Since this mod has been reported working in 1.6 I added it to the No Version Warning-mod
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2599504692

Happy to report, this mod works as is in version 1.6

This is such a good idea and I am really glad someone made it into a mod.

time to raid a tribal faction

Thank you so much for this mod, it's so bizarre that the natural meditation type has always been solely linked to tribal backstories. Until now, that is. 💚 Thanks!

Thanks for this :)

Thanks man

@Lobanych Yes.

So I can insert this gene to my elves, and they, regardless of their backstory, will be able to meditate on the Anima Tree?

Glad to hear, have fun!

@Daniel Thank you so much, it works now.

@KYPHAGXpX999 Update the mod (it may be necessary to unsubscribe and resubscribe), start the game, go into mod settings, see if the option for adding the gene to existing pawns is checked, and test if it works now. If it doesn't, please let me know.

Hello, I downloaded this mod but I can't find the gene on my pawn who already has natural focus. What am I doing wrong? Does the gene just appear under 'Germline genes' alongside hair color and body colour?

Thanks!

Updated to 1.5, let me know if there are any new bugs.

It's already done, I just need to upload it to steam. Will do so, soon!

Hoping this one is an easy update for 1.5, it's one of my favs on my tribal plays!

Okay, I decided to use Big and Small+ Better PRe reqs to make your mods gene a necessary one for my gene (as using it as a parent didin't work). When I gett better with code, I'll look into seeing 'bout making something similar (with credit), but till then, your mods a temporary "hard requirment" (won't work without)

The mods here: {LINK REMOVED}Rimworld Integrated

Alright: thing is, right now I am struggling with the xml, let alone the code… I’ll try running the code in, and copying your gene into mine, changing the values. Will definitely give you credit (:

Also, how could I make a gene exclusive with yours? (So i can make your mod a Requirment, and exclusive with your gene)

@CTH2004 I think it would be easier if you just use my code. Feel free to use all or any part of it, just give credit.

If you instead would prefer to add this mod as requirement. If your mod needs to interact with mine, add my mod's assembly as reference in visual studio, the same way you reference the game assembly or harmony. You will then be able to use all public classes of my mod.

I'm working on a mod that has a gene that should give a natural focus. I'm not sure how to though.

May I use your mod for the code? What I mean is basicly make your mod a requirment (for this feature of the gene), and my gene accesses your code to run it.
If so, how should I go about doing that? (Making my gene use your code and add a natural focus)

I seem to have hit some kind of mod interaction that means every pawn in my game has this gene.

Thank you so much for the effort! I'll look into it as soon as I'm done with my master's thesis.

Unfortunately the error is gone after moving it to the bottom and restarting. I don't remember where it was originally.

Also it's been like 3 months since I played and last time I played I added a few extra genetic mods and I suspect one of those being below it is what created the problem but no clue which one.

I do have:
AFU Cosmetic Gene Expanded
Alpha Genes
Genetic Natural Focus
Biotech Expansion - Core
BE - Mammalia
BE - Mythic
BE - Ear Patch

If something was causing an issue I'd suspect one of them, especially since all of them were towards the bottom of my list and now Natural Focus is below them.

Just figured I'd give a heads up for if anyone in the future comes in saying "the gene isn't there" or if maybe one of the races those mods add are listed as having natural focus but lack a gene they are supposed to have.

I doubt the swapped gene will happen but I've seen it in other games I modded. Like in SDV when my corn plant was giving me lemons from a mod LOL

@Muad'dib can you send me a mod list and error log? I'll look into it

Just as a heads up, not sure which mod did it but for some reason I had to put this mod at the bottom of the list for it to work. Something since the last time I played and added a couple of other gene mods caused this one to no longer work. It concerns me because I fear there is a small chance that somehow this gene has some code in it that says it's a certain name or something and maybe another mod was already using that?

Only ones I know of using is the biotech expansion I think that adds animal people and the alpha genes

I see. Thanks)

@hottt3 all pawns that already have natural focus because they have a tribal background will receive the gene

"add gene to existing pawns when loading the game" option - does this mean that all my pawns will have this gene in any case? Or is it something else? Thanks)

I left a comment on the VE page just in case they decide to fix things. Kind of wish I'd kept my starter save that had your mod in it now. XD

Thanks for fixing it up. Sometimes I wish I knew how to make cool mods.

awesome, thanks!

Looks like whatever you did worked. It's not spamming Red Errors anymore with the Dev Quicktest. Neat.

Worth a shot. I'd be surprised if the VE guys fix anything, their stuff has been glitchy for a long time now, but I'll mention it on their page after I try your mod again. Genetic focus is definitely a cool idea since it would prevent the need for a tribal start.

"Remove this mod and that insanity stops" is beyond rude.

Go ahead and try adding my mod again, I did something but don't know if it will help because I can't reproduce the problem with your modlist. Let me know if it's fixed. If not, I'm really out of options and the VE guys need to fix their stuff.

I don't get it. How is what I said rude? I leave the screenshot and log on every mod that seems to cause red errors.

I was serious about the number of errors. That's just what was listed in the display. Removing your mod stopped it.Good to know that VE Framework is the primary cause though. I've always had issues with the Vanilla Expanded series, but they rarely fix anything when I leave a note on their steam page.

I'm not the most social creature around. Point out what the rude part was and I'll try to avoid doing that in the future.

@Demonlord09 that error is caused by Vanilla Framework Expanded, in DrawBodyGenes_Patch.cs. No idea why it interferes with Genetic Natural Focus, and frankly, I'm not really in the mood to spend time on further investigating when you're being that rude about it.

Keep in mind that all modders do this for free, in their own time. Modders don't owe you shit. So when you go over to the guys from Vanilla Expanded, consider being less of an entitled brat.

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2895434069 <--- Screenshot of Red Error Spam

https://gist.github.com/2c7b301428e8db428119842c01807979 <--- Hugslib_Log

It had made it to 9,615 errors when I quit the game. Remove this mod and that insanity stops.

@Daniel The heck you apologize for? You've done plenty to help by adding the disabling of adding of the gene on load, Its not something that you were expected to do, and this is very kind of you to spend the time trying to provide a solution, even if a workaround. Thanks for the work you do!

this needs to be vanilla. I SO hope you get absorbed. In the mean time, thanks for this mod.

@Daniel a little message just to thank you
I had made a similar mod (xml only, I don't know how to code *Sob* ) for my personal use, but C# is not so limiting ;) in short Thank you very much !

@Daniel That was friendly. I was replying to someone who clearly didnt need to reply to me, nor someone that I was responding to. I was merely confirming that the mod in some instance was doing something abnormal, mentioned by a previous commenter.

@The Dutchman careful with your ego. "It is not doing that for everyone" is a mod conflict, and without you giving me more details on what mods you are running, I won't be able to help you. Keep it friendly, or I'll just delete your comments.

@Muad'dib Yeah i can read, im aware of what its supposed to do. Clearly for some reason its not doing that for everyone

@EchoAlien thanks for letting me know. Based on the log you posted, I fixed the animal-related bug, but wasn't able to reproduce the issue of the gene getting added to more pawns than it should. I read the source code of all open-source mods that could interfere with Genetic Natural Focus, but didn't find anything that could bug out the adding patch.

Therefore, I decided to add settings that allow you to turn off the automatic adding on load. You can now turn this option off, load your game, and add the gene to your pawns manually using dev mode. I'm sorry I couldn't be more helpful at this time, maybe you have more luck with the authors of the other mods that patch Pawn.ExposeData.

@The Dutchman it only gives the gene to people with natural focus form background. If you do a tribal start I think everyone will have it because everyone has natural focus. In my case only my vampire has it for being born under an eclipse, nobody else, and there is a chance for it to be inherited but neither of his first 2 kids got it.

Yeah its giving the gene to everyone

This mod is so underrated...

FYI so far in MP this seems perfectly fine. Yet to have a kid inherit the gene but it should be perfectly fine since it's caused no issues this far.

I took interest in this mod today, but noticed an oddity that might be a mod conflict of some sort since I have a lot of them. Every single pawn is obtaining this gene, even ones without tribal backstories, I noticed this occur retroactively on an existing save, so I tested with a fresh game too to be safe and all of the pawns had it on fresh too, none of which have tribal backstories. Some of the errors I spotted imply that it might even be trying to give this gene to animals, which is super odd.

Not sure if it will give enough info since the only red I saw was the cases where it attempted to add this gene to animal pawns, but just incase you wanna investigate: https://gist.github.com/1774da8fa57b7ab269fdf3dc91e7c57a

Plan to, wife and I started with Vamp start and I'm a vamp and she's a custom race. Only time I suspect it might cause any disconnects is if a child is born and gets the genetic you added BUT the big issue with that is I won't be able to be 100% sure if the disconnect was due to the genetic or something else with the birth. MP currently has some other slight issues and they have a lot of warnings about the more mods you try to slap on top the more issues you'll have.

I saw that you said the Dev is working on fixing the Tribal start issues of kids not getting natural. I do hope you keep this mod around even after that fix because some of us didn't use the tribal start and still have backgrounds that should allow it to be passed on to their children.

I guess it's debatable about my being "born under an eclipse" being something my children can acquire but if it's a random thing I like it. I don't want it to be a guaranteed thing.