Found a potential bug in 1.6. Having a custom Xenotype with kind instinct will cause the kind trait to still be present when actually using the mod. But after starting the game and loading into the map, the gene is missing form the xenotype, and the metabolic efficiency is changed. However, the trait is still on the pawn. I have yet to do any further testing to see if this is something wrong with 1.6 itself or this mod.

@koraidonfan19 - No, use something like this (or other mods like Prepare Moderately and RandomPlus) alongside Character Editor if you want that level of control.

Can you edit a pawn in more detail like in Prepare Carefully?

Be careful if doing something like a VRE - Androids start, trying to reroll with this will just lock up forever because it cannot generate any valid pawns (and it doesn't seem to know to eventually give up in this case...).

maybe a mod conflict somehow but almost every action I take trying to use this results in a message about index out of bounds or some such.

The randomization of the all pawns with certain requirements as a whole is where the value of this mod is found. Unfortunately, it does not work with prepare moderately or prepare carefully. If people want something like this mod, chances are they are looking to supplement the functionality those other mods are missing and if they are like me, those other mods are irreplaceable. I'm assuming that since this mod hasn't been updated since march that the likelihood of getting this fixed is next to none but I'd be glad to be wrong.

Interesting concept but evidently using VOID's Character Editor in any capacity causes the map generator to throw an error and exit to the main menu. I could not start a new colony until this was disabled.

This mod appears incompatible with Big and Small - More Xenotypes:
https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=3218636337

This is kind of unfortunate - that mod has some highly interesting xenotypes. :)

Here's a HugsLib:
https://gist.github.com/HugsLibRecordKeeper/3d4c99e5591f72b3667c78f11ec36ab3
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The error occurs when I have one of these xenotypes among my pawns:

From Big and Small - More Xenotypes:
- Mimic
- Devilspider
- Weaver
- Broodmother
- Abomination


I am also reporting this to Big and Small - More Xenotypes

I mean, both Prepare Moderately and this mod were made to solve the same problem and to use vanilla pawn generation. There is no need to have both at the same time.

Prepare Carefully, on the other hand, is made for specific adjustments, but it has it's own body part logic, so it is bad for compatibility. I would recommend you to use Character Editor instead.

Incompatible with Prepare Moderately. Probably Prepare Carefully as well. I'm guessing it's just because you put the button in the exact same spot

I'm getting an error about an index out of bounds when clicking the button with a scenario that has more than 3 pawns (5 with the one I'm trying to use).

Does this work when creating wanderers?

Could you move the button? It's almost directly over the button for Prepare Moderately.

is there a way to lock appearance?

I know someone else has mentioned it, but this is completely broken if you try to use the new anomaly start.

Any chance on support for Pawn Editor? Button doesn't show with it installed.

I'm encountering an issue where I can't put weight/emphasis on skills when using a custom xenotype. There's a workaround where I just need to set the weights before changing to the custom xenotype that works, but it is slightly annoying and I'm not sure if it's intended.

If I wanted to generate 40 random pawns but they all are a specific xenotype, like befor crashlanding or starting, is that possible with this? Not baseliner generation but can change the default xenotype then spit out a bunch of colonists matching it?

No save button? I'll pass.

Seems to be giving me an issue with the Anomaly start... straight up doesn't work

I'm having the same issue with VoiD.

I get
"prepare procedurally has had an error trying to randomize pawns
Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
To prevent a catastrophic error state all characters have been rerolled "
When I click the button, using a couple of mods, no new traits, just UI and appearance changes, is it a mod issue somehow?

Having the same issue as Appleson1. Getting Undergrounder trait 90% of the time for almost all pawn slots regardless of settings.

An option to select desired/forbidden traits would be a great addition.

Is it possible to lock the look of the pawn?

I don't mean to be annoying in anyway but i'm also noticing a large amount of my re-rolls either being unchanging or with the Undergrounder trait being irremovable with irrelevant backstories.

Will there be a patch for this?
Honestly I think its big to re-roll multiple pawns at once and if this fix happens this is going to be a perm-mod, so happy I discovered this.

oh ok thanks for the info

https://gist.github.com/HugsLibRecordKeeper/0b241e8bd7c1bffa0d5ca389fbce6fc2 , hello got some error on patches with eccentric projectile

@unamed Unfortunately, prepare carefully does not seem to have been updated to version 1.5. And the way this version is prepared seems to be more random

huh. Isn't there another one just like this but its just called prepare carefully?

Might be trying to apply an adult backstory, I can take a look. "Tribal Child" alone definitely shouldn't be applying that.

I have questions, why does tribal child have the forced trait of Undergrounder, when the backstory mentions running around the village and moving with muffalo?? Undergrounder seems forced on all tribal backstories.

1.5 compatibility should be released now. I've been busy playing Granblue Fantasy: Relink in my spare time. Since that's winding down a bit, it's time to get back into Rimworld for a bit.

While both this mod and Prepare Moderately do similar things in different ways, it might be worth considering moving the Prepare Procedurally button off to one side or another so the two mods can co-exist. Currently both mods place their respective buttons in the exact same location.

All the pawns that get generated tend to have the same child/adult backstories, 3 of the 5 pawns have the same Slave child backstory and 2 of those 3 have the same adult backstory, Housewife. I keep seeing Shelterkid, Urchin and Slave show up for child backstories, nothing else.

Best mod I've found for quick-starting with a reasonably cohesive group. Thanks!

New version is up to handle when traits are longer than usual.

I'll take a look into it. Thanks for reporting on it!

Is it possible to fix collapsing string?
This is due to too many perks.

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I see, probably it was that

What's the adulthood backstory on those fat characters?

Unless modified by Biotech xenogenes, the adulthood backstory will determine a character's bodysize on generation. So a Sheriff will always have a fat body outside of genes.

Have a funny situation, when in 99 out of 100 rolls the first pawn will be Fat, and in rare case when not, one of the others always will.

That seems to be because of the PawnColumnDef I added being used after colony start. I renamed that defName in v1.0.0.4 that was released just now.

Lots of error related to your mods and bugging lots of ui widgets. Here is the log : https://gist.githubusercontent.com/HugsLibRecordKeeper/fd9d9ebf0ae609211f278615f64bbcaf/raw/b756a94572fcabbf41b61c0f3ae7c5f0bcd2fcd2/output_log.txt

There currently isn't a way to add that condition in the top-level UI. To get that level of granularity right now, you'd have to go into clicking specific pawns, then specifying the passions you'd want on your melee fighters to be different from your ranged fighters and randomizing from that window.

I did have some plans to try handling that when I first set out on this mod, and had the idea to handle that specific skill-separation on tribes. There were also some ideas like trying to make more ideal specialist roles if specified. However, doing that automatically and having a UI that properly explained how it was doing so was complex, so I instead opted to have the character-level control to handle such cases.

I might revisit that and have those settings go into a mod preferences UI. That's probably going to be after adding all relevant features to each window.

Is there a way to prevent a Pawn getting a Major or Minor Passion in Shooting AND Melee?
For example when i start with "Lost Tribe" i want 3 Pawns with a Major Passion in shooting and 2 Pawns with a Major Passion in Melee but one of them always ends up with a Major Passion in both.

Published v1.0.0.3 - I added gender display and selection on the table in the main page, as well as some checkboxes for injuries/addictions, relationships, and (with Biotech enabled) pregnancy.

In an upcoming version, I'm planning on having that same functionality available in the character-specific customization window.

I use Character Edit but that doesn't mean I want to do everything entirely from scratch either, I'm usually just looking to tweak my starting experience. Something between "completely random pawns" and "literally make each one from scratch" is a nice option! I was waiting for the package fix, so let's see what it has on offer!

I was never a fan of creating my own pawns, I like to start all runs where each pawn is what I get and where I will learn to like them or not. Thank you for this amazing mod!

Now we are talking.
Good mod

It is now released - should be down to ~200KB when it releases.