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Hey guys,

I'm really exited for Alpha 16, because this game is amazing. Some weeks ago I buy myself an Aspire Switch 12 Windows Tablet and since then I play Rimworld every evening, relaxing on my couch. Sadly, the Stylus Pen didn't work and I need to use an mouse, which is not that comfortable. Google says, this is an Issue with Unity 5 (should be true, other unity games like Hearthstone have the same Problem). Found some posts from August, where they say, it would be fixed soon... So I want to ask if someone maybe has some magic trick to get the stylus working (I think only the click event didn't work) or if i have to wait till Unity fix that Problem. Would love to play Rimworld with my pen

Greetings Doktor Doh

[Part 1) The agrarian woodbox:]

Hey Guys,

I like playing Rimworld with two setups. On Extreme Desert / Ice sheet and with a lot of small colonies (maximal 6 colonists). So on this binoms its really hard to get food at the beginning. Now that you need so much time to reasearch hydroponics, the start on an icy planet (for me) is a pain in the ass. And sometimes I want to play on icy binomes without this pain. So I created the "Easy Agronomy" mod collection. At the moment this collection has two of my mods (another are planned).



Part 1) The agrarian woodbox:
This 3x3 box is like a bad hydroponic because it only has 100% growingspeed. But no research is required and you can plant more things than with the standart hydrponics.



Part 2) The Heat And Sun Lamp:
Yes, there are plenty of Heat and Sun Lamps available and even the CCL library has one. But because I don't want depending on other mods, I make one by myself. The lamp provides light for 8 agrarian boxes. The lamp consumes 1500W, each box 200W. Altogether you need 3100W to have enough food for 5-10 colonists (depending on what you are planting). Maybe it's a little bit overpowerd but the collection is called "Easy" Agronomy



Part 3) The Heat And Sun Pillar (Idea Canute):
This 1x1 Heat and Sun "Lamp" has roof support and an radius of 8-9 fields! That means you can build a huge room for planting without wasting space. But because this would be to powerfull, there are some restrictions. First you need to research the "Microelectronics Basics" after that you can build the lamp for 100Steel, 50 Plasteel and 5 Components. The integrated heater of the Pillar is also not strong enough to support really big rooms like 20x20. For such rooms you still need some extra heater. The Pillar has an total powerconsumption of 2500W, so if you want to make an whole room with the Pillar and the Agrarian boxes you need.... ~7000W.



Requirements: I hope nothing.
Compatibility: Should be with everything, I hope. Tests were only with the vanilla version.

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Working on:
- Balcony Plant (2x1 plant without energy)
- New Plants (Tomato, Salad)

Ideas:
- Fishtank / Aquarium
- Light above existing woodbox
- Powergenerator with stone as resources

Greetings and have fun!
Doktor Doh

Hey guys,

my name is Philipp, im 24 and from germany. I'm an java software developer for 5 years now and I want start modding for rimworld in my sparetime. I have never mod for any game bevor, but I thought it couldn't be harder than all the wired Java stuff

If such a thread already exists, I appologize but I couldn't find him in the search function. At the moment my problem is that I nearly have no clue how to start. Yes, there are some tutorials online at the web, but most of them are outdated, so the example code didn't work. (Damn you, SimpleBlock. more than 30 Minutes to get you working...)

So my questions are:
- How did you start your "modding career" for rimworld? How did you get into the code?
- Which of the current tutorials are still helpful? Which can you prefer? (Sadly I only have 2 hours per day and I don't want to waste them on outdated, not working informations)
- Where can I find a list of all available attributes for the .xml File?
- Where are the xml Files of the core objects like "lamp" or "working table". Can't find them in core.

Thanks for your answeres and have a nice day.

DoktorDoh