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RimWorld

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Mod, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5
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Jul 19, 2021 @ 7:16pm
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Research Whatever

Description
When research subject is not selected, pawns just choose the cheapest one on their own. This option is accessible from research bench.

Forgot to pick a new research?
Just want to go with a flow?
Ran out of care for what's going to be researched next?
Yeah, that's a mod for that. No gimmicks, just plain auto-select of a cheapest thing in the list.

You can change notification mode by r-clicking on "research whatever" gizmo of research station.

upd. Works with Anomaly, and does disable studying when it's no longer necessary.

External links: github[github.com]
189 Comments
Buru Oct 13, 2024 @ 6:12am 
First of all, thanks for this mod, its great and i use it every playthrough.
I see @StimTheOne already pointed it out, nociosphere after finishing anomaly research still gets cancelled, even though other obelisks don't. I'd rather not modify my modlist mid playthrough but i guess i have to, nociosphere is quite the threat !
I understand this is a pretty niche problem, just bumping up this mod comment section, because i believe it is a problem that needs fixing !
avil  [author] Sep 1, 2024 @ 11:08am 
There is non-ingame way. I've supported a way to mark certain options to be low priority or ignored via xml (example is there too). I didn't do it for research menu because people that usually use tech mods never use default research screen anyway...
tri_idias Sep 1, 2024 @ 8:07am 
Is there some way to say prevent a certain item from automatically getting selected? There're few new mods out there are using research as a story.
avil  [author] Aug 24, 2024 @ 7:41am 
Alright, thanks for the report, I should fix that one.
Stim The One Aug 24, 2024 @ 7:25am 
And in case one thinks this is vanilla behavior, I specifically removed only this mod from my game and then... it continues to study it as it should.

And it happens only for the evil sphere. For the obelisks and the rest, it first gets all the logs THEN turns it off. Which was quite handy, let me tell you. I assume it might let me do that if I let it be free, but don't want to risk anything setting it off... and won't throw away the harvest of bioferrite
Stim The One Aug 24, 2024 @ 7:22am 
Correct. Nothing left to research in anomaly tech so it's automatically stopping the study even though there's more logs.

Here's a screenshot:
https://imgur.com/a/X0rBAIU
avil  [author] Aug 24, 2024 @ 7:08am 
Do I understand it properly?
- you have an evil sphere;
- it's not completely observed to be able to turn it off;
- mod disables observation even though it's not completely observed.
If so, it's a bug.
I've tried to cover anomalies in a way so only fully observed anomalies don't require any further research, but many of them have unique mechanics for observation, so I could miss something.
Stim The One Aug 24, 2024 @ 7:01am 
I have a very specific problem stemming from use of this mod. Up until now it has been glorious so you have no complaints from me. It even halts study of entities when you're done with the research.

HOWEVER, that last bit has a particular problem. The Nociosphere study can't be advanced when one has researched everything anomaly-wise. It just shifts it to maintain only while I have zero progress. Which means you can't find a way to get rid of it. Considering the time bomb it is... problem. For now I'll run without it but this might need addressing.
Uncovered_Jager Aug 22, 2024 @ 7:29pm 
Will do
avil  [author] Aug 22, 2024 @ 1:01pm 
Worst that can happen is pawns will start researching stuff that they're not supposed to be able. Test it and tell us.