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Mechanoid Tweaks

Any chance of adding an option to adjust/disable wastepack generation from mech gestation?

I tested Mechanoid Tweaks with only DMS and Chougou Mechs active.
The XML patch errors (Failed to find BaseMechanoid) are gone.
The mod now loads cleanly with "0 failed" from XmlExtensions.
So the issue happens only when the mech definition mods are loaded after Tweaks or missing entirely.

Bug report:
The mod keeps logging XML patch errors like this during loading:

[Mechanoid Tweaks] Patch operation XmlExtensions.ForEachDescendant failed
xpathParent="/Defs/ThingDef[@Name='BaseMechanoid']"


It happens when using Dead Man’s Switch mech mods without VFE Mechanoids.
Probably because there’s no BaseMechanoid node in those mods.

Could you make the patch skip gracefully or use a looser xpath (like //ThingDef[contains(@Name,'Mechanoid')])?

Environment: RimWorld 1.6.4566 rev606, XmlExtensions v1.7+, latest Mechanoid Tweaks.
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Dead Man’s Switch 메카 계열만 사용 시, BaseMechanoid 노드를 찾지 못해
[Mechanoid Tweaks] Patch operation failed 로그가 계속 발생합니다.
VFE Mechanoids 없이도 동작하도록 XPath 조건을 완화하거나,
존재하지 않을 때 자동으로 스킵되게 해주시면 감사하겠습니다.
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Love the mod, is there a way to go more specific in what mechanoid i want tweak. I want scythers to be 1 band but leave lancers alone

I found a bug
[Mechanoid Tweaks - Start of stack trace]
XmlExtensions.Log(xpath='Defs/ThingDef[2831]/defName'): Failed to find a node referenced by <xpath>
XmlExtensions.ForEachDescendant(storeIn='DEF', currPrefix='Defs/ThingDef[2831]', xpathParent='/Defs/ThingDef[@Name="BaseMechanoid"]'): Error in <apply> in the operation at position=1
[End of stack trace]
Source file: D:\steam\steamapps\workshop\content\294100\2880154462\Patches\Patch.xml
...
[Mechanoid Tweaks] Patch operation XmlExtensions.ForEachDescendant failed
file: D:\steam\steamapps\workshop\content\294100\2880154462\Patches\Patch.xml

[Mechanoid Tweaks] Patch operation XmlExtensions.ForEachDescendant failed
file: D:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\workshop\content\294100\2880154462\Patches\Patch.xml
UnityEngine.StackTraceUtility:ExtractStackTrace ()
(wrapper dynamic-method) MonoMod.Utils.DynamicMethodDefinition:Verse.Log.Error_Patch2 (string)
Verse.PatchOperation:Complete (string)

Yo, after i installed the mod i can't resurrect light mechanoids, does anyone know a fix for that?

Would it be possible to make it so recharging light mechs produces no wastepacks while keeping other sizes the same?
I thought I saw a mod that does that but can't find it anywhere now.

Can you make it work with "The Dead Man's Switch"? (It has its own charging stations)

Highly appreciate it, thanks for the quick work