I will wait patiently

@Droider
5-6 months tops

Missing those generators something fierce. Mending stations too though i can source similar elsewhere.
Looking forward to future spelunking goodies!

is there an estimated date of that?

@Droider yea its getting rebuilt pretty much

if i am correct, this mod is being discontinued and a sequel mod is beng made, no?

tbf it does appear to be open source since you have source code public on github. It's just not free and open source, as in free license.

@Wayne
Thanks man! As I said, I can’t use it, because we’re remaking the mod. But I appreciate it nonetheless.

Just a word of advice for the future to save you any potential legal headaches: no license means all rights reserved. Not open source.

@SftDornan7 bait used to be believable

yet another mod killed by modder

does anyone know of a good mending bench alternative that's updated to 1.6? tended to always use the one from this mod

@Oskar Potocki Noted! I have no intentions of uploading derivatives. It was something I did for myself and thought it might save you time. The PR is yours to do as you wish (including trashing it)!

I'd recommend adding a LICENSE file to the github repository (I did not see any license when I looked and assumed you'd appreciate the PR since it was open source.)

A full remake? Noice

Yes. It’s all covered in a free post on our patreon. Generally I recommend tuning in to our patreon for any information about VE. It’s always free posts.

Remake? You're making a remake of this mod?

@Wayne
As per license, you need my permission to upload derivatives of our code.

I do not accept the PR and do not allow for this mod to be updated to 1.6. It’s absolutely critical it isn’t, because the remake will NOT BE COMPATIBLE with any save that previously had Ancients mod.

Your PR is essentially going to kill people’s saves.

@Wayne: I’ve reviewed your PR; no malicious code. For 1.6 support, see:

{LINK REMOVED}https://github.com/Vanilla-Expanded/VanillaFactionsExpanded-Ancients/tree/c93f0d1974d1274d6ade6f60376eaf937184f6dd

ChatGPT can generate a one-click PowerShell script or a manual install guide. Big thanks to Wayne for the interim 1.6 update until VE merges the PR.

Use this ChatGPT prompt:

I need to install “Vanilla Expanded: Ancients” RimWorld mod update for v1.6 from PR #11:

1. One-click PowerShell script (Admin) that:
• Downloads PR-11 ZIP
• Unzips to Mods/VanillaExpandedAncients-1.6
• Renames “-head”/“-main” folder
• Cleans up ZIP
• Tells me to disable Workshop version and enable the local copy

cant wait for this update yeahh

Fairly sure that the superpowers will be adapted into the gene system, and I'm also fairly sure they will be adjusted accordingly in regards to strengths/weakness

Will the superpowers be buffed in the remake to be much more like actual superpowers? feel like they got powercrept by standard genes in the newer packs.

I've updated the code for this to support 1.6 and created a pull request, I don't know if the mod author will accept the pull request... but in the meantime, those more technically inclined can go to their github and clone the repository for immediate access.

@Necromenta i think it wont because it adds some crazy stuff beyond what normal mods add (such as a simple texture mod).

I know this mod is discontinued and wont be updated, has anyone confirmed if it works with the current game even with the unupdated warning? some most do, just making sure before deactivaing my huge list to confirm myself

@DuckGoosebear PrairieDogLover, this fool writes this under every mod where the author has stated that there will be no update until 1.6 / the mod will be completely redesigned.

@oscarmdsh69 it will be ancients 2 instead

1.6 update coming?

I've got to be honest, I didn't realize how much I banked on this mod for making ancient vaults exciting. Can't wait for 2. <3

Beautiful. Ancients 2 is gonna be baller

I know and I am sure the remake will be epic (as you already proved doing Medieval 2 and Insectoids 2). Though it will be hard waiting these months. Would it be ok for you if someone make the temporary 1.6 update of this version? I'm not up to the task, but maybe there will be more suitable volunteers :)

It’s getting a remake. That’s better than updates.

with the colonists being limited to 5 under alfreds story, is it possible to get sanguophage crashes? brilliant mod, just like the rest of them, shame it wont get updates

Thank you for the fun that this mod brought me. Its been in every scifi mod list since I found it. I can't wait to see what y'all come up with next

o7 can't wait to see what y'all cook up next to replace it

I agree with what Djayohnoes wrote. Thank you for this mod - it's the one that has entertained me the most!

For those of you who don't know: 'VFE Ancients' will not be updated to 1.6, but will be reborn as something brand new and shiny.
I hope the starting scenario will be kept though - for the very reason that Djayohnoes expressed so poetically. (Oskar: same message, different audience. ;) )

Hey guys, just an appreciation post.

This mod has been a stable of all my modlists since it came out. (Except the medieval ones). It just plays so well into all kinds of post-apocalyptic scenarios, from being the power-hungry survivors that refuse to let go of the old world, to tribals stumbling upon god-like tech and powers, to attempting to seal away from the world in a 1000-year tomb.

Thank you for the countless hours of entertainment and looking forward to seeing what you cook up next.

¿Saben si se actualizara el Mod a 1.6?

can you make it where the quests for the vaults don't expire unless we trash it

How does the Ancient educator work ? what determines getting the insect jelly ?

Some powers in this mod overlap with vanilla psycasts expanded while other powers + psycasts make pawns unkillable. Making powers and psycasts mutually exclusive would make it more balanced (more of a playstyle rather than something extra to minmax).

Skeletons found at the ancient sites have wrong birth years, it involves ony their chronological age.
It displays that a dude dead for 274 years with 52 biological age and 81 chronological age was born 81 years ago, not 274+81= 355 years ago.
I don't know what to do with that information so I'll leave it here. I can't be the only one bringing them to base and building massive granite mausoleum of the ancients.

the ancient cooking station recipe fine meals x4 uses 80 veggies and 20 meats. is this WAD?

Awesome! Not the biggest fan of VQE, but it'll be hard to mess up something that's already been done right.

@StockSounds Just got put out the mods getting a ground up rebuild for 1.6. Integrating the super soldier stuff into the biotech genetics system and be a part of the Vanilla Quests Expanded series. I'm hoping the Ancient power systems, work stations, and recreation items are still grab-able though, as that's the majority reason I us this mod. That and all the components you can get from stripping a base bare :3

Hey I just found out something really good for this. Apparently the ancient junk from ideology has been added to core? if this really is the case, then can this mod be tweaked a bit to have the Ideology requirement removed??

Will this mod be getting any rebalances when it's updated to 1.6?
This is probably the best part about having Ideology, and yet the super nanites are just impossible to work with, compared to something like Biotech which handles the same concept.

Anyone know a way I could increase the map size of quest generated sealed vaults? I'd like to take one over as a second settlement but they are way to small.

Hello, as always, thank you for the mod. If I may ask, what makes others ancients join me? Is the player faction set to New Vault? Any way wee can "deny" them?

@Vanyor I don't have that one myself

@Xean I came here to tell the opposite, I got 5 in less than 2 days. 2 sealed and 3 looted. I also saw an error with the World Tech Level mod, maybe something went wrong.

I've noticed vault quests don't seem to be spawning if I use the Lost Tribe start, even if I've advanced past that tech level