[Mod request] holograms of dead colonists

[wdnz]

Would it be possible to add holograms to the game, speciffically that of fallen comrades to use as a template.. they would have enourmous power demand to keep running and can only use certain things like comm station and be doctors?

[mrofa]

I like the idea would be hell of a good alternative for graves, but it kinda looks like a tedious work in terms of coding it, atleast from my point of view.

[Temeez]

Nice idea actually.

Coding wise, I think the EdB Interface UI Mod has half the answer on how to code this functionality (the onscreen colonist feature). This is how I see how it could be done (very roughly):

- On colonist death, save the picture of colonist at death (like it shows in the UI mod)
- Apply a "hologram" filter image to it (or don't)
- Then use the end result as a texture (or an additional texture for the hologram building?)
- Select the hologram from the build menu (misc?) and right click to select the dead colonist, or put down an empty hologram.

Hell, I might even try to make this, if I can understand the code in the UI Mod .dll