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Research Papers
612 Comments
Enrico  [author] 19 hours ago 
Noted, thanks for reporting.
Harris 19 hours ago 
The current iteration of this mod has a soft incompatibility with Vanilla Gravships Expanded and Gravtech, as well as any other mod that makes empty space tiles walkable. If you start in orbit (ie., the gravship start) your research papers are strewn through empty space and it is impossible to collect them all before they decay into nothing. It would help immensely if the papers spawned at the center of the tile instead of scattered.
Yoann Nov 16 @ 8:29am 
The mod give me a warning everytime a pawn try to read a schematic of a research project finished : https://gist.github.com/HugsLibRecordKeeper/b5c59fe9a30ac9050690d763d3df9fec
ArmoMan87 Nov 7 @ 1:39pm 
Does not work with "Terraform Rimworld".
Enrico  [author] Oct 24 @ 9:48pm 
We're aware of this bug and it's on the list to be fixed someday, thanks for reporting!
Nobody Oct 24 @ 9:47pm 
I received a blank research paper from a quest reward. Blank as in, it isn't attributed to any research, and it didn't unlock anything. Assuming this is a bug and it wasn't meant to be seeded into the reward pool.

Proper research papers as quest rewards would be a neat feature, but it's a big scope creep. Mostly just reporting the bug that it dropped at all.
alfn86 Oct 17 @ 7:00pm 
Is that possible to make copies of the research paper in order to sell it?
GoblinEngineer Oct 11 @ 6:31pm 
Binding research papers into research books would be a great qol option
Wrath Oct 8 @ 1:13am 
Maybe you could tweak it and add options for heavy modded games, like "regroup research papers for all the same tech level , or same category... or 10 papers = 1 book "
I mean, there should be a way. But I still love it. Will miss it
Wrath Oct 8 @ 1:11am 
This mod is superb. i really love the idea. But I realized that in my heavy modded games , I have over 1200 research projects... You see where it's going lol. I unsubscribe for now but wanted to tell you this was very fun until I reach over hundred book shelters in my storage, i mean, it's still fun but not performance friendly with too many research mods.

Thanks man
Enrico  [author] Oct 5 @ 3:57pm 
Good idea
Nobody Oct 5 @ 3:39pm 
Should probably have that in the description somewhere. I wouldn't have wasted research and materials on it had I known.
Enrico  [author] Oct 5 @ 12:42pm 
Yeah that's the trade-off
Nobody Oct 5 @ 12:41pm 
Is the research server intended to be a downgrade for research speed? Moving my research from shelves to the server always cuts my research speed down.
Enrico  [author] Oct 4 @ 9:21am 
@缘神启动
I had a quick look, seems like it allows duplication of books. I can't imagine that working on Research Papers themselves, but if you just use it on books besides Research Papers, then that should be compatible.
Aliya_风信子 Oct 4 @ 6:13am 
Is it compatible with Printing Press?
Lemaia Borb Oct 2 @ 7:49am 
Would it be possible to need papers for tech from specifics ages? Like Medieval or lower doesnt need em but Industrial or higher does?
Enrico  [author] Sep 28 @ 8:57pm 
It's been a long time since I manually checked the code for this mod and talked with the lead programmer, but I don't believe this mod ever "gives" research. AFAIK it only ever "takes".

Obtaining a research paper for a locked research through whatever glitched means should therefore never unlock said research...

Welp, whatever crazy magic occurred in your game, I guess I'm happy it resolved itself.
GoblinEngineer Sep 28 @ 8:53pm 
Just a note: I had sent a caravan back to the old map to get the one thing I had forgotten(why I hadn't already abandoned it) and after abandoning the old map it restored all of the research I still had papers for on the new map
GoblinEngineer Sep 28 @ 8:15pm 
Will do, thanks again
Enrico  [author] Sep 28 @ 8:10pm 
In that case, I recommend turning on devmode, then turning on god mode, and insta-researching back all the research you've lost.
GoblinEngineer Sep 28 @ 8:09pm 
I think it's too late for that at this point, but I'll be sure to disable that setting, I appreciate it
Enrico  [author] Sep 28 @ 8:07pm 
I thought items in a caravan would stay considered by the paper spawner. Something in that regard seems to have broken in your case, which we'll have to investigate again I guess.

Please revert to an older save and disable "Spawn Missing Papers" in the settings, and re-do the transport. Sorry for the inconvenience.
GoblinEngineer Sep 28 @ 8:03pm 
Via caravan. I'm doing a tribal run, I just loaded all of the papers into a caravan and headed out
Enrico  [author] Sep 28 @ 7:59pm 
How did you transport the research papers?
GoblinEngineer Sep 28 @ 7:58pm 
Hey, just started using this mod a few days ago and was hoping someone could clear up some confusion. I moved maps, taking all of my research papers with me to the new map. Before they got to the new map, duplicate papers spawned on the old map out in the open and started immediately deteariorating. It says I lost research I still have the papers for at the new map, but wants me to re-research them in order to build stuff from those researches. Is there a way to fix this?
Enrico  [author] Sep 27 @ 11:33am 
Check out "Human Resources" mod.
lmchaykowski Sep 27 @ 9:34am 
Could you please add pawn knowledge of research? For example, someone who researched autodoors or built a lot of them would remember how to make them, so a colony would still have autodoor research and be able to make autodoors even if it lost the papers so long as it had that pawn.
Enrico  [author] Sep 24 @ 5:57am 
Yeah if you play with lots of starting research. If you want to disable starting research from being turned into papers, disable "Spawn Missing Papers" in the mod's settings.
黄油炖牛奶 Sep 23 @ 8:58pm 
之前玩的时候开局会出现大量论文在地图各地散落,现在还会有这种情况吗?
Is there still a situation where a large number of papers appear scattered all over the map at the beginning when playing, like before?
Mang Sep 23 @ 6:27am 
Thats a cool idea
EmethGistan Sep 21 @ 10:56am 
What if pawn created research papers to sell to traders? It would make research relevant even after everything is researched.
chive Sep 20 @ 6:04pm 
But otherwise love this mod!
chive Sep 20 @ 6:04pm 
So I don't know if I've done something wrong or what it could be outside of moving furniture but when I moved my research server all of the papers came out, which is no problem. The problem is, however, that now they can't be added back into the server when I only have 65 papers in it. It's in an open space and not blocked off. I don't know the problem.
Gabe Knight Sep 14 @ 8:01pm 
Looks like a very interesting mod. Concept is great.
Imperior Sep 12 @ 4:32pm 
@Enrico true, that makes sense. Thanks!
Enrico  [author] Sep 12 @ 4:31pm 
@Imperior
Not without heavily changing the game's balancing, which this mod doesn't aim to do.
Imperior Sep 12 @ 4:30pm 
Given that research is currently a way to add a lot of value to your colony's power without adding any wealth, would it be possible to automatically to add an option to assign a wealth value to research so it isn't a freebie?
ZX Zero Sep 9 @ 5:51am 
@Riven Just copy and rename the book texture of this mod and will fit the medieval theme
CTH2004 Sep 8 @ 5:54am 
I understand why we can't make multipl;e papers via research, but would it be possible to make it so that we can "copy" papers, the idea being that only one of them is the research paper, but the others are hand-written copies. Then, if the main one is destroyed, it checks if a copy exists. If a copy exists, one of those copies becomes the research paper. Elsewise, well, you lose the research!

and, perhaps (if you want to get complex) a way to make digital copies, and perhaps even (with a comms console? a new workench?) "upload" them, meaning so long as that station has power, you have the research, even without the papers (printers let you get copies, like the first paragraph)

Just a thought!
Enrico  [author] Sep 8 @ 12:53am 
Be the change you want to see!
Riven Sep 8 @ 12:49am 
I like this mod a lot on my usual runs, but I wish it was also supported for a medieval run with maybe tomes or scrolls instead of folders? Anyway, thank you for a nice mod!
Enrico  [author] Sep 7 @ 11:04am 
That's a vanilla Rimworld 1.5 issue when you have colonists incapable of hauling. Either update to 1.6 or make your non-dumb-labor colonists non-readers.
hale Sep 7 @ 11:02am 
cool mod but it's kind of annoying how my pawns keep grabbing the papers from shelves, reading them and then just leaving them on the floor to degrade. no clue as to why they don't simply put them back
Fodofox Sep 6 @ 7:26am 
I wish they wouldnt just forget how to fish immediately, but perhaps something like a ticking clock for when the research will be forgotten
Can I also steal enemies research papers?
Enrico  [author] Sep 5 @ 2:49am 
Most people don't really interact with the endings so no idea if it works or not. Eth0 did do a patch for it at some point. Will have to research it someday.
Yo Sep 4 @ 10:54pm 
Actually nvm to my nvm it seems some research r added and some are not? Im confused. Maybe a mod conflict?
Yo Sep 4 @ 10:49pm 
Nvm it works with the server, wish theres just a type of compendium or a research server for lower tech or putting into a bookcase actually count toward paper being researched
Yo Sep 4 @ 9:57pm 
I lost research after archonexus which i know is intended but i kept some paper in my colony and putting it in library doesnt unlock the research back? Am i missing something