So it seems your mod screws tenants over:
tried it without any mod affecting anything tenant related (without luck) which just freezes them in place and makes them immortal.
and tried in a clean install of it with this as the only mod and as soon as you talk to a colonist they die
here's the log: https://pastebin.com/P8SqLPX3

oh and i tried with an unpacked version of the mod with the dialog folder deleted and it worked maybe that might help narrow it down

The instant death is definitely a dialog error, but oddly I haven't had that happen when I've been playing on the latest version, as I've been taking a break to play for fun- I'll update the mod, though, as it has been a hot minute.

I am unsure why this would affect tenants, but I have had that issue as well (and ignored it because I am bobo the fool and only noticed it when I was playing for funsies OTL). I'll try seeing what I can do and narrow the issue down further.

Thank you for the report!

no worries just happy to help as i'd like the mechit to become bigger as i find them a cute and curios race

Thank you so much!!
The issue is now fixed- turns out it was a simple error ^^;

I think something's wrong with the fossils from this mod, the only medium size fossils I can dig up are the Mechit and Grimalkit ones.

@Unadjectivable That's odd, I've never had that issue- what mods do you have installed?

Is it ok if I cut the list of mods from a log file? Long list, sorry.

https://pastebin.com/K0n9JTrK

Oof. Yeah, if that's the case then it likely isn't this mod causing the issue- I haven't had that happen with minimal mods or during my playthroughs for fun and the more mods you have the more liable something is to break, infortunately;;

not really an issue but i cant use the comments to ask about this since i play via family share - how tall is a mechit? this is extremely important for me to know please answer asap

please understand there's a precedent in place here set by the avali race mod (canonically 3ft, yet shown ingame as being as tall as other humanoids (taller, according to some)), which the mechit's canonical semi-anthro appearance brings into play. if the answer's "same as ingame heights" just say so

Same as in-game heights! Obviously there are personal differences, but Mechit are primarily rather large feline-type creatures.

thank you! now i can get my mechit drawn!

Issue with all humanoid fossils being Mechit / Grimalkit fixed.

For some reason i can't join my friend if we both have a mechit, and he can't join me either, but as soon as either of us changes race, we are fine

both of us get this error "[Error] Exception caught in client main-loop
(MapException) Key 'voltippet' not found in Map::get()"