Questions about unique Characters.

[NöSTer]

Hello dear Reader,

these are my Questions:

1. Why are unique characters even a thing?

2. How many unique characters are in the game of 1.2?

3. How can I turn unique characters off, so only random colonists spawn?

I have already met the same person four times in different playthroughs on different Planets and it is ruining my immersion!

Thank you for answering my questions and/or helping me with the subject at hand.

[Vengyr]

1. These are backer's characters which paid extra to include a (semi) unique character in the game.

2. A lot? Idk probably at least 100.

3. You can install mod Backstories+ which adds many new backstories and has an undocumented feature of disabling unique ones. I think mod NamesGalore, that adds more names, did the same thing. There probably is no easier way.

Funny because I've stopped using these mods because of this. I kinda like unique characters.

[Kittenpox]

I'm pretty sure you can rename colonists / give them new nicknames. (I think there's a button on the log/bio tabs somewhere, but I could be mistaken.)

If so, rename PeteyMcRepeaterson to something that is more suitable for you. :-)
Part of the game is developing stories. If your pawn keeps expressing certain attributes, it makes perfect sense they'd start being referred to by a different name.

[NöSTer]

All that I could fknd about them:

https://rimworldwiki.com/wiki/Backstories

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HmLwOYk8e_kyQ4nEEfHtLr-vvPb03vkaOntnrVlPKM0/pub

[Astasia]

They aren't really unique people or "the same person." There are kickstarter backers which have specific names and backstories, and then there are name in game supporters on Steam which just have the name, but everything else about the character is random. It's like finding a character named John Smith in every game, that's like the most common name in America as an example, but just because you see a lot of John Smiths doesn't mean they are all the same person.

There are a few kickstarter backers with backstories that mean they are always decent or bad at certain things, but for the most part most of the characters are just random characters that will be different every time you see them.

[Scathe]

I wouldn't want to turn that off. seeing Tynan Sylvester show up with his Punk childhood backstory will be fun every time it happens, not that he is a common one to show up.