[A11] Auto-hunt Beacon v2.3 (2015-06-18)

[Ninefinger]

So does one beacon cover the whole map or do i need multiple beacons?

[Carry]

New version is up. Sorry for the delay. I found a bug and had absolutely no desire to work on it
It should be compatible with existing savegames, if you deconstruct all old beacons.

!!! The new version has a dependency !!!
I know it's annoying, but it's easier for maintenance.


One beacon can cover the entire map, even if you put it in a corner. Just maximize the range.

[Ninefinger]

One beacon can cover the entire map, even if you put it in a corner. Just maximize the range.

Ty for the clarification

[jefferyharrell]

I really like this mod a lot, but there's a feature I'd love that may or may not even be possible: Can animals be DE-designated for hunting when they move OUT of the beacon's radius? I'd like to be able to set up a beacon with a nice big radius over there, well away from my farms and whatnot so I don't have to worry about my highly skilled shooter bringing his high-powered rifle to bear on my highly skilled growers who happen to get in between him and the squirrel he really wants to bag for a prize.

[Ninefinger]

Slight fix i found that you dont need to download the Common (CY) it is already included in the 2.0 download the Common.dll just needs to be moved into the Assemblies folder.

[Carry]

There was a weird issue with an exception if the local copy of common.dll wasn't in the beacon folder. I left it in there, because I had (and still have) problems reproducing the error.

Removing a designation if an animal moves out of range is certainly possible. There are some problems though (manual designations; animals moving between ranges of different beacons; removing a designation doesn't cancel a hunting job). But I will keep it in mind.

[jefferyharrell]

manual designations; animals moving between ranges of different beacons; removing a designation doesn't cancel a hunting job

I had a thought about manual designations. I thought maybe the beacon could keep a list of all animals it had designated for hunting and would only de-designate animals it had designated in the first place … though I'm not sure I can think of an obvious way to keep that list from growing in length indefinitely as the game goes on, and also there's always the possibility that the player might de-designate an animal that the beacon had designated and then re-designate it again manually. So my idea isn't very good, I don't think. Plus which I don't understand how Rimworld mods work so I don't even know if it's possible to start with.

The part about de-designating an animal not canceling an active job made me want to slap my forehead. I didn't even think of that.

I reiterate, though: I like this mod very much. Thanks for making it.

[kindofrvl]

After using this mod I caught up with an interesting bug - animals stop their spawn, all I saw was a group of elks, no other spawned in 3-5 game days. Can I fix it somehow?

[kindofrvl]

Canute, only one Alphamufallo from the samenamed mode and one pack of elks in game week, no other spawn at all.

[1000101]

Is there a bug in the tree cutting calculation?  I was shocked when the I set the range to max, set my thresholds to 250/1000 when I already had >700 wood and the entire map was marked.  Even after lowering the thresholds to minimum caused all trees to get marked for harvest.

[Telarin]

There is definitely an issue with the calculation for available logs for auto-cutting. It seems like the mod is not correctly counting the amount of wood from trees marked for cutting. I have my thresholds set at 500 minimum, 1000 maximum. When my wood stocks drop below 500, as expected, trees around the beacon are marked. However, far too many trees are marked. By the time my colonists finish cutting them, I have WELL over the 1000 maximum threshold that I had set. I don't know if this is because the amount of wood produced by cutting trees is not fixed, or what, but even if that is the case, I think a better estimate could be made.

[soulkata]

I'm just here to say thank you, great Mod!

[Telarin]

There also seems to be an issue with counting meat, where total meat on the map is WELL below minimum threshold, but hunting is not activated. I cannot be sure, but I suspect that the beacon may be counting rotten and dessicated corpses as well.

[Carry]

You're right, the beacon does count rotten corpses. I will fix that with the update to A10 - probably over the weekend.

The issue with wood and plants is, that the beacon uses the minimum yield to calculate designations. I switch that to average (or even max). If the actual yield is lower, it just takes more rounds of designations to reach the upper threshold.

[Telarin]

Awesome, I am greatly looking forward to the update. Dying to play A10, but I've been spoiled by a couple of the convenience mods I use, and don't really even desire to play it without them anymore.