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I probably wrote it in 5 seconds as a general idea, some time in late 2013, and then forgot about it

Sounds like something that could be another raiding tactic, along with sappers

Cryptosleep casket - never built one, never had a situation where I could ve used one (yet).

I always put a paste dispenser into my prison, the -4 for paste is no problem with the massive bonuses they get from friendly chat. Saves my wardens the trip to the prison and cuts down food expenses for prisoners by half

Why didn't I think of this...

Reworked wolfpack event and applies it to all biomes. Wolves will arrive, stalk around looking for non-animal prey for several days (not passing doors), then leave.

This makes me ecstatic.

Don't like it.
Why are wolves always the evil man-eating monsters?
Just make RimWolves a normal predator.
Make up something fiercer and bigger that realistialy might go after humans ...like RimLions or chupacabras or something.

I hope I can edit this event out

Because wolves = evil
Also, they are really racist, incredibly cruel, and allied with the devil, and vote republican

Tynan save us!
The site is under attack!

I don't think so
Same thing with bear I think

RimWolves, accustomed to human meat so much they ignore animals in favour of finding a tasty human....me likes.

As long as they "finish" the job.  Berserk animals maim till unconscious and then move on to next prey.  Wolves should devour.

This.
Tynan!

[10d-f: Rate of events is a LOT lower from previous releases, but feels much better. Its now a pleasure when a ship comes by, and any thoughts of earning a living via trading (such as buying medicine from combat ships and selling to virtually anyone else) have gone away. That is appropriate - we are suppose to be in survival mode!]

Random Randy, Challenge mode.  291 games days into the scenario, about 17 hours of play time.

10c took forever to recruit - I compensated by just selling every 99 difficulty person captured.  But you knew that already.

10d-f:  Rate of events is a LOT lower from previous releases, but feels much better.  Its now a pleasure when a ship comes by, and any thoughts of earning a living via trading (such as buying medicine from combat ships and selling to virtually anyone else) have gone away.  That is appropriate - we are suppose to be in survival mode! 

Difficulty scaling is keeping it challenging.  Not so much with raids, those are pretty ignorable since they are still mostly coming at me with primitive weapons, and my kill boxes take care of that.  I have started to see some variation in that though - like one group maxed with shields and melee weapons.  Evil ships are still my biggest challenge - trying the "wall in" approach now to see if I can force them into a special built kill box.  Would be nice if Evil ships mechanoids could be defeated some other way.

My personal challenge in the game is to never lose a colonist.  Have to admit I've allowed one who was never satisfied to die.  About the 6th time he went berserk my classic approach of having 2 colonist melee him back into submissions resulted in his death - and I literally said  "good riddances!"   Why do I take this approach:  Only makes sense to me if your going to spend 20-40 hours playing a set of people, improving their skills, giving them bionic parts to replace shot off ones, etc. that you do your utmost to keep them alive.

But I would like it if we could trade with other factions on our planet...
*Looks at Tynan*

This isn't dwarf fortress, its a colony simulator  get over it

This isn't starcraft where your drones just go back and forth getting resources, they have personalities and such...

For $30?

Lets just fully flesh out the colony simulator before anything else

Well I don't know about Rim world, but an arid winter wouldn't snow...

-Reworked food search so it smoothly integrates information about food distance, taste, and psychological preference to get the most optimal food source.


^^^^^
And yet my colonist STILL prefer the emergency food rations!

Because some planets orbit their sun quicker than others, biological age and chronological age don't match that of Earth.

Biological age is what you should consider their 'normal' age
while chronological is the activity of their home planet since they've been on it

uh, chronological age is how much time would have past on a watch they were wearing while biological age is how much their body has been in an aging state (as in, not frozen like a popsicle). so my brain still hurts.

Oh... well I guessed I missed the whole point of the screenshot...
Now I just feel dumb...

Because some planets orbit their sun quicker than others, biological age and chronological age don't match that of Earth.

Biological age is what you should consider their 'normal' age
while chronological is the activity of their home planet since they've been on it

I'm completely fine with the game not having a win condition, I kind of ignore the space ship thing anyway

I think this mod satisfies many of your requests...

[MOD] (Alpha 9) Combat Realism v.1.1 (23.02.15) A pilum to a mortar fight

This bit worries me :

>Taking out centipedes requires dedicated anti-vehicle weapons (RPGs, anti-materiel rifles, etc.) or a lot of concentrated small arms fire.