Just to let you know, this mod in not compatible with Save File Compression .

Had the absolute crap scared out of me a second ago; making a complicated explanation short- been working on a 2nd colony, keeping the 1st unloaded unless I need supplies- reloaded 1st colony for the first time in about 2 weeks and all of my colonists from that one had vanished.. total ghost town. As I was typing up a comment to ask.. idk what I could have done to cause this, reloaded my save, reloaded the 1st colony again, and everyone is there like it never even happened. Dont know if its something I did wrong or something I should give you a heads up about, but yeah. More details if you need them- otherwise I guess weird things happen

My apologies for not checking back. Its been a while so I dont have those logs anymore concerning the launching into empty space issue. I do, however, have something else to report. For some reason, I am unable to unload an asteroid base. The error that comes back in the logs is "UnloadedWorldObjectComp not found". Oddly enough, when I went back to test unloading a grav ship in empty space (launch into empty space mod) it gave me the same error instead of unloading the grav ship with pawns and then loading it back without pawns

Error when atempting to unload asteroid base named "Eden": https://gist.github.com/HugsLibRecordKeeper/7b1d415936e9b317aec6c57fd2d5627a

This mod doesn't seem to save any sub-maps whose entrance is on a map you unload (or at least doesn't load them properly). I tested with the insect burrow and ancient stockpile entrances from the Odessey DLC, and the gate and obelisk from the Anomaly DLC.
Logs (test with the ancient stockpile entrance, 1 pawn in the stockpile when I unload the map the entrance is on):
https://gist.github.com/HugsLibRecordKeeper/37df5bf96ca084f06b243626086a0bd1

I suspect the relevant parts of the log are around lines 289 and 799, the pawn in the stockpile was named Galvin. The pawn named Shigeko was in the settlement map the entrance was on, they loaded just fine of course. Interacting with the ancient stockpile entrance after reloading the settlement seems to generate a new unique ancient stockpile sub map.

this mod is not compatible with mod called MULTIFLOOR. this mod allows you to create more maps on your current settlements map except it wont save the lower levels that multi floor mods can create https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3384660931

would it be possible to add support for quest map like abandoned orbital platform?

Would it be possible to add support for vanilla camps ?

Hi @Bisquit, does that tile you unload have a map icon? Whilst the mod seemingly supports non-vanilla map tiles under the hood, it might be needed to explicitly add support to save some of the data. One of the things necessary for that is a map tile. Did you get any error logs associated with the loading?

I found the issue. It seems to be a problem with the mod "Launch into empty space" when you launch into an empty space tile.

I have a problem where the pawns in a tile I unloaded have disappeared upon reloading that tile

I finally found how to use it. I gotta be special in not a good way.

How do you get the mod to work? Also don't say "Unload or load in the colony as I can't find anyway to do that". Read description 8 times and still don't know what I'm doing. Also tried editing the games files which made my save not work anymore. Thank in you advanced!

@jessiuss I have two colonies and an outpost running and the mods don't seem to clash. The delivery will be delivered to whichever colony is the 'Primary' loaded colony I'm sure. Or it might just be the colony you are currently at.. but I'm sure I got a delivery message once from the colony I wasn't present at.

Is there a way to stop the time syncing across colonies? Ideally it would be good if there was an option for it to sync or not. Ideally it would be nice if the date stayed the same so that you could play the second colony for the Summer months, then go back and play the other one through the summer months. Atm the dates sync and so if you leave one colony on Spring with freshly planted crops, then go to the other colony, you can't return to the first colony until it's also Spring otherwise the weather/season will change and all the crops instantly die. Because of that it hasn't really been serving it's function well. I've ended up just making a super optimised mining colony and I don't have to check on much instead because the date syncs get destroying crops and playing each separate colony for 1 entire year to match the dates isn't ideal.

Pretty sure this mod is spam crashing, by spamming this in the player log for every settlement. I use vanilla expanded framework so I wonder if they are pinging off of each other, do you use VFE framework Tobi?:

UnloadedWorldObjectComp(parent=Settlement Purple Mabarbecó (tile=75161,0) at=75161) :: Have 0 unloaded buildings.
UnloadedWorldObjectComp(parent=Settlement Purple Mabarbecó (tile=75161,0) at=75161) :: Have 0 unloaded pawns.
UnloadedWorldObjectComp(parent=Settlement Eraarethad (tile=12636,0) at=12636) :: Have 0 unloaded buildings.
UnloadedWorldObjectComp(parent=Settlement Eraarethad (tile=12636,0) at=12636) :: Have 0 unloaded pawns.
UnloadedWorldObjectComp(parent=Settlement Hien Stronghold (tile=256217,0) at=256217) :: Have 0 unloaded buildings.
UnloadedWorldObjectComp(parent=Settlement Hien Stronghold (tile=256217,0) at=256217) :: Have 0 unloaded pawns.

I’m going to see if this works with low orbit locations once I get there!

This mod is amazing and has saved my playthrough. I had a really successful run and started snowballing with prisoners, had over 20 pawns and 5 prisoners and started mass starvation. Had to split my colony to get food but could no longer use speed up time because managing two colonies at once + caravans was way too much work. The outposts mod seems quite OP whereas putting an entire colony on hold is a little more balanced and works perfectly for me. Now I can focus on building up a second colony at my own pace. Thanks!

This is perfect for my next playthough, I was wondering if its compatible with kes outposts? I wonder if it will overload the colony with resorces or fail to deliver... i will test when I get off work if no one knows, just mod shopping on the clock, lol.

Great, thanks :)

Hi @Tobi, I've noticed it myself as well. It's just overzealousness in the logging. I have a fix in mind, just need to get around to implementing it and shipping it out. It's been annoying me as well. Expect a fix soon-ish.

Hi, I'm getting quite a few log messages of the following type from your mod (to the point where Rimworld stops logging altogether):
UnloadedWorldObjectComp Init
UnloadedWorldObjectComp(parent=Settlement Settlement (tile=142388,0) at=142388) :: Have 0 unloaded buildings.
UnloadedWorldObjectComp(parent=Settlement Settlement (tile=142388,0) at=142388) :: Have 0 unloaded pawns.
UnloadedWorldObjectComp Init
UnloadedWorldObjectComp(parent=Settlement Settlement (tile=71449,0) at=71449) :: Have 0 unloaded buildings.
UnloadedWorldObjectComp(parent=Settlement Settlement (tile=71449,0) at=71449) :: Have 0 unloaded pawns.

Is this your mod simply being a bit overzealous with logging, or is there something else wrong with my save?

Changelogs:
11/07/2025:
- RimWorld 1.6 support. (minus SetupCamp, which has not been released for 1.6 yet.)
- Updating an existing save from 1.5 to 1.6 with any colonies unloaded is not supported.
- [1.6+ only] Fixed drop pod workaround: droppods will now only be used when a pawn cannot be respawned at that specific spot, or if they're inside a building that isnt a (crypto)casket or holding place/spot.

Best mod ever. Thank you

Thank you in advance for the update! I hope your health improves soon Lumi!

Also apologies for the radio silence. The last DLC really wasn't my thing, and finding time to fix the issues when I couldn't find a different workaround was a bit hard, but the 1.6 update turned out to be easier than 1.5. Hope you'll all enjoy the mod going forward.

Update: I should be able to have a 1.6 version ready on release. It will include some fixes for the droppod workaround, so that aging and pawn relations work without spawning using a droppod.

Compatibility with existing v1.5 saves is still TBD. Either way, they will have pawns that are inside a cryptosleep casket still spawn using a droppod if they're unloaded using v1.5. When unloaded in v1.6 that will not occur anymore.

Fixes for droppod workarounds might be fixed and in v1.5 as well, depending on demand. Let me know if anyone wants it, it's more a matter of finding time to test the v1.6 update *and* v1.5 fixes.

SetupCamp mod support *should* still work, but there's no 1.6 build yet so I can't test it.

Also no support for the build-in v1.6 camps yet, although I might implement that before release if it is as straightforward as it sounds.

Hi everyone! I'll be attempting a 1.6 update with some bugfixes, but my health isn't all that great at the moment, so I might not make the DLC release. But I'll try to get it done ASAP.

I personally use Linux nowadays so I'd need to do more testing for stability then usual, but I'm going to try to get on it as soon as I can! <3

Hi, I really love this mod for building multi-settlement empires and I'm hoping you will be able and willing to update this mod to 1.6. Thank you for this mod!

This is a lifesaver. Any chance for a 1.6 update? It should totally be in the base game to enable folks like myself who love having large colonies.

There was a potentially more elegant solution to this called Persistent Rimworlds that was abandoned at 1.2 and needs updated if someone wants to have a look at updating that one.

Github:
https://github.com/FilUnderscore/PersistentRimWorlds

Forum:
https://ludeon.com/forums/index.php?topic=46072.0

Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbBpCu11GYA

So, I used this mod with Multifloors. The game didn't explode, but

Every time a map is unloaded you will lose everything that's not on ground level, including your pawns if they are in the upper or lower floors. Stairs will remain there and interacting with them recreates the next floors from zero. Everything needs to be rebuilt and reassigned. I haven't noticed red errors or any kind of error spamming.

I don't see a solution. This mod is not exactly popular for people to try to build some kind of integration so maps can load with all levels intact, nor think it's even possible, and Lumi is not active here.

Yeah, it would be great to load a colony without all ancients and insects being dropped in pods. I understand why pawns load like that, but it's really annoying and prone to break something.

Tip for everyone: You can use a teleport mod (like Character Editor teleport command) to put animals back in their places. You can teleport ancients, insects and mechanoids (don't know if they are pod-dropped as well) inside ancient dangers again and they should behave :)

Not the sexiest of solutions, I know

any chance for an update? would be intrested in supporting with some bread if rly needed to iron out bugs and such ....

I noticed a weird bug when enabeling on an existing save where all zones except growing zones become invisible. I play with a lot of mods, so it could be a conflict, but I disabled the mod, and it went back to normal.

Same problem with drop pods. All pawn (friendly/enemy), animals and vehicles spawns in drop pods when i trying to load a colony. This is a very interesting mod, i hope this problem can be solved.

I'm not sure why this happens but there are two issues I'm having right now. First thing first, my game is heavily modded so there may be some conflicts but god knows which. When I try to unload a colony(my main one) while I have another colony settled, I lose control to my pawns in the new colony, and I can't seem to interact with anything. Secondly, when I try to reload my main colony back into the game, every single pawn gets transferred to the centre of the map via drop pods, including all the anomaly entities I have previous captured.

The only downside I can find is that the peons fall into pods when it would be better for them to enter from the edge or just appear there (it's very annoying when they break through ceilings when falling from the sky).

Also, for some strange reason, all vehicles, wildlife and ancients fall along with the peons. Apart from the rest, it's a great mod that if these little things were patched, I have no doubt that it would be one of the best out there.

SOS2 is really easy, just observe an area and then unload

Could you give us an update on the SOS2 compability if you have a chance to take a look at it?

I hope you get this one working properly seems really handy

There's an Ideology interaction whereby the amount of ideoligion followers changes if you have a mixed ideoligion colony and it removes all the roles from pawns when loading the map back in. Also extracted trees die.

is it compatible with Regrowth:Core?

another bug but understandable is if you save when you have a caravan and no loaded settlement, you can't load this save anymore. (because the game load normally to a local map but fail because there isn't any local map).

Any chance for this to working on SOS2 maps? Like mothball ground colony after ship launch or mothball additional space map.

xxxJohnGamerxxx yes

Has anyone else gotten an issue where your pawns are completely gone when loading a saved colony?

is that issue still happening

@ferny
I am having this issue as well. What appears to be happening is all pawns including animals, colonists, and even the pawns in the cryosleep caskets from the ancient danger are dropped in a single area from transport pods (strangely this didn't move the mechanoids or insects within the ancient danger for me)
I didn't have any mods or DLC loaded except for harmony and faction manager

Getting an absolutely insane quirk where when I unload then reload a map a NOAH'S ARC of animals drop pods in, like 100 animals or something and a group of hostile ancients. No idea why, it's every time I do it. If you want my modlist its my mod collection fernworld 1.5

@Maccie on 1.5, and the console says "Have 0 unloaded pawns"