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Steady Research

About:

Steady Research is born out of a desire for a smooth tribal playthrough with Vanilla Factions Expanded: Tribals and need to navigate the dozens of technologies added by my extensive mod list. It ensures that your colony will always be working on research, by default choosing the project from the lowest tech level with the lowest cost.

Key Features:

• Automatically selects research projects based on the selected research mode.
  
• Default prioritizes 'bottom-up' research progression, focusing on the cheapest project from the lowest tech level.
  
• Mod settings to enable/disable features at will and customize the research selection.

How It Works:

Once enabled, Steady Research runs quietly in the background. When your colony completes a research project, after the configured interval (default: 1500 ticks), the next project is chosen based on the selected research mode.

Options:

• Toggle Steady Research on/off.
  
• Slider setting for research selection interval (15-3000 ticks; 1500 default).
  
• Research Modes: Default, Balanced, Random, Straight to Space (high-tech, low-cost), and Expensive & Ineffective (high-tech, high-cost).
  
• Toggle research by tech level.
  
• Toggle sound cue when a new research project is selected.

Subscribe and activate it in your mod list. I placed it at the end, but it shouldn't matter. Reinstall after updates!


Steady Research is compatible with other mods. I've 400+ mods in my game. It's been tested with Research Reinvented and it works great. It will likely clash with mods that alters research project selection. Let me know, but such instances should be rare.


Your feedback is important. If you encounter any issues or have suggestions, please let me know in the comments.


This mod and its assets are the property of the original creator and may not be reproduced, redistributed, or modified without the express written consent and approval of the original creator. Just ask me!


Made by UnblestMATT, with inspiration from the amazing RimWorld modding community.

Rimworld Font by Marnador [ludeon.com]


Version 1.6:

• Optimized performance
  
• Added localization for:
  -- Chinese (Simplified / Traditional)
  -- French
  -- German
  -- Japanese
  -- Korean
  -- Russian
  -- Spanish (Latin / Castellano)
  -- Ukrainian
  
• Improved research tick management for smoother and more consistent selection logic
  
• Added support for dynamic research project changes while idle

Version 1.5:

• Added Anomaly compatibility, fixing related bugs, now ignores DLC's 'advanced research'
  
• Improved mod settings menu
  
• Added toggles for each tech level for project selection
  
• Added toggle for the sound cue

Version 1.4:

• Added research modes. Allowing the user to choose between modes in the settings
  
• Removed toggle for prioritizing the lowest tech level, streamlining settings
  
• Added audio feedback. When a new research project is selected, a vanilla sound cue is played

Version 1.3:

• Added a slider in mod settings to adjust the research selection interval. Now adjustable between 15 to 3000 ticks
  
• Set the default tick interval to 1500 instead of 2000
  
• Implemented new option in mod settings to toggle if the the lowest tech level should be prioritized, on by default (since removed)
  
• Fixed bug to account for specific requirements such as the presence of a mechanitor for certain research projects.

Version 1.2:

• Reformed mod logic to align with RimWorld's internal game structure
  
• Updated research selection logic to include checks for required techprints, research facilities, and studied items
  
• Improved compatibility with Biotech expansion and other mods introducing specific research prerequisites
  
• Fixed selection bugs

Version 1.1:

• Fixed a bug where the mod would select research projects out of prerequisite order
  
• Improved to only select the lowest-tier and cheapest research project with all prerequisites completed