.

Compatibility
This addon should be compatible with any other mods that do not change the textures or models of cats. This means, this addon will be compatible even with addons that change scripts and configs about cats. As the only files changed are the .ogf of the cats, the .thm of cats and the .dds of the cats. It is okay to add mid save and also delete mid save, as it only edits the meshes and textures.

Installation
Use MO2 to install, as it will be easier and the mod has a FOMOD installation. However if you do not wish to install through that, go one by one on the folders, dropping the contents of their gamedata folder into your own gamedata folder. Choose only ONE of the texture options.

Wish to support me (and buy my cat a treat)? Here! Ko-fi.com

More Alternative Mutant mods:

• Alternative Blind Dogs
• Alternative Pseudodogs and Psydogs
• Alternative Fleshes
• Alternative Boars

Screenshots

Unreal Engine 5 render of the models at their highest quality:

Changelog
- 0.1: Release.

Credits
- KynesPeace/ZunaSW: Models and textures
- GSC: Bayun Concept
- My cat Lola: Sculpting help