@Draxiss What mechanoid-related mods did you have in mind?

I feel like the Mechanoid Tech traders could use a little bit of tuning. There's not much I can sell to them yet they carry enormous amounts of silver. They basically ONLY sell items from this mod (as well as the materials to make them), and those items are absurdly expensive. As it stands, it almost feels like a wasted trader whenever one randomly shows up.

Maybe it's just how I play though; I don't know. Maybe they'd feel better if they were bought more items (like insect jelly - almost everyone seems to want insect jelly) or were patched to buy/sell items from other mechanoid-related mods if those mods are present?

Any chance of updating this to 1.5?

@Pineapple King I've tried, but I haven't figured it out yet.

With them not being a invulnerable shield anymore, is there a way to get a UI element like shield belts?

@Inglix I managed to implement what you suggested; the shields will now disappear when they take enough hits, and will recharge after 60 seconds.

Amazing mod, thank you for your work! Couldn't find anything like this for 10 minutes in workshop, but then found this via Google!

@ACro Yeah, sure.

Can you add "Unstable power cell" ? plz

@Inglix: If I knew how to change that, I would.

I realize these are quite hard to acquire, but once you do you're basically immune to ranged attackers since the shield can't be penetrated no matter how much weapons fire it takes. The AI isn't smart enough to know how to deal with it so they just find the closest cover and fire at it endlessly until they're eventually gunned down.

Still a cool mod though. Nicely done.

I never understood why we couldnt just pick them up. Building them works to!

@GeodesicDragon Let me see how this is used

@zerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrg: Discord; link is in the description.

@GeodesicDragon How should I send you？

@zerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrg: If you're willing to provide one, I'll gladly take it.

Do you need a Simplified Chinese translation?

@永世神选卡大锤 Thanks!

I love your mod

@Zical XML Extensions adds the function which allows you to customise how much power the shields use; look at the right side of the screen under the required DLC and you'll see the link to get it from the Steam Workshop.

Why I need XML extensions and why this mod is not in steam?

thanks, I will test later

@Zical I've uploaded a new version which hopefully stops these messages from appearing if you don't have the mods installed. Let me know if it works! :)

There is 2 errors relating to your mod, can you see what is causing this please? https://gist.github.com/9c6ee1e08682521e19bacb5dc7701aeb

thanks

@TadASkew As far as I know, you can safely add the mod to a saved game, as it merely adds new items for you to build (and new research).

Can i add this to my saved game?

it doesnt need an update, the update was designed for not breaking mods so this mod works just fine, dont worry :)

just wanted to ask if one of the new items could be used for it, take your time and explore the new version for yourself first :)

@5katz: I haven't played 1.2 yet, due to being super busy with work, so it might be a while before the mod is updated. Apologies for any hassle this might cause.

will this be updated to 1.2 and to use the broadshield core item?

wooo!

@NECEROS I used code from Royalty, but edited it to allow players to construct what would normally be a mechanoid-only building.

Did you actually use any Royalty code to make this mod? Or did you design the mod from scratch and just borrowed the lore?

if the shields can be deconstructed maybe you can make them have a chance to drop the techprint, since lore-wise techprints can be many things, main point being they give your researcher some ideas, so maybe they drop some mech-tech parts to analyze

Thanks for making this mod! It's exactly what I was looking for. :)

@GeodesicDragon alright i'll try it out

@triggered I don't use that mod, so I'm afraid I can't vouch for compatibility with it; if you use it yourself and run into any problems, by all means let me know! :)

@GeodesicDragon Combat Extended, a mod that changes alot of vanilla combat features

@triggered I can't for the life of me remember what 'CE' is; could you elaborate?

Does this work with CE?

@5katz: The mechanoid ones cannot be uninstalled, they can only be deconstructed.

would be nice if this needed the uninstalled version of the mechanoid one if possible, so you cannot build them without having ever had a mech shield on your map