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[AV] Mechanoid Spots

This mod is about controlling where your mechs guard or chill at, by giving them their own special spots.



New powered buildings which can be assigned to a specific individual mechanoid.




Sockets are buildings which can be assigned to mechs and give them a special buff as long as the mech stays on them. They need to be researched first.

Socket buff:
- consciousness +35%
- energy usage multiplier x75%


Socket buff:
- consciousness +20%
- aiming time -20%
- shooting accuracy x180%
- energy usage multiplier x10%


- charges mech energy based on the pulse interval / power usage of the socket (3-12%/day - adjustable with a multiplier in the settings)
- toxic waste production can be enabled in the settings
Socket buff:
- global work speed x10%
- energy usage multiplier x1%
Socket buff when the mech has full energy (lasts 4 hours):
- moving speed +10%
- global work speed x105%
- energy usage multiplier x110%

• [AV] Sparkling Jade
  
• [AV] Mechtech

An assigned mechanoid will use its spot when all of the following conditions are met:

• the mechanoid is in work mode and has nothing else to do (besides patrolling)
  
• the assigned spot is powered and there is no solarflare or EMI-dynamo (toggleable in the mod-settings)
  
• the assigned spot is within the mechs allowed area and reachable
  
• the assigned mech is using the default mechanoid thinktree / AI (~95% of all modded mechs)

A mechanoid on its assigned spot will use the following beheivior:

• Combat mechs will guard their spot and engage in combat, before looking to use rimworlds patrol system
  
• Work mechs will move to their spot if they have no more work to do
  
• Mechanoids will move away from their spot to recharge according to the assigned recharge settings in their mech group

Additionally when a setting on the spot is checked the mech is allowed to self-recharge on them with the following beheivior:

• Work mode: mechs will dorment self-charge on their spot according to their groups recharge setting when no recharger is avaiable
  
• Dormant self-charge mode: mechs will prefer to dorment self-charge on their spot if their energy is above 2%
  
• Recharge mode: mechs will dorment self-charge on them when no recharger is avaiable

Guarding mechs which spot an enemy will use the normal rimworld combat AI - which is dumb - controlling them via drafting is always way more efficient.

• The list of assignable mechs can be filtered and searched
  
• The guard or "look at" direction when on the spot can be changed
  
• Spots have a button to move the camera to the assigned mech and vice versa
  
• Spots have a button to copy and paste their settings

Only mechs which use biotechs mechanitor system and without limited power cells are supported.
Most modded mechs use vanillas AI and can use the spots.
Some mods use unique AI (thinktrees), those need to be patched in by hand.
Currently the unique thinktrees of the following mods are patched:

• The Dead Man's Switch
  
• Reinforced Mechanoid 2 (Continued)

If you are not sure if all the mods you are using are supported, start the game in DEV mode and a message will appear in the games log indicating which mechs are (not) supported.

Unsupported mechs cannot be assigned to spots and will not appear in the assignment menu. This means they will still function as they would without this mod.

Some modded mechs may not stand guard in their spot and instead just chill, even if we as players perceive them as combat mechs the game might not.
Generally, if the mech would attack enemies on its own in work mode, it will stand guard on its spot.
There is also a filter in the assignment menu that allows you to see which mech is categorised as a combat or labor mech.

Mods which...

• assign/disassign meditation spots to mechanoids (this is how this mod actually works)
  
• change mechanoid beheivior
  
• add additional work to combat mechs (this results into them not beeing able to guard on their spot, but works otherwise fine)

Yes.

Yes, but make sure no mechs are using their spots (just draft them). Like any content adding mod you will get one-time errors.




Great! Please post it in the pinned discussion for feedback.

Not so great... Please post it in the pinned discussion for bugs.

Sure, its a simple XML patch, but keep in mind I am just a human with the lazy trait and might go on I-dont-want-to-play-or-mod-rimworld mental breaks for months.

It probably is working, check the info-field on the charging socket. The charging from this mod just works differently from rimworlds normal charging stations. It will charge the mech in defined intervals.

Yes, sadly all mechanoids have a different lowest point.
This mod used the fabricator as a base for all spots, as I only wanted to add a special chair for them when this project started. The guarding function was actually just a byproduct.
If you don't like the offset, there is also a setting to place the spots more in the centre.

I believe that things should be in balance. If you have the upside of controlling where your mechs are, even if you mechanitor is downed, there has to be a cost.

Yes and WVC - Work Modes is great! However, this mod allows for much more direct control of each individual mech, while WVC - Work Modes works on a group basis.
They can also be used together, although modded work modes mostly ignore the spots.


Me, myself and I.
Special thanks to the unofficial rimworld discords modding-channel, the people running it and its precious search function.
Without this awesome community this mod would not exist.