Thanks sincerely for this mod. I have used it in many games. Good luck in whatever you are doing now.

1.4 update: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3162042049

You got my support for the update! Take your time!

@TurtleShroom have patience brother

Will this Mod ever be updated?

@Retrovex I'm still working on it.

hey man hope youre doing good! any news about the mod? :D

do it when you can, i consider this mod an essential rimworld mod there's so many strategic options it opens up.

Working on it right now. I've been busy with life and university lately, so I haven't found as much time to work in it in the past few months.

Any news?

@whitespacekilla interesting, thank you for the report.
I'm just in the process of fixing my mods. Should hopefully be done soon.

2 easy fixes (that the ModErrorChecker actually finds instead of just pointing out overloads it doesn't understand...) are to remove the reference to PawnKindDef.baseRecruitDifficulty, it was an attribute the base game never used so they got rid of it in 1.4 (maybe just go with 0.5 or increase the range of the randomness in the method) and Pawn_AgeTracker.DebugMakeOlder (you now have DebugSetAge to use, just set the ticks you want instead of the ticks to age).

The InstantGrowth and MindSuppressor effects are broken until updated with those changes, unfortunately.

So excited!

@Star_Chris yes I have come across that problem in my testing. I didn't have access to my laptop for a while, so I couldn't work on it, but now I can. With any luck, you can expect an update before the end of Jan or early Feb.

Quick test with 1.4 shows that everything but the serums work

For the future as well if this is continued:
Config error in Apparel_ArchotechSacrificerBelt: is smeltable but does not give anything for smelting.

I hope everything's going well and Happy New Year!

Looking forward to the update! Thank you for the mod!

@Carnagion are we gonna need resurrecting by your own mod when its done, my pawns cant fight naked without fear of death till your mod is up...

you would think these would work in 1.4 since from what i read the update only tweaked pawn hediff which is why every race mod broke. so this might work ...might not :/

thanks for the up[date @Carnagion

Am working on a 1.4 update. I don't expect it to be finished for at least a month though. Maybe December.

1.4?

Please update to 1.4!

Would love to see a 1.4 update on this!

Hi @Carnagion, many thanks to you for such an amazing mod! Do you have any plans updating for 1.4 and the new DLC?

I'm not sure if this is intentional, but I kinda expected the grower serum to also allow baby animals to grow in other stats according to the age they are given after administering the serum.

For example, a baby animal with advanced training can rescue pawns but are too small to be trained for this. Giving them grower serum does increase their age but it still does not allow them to be trained for rescue, as the game still thinks they're too small to be trained for it.

https://gist.github.com/97388f31f55497d64bc9bb3fef5287a0

Hi, thanks for the great mod and nice ideas. The only thing I want to point out is that skilltrainer is way to common for being that powerful. I expected seeing him as rare as we see healer mech serum, instead I hoarded 3 of them from 10 settlements visited

@Darklight Ah. Well, I'm not really adding new features to the mod at the moment. I'm too busy to properly mod RimWorld anymore. I just ensure all the mods are working fine when new updates come along, but new features are not something I see myself doing in the near future.

Sorry, force of habit. Could you make the belt kill prisoners as well as colonists?

@Darklight wait so what's the question again? You deleted your previous comment and now I don't remember what you were asking anymore.

It doesn't kill prisoners

@Darklight I thought it already does that? Make sure you're using the right version.

The “a/an” thing gets dumb, since it’s based on phonetics rather than spelling. Since “One” is phonetically identical to “won”, it uses “a”. On the other hand, it’s “an hour” typically, but some accents use “a hour”, while pronouncing “a” as “uh”.

English is dumb.

Right, my bad. Looked it up afterwards to double-check and was ashamed of myself. Thanks for your hard work!

@Ontheheavens "a" is correct when used before "one-use", not "an". The rules of English unfortunately aren't just as simple as "a before consonants, an before vowels". It depends on the pronunciation as well. If you don't believe me you can check on the internet :)
As for the "super" typo, thank you for reporting it. I'll fix it soon, but not immediately since it's not a pressing issue and there are other things on my priority list.

Archotech neurotrainer has a very annoying typo in description:

''A one-use supder-dose of mechanites'', while it should be aN one-use and super, without D. Should be easy to fix.

@farq4 at the moment I don't plan on adding any new artifacts. However, I do like your idea, so I'll try to implement something like that once I'm done with my current tasks.

would you mind adding one more item to artifacts ?
I feel like game is missing a high tech "cleanliness" so I thought about something like "air purifier"
that would just add like +20 to cleanliness to room.
I thought it would be nice as an architect artifact.
what do you guys think?

thank you ! that was a quick fix wow , im always amazed at how you guys modders can find the source of the problem and fix it so fast , its really hard to troubleshoot and to find which mod cause the error .

@The Big Blue Box @KitsuneKas @Sal
I have fixed the errors. It was caused by one of the lances still using motes in one of its comps. You shouldn't have any problems using the mod now; it's all updated.
Thanks for the reports; I probably wouldn't have noticed if you hadn't told me.
Enjoy.

Hello there ! so after some hours troubleshooting and adding moving mod 1 by 1 , i found that the error come from this mod sadly (same error as the big blue box)psycast blabla line (No Verse.ThingDef named Mote_PsycastPsychicEffect) i had that in 1.2 and now also in 1.3 , and i think the error also affect the first quest , cant do bestowing for some reason .

@The Big Blue Box @KitsuneKas thanks for the reports.
I know that the mote system changed, and I did update accordingly. There were no errors when I tested, but that was a week ago. I'll re-check now and do the necessary.

@Carnagion My understanding is that motes are handled differently in 1.3, as that was one of the things mentioned in the patch notes. Your mod may need to be updated to use the new "Fleck" system.

I'm sure these errors could be safely ignored for now, but the mod is definitely generating mote-related errors. I formerly had the ones the previous comment lists, but am now receiving a single, slightly different one.

Here's the log:

https://gist.github.com/bde2b2b777eec8b037dbc1c6f1d5a9ee

Getting these errors. Taking this mod out of my list removes the errors.

Could not resolve cross-reference: No Verse.ThingDef named Mote_PsycastPsychicEffect found to give to RimWorld.CompProperties_TargetEffect_MoteOnTarget

Could not resolve cross-reference: No Verse.ThingDef named Mote_PsycastPsychicLine found to give to RimWorld.CompProperties_TargetEffect_MoteConnecting

@Aegael the problem should be fixed now. I can't figure out why raiders spawn with sacrificer belts, but now the belt should only kill pawns from the same faction. So if you kill a raider wearing it, another raider will die, not a colonist.

@Aegael raiders shouldn't be able to come in with archotech sacrificer belts. I'll look into the issue. What kind of raiders were they? (eg. pirates, tribals, etc) And what wealth was your colony at, approximately?

Until the issue is fixed, it's best to shoot raiders that don't have the sacrificer belt. They'll still flee like usual when half of their raid members die.

I just had a raider come in with an Archotech Sacrificer Belt, and everytime I killed him one of my own colonists would die. Is this intended?

Hey thanks for taking the time to respond! I wasn't fully grasping your theme for this mod so now I understand. Thank you for taking your time to explain.

Whatever little time you have, thank you for making and updating this mod.

I've followed you so I look forward to more of your creations!

@TheSpookiestSkeleton can't unsee now :|

@Cherman the grower mech serum is mainly aimed at people who use mods like Children School and Learning. It makes having children a more viable option because the serum will let them grow instantly. It's also useful for making animals with very long lifespans grow quickly, like thrumbos. I am considering adding a serum that reverses aging. Maybe in a future update.

@Mezz that is a great idea, but unfortunately it doesn't really fit with the theme of this mod. This mod is geared towards artifacts and rare items in general, not specifically archotech body parts. Plus, there are plenty of mods out there that already add more archotech body parts, so if I were to add some, I'd have to make them unique, which takes more time and effort. I don't have that kind of time at the moment, so I won't be doing that, sorry.

IF you are looking for more ideas, [Archotech+] mod is my favorite.

I've modified a lot of aspects of the mod, but personally I'd like it to be more expanded upon.

I've always thought needing a doctor to implant Archotech Bionics was a little weird so being able to self-install different body parts was a revolutionary idea.

From this point on is my request but I'd personally like a self-install implant that give you a full Archotech Body.

You seem to be a really capable coder/modder so just for you consideration.