v2.1.8_Hivemind

Changes compared to 2.1.7, excluding intermediate updates.

Feature:
- Added new thrall gene set - hivedrone, syncdrone, needrone, skillsync, foodshare, memoshare.
- Added new shapeshifter sub-gene - Presevred chimera. Save chimera when shapeshift.
- Added new shapeshifter sub-gene - Presevred archiver. Save archiver when shapeshift.
- Added new shapeshifter sub-gene - Presevred cellular. Save cellular when shapeshift.
- Added new hivemind gene - Sync node. Sync former (hivemind) prisoners with player hivemind.
- Added new hivemind gene - Hivemind mood. Gives 1 mood boost for each hivemind member.
- Added new hivemind gene - Shared genes. The "hivemind geneline" subgene has been updated and now functions as a set of hivemind genes as it should, with its old functionality being transferred to the shared genes gene.
- Added new hivemind gene - Hive maker. Thrall maker for hivemind presets.
- Added new hivemind gene - Ideo sync. Allows to change the ideology of all hivemind pawns to any desired one. (Ideology DLC)
- Added new hivemind gene - Hivemind telepathy. Telepathy for hivemind pawns.
- Added new hivemind gene - Hivemind regeneration. Regen 4 hp/day * hivemind pawns.
- Added new hivemind gene - Hivemind chain. Death chain for hivemind.
- Added new hivemind gene - Psychically hivemind. Simple psychic sens with hivemind flag.
- Added new hivemind gene - Hivemind study. Starting from -90%, increases learning by 18% for each hivemind pawn.
- Added new hivemind gene - Hivemind beauty. Starting from -3, increases beauty by 1 for each hivemind pawn.
- Added new hivemind gene - Hivemind opinion. Sets the hivemind opinion of pawns to +9999, and vice versa. Does not affect the opinions of other pawns.
- Added new hivemind gene - Shared thoughts. From time to time, shifts the mood of all hivemind pawns, relative to the total mood / 2 of all hivemind pawns.
- Added new hivemind gene - Shared nutrients. Share food needs between hivemind drones.
- Added new gene - Gender morph. Allows change pawn gender.
- Added new cosmetic gene - Tentacle hair. Replace hair with tentacles.
- Added new cosmetic gene - Body tentacles.
- Added a test option to limit the Duplicator ability to source pawns only. This option can be enabled in the mod settings.
- Added new scenario - The Soulreaper. Reaperkind start with 2 archiver forms. (Anomaly DLC)
- Added new xenotype - Fleshkind. Versalite hivemind-duplicator. (Available in The Death Chain scenario)

Changes:
- The psychic effect of hivemind genes has been removed when they are triggered.
- Duplicator gene`s ability now has a 2x longer cooldown (affects only duplicates). This only affects the cooldown from using the ability; cooldowns gained through other means remain unchanged.
- Thrall maker simplified to one ability gizmo with float menu.
- Gene hive xeno-increased has been rebalanced and is no longer mutually exclusive with other similar genes, but has a permanent -21 gene debuff.

Fixes:
- Fixed a rare bug where hivemind genes could be triggered by non-colonists.
- Improved ticker for hivemind genes.

Warnings:
-

The old version is available on Github[github.com]

This version[github.com]

- Added new hivemind gene - Sync node. Sync former (hivemind) prisoners with player hivemind.
- Added new hivemind gene - Hivemind mood. Gives 1 mood boost for each hivemind member.
- Added new shapeshifter sub-gene - Presevred chimera. Save chimera when shapeshift.
- Added new shapeshifter sub-gene - Presevred archiver. Save archiver when shapeshift.
- Added new shapeshifter sub-gene - Presevred cellular. Save cellular when shapeshift.
- Added new hivemind gene - Shared genes. The "hivemind geneline" subgene has been updated and now functions as a set of hivemind genes as it should, with its old functionality being transferred to the shared genes gene.
- Fixed a rare bug where hivemind genes could be triggered by non-colonists. x2

- Added new thrall gene set - hivedrone.
- The psychic effect of hivemind genes has been removed when they are triggered.
- Fixed a rare bug where hivemind genes could be triggered by non-colonists.
- Improved ticker for hivemind genes.
- Skills sync exploit fix 1

- Merger implanter small tweak
- Removed old unused code

- Mergekin disable hook fix

v2.1.7_FiveXenotypes

Changes compared to 2.1.6, excluding intermediate updates.

Feature:
- Added 4 new meme - Deathwatch, Duplicate, One-man army and Great family. (Ideology DLC)
- Added 4 new ideo presets - Deathwatch, Duplicator, Blood family and Let me solo here. (Ideology DLC)
- Added option Enable legacy mode.
* This option is disabled by default and it enable/disable all legacy content.
* This includes xenotype serums, genepacks, some technologies, reward buildings, some old genes, orbital trader.
* These changes should not affect existing saves.
- Regeneration genes no longer regenerate eyes for blindsight pawns. Some genes remain exceptions. For example, the flesh-eye skin gene. (Ideology DLC)
- Added new category "Reimplanters - Xenotypes and Genes".
* Most of the implanters that are not related to gene series, such as "Hemogen", have been transferred there.
- Added new gene - Rehuman. Allows to inhumanize/rehumanize at any time. (Anomaly DLC)
- Added new gene - Fleshmass aging. x2000% grow speed factor. (Anomaly DLC)
- Added new archiver sub-gene - Integrator. Places target pawns into the Archiver gene, with some restrictions. (Anomaly DLC)
- Added 2 new implanter genes - Hybrid implanter and Merge implanter. Hybridizes caster genes with target genes in random proportions.
- Added new gene - Fleshmass reproduction. Impregnate randomly. (Anomaly DLC)
- Added new gene - Targeted morph (by match). Limits the morph to xenotypes that are 60% similar to the gene carrier.
- Added 2 new hivemind genes - Shared skills and shared needs. The first two genes from the hive mind series. They synchronize the skills and needs of pawns. Their effectiveness depends directly on the size of the hive mind.
- Added new hivemind gene - Hivemind drone. Mark pawn as part of hivemind.
- Added new chimera sub-gene - Hive xeno-increased. Increases the gene limit relative to the hive mind size.
- Added new chimera sub-gene - Hivemind geneline. Allows implant genes of hivemind chimeras.
- Added 5 new xenotypes - Overrider (Anomaly DLC), Ripperkind, Reaperkind (Anomaly DLC), Mergekin, Ferrkind.

Changes:
- Precept shapeshifter renamed => genetic focus. + New icon (Ideology DLC)
- Updated icon for Shapeshifter meme. (Ideology DLC)
- Void hunger met stat has been nerfed +6 => +2
- Removed the traders sell serums option. Because it duplicates the Disable genetic stuff option.
- Option Flat genes selection weight replaced with => General genes rarity. And now it is a slider that allows you to adjust the rarity of genes.
- Meme Undead reworked. Now instead of the gene, it checks whether the pawn was resurrected.
* This change does not take into account pawns that were resurrected BEFORE this change, keep this in mind.
* Meme Undead renamed => Resurrected. + icon update
* Now development points are awarded for any resurrection that occurred on the map. Regardless of the source and owner.
- Post-recruit and post-convert now support general reimplanters.
* The implanter genes supporting these subgenes now have a clarification about this.
- Resurgent genes were removed from the Sandycat geneset.
- Anomaly genetic gene rework. Now this gene simply increases metabolism and turns the pawn into a ghoul upon death.
* This gene now requires the Anomaly DLC, as without the anomaly it does nothing.
- Now option "Enable over-overriadable mechanics" enabled by default.

Fixes:
- Fixed a bug where the Notify_LifeStageStarted trigger could fire before the game started.

Warnings:
-

The old version is available on Github[github.com]

This version[github.com]

- Regeneration genes no longer regenerate eyes for blindsight pawns. Some genes remain exceptions. For example, the flesh-eye skin gene. (Ideology DLC)

- small fix

- Option Flat genes selection weight replaced with => General genes rarity. And now it is a slider that allows you to adjust the rarity of genes.
- Option Disable genetic stuff moved to General tab

[Auto-generated text]: Update on 8/28/2025 10:44:27 AM.