I have someone working on it already.

What makes the eggs do something different? I mean, there must be a reason it's there.

(BTW, contact Zaljerem. Tell him TurtleShroom sent you. He has a lot of Mods to update, but sometimes, if a C-Sharp update is easy, he can do it in a few minutes... or days, but don't push him! He has a life!)

heh, most of the weapons don't have thaat much sentience. :D

imagine being born as a blunt weapon

@isiarca, I know right! Mantodeans in the "lore" are actually up to 12 feet tall too... so they're much bigger than humans.

@TurtleShroom, I know. The code used for that specifically has extra bits that add additional options for me for it. I brought up the old egglayer code to simply point out theres been C# in the mod since then.

Wait, I think I know what eggs you mean. You are talking about the ones that spawn new, baby Mantodeans, right, that you craft at the Brood Mother Bench?

Did you know that doesn't need C-Sharp as of V1.6 ? You can simply set the Hatching Comp as a Pawn Kind Def of a Mantodean controlled by the player (the same Player Mantodean Pawn Kind Def used in your Scenario).

Just saw a photo that was photoshopped to make a praying mantis and a human look like they're the same size. It's a shame (though understandable) that it isn't possible to link to it here. Anyway, I thought of this mod immediately upon seeing it, so take that as you will.

Your Mod had C-Sharp, Eltwofour? I had no idea.

IIRC, you could actually decouple from that C-Sharp and use the Vanilla Factions Expanded system for egg laying.

In progress. Some code updating is needed and my coder has life responsibilities. I apologize for the wait!

1.6?

@ElTwoFour
Thank goodness that this mod will be updated soon-ish.
Then, I can resume my Starship Troopers modded game.
This time, with an actual ship to drop my grunts out of - TRULY Mobile Infantry.
I always get the jitters before a combat drop...

@TurtleShroom, not adding C-Sharp, updating C-Sharp. There has been C# in this mod since before I took over... well if you had the egglaying add on anyways.

I look forward to the update! Please don't change the Def Names this time!

Oh, you're adding some C-Sharp elements now? Interesting...

@SkeletorBro, It will be updated soon. Working through some code based issues. I'm not a C# person myself (at least not good) so I've got a friend of mine who has been helping out... helping out. :D

Hopefully this week but I'll keep everyone updated! Sorry for the wait!

its getting updated soon

Glad to see this mod return, loved the original, however I only just found out about this continuation and it seems it doesn't work with the new update/DLC.
Just curious on when it might get updated?

@[DP] fenrissama, I am afraid thats a bit beyond my ken. I appreciate you thinking about me though! AVP is a pretty heft mod with its own code and I'm not particularly good at coding right now. I've mostly been lucky and had very kind people assist me with code and only made very small modifications to it myself.

If you're interested in Aliens I can give you this discord link to a WIP Alien mod that is quite fantastic! https://discord.gg/qQKkFYTP

Predators sadly I do not think are being worked on by anyone but I do hope you either find someone or that someone takes it up on their own.

Hi! I was wondering if I could bribe you to update/continue a mod that isn't being worked on anymore, as parts of it seem similar to this mod (the AVP mod, here: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2034103876 )
Didn't know if this was the best place to reach out to you, or discord or your kofi. Willing to discuss prices!

@Droider, I want to be clear the "manto clothing" is only going to be one (maybe two) items to help with some royalty dlc issues. (Can't make royal mutagens.) As far as power, yes. As Mantodeans move into Industrial tech levels I will be adding power systems to them. These will be mantodean themed of course.

so just curious, you said you were going to make special mant clothing? if thats true, are you planning to make something to slowly replace other vanilla features, like power generation?

i have a few ideas raptor and blood shrimps and dyrads and perhapse if you can some vanilla insectoid 2 mechanics

You mean like they took the genetics of an Alpha Animal and made a caste from it then? mmm... Could be fun. Any specific animal in mind?

like a animal for alpha animals but made manto IDK enymore

@The Doom Slayer, an alpha animals reference? How do you mean? What do you want it to do? I will say my main limiting factor on making animals is textures. I don't make most of my own textures cause I'm still not the best artist so I normally purchase an artists time and skill. :P

But let me know what you're looking for! I can't promise it but I'll sure take ideas!

can you make a lesser cast that is sort of a alpha animals refrence

Glad to have you!

I can report that so far the 1.6 update is coming along with few issues. Hopefully that will hold. Concerned about the cleaning aspects but all is so far good.

looking forward to the updates here, i love collecting insectoid mods. ill definately stay here for a while as its the biggest looking one ive seen

Same as it has been. Recovering textures and prepping for 1.6 atm. Real life stuff has taken precedent over my modding of late.

whats the progress on the next update

They shouldn't... Some folk end up with slowdown with large amounts of lesser castes but I don't think I've noticed an issue with Mantodeans in general.

do mantodeans use a lot more processing power than normal pawns? im able to use 10x the amount of pawns normally. i have abt 14 mantodeans and i freeze for like 15 seconds after undrafting them all

Also I'm working on some minor clothing similar to what is shown in the preview picture.

It will have additional use for Mantodeans as I advance them into the industrial. Primary use will be as a conduit type material for many buildings and advance tech.

what exactly is the use of mantodean silk if mantos cant wear anything?

That depends on how much time I'm able to put in and how much money I can put towards textures. I don't have a timeline at this moment as I'm still trying to fix some pain points here and there and finish up furniture related issues. After that I intend to work on the security update followed by industrial update. Most of those bugs will show in the security one.

when do we expect them

@The Doom Slayer, Yes. Have a few being worked on a bit. Bombardier, Centurion, Striker, Biters. Several in the works. A few concepted out a bit but they'll take time. Main limitations tend to be texture cost overall so feel free to donate to help out! Any amount helps immensely!

Bombardier is going to be a mobile artillery, Strikers are long range slow firing combat caste, Centurions generate a shield. Biters are going to be similar to Scarabs and Scourge.

will you add more casts to the mod

I am glad if I helped someone with solving the CE compatibility issue.

Oh I've never seen this before. Neat!

@Ivelios Use autopatcher, it helps, and then the mod starts working normally with CE. https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2972167798

@Ivelios, I do! But I barely understand all the ins and outs of CE. I'm still trying to wrap my head around all the bits I need to do for Mantodeans to make them CE compliant. If anyone wants to make a patch for it I will happily incorporate it into the main mod, but until either that happens or I manage to figure what I'm doing with CE it will probably be a bit before I can get it working.

I am sorry about that. I know CE folks have been asking for ages.

Do you have any interest in making a patch for Combat Extended? I've loved this mod for ages, but I primarily play with CE.

fair :>

@Sammich, I did consider switching over to a system more like that but it was such a divestiture from what was already in the mod it felt like it would be way too much of a change in scope. Though I do still consider ways to incorporate that concept in some way.

endlessly growing swarm is fun but,,, i do like the idea of the mantodeans having mechanics similar to mechanitors... hivelink nodes, gestation cocoons... not to mention a queen being necessary for the hive in more than just rp

This Rimworld mod lives in my head rent free.

No kidding... it does look like that is going to be separate mods but his mod is SOOOOO in depth.... but does look easier especially with facing your Mantodean... I think a warrior of yours might be able to defeat a facehugger in a single strike and that is cool.