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DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38457

Cras wrote:

My drug-addicted ex sex slave colonist had a psychotic break as a result of withdrawal, locked herself in her room and cut her own legs off.

Best out-of-context quote of today

Grim... · **Posted:** Sun Oct 01, 2017 3:52

Stupid addictive RimWorld.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

I have a sow who lost all four hoofs to frostbite, and as such can't move. Her loving owner brings her food.

This doesn't in any way stop any of the male pigs from wandering over and impregnating her from time to time. Jesus Christ, Rimworld.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

I am still completely obsessed with RimWorld. One of the best things about it is the massive and far-reaching mod support. So, even though I can't imagine anyone cares, here's a curated list of mods that I like and use. All are free through the Steam Workshop. Spoilered for length

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Essential (dependencies)
Hugslib
JecsTools

Most Important (mostly QoL):
RIMHUD - nice colonist summary UI
EdB Prepare Carefully - fully customise starting colonists
Colony Manager - set a manager to assign certain tasks based on thresholds, like 'chop down trees if I have less than 500 wood'
Stacks XXL - bigger stacks. Bit cheaty, avoids storage room creep
Pick up and Haul - actually carry more than one thing at a time
Share the Load - more than one colonist can deliver materials to a construction site
RunAndGun - can shoot while moving for an accuracy penalty
Blueprints - duh
Show Draftees Weapon - actually see who's armed at the top of the screen
Mod Manager - improve the mod UI
While You're Up - do hauling jobs if pathing will take you past something
Where is my Weapon - a downed colonist goes and fetches their assigned gun again when healed
RuntimeGC - some hacky tools to speed up late game performance
Progress Renderer - automated hi-res screenshots
Job Splitter - micromanage job priorities in more detail
Colonist Bar KF 1.0 - at a glance info at the top of the screen
RIMMSLoadUp - a load of performance tweaks

Major content packs:
DubsHygiene - Water, bathrooms, heating
RimeFeller - Oil, refining
Giddy-up! Core - Animal Mounts
Giddy-up! Ride and Roll - auto mount something if you're going far
Giddy-up! Caravans - ride animals in caravans
Giddy-up! Battle Mounts - fight from animal back
A Dog Said - animal prosthetics
Hospitality - build guest rooms, recruit visitors, sell them shit
VGP Vegetable Garden - improved farming. Has a load of sub-mods for content
Misc Robots/Misc Robots++ - buildable roombas for basic tasks
Rah's Bionics and Surgery Expansion - bionics and surgery, duh
Alpha Animals - adds a load of animals
Megafauna - adds big ass animals

Mostly nice-to-have:
Sparkling Worlds+Sparkling Worlds Events - late game buildables and some extra events
Turret Collection - more turrets
Facial Stuff 1.0 - more interesting faces
More Trait Slots
Mad Skills - tweaks for skill settings
SF Materials Rebalanced - changes some materials properties
Smart Speed - lets you override auto slowdown
Dubs Paint Shop - paint stuff
Room Food - colonists prefer to eat stuff already in the dining room
RimFridge - FRIDGES
Expanded Roofing - glass roofs! Greenhouses!
Locks - lock doors
Centralised Climate Control - HVAC
Less Rebuff - stop hitting on the same girl 15 times and getting sad, you ugly fuck
Psychology - can have a colony counselor
Quarry 1.0 - mine stone
[T] MoreFloors - more floors
ReplaceStuff - build over the top without having to deconstruct
Pawn Rules - more detailed food/drug policies
Children, school, and teaching - colonists have kids, skills are trainable
RIMKea - furniture
Glitter Tech - late game buildings and research

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22266

I would like to start playing rimworld.

What's the best course of action, any mods that make life a bit easier for a newbie.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

I would play vanilla first. Then get a feel for what annoys you and what you like. Then take a look at the descriptions in my list above for things to improve your experience

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

There is a tutorial in game, that will teach you some vital concepts - how stockpiles work, how to set bills at crafting stations etc.

Your priorities, in order:
A stockpile for materials
Beds for colonists
A kitchen and larder
Power
Hunting food
Cooling for summer and freezer
Crops
Heating and warm clothes for winter

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22266

Ta, I'm going in

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

Oh cowboy hats. As soon as you can make clothes, everyone gets cowboy hats. It's the rules.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

I should also note it officially went 1.0 in December, so no longer early access.

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Apr 24, 2019 16:02

It's a fucking brilliant game.

Once you've played, I dunno, once - make sure to choose Randy as the storyteller.

And actually complete the game unlike Craster the pussy.

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22266

Yuliya has spent the whole day working her arse off, mining metal, yet she is currently sleeping outside, as Richard is an idle fuck who hasn't finished building her bed yet.

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Apr 24, 2019 16:23

You can make him do it by right clicking on the build site. Shift and right click will queue it rather than making it interrupt whatever he's doing.

You can queue up lots of things.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

Grim... wrote:

It's a fucking brilliant game.

Once you've played, I dunno, once - make sure to choose Randy as the storyteller.

And actually complete the game unlike Craster the pussy.

I've completed it like five times. Aside from the mad attacks at the end that bit's boring.

Although there is a mod that then just crashes your ship again and you start again in the wreckage of your crashed ship

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Apr 24, 2019 16:37

Cras wrote:

I've completed it like five times.

You never said!

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Apr 24, 2019 16:37

Hey, I bet there's a speed run. I wonder what that is.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

Also there's Real Ruins. Takes a snapshot of all its users' bases and uploads them centrally, then you can get in game events where you stumble on an old abandoned ruined colony from someone else's game.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

Grim... wrote:

Cras wrote:

I've completed it like five times.

You never said!

I thought you meant in that specific run I posted about!

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Apr 24, 2019 16:38

Grim... wrote:

Hey, I bet there's a speed run. I wonder what that is.

AN HOUR

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

Jesus shit

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

Oh, he just made an assload of pemmican then pegged it to the crashed ship. Didn't even get attacked during the launch sequence. Dull as fuck.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

Trooper wrote:

Yuliya has spent the whole day working her arse off, mining metal, yet she is currently sleeping outside, as Richard is an idle fuck who hasn't finished building her bed yet.

In the first few days there's a number of things that will upset them. They'll get over it, they have an initial mood boost on arrival

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

Trooper wrote:

Ta, I'm going in

*Looks at 'What are you playing this week' thread*

I don't understand.

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22266

I played it, all my people died, the game ended. That's how it works right?
I'm playing in super hardcore mode.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

How super hardcore? There's save only on exit, which is fairly standard, then there's Randy on Rough setting which....you're not good enough for yet.

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Wed May 08, 2019 0:05

I spy a somethibf, flying somewhere round the ceiling

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Feb 20, 2020 12:30

I have found https://itch.io/ . It's full of games!

krazywookie · **Posted:** Thu Feb 20, 2020 13:24

Oh, it's got desktop goose! I saw a thing about that somewhere.

myp · **Posted:** Thu Feb 20, 2020 14:29

Grim... wrote:

I have found https://itch.io/ . It's full of games!

I think someone played an Itch game in their Finish 52 last year. I didn’t realise it was a secret.

Grim... · **Posted:** Fri Feb 21, 2020 21:45

I've got everyone on ignore.

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