XCOM EU Extreme Gender Dimorphism Fix?

[greenbeans9001]

Ever since I started playing X:Com, the extreme difference in size between the male and females really bugged me.

Sure, "on average" men are bigger, but the difference is absurd in this game.

The size difference even effects the size of the weapons, so unsightly.

 

How hard would it be to make a mod that adds a size value to the soldiers? Perhaps when the soldier is created, he/she gets assigned a random size, so some are bigger/small than others, just like in real life.

And of course the size of the solider's weapons is no longer tied to their body size.

[Bertilsson]

This mod to XComUnitPawn.AttachItem() only affects items size (including weapons) for females and would probably fit right into Al Bundy's favorite magazine:

http://hem.bredband.net/bertrich/XCOM/Temp/BIGUNS.jpg

XComGame.upk: Decimal offset: 5989933

Scale 1.50: 00 00 C0 3F (screenshot)

Scale 1.00: 00 00 80 3F

Scale 0.95: 33 33 73 3F

Scale 0.90: 66 66 66 3F

Scale 0.85: 9A 99 59 3F

Scale 0.80: CD CC 4C 3F

Scale 0.75: 00 00 40 3F (original)

 

Edit: Please note that scale 1.0 looks less silly than 1.5, but still silly and over sized.

I'm guessing around 0.85 or 0.90 would be a better compromise.

Edit 2: Actually 1.0 is OK once getting used to it, changing back now looks silly instead :)

Edited October 7, 2013 by Bertilsson

[greenbeans9001]

OK, so weapon size can be changed rather easy, what about the size of the human?

[Bertilsson]

Sorry, I couldn't find any quick-fix for female pawn size.

I'm guessing that female pawns are simply smaller by design... So maybe someone who has been modding the soldier appearances would have better luck in that department.

[Max1944]

There is now a mod to rescale the weapons for male and females : Here