Making/building things based on skill?

[Algon]

Does anyone know if it's possible to restrict actions based on skill? E.g. anyone can cook a simple meal, but it requires someone with a cooking skill of (say) 8 to cook a fine meal. It would be nice to be able to set up some requirements for various tasks like this.

[Telkir]

Yes, this is possible, and the game already does this for cooking (though it isn't always immediately obvious).

If you open the file "<Your Rimworld folder>\Mods\Core\Defs\RecipeDefs\Recipes_Meals.xml", you can see that under the CookMealFine and CookMealLavish recipes, there is a set of tags that look something like this:

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<skillRequirements>
<li>
<skill>Cooking</skill>
<minLevel>7</minLevel>
</li>
</skillRequirements>
You can add a similar set of tags into any recipe definition and edit them to a suitable skill name and level.

[Algon]

Thanks for that, I was looking in the wrong place!

[JKTD1919]

I'm wondering if this could be done with Construction, i.e. people with skills at or below 3 in construction shouldn't be able to build solar panels.

Ty needs to make more realistic options for early game, like campfires for cooking meals and lighting areas. Alpha 6 Back to Basics'd be great.