First of all, thank you for making the mod. Will this be updated to 1.6?

qustion is ther a difference between the psylink nueoformer and the sack of knowledge?
(i also use vanilla psycasters expanded if that changed enything)

I figured (as you have helped on those mods), just wanted to double check (:

Thanks!

p.s. Any plans for new psycasts?

@CTH2004 It is

Is this compatible with Vanilla Psycasts Expanded?

does this faction come with new quests, too?

Using Cherry Picker to remove the "NatureHarmony" TraitDef fixes pawns not getting the natural focus type, even with tribal backstories.

Does this mod work with vanilla psycasts expanded?

Ah, thanks for fixin' the sacks of knowledge!

Changelog:
- Fixed the sack of knowledge
- Anima chems no longer generate addiction/resistance genes

Faction and apparels work, however the sack of knowledge does not.
A colonist can be commanded to use it, will then use it, but the sack won´t be consumed and no psylink is formed or upgraded. I get no error message.

Another small suggestion/critique: the biotech xenotype is kinda dsfunctional as:

- high psychic sensitivity is overridden by regular psychic sensitivity
- the hunger rate is 225%, which is rather high since there are no downsides.

hey @xrushha
I'm working on my own faction+race mods. I used your mod for troubleshooting my pawn name generation.
Could you check your own name gen on 1.4? I think it's also broken in your mod in the new version.
For my mod I fixed it by including nameMaker in GeneDefs/Xenotype.xml since I use a custom xenotype. Hope this helps.

Sac of knowledge don't work.

Just paste the code into a xml file and put it in a active mod’s patch folder.

I made a patch that will suppress biotech autogenerate function for ef_anima https://pastebin.com/UjQzSgYg , this can be temporary fix the xenotype editor error till the author adds the textures.

Really enjoying this mod. I haven't even done any of the the unique Anima stuff. I just like having them show up as an "advanced tribal faction" as a counterpart to the Empire.

Yeah, I was about to report the same issue. This borks the whole geneediting UI

getting the same issue halley reported, biotech tries to make a gene for anima derived drugs, and can't thus borking the UI for the xenogene editing

@Halley Yeah, I'll look into it

Someone reported this error to me:
Could not load UnityEngine.Texture2D at UI/Icons/Genes/Chemicals/EF_Anima/AddictionResistant in any active mod or in base resources.

It would appear that the Biotech DLC autogenerates a gene for resistance against each chemical and then expects there to be a UI texture for them.

You can always update it to support the new version before it comes out, people can access the beta branches!

@|dvh| sure, I'll update it as soon as 1.4 releases

1.4 please? I love this mod and would like to continue using it!

The Sac of Knowledge is often really, really necessary to get in the case you have a mod like Vanilla Psycasters Expanded - I'd suggest the idea of being able to create these things, but it'd have to be very costly, and use very intense research and various resources...

Though, I find it best to just have to buy these things outright from people and people. It's well worth the price - if you manage to somehow generate that much Silver through Trade Ships.

I second @Hamacelos whenever you get the time.

I do wish the drug textures were more in-line with Vanilla Textures Expanded , ah well.

with the new update , natural meditadion went back to tribal only in VPE , any chance the trait can unlock it too?

@RABAN30 Yeah, it does!

does this mod work with ideology?

@JleRstvie I will make a patch when VE Psycasts drops

Is it possible to make this mod compatible with VE psycasts?

@{daNk}(Buds)
It depends on the mod.
Some mods do it all, adding new fractions you can encounter in the world and adding a starting scenario which gives you colonists from the added faction.
Other mods just add factions to the world.

Depending on the world you're building, Id reccomend against going toooo crazy with extra races and factions. The elders are pretty neat addition if for no other reason than the expansion of the psychic system with their gear.

I reccomend this, the vanilla expanded series, android tiers, and the forsaken with alpha biomes/alpha animals.

im sure this is a stupid question , but im new to Rimworld and was wondering how /if/ exactily do we play as these New Race / Faction mods ?
Or do you only add them to the game as Things you can encounter in the World ?
Im confused ..
I see a Bunch of these Factions i would love to start out and play as but i must be missing somthing and cant seem to search up the right answer ..

Anima Tea and Anima joints do not have any effect on the High Life Meme, comes up with the pawn is stoned on anima, but doesn't remove the debuff of high life. Any chance you're able to allow it to have an effect on this?

having the same issue as Blazerik, finally gave up trying to fix it and just started giving all of my psycasters the "one with nature" perk and calling it a day

the tea and the joints have no drug policies. pls change it.

anima tea is not showing on drugs policy

What tech level is the faction? I assume tribal?

I think this is incompatible with Meditation Freedom. All 'natural' backgrounds for meditation focus disappear, so you cannot use the Anima Tree

Likely not compatible with 'Choice of Psycasts', since this is not a Humanoid Alien Races mod. Just FYI.
Oh, also Faction Discovery (in the FAQ) has been renamed to Vanilla Expanded Framework.

I didnt think of it until now but this mod and the one with nature trait might be the cause of my problems. I think there's and incompatibility with adjustable anima and meditation freedom, where all tribals lose the natural focus they're supposed to give leaving the "one with nature" trait as the only way to use anima trees. Since both mods are incompatible this is likely a problem with your mod and how you made the trait or something. Can you look into fixing it on your end?

Thanks, and rewarded :-)

@BladeofSharpness Done. Thank you for your feedback!

That's awesome, I can't wait to try meeting your new faction :-)
I suggest you add it to the FAQ, many ppl play with CE.

@BladeofSharpness yes, it is.

Is it CE compatible?

was running into an issue with the mod meditation freedom where i wasn't getting the nature meditation type and after combing the modlist removing elder faction fixed the issue that was preventing meditation freedom from giving all pawns artistic/nature meditation focus

@Coolchilion nope, addiction is not planned

@xrushha do you have plans for adding and addiction chance to the drugs? Or would they be left entirely positive buff?