Definitely would recommend, for colonists wanting crypto havoc with crypto weapons. More fitting if really into Viking culture, willing to adapt to newer tech.

@smxrez -- oh, you know what? I totally missed that they do! TY :D

@beetle cat doesn't Vanilla Factions Expanded - Medieval 2 have vikings?

Oh, man. I hope the Vikings themselves come back. That was some of my favorite design/base layout bits. :D

1.2.1
- Fixed VE Pirates Crypto warcasket breaking and erroring on startup

@Annabellee thanks for the report

i am getting a start-up with the CryptoCannon Exception loading def from file CryptoWarcasket.xml: System.ArgumentException: Could not find type named VFECore.FloorGraphicExtension from node <li Class="VFECore.FloorGraphicExtension"><graphicData><graphicClass>Graphic_Single</graphicClass><texPath>Things/Item/WeaponsBoxed/WarcasketCryptoCannon_OnFloor</texPath><onGroundRandomRotateAngle>0</onGroundRandomRotateAngle><drawSize>1</drawSize></graphicData></li> https://gist.github.com/HugsLibRecordKeeper/19bb3396252b9197b27e10410a69dbff

Thanks for adding the shield

Only now found this mod. Thanks for making it!

The only big thing I enjoyed from crypto vikings was the crypto weapons. When they got retconned for more viking I just stopped using it at all.

@CoolBreeze_75 should be obtainable like vanilla artifacts such as the orbital laser targeter

quick question - how do i get the mjollnir strike targetter?

This is now CE compatible on the GitHub version. I believe that the steam version was updated today with the patch as well

well I should have fixed anything from this mod appearing in trade

i have seen both the axe and shield in trade it's were i got the bugged shield from din't realize you weren't supoto get them that way

@StockSounds I think I forgot to remove the ability to trade from the shield

Small issue, these (or at least the shield) can show up in trade, which is not their intended means of obtainment.

yes i'm aware of this that's not wat happend it took over my weopon slot and my pawn used and axe wichs works with shield

@Draicel pretty sure you can only dual wield it with a light/small weapon

so i got one of the shield but instead of going to the shield slot it's taking up my weopon slot making it useles

if you want the crypto shield to be different, and idea give its attack a little bit of crypto-slowdown

1.1.0
- Added Cryptoshield

Does seem like a good number of people want the shield back so I will get around to adding it today

@Sarg Bjornson Yeah I agree I used "bloat" because I was to lazy to give my explanation for why I didn't add the shield every time someone asked (especially because my reasoning is listed on the mods page)

It made sense to limit your scope before mods like Cherry Picker were made, but now that those mods do exist I don't think it's as important anymore. Now I don't need to ask Sarg to remove 80% of the content in his mods, I can just do it myself.

Honestly I fucking love "bloat". Rimworld is in large about the storytelling so I don't care if a gun my pawn uses is identical to a vanilla weapon stat wise as long as it looks cool

"Bloat" is a developer concept that for some reason jumped to the players in this game, and everyone parrots it constantly. Why wasn't it some nice sounding term, like "out of scope"? Or "redundancy"? Sigh

I approve of this mod!

The shield looks cool though, and it aesthetically matches the rest of the equipment.

"Bloat" is a pointlessly overused word. It doesn't effect game performance to add the shield back in. If someone doesn't want it on a crafting menu there are three mods I can think of right off the top of my head that can remove it from there, and that's if they don't want to take the three minutes to patch it out or the one minute to comment out the XML block.

@Maltesefalcon I could but I felt it unnecessary / bloaty as its functionally the same as other shields

Any chance on adding the shield?

Crossbows and the axe are part of the VQE - Cryptoforge mod

Nvm

Ah lame the crossbows were literally from the game the crypto stuff is based off of, they're the originals

@capt.Bromerica : https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3242627097

Thanks for this, I was thinking I would give a try this weekend but I was really hoping someone else would do it before me. Looks like it all worked out. lol

Any chance you can do the plasma weapons from the first insectoids vanilla expanded?

can you add the psychic cornucopia too? that one was really fun!

Bring all this back is awesome!

@Kirboh yes they do

The axe and crossbow are part of the main mod

Axe and crossbow was the best part.

Ive been waiting for this mod to start my cryptoforge run

Here he is people, the real hero, the one who heard us all and spoke for us all by making this mod.

Great seeing someone adding some of the content lost between mod versions. Now all we need is for someone to bring back Milk Beetles and Spiderweavers from the old Insectoids and I'll be set again.

Unfortunate the shield and axe aren't here but very appreciated.

Excellent. Have these been tweaked to inflict Crypto Slowdown and Cryptofreeze like in the mod?

It did though, you can customize the bolter to be the guns

Thanks for restoring these. I was hoping Cryptoforge would have the Crypto guns, but sadly didn't.

The axe is a direct Endless reference, so I'm sad to see it go

Great work as always! Kudos to you, and of course Oskar and the VE team!

I was holding off on Cryptoforge since it was missing all of these. Thank you!

I was waiting when someone would restore crypto weapons. Good job.