When Rimworld is good...

[Listy]

...its really really good!

Just put the finishing touches to my ship, for my 44 colonists in year 6. Just as the last colonist enters the Cryptosleep casket a massive raid from the pirates arrives. As they assault the out defence line I strap everyone in and Blast off out of there.

When they finish their assault they'll find in my prison a single Pirate whose been a prisoner for the last six years.

Thing is, this is the third group of inhabitants for this colony. The previous two groups got killed by a pack of Warg's and a toxic fallout. When the last of the previous inhabitants had died and the threat that had killed them ended I'd just spawn a new group of four wanderer's.

[christhekiller]

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How the hell did you get 44 colonists in less than 6 years?

It takes me like, 3 years to get 15 colonists

[userfredle]

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How the hell did you get 44 colonists in less than 6 years?

It takes me like, 3 years to get 15 colonists

Rimworld is highly randomized which makes each game fun, ive also had 20+ colonists before year 2 was over, and on my current game im getting nothing but 99 difficulty recruitment with only 6 pawns on year 2.

It also depends on your method of attacking and wether enemys will go down easier, like a longsword will hack off limbs and kill them, where as a quicker gladius will leave alot of nasty scratches leaving them in such pain they collapse

[muffins]

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How the hell did you get 44 colonists in less than 6 years?

It takes me like, 3 years to get 15 colonists

It will depend on the storyteller, difficulty, your defences and your wardens. A tougher game will send more potential recruits your way (bigger/more raids), defences might lessen the survival rate of downed enemies (crossfire can kill lots of downed enemies in a kill box), and good wardens make for easier recruiting.

My current colony is on rough Randy random and I have 115 colonists after 3 years. I use embrasures rather than kill boxes and my best warden is an empath with 17 social skill.

[Tynan]

Wow! 115 colonists? That's insane!

How was that? Manageable? Performant? What difficulty was it on?

[Mechanoid Hivemind]

What mods do you have installed?

[muffins]

Wow! 115 colonists? That's insane!

How was that? Manageable? Performant? What difficulty was it on?

Random Randy rough.

Performance is fine but I've got a good gaming computer. I've not noticed any stutter or hangups. I have to have small dining rooms stocked with meals and beer dotted all over the colony or my colonists will just eat off the floor or get hungry. The three main dining rooms have kitchens and small meal storage areas so excess meals get pushed out to all the smaller dining rooms by the haulers. A good road system is a must.

To save on button micromanagement all my solar lamps are solar powered and on a separate power grid than everything else. Far-flung growing areas are better for slow growing crops like devilstrand, otherwise the haulers get overwhelmed and food starts piling up in the fields. Having kitchens/breweries close to food/hops fields is a must.

HUGE colony pic below 
http://i.imgur.com/FaLSnOi.jpg

[muffins]

What mods do you have installed?

Just a few.



With Shinzy's clothing mod having different stockpiles for different wanted/unwanted damaged/undamaged clothes is a must.

[A Friend]

My current colony is on rough Randy random and I have 115 colonists after 3 years. I use embrasures rather than kill boxes and my best warden is an empath with 17 social skill.

I wonder fear how the colonist tab would look like with EdB's UI mod.

[Mr.Cross]

- Snippet from A Friend -

I don't think you'd be able to see the game properly. *shudders in fear*

[killer117]

How u get the embrasures mod, and the weapon and armour crafting mod, and the mannable turrets. Pls give me links

[Mr.Cross]

Dude, just go digging for them in the mod/releases sub-forum. You have the names of said mods, the only thing different is that I think the Embrasures is apart of a defense pack that you download but can put what ever from that pack in.

[muffins]

How u get the embrasures mod, and the weapon and armour crafting mod, and the mannable turrets. Pls give me links

It's all in Brunayla's Security mod.

https://ludeon.com/forums/index.php?topic=7179.0

[killer117]

Ok cool. Thnx

[Tynan]

That's a truly epic colony muffins. Perhaps a record from what I've seen.

I have tweeted it. Thank you.