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Dubs Bad Hygiene
Gnull Nov 3, 2020 @ 8:27am
Suggestion: Porta-loos
I've been using the bad hygiene mod for a while now, and find it practically an essential part of my RimWorld experience. Whenever there's an update, it's one of the first things I check because it's such an improvement to the immersion of the game!

That having been said, there's always new ideas (good and bad) and I'd like to do my part by contributing this suggestion:

Portable Toilets.
What?
A porta-loo is a mobile, covered box with in-built latrine to pass waste in. It blocks line of sight, helps with hygiene, and isn't as exposed as defecating in the open.
(Destroying it could leave that horrible blue disinfectant gunk!)

Why?
When pawns head out of the home tile to combat, or stop or before forming a base, having a way of using a pre-fabricated toilet means they won't have the mood debuffs associated with defecating in the open, and being walked in on. It would also be a way of storing waste.

How?
Constructing it could just take slightly more materials and work than the standard latrine, with the option to minify it when uninstalled. It could give pawns the privacy stats, and perhaps not reduce hygiene quite as much? Again, like the latrine, it could store waste (maybe slightly more?) or be connected to the sewage network.
To balance, it could require its own research branch and be significantly heavier than the latrine.


I apologise if the idea's already been suggested (or worse still, rejected!) but I did have a look through previous discussions and couldn't find this one.

Thankyou for taking the time to read, and I hope you enjoy the suggestion!
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Dubwise  [developer] Nov 7, 2020 @ 5:16am 
the latrine is minified so you could just take one of those with you
Gnull Nov 7, 2020 @ 7:58am 
Originally posted by Dubwise:
the latrine is minified so you could just take one of those with you
Yeah, but the capacity is low for a siege and there's no protection from the outdoors or other people's lines of sight without building a temporary base.
Dubwise  [developer] Nov 7, 2020 @ 5:06pm 
you can just move it 1 cell to reset the capacity, it just leaves a pile of ♥♥♥♥
Gnull Nov 8, 2020 @ 6:00am 
Originally posted by Dubwise:
you can just move it 1 cell to reset the capacity, it just leaves a pile of ♥♥♥♥
I suppose I'm looking for a more flat-pack solution with a focus on those mood debuffs, while having everything neatly contained.

If the idea doesn't appeal, that's no problem and thanks for your time anyway!
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