[DEVBLOG#149] Vanilla Factions Expanded - Ancients infographic II

Mate I love comments like that they make me feel alive. It’s coming. This month. This is the best estimate I can give you.

Oskar Potocki

Absolutely not, but I crave for every grain of information about your (very appreciated) work. Even if I have to comment like a bitch to provoke a passive-aggressive answer. :)

Till

Do you want us to release a buggy mod? Tynan pushed a new update to base Rimworld yesterday which broke map generation, rendering around 30% of the mod broken.

Oskar Potocki

I know i am a cunt but.. worst case has been nearly three weeks ago.

Till

Yep, you should be able to!

Oskar Potocki

Are we gonna be able to repair Quest/merchant exclusive weapons such as crypto and plasma at the repair bench? I know the mechanics shelf from spacer furniture lets us, but I like the idea of taking responsibility for my equipment.

Dexter-by-designation

Damage resistances too!

Oskar Potocki

So what makes the walls nearly indestructible? Just a ton of HP?

SomeDudeWithAWallet

Sounds to me like there's a case for an ancient wall light that switches to a duller, red light during solar flares: in keeping with the solar flare synergy these have. Besides, there's already Prefab and Helixen wall lights: one tailored to ancients wouldn't be exceptional.

Artemis Martin

True, this most popular Mending mod is too OP, even if you trying to restrain yourself somehow, like mend only items with better quality etc. Mending bench from this mod is very promising to be fair.

lloki

I voted for the Roman faction, but now I'm pretty pumped for this one tbh!

Michael Fisher

I imagine it's a limitation since they aren't using any frameworks or modding for supporting a 3x1 door. It seems like it's not really even a "door", but an impassible object meant to look like one. It's an efficient use of time though. Vanilla doors expanded would be really neat just gonna say.

Rinklestein

I hope you see it as I see it: While it would be cool to add 'imperial wh40k' looking armor, doing armor takes so much time it's simply not worth it in this very case.

Oskar Potocki

Okay, thanks

Dr. Armor king

Why? You don't exactly have Cassandra's dress, Phoebe's jacket or Randy's coat and bandana in the game. It's just a storyteller. From gameplay perspective: I see no need to add new weapons and armors with this mod. There is already loads of guns and armors we've added with our mods, and Ancients simply use similar tech to that you could find in ancient dangers - assault rifles, occasional powered marine armor and synthread clothes.

Oskar Potocki

It sure does!

Oskar Potocki

Quite, though I can see why they did it this way - wall lights are kind of essential for vault generation, I would assume, and Vanilla Expanded mods don't tend to have any more requirements than absolutely necessary.

Phraxius

Looks awesome, have a great holiday.

Highly Caffeinated Gamer UK

I agree!

I thing we really need interogate interaction for everyone, or at least for supremacists, raiders, pain-worshippers etc

Артем Архаин

Another quickie if you dont mind, does this mod come with a nifty new icon for the player faction similar to how vikings does it?

Alexander Charpentier

Can we have in a future the ancient weapons or gear like on super soldier on main image of mod?

Dr. Armor king

No it does not! :)

Oskar Potocki

Can't wait! I already created a draft for ideology for this playthrough :P I think I'll create some colonists as well to make this more personal.

lloki

While I'm grabbing this one regardless, would be nice if the wall lights were added to like, Furniture Expanded considering it's already craftable and arguably fits better there than here.

Artemis Martin

Does this mod replace the currently available hidden Ancients faction?

Alexander Charpentier

I think it would be cool to have interrogations and intimidation outside of isolationism, but I would understand if it breaks balancing if you could just beat up your tribal prisoners for information on locations of ancient X-Men vaults

mrlee123456

I love the mental image of a tribal cloud watching when a supply crate a few hundred feet up glides across the sky

Sam Savra

Mending tables with increased moddability, it looks like! I hope this makes the other mending mod mostly obsolete.

Zachery Gaskins

For the large locked door, instead of crumbling to dust what if it opened up part way and jammed there unable to open further or close so you'd have a "broken vault door" on either side of an opening in the middle? Being a 3 wide vault door could leave a 1 wide gap between the two 1x1 broken vault doors

Noisy Koi