let's goooo! we're so back!!

Awesome! I have been waiting on this. <3

What a surprise! Thanks for updating. I got so excited when I saw this

Thank you for the update! this mode is amazing, very tastefully done

yessirrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Thanks for the update!!!

EEEEEEE, THIS IS FINALLY 1.6?! THANK YOUUUUUUU!!!

Thank you so much i love this mod!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

thank you for the update!

thank you for the update!

Vanilla now has a gene, Webbed Phalanges, that seems to do exactly the thing that you wanted for Aquatic. If you can convince Taranchuk to take a look at it and tell us if it works, that's be hella nice. I tried to look at it myself but pathfinding is just one of those systems that's hard to get for novice to wrap her head around.

@royallyTipsy, Hi, thanks you for the comments. I’ll take a note of what you said and let taran know. I’m ultimately a coding inept and might have missed things here and there. Really good news to know 1.6 have native water cell cost though.

Also, like other person here earlier said: Dubs Hygiene patch is commented out in Source. I assume it's missing from assembly too.

Wait, rereading your post: you *added* even more backgrounds? It's not on Github. Checking the workshop version, it's not here either.

@Goji, with greatest respect, but have you, Arquebus, or Taranchuk look at my (as Flia) two pull requests on Github?
- One concerns a relatively minor compatibility thing for Vanilla Expanded Psycasts (VPE wants an icon for water focus and I reused an Ideoligion icon for that)
- Other concerns how BackstoriesDef.xml is *still missing* from 1.6 Def folder. (Plus a couple of hopefully unoffensive description edits)

As for pathing problem: 1.6 has a native solution of some kind that I didn't get around to properly testing yet. Genes now have a "waterCellCost" value that seems to influence both the actual pathing cost but also how pawn prioritizes tiles. In my own branch I implemented it as a test, and it *seems* to work just how one would imagine mermaids to work, but like I said I didn't test it thoroughly yet.

Thanks for the update! Was waiting for this.

Apologies for the wait. This mod has been updated to version 1.6 with quite a few balance changes. I strongly advise you to read the change notes. The core abilities and genes remain recognisable, but a few genes and abilities have been refined (or at least I hope so) for fairness and thematic accuracy. You can leave me A suggestion if you feel the change is too much.

One thing to keep in mind: since the pathfinding framework is not being updated, aquatic pathfinding has become janky again. Pawns will not prioritise work on wet tiles even if they are faster. Painful, I know.

I have also added a number of background stories that suit both aquatic and normal pawns (for example, coastal rescuer). They should be unique enough for aquatic races but won’t seem out of place in the normal background story pool.

Works perfectly fine now, thanks~

I put the Dubs patch back, but that's about the extent of what I can do. I don't play with the mod so I can't really test if it still works. I also can only barely even read C# so in case it causes any issues now I won't be able to fix it. Tell me if it works, willya?

I also hopefully fixed the pathfinding thing, I think. That patch I pushed yesterday, actually, I just didn't say it here.

@royallyTipsy Would you mind re-enabling the dubs patch on your repo? enabling the setting currently does nothing because the harmony patch is commented out...

If you are asking about link to repo, it's up there in the description, https://github.com/Goji-2337/StagzMerfolk .

You can also try my personal repo https://github.com/Flia/StagzMerfolk , but outside of very minute typos the only issues I managed to find and fix are Backstories file and a psyfocus icon for VPE. (I made pull requests for all of that so hopefully eventually it will be in the main mod.) I'm trying to figure out how to make mermaids use native 1.6 code for water pathfinding, but so far had little luck. Also, fair warning that I'm an absolute code monkey so it's probably a good idea to download master as a zip instead of cloning it, which to be fair is what most people will do anyway.

@royallyTipsy yep, definitely, how can I find it?

Actually, in that git, the backstories are just missing in 1.6 folder. I am getting an inkling why (blindly copying BackstoriesDef.xml from 1.5 gives errors) but yeah that's minus a feature.

To everyone in this thread: github version of the mod has been updated to 1.6 for months now. I'm by no means a good modder, but to my amateurish examination it appears to be fairly basic touch up so that the mod simply wouldn't throw errors in the current version of the game. In case you are absolutely craving some merfolk it may be worthwhile to try it? There's however no integration with the pathfinding changes, so merren will continue to path through land instead of water where they are faster.

can anyone make a fork version?

pls update :(

I'll hold my playthrough until your mod gets updated, thanks for the time you put on it.
Genuinely awesome !

I miss this

@Goji Hi! How it's going? We are patiently waiting :D

hello i really like this mod,i'd appreciate it if you would update it to the 1.6,cheers

pleaseeeee update!!

@polios, I watch their github on occasion, and there was some movement there about a month ago. It's possible that the bare minimum the mod needs to work on 1.6 is already done, and the reason why it's not been updated here is because there's more progress going on in someone's private project. Though, I dare not to assume too much.

One could attempt playing with the latest github version to see if it works, perhaps, but personally I have not tried yet. My latest walkthrough roleplay could not accommodate Merren anyway, so I was willing to wait for the official update here.

it's taking soooo long :( updating it myself took like 15min :( but i'm hoping for some new fun stuff. so tell me Mr. Goji Man, is there any Hope for that or i should just Start with this Water Based colony already? :/

So happy it's gonna be updated,, can't wait <3

i like how unique this mod is. alien races with a distinct personality are the best.

If this and the Aquariums mod let me put Pawns in tanks that would be awesome! Imagine putting an Aquarium on a gravship for your mer people

Yay, I am glad that this is going to be updated. It's one of my favorite race mods.

good to know this is getting updated. had essentially replaced this mod with the Nixie mod for my first 1.6 colony, and while its a similar ive really been missing the join events and Merren abilities. can't wait for the update 👍

I'm looking forward to having the mer people back. No hurry though

tk bro

And here I was, urgently learning Rimworld modding in hopes of updating this mod myself. It is a huge relief to know that the original people and actual pros will update it. I will be watching your github repo with great interest <.< (If you notice a public fork that's probably mine lol.)

@GabeM no not at all I appreciate your comment. It was more directed to some other comments because on one of my other mods I'm getting o7 comment which honestly made me giggle

@polios3 Thank you for the offering, I'll get back to you. I have contacted arquebus/taran and I should be able to update on my end very soon

if you want @Goji i can just post temporary 1.6, i made it like few days ago for myself but didn't post it as It's not my mod.

Sorry if my comment came off as extra pressure, I could have worded it better, as that wasnt my intent. No rush or pressure from my end, I just wanted to share that I really like and appreciate this mod

This mod is not abandoned and will be updated. Please be patient. I work in healthcare and had an extremely busy past month. Plus the coders I’ve been collaborating with are currently swamped with updates for old mods. I have to get in queue. Thank you

Well ♥♥♥♥. This is the mods I really cant start my 1.6 run without, as the new generation of pawns I am taking into 1.6 are heavily genetically dependant on it. No rush though, thank you for making such a notable xenotype!

1.6?

@Arquebus

Any chance of a 1.6 update happening without pphhyy?

hi

1.6 please?