[A12d] More Mechanoids (v1.07b - updated 31.12.2015)

[Orion]

Thanks for the feedback guys!

When is the next version coming out?

When it's ready
But seriously, I'm trying my best fixing the last loose ends for the next release. It will include convertable crawlers and maybe something Joey cooked up, we'll see.

i'd like to see some mechs that act like the alpha beaver event but with exposed metal pockets.
maybe they could even multiply if they get enough metal.

That was actually the original idea for the crawlers, but it turned out rather tricky to program (as did everything else, tbh). Maybe we'll see that at a later point, maybe not.

This mod fits so well into the game you'll wonder why it wasn't already there.  Kinda like the modular table, chairs, and solar panel mods. Absolute must have and thanks for making it!

You're welcome! The fitting part is mostly thanks to Joey, but I wouldn't mind it becoming part of the main game at all

They could be toned down a bit, but I actually feel they're easier to handle than the vanilla mechanoids. I guess plenty of playtesting will show...

The way converting them will work is as following:
- You can craft an AI chip at the machining bench
- You insert the chip into a dead crawler and choose a function (hauling, cleaning, plant cutting)
- You don't have direct control over them, so they slave away until they break

I might add melee later, but for now it turned out to be a bit more tricky than the rest. Unfortunately it takes more than just copy and pasting from another mod, else I'd have been done a long time ago.

I was considering that they'd need to rest / recharge, but it adds quite some more complexity that delays development unnecessarily. So I chose that they can short circuit, adding some amount of maintenance to your army of robot slaves

[Orion]

We've released version 1.02 of this mod! It's now called "More Mechanoids" to reflect the fact that there's more than just crawlers now.

Crawlers can be adopted in your base after destroying them (and maybe soon other kinds of mechanoids as well...).

We've got more new mechanoids in the lineup, so those battles will never be boring again

[skullywag]

Terrible name for a droid...

[Romi]

super awesome! great work!

[Boboid]

We've released version 1.02 of this mod! It's now called "More Mechanoids" to reflect the fact that there's more than just crawlers now.

Crawlers can be adopted in your base after destroying them (and maybe soon other kinds of mechanoids as well...).

We've got more new mechanoids in the lineup, so those battles will never be boring again

Very cool concept, wasn't too interested in just another kind of mechanoid, but a mechanoid that I can adopt and call "My Squishy"? Hell yes.

[skullywag]

Dont make the new droid tameable...i dont want to be called "my squishy". 

[Mechanoid Hivemind]

Dont make the new droid tameable...i dont want to be called "my squishy". 

Awe man

[popster99]

Dont make the new droid tameable...i dont want to be called "my squishy". 

lol

[Mechanoid Hivemind]

crawlers have a food bar? Also how do i install the chip into the crawler? i have a chip and a dead crawler but it wont let me add modifications

[NoImageAvailable]

crawlers have a food bar? Also how do i install the chip into the crawler? i have a chip and a dead crawler but it wont let me add modifications

The food bar is a vanilla feature. I recall someone posted a screenshot a while back where a bunch of Centipedes had starved to death trying to get through his killbox.

[dareddevil7]

IDEA! Sleeper Mechs. Basically a random raider or spacer or vistor could be a Sleeper Mech, waiting for the command to wake up and wreak havoc, they would go near objects of importance and break/steal them. They would look like a regular human but with a slight difference that they have a faint scar on their head or torso, maybe there can be a Sleeper Bomber, like a Sleeper Mech but will detonate on colonists when mechanoids raid

[Boboid]

Dont make the new droid tameable...i dont want to be called "my squishy". 

I shall call you Squishy and you shall be mine, and you will be My Squishy!

Resistance, is useless!

Edit: I just got attacked by 20 crawlers with 5 colonists, ouch. No dealing with that

[Orion]

Dont make the new droid tameable...i dont want to be called "my squishy". 

How about we all just pretend noone is renaming skullywag?

crawlers have a food bar? Also how do i install the chip into the crawler? i have a chip and a dead crawler but it wont let me add modifications

You need to do the research and then use the workbench. I'll have to see how I can make that clearer. I messed around with it for a long time and the workbench solution just turned out to be easier than the bill on the mechanoid.
Maybe I can fix the food bar to be hidden 

[Mechanoid Hivemind]

Dont make the new droid tameable...i dont want to be called "my squishy". 

How about we all just pretend noone is renaming skullywag?

crawlers have a food bar? Also how do i install the chip into the crawler? i have a chip and a dead crawler but it wont let me add modifications

You need to do the research and then use the workbench. I'll have to see how I can make that clearer. I messed around with it for a long time and the workbench solution just turned out to be easier than the bill on the mechanoid.
Maybe I can fix the food bar to be hidden 

My bad i didnt see that there was another thing of research after the reprogramming one. Also i had a crawler drop pod ambush of like 10 of them my first night. How many are there suppose to be i almost lost my colony the first night

[Orion]

What difficulty did you play? It's still very much in the process of tweaking and balancing. I'm glad to hear if it's too much / too easy from different people.