love this mod! It's brought many many hours of joy for me - a big thank you to the original creator and all of you who have maintained it!

Thank you very much for the update, I'm very fond of my lovely bee colonists, interspersing their charming days of tending flowers and brewing mead with what amounts to brutal urban combat in defence of the hive.

So it will be grand to toss in eldritch horror spookiness to the mix!

Good to see you ZE! I would not have picked up Apini if I did not love it enough to keep it going for a long long time.

quite happy there are people still putting the effort toward updating the beezkneez. ya'll r doing god's work.... which god? should be a bee god... hummm what would her name beeeeee....

I am currently working out some problems when I have time. A 1.5 compatibility update will be coming soon. 1.4 is still in good shape, and it is generally wise to stick with it for some time as mods update. Apini certainly isn't the only case of this.

A 1.5 Version of Apini is available on the staging branch, but it still has some problems and so will not get deployed until fully fixed then tested.

Morcalvin from what i know this will be worked on i think may, but i have done one eg https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3219632807&searchtext=apini that will worked on now and is working for 1.5 but might go down a different path than what jack as planned for this, so it will be up to you which one you stick with once/when is updated to 1.5

Will this be updated or has it been replaced?

The biotech expansion seems up, you can find it here: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3195419864

@The_abyss Hi currently messing around with a patch thingy for it so far got it to turn into a vampire so progress XD

the apini cant have xenogens why is that?

I remember pre-Biotech, playing this mod and having a big happy colony of fun bees. If I knew more about modding, I'd definitely offer to help port the Apini into a Biotech xenotype. As it stands, this mod is still fantastic!

Thanks for considering it!

I will try and look into adding a mod setting entry that allows you to disable all races. Thanks for the suggestion!
FYI I am still on hiatus, but this is going on the list.

Would it be possible to get a separate version of this mod with the furniture and honey stuff but not the races?

ok, really sad about the genes disapearing at the start of every game. only left a comment to see if someone found a work around

I get that, which is why any server I may make will not be affiliated with the Apini in any real way. Sure, it's bug-focused but that's it.

The mod won't be mentioned, named or linked and no names are ever to be given.

All I want to do is give people who want the memes and media a spot to share them.

It will, in short, not be linked to the Apini and I intend to keep distance from the mod, as you seem to prefer.

If you still see reason to ask for any changes, info or such, just PM me.

Hey! Thanks for the offer, but I would rather the mod not be attached to Discord.

Hey Jack, just wanted to ask if it's OK for me to make a sort of "successor" to the Apini discord server just for people who might like to keep posting memes/bug stuff? It won't have any official ties to the Apini community, of course.
If at all possible, please contact me on Steam so I can send you an invite link in case you're willing to help spread word (via the old server or PMs)! Thanks for the good times on the old one!

-the Heavy Metal Clown

Update on the moobee larvae bug. Seems if you assign them an area, it will force them to wander, knocking them out of the frozen state after hatching.

Updated, untested version is available on the staging branch if anyone wants the jump on it.

I wasn't going to mention it but yeah me too, moobee larvae won't eat. Had to use operations to administer special honey (reg. honey doesn't show up), royal jelly fills their food need for a while but it's not a great work around.

How come my Moonbee larva keep dying of starvation? I have tons of food and all different types. Is there something specific they eat that is not mentioned in their diet? They also don't move from where they were hatched.

SHOOT! THAT IS BRILLIANT! That is definitely something I will add to my Universal Honey Patch.

https://www.steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2959585309

I really hope we get a biotech compatibility mod (main feature im looking for is honey being babyfood)

[SYR] Naga - https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1539971494
Research Reinvented - https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2868392160
These two should be the ones I mentioned! I believe [SYR] Naga also has a "Shield Emitter Belt" which likely also cannot be worn

Sure thing, I just need a link to the mod. I gotta throw them into the whitelist.

Hi! Popping in to suggest a patch to allow Apinis to wear the Naga Shield Belts from [SYR] Naga. While we're at it, the various research bags from Research Reinvented also cannot be worn. I believe for the research ones they can wear the bags with the help of the apparel option in the settings but they cannot do so normally. The shield belts cannot be worn regardless of the settings due to missing body parts

It's all good! And yeah harmony is marked as a requirement in RimPy so anyone using it should be automatically notified to use the harmony addon in the workshop.

Yep, I believe main harmony is already marked as a requirement.
And thanks a bunch for the short error log! That seems to be an issue with the mod settings, which is relatively new.

There are no issues for removing it, however it is good to make sure that your users are using the main branch of harmony here in the workshop.

Also, I have noticed that there's a seemingly harmless red error on startup which I've observed to also happen when this race is loaded by itself with its requirements.

Here's a rather short 40 line log. https://pastebin.com/a0tw6ecY
Hope it helps!

Oh? Sorry it's one of those things that has always been the case and I never questioned. I've even been updating it every now and then. I will look into any possible issues of removing it.

Hey Jack, thought I'd let you know but the race is being distributed with the harmony dll, instead of doing that I highly recommend adding harmony as a dependency as to avoid assembly collisions.
Thanks!

https://www.steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/discussion/2204437968/3960307437819740931/#c3833172420314272432

Also, what does the Disable Building Restrictions do?! Is it supposed to allow non-Apini Pawns build Apini stuff?

https://www.steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2959585309

I made a Mod that adds support for the Apini Mod across multiple platforms, including the Alpha Rim Bees Mod! I would love to see if you could consider linking it here.

https://www.steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/discussion/2204437968/3960307437819740931/#c3833172420314057607

Why do you delete the older versions?

All you need to do is to download and install the legacy 1.3 branch off the github. However the 1.4 version may still work, but no promises.

i was using this mod in my 1.3 game is the update to 1.4 going to mess with it?

i play as all azuris

So, the one Biotech mechanic that really messes with this mod is children. Apini children get growth tiers at the appropriate ages, but don't have the same Learning need and the related mechanics. Meaning they won't improve in the same way.

This means they're somewhat limited in growth compared to human children, missing out on passions and choices of traits. So, for the time being, I'd suggest anyone using this mod alongside Biotech to sterilise your Beeple.

(also, getting the same all bees are drones weirdness)

Apini, Azuri, and Necropini can spawn as xenotypes not baseliner, this can cause quite alot of texture related issues. Would suggest using the inbuilt HAR option that blacklists the species from getting xenotypes.

is it intentional that azuri have much higher general labor speed than apini and necropini?

I'll add my name to the 'every bee has the drone trait' glitch. I'm also curious if there are plans to turn moobees into a fenced-in species, because they really do suit that better than traditional tamed beasts.

There are quite a few issues I can't seem to pin down, throwing them in the github.

@mrclumps8973 Same on the all bees having the drone trait

Yes, according to the license.
The Software includes Audio and Visual Assets/Resources bundled with the mod ittself.
So you are free to use all resources in your own mod.
However you must also include the MIT free use clause in your own mod's license if you do choose to include assets from this mod.

Hi, could I reuse and edit the honeycomb floor texture to make a wall texture for another mod-maker?

I'm not sure if anyone else is having this issue, but I'm having an issue where all bees have the drone trait, regardless of their gender

It is not intended for this to extend beyond the scope of this mod and this mod alone. I'm looking into this immediately.