@Visoth
I will not add anything like that, because of too much work for smth I would not use.
There is minor downsides to indefinitely paused caravans:
- Caravan pawns do not respect zoning. There is a mod setting for paused caravans though.
- Caravans cost performance. Noticeable? Not for a few paused ones I guess.
So is it a handy solution for your issue?
Probably not. I would prefer a single colonist with all the items/animals parking on the world map really close to my settlement.

Hi, I am interested in trying out this mod. One thing I really wanted was the ability to prevent my colonists from unloading already loaded items into a caravan.

For example:

Set up a caravan with 1000 corn.
Leave the map. Forgot something.
Come back. Create new caravan.
SKIP unloading the 1,000 corn.

I know there are ways to do this without mods (restrict hauling & stockpile zones etc). But I would prefer if I could load up my animals with items and have them available to caravan out on short notice if I need to leave immediately. Basically use the animals as additional storage containers that can leave the map quickly.

The pause caravan feature of this mod might be able to do this. But is there any downsides/negatives to have an indefinitely paused caravan?

Ty.

@kamikadza13
Rw 1.6 did introduce the feature "force caravan departure".
Thats why my "Leave the map now" is not active in 1.6, but in version before.

Oh! So it didn't work with buildings, but it works with Commands...
thank you.
Then such a question. And when does gizmo "Leave the map now" show at all?
I always have a standard "Force caravan departure"
But your icon never (or I didn't get it)

@kamikadza13
If the "translated" textures in your mod have the same file path as the original, then your textures should be loaded (textures need the same names as well).
I guess you are talking about the three textures in Caravan Formation Improvements/Textures/UI/Commands (CFI_ExitHere, CFI_FormHere, CFI_LeaveNow).
I upload them for your, so you can easily change the text.
First time using this hoster, not really sure if safe: https://limewire.com/d/VjtCY#MAdCCIaPyI

Hi. I would like to translate the icons, but I could only do it for two - CFI_ArrivalSpot, CFI_ExitSpot
because they have a path.
ThingDef[defName="CFI_CaravanExitSpot"]/graphicData/texPath
As I understand it, the rest will not be translated until you, as the author, add this feature.
Can you tell me how to translate the rest of the icons that are in the "Commands"?

I have translated the textures through the patch.
https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2940426768

@dominicawb
Should be fixed.
Thanks for the report.

@dominicawb
You are right, seems to be broken.
Will investigate and fix asap.

The caravan exit spot is consistently ignored, no matter what I do. caravan arrival seems to work, is anyone else experiencing this?

Thank you for updating!

Ok my bad if it sounded disrespectful. I'll do what you said.

@Rovstam
How about making a proper report at the correct mod that does not sound disrespectful?
- Reproducible with only the mod loaded?
- If yes, give me steps to reproduce.
- If no, tell me the mod combination that causes the issues and steps to reproduce.
As you wrote it I am not sure what the issues are.
I can load a transport pod and change the tab settings, nothing gets dropped.
I can make a new tab or subcategory with unique weapons.

Editing Caravan Setting drop already loaded items from Drop pods and Shuttle (Odyssey DLC).
That is inhumanly ANNOYING.

Also, subcategories are broken for weapons.
Wanted to make a Sub for "Unique" weapons from a 'New category', but that option doesn't show, only 'Melee weapons'

ahhh fair fair. makes sense!

@Naturtok
This mod does not touch the auto travel supply selection.
Another mod of mine is doing it: Caravan Item Selection Enhanced.
But it just disables the auto travel supply selection. No option.
And since 1.6 it is incompatible with Vehicle Framework.

Hey just verifying the point about the automated travel supply thing, you mean to say that the mod's ability to turn auto-supplies off is disabled, or that the mod automatically turns auto-supply off and there's just no option to change that behavior?

@Arganot
Thanks for the suggestions.
As all of the 3 suggestions are about items, I think they would go better with another mod of mine: Caravan Item Selection Enhanced.
Unfortunately I will not add more features until I have time to rewrite that mod...
Your last point about travel supplies selection is already implemented, but not as a mod option. Is is just disabled.

Love the mod. Has been making my nomadic life much easier. I have thought of a few things that could it even better:
-Forming a caravan with items selected on a map adds the items to the caravan.
-When delivering requested items by caravan it gives the lowest quality items you have first. Ex. If they want 5 normal assault rifles and you have 5 normal, 1 masterwork, and 3 masterwork on your caravan pawns, it will give the 5 normal rifles every time.
-Mod option to have Auto-supplies turned off. There are other mods that do this, but I see no reason that it couldn't be part of the Caravan Formation Improvements kit especially as an optional.

Thank you for the 1.6 update!

finally was able to find a mod like this. thank Gork

@lalulu there is a couple of mods that gives a better breakdown of the tasks. Loading the caravans falls under hauling task. If you use one of those mods you'll see an option normally called 'transport' which I put as a 1 for ALL my pawns which means when a caravan is being formed every single person in the colony will instantly drop everything and load caravans.

v1.0.11 (RW 1.6 only):
- updated to 1.6
- removed "exit immediately" feature, because it is a vanilla feature by now

@lalulu
Pawns that do not have another job already help loading the caravan in vanilla.

So many features but all i want is that all haulers in the colony would help with hauling goods to the caravan instead of just the ones that will travel.

Oh, BTW, raiders will kidnap your Force Downed pawns just fine. And once a pawn has been picked up the gizmo can't be used again to get them back up, the only option being for you to use dev mode to delete the "pretend to be downed" hedif. Otherwise said downed pawns will be taken off the map.

@Schmidt There is also the mod "Down For Me." It creates a gizmo that any capable pawn can use, forcing them to be downed which allows them to be picked up, rescued, or otherwise treated like they are incapacitated. I specify "capable pawns" because it will not work on pawns who are experiencing mental breaks or are already downed due to other means.

One thing to keep in mind is that it can make certain situations trivial since you can simply force a pawn down and then back up to avoid man hunters or bugs/raids. However, I feel that is more of a feature than a problem as it is up to the player to decide when to use the gizmo. If you want to exploit it go for it, but if you want to RP it then more power to you.

@Alison
There is a mod setting to disable that feature.

Can I make it so the traveling direction of my caravan on the world map (when the caravan leaves the local map) is unaffected by where the exit spot is set, like vanilla does?

@Schmidt
Maybe the mod "Injured Carry" is what you are looking for.

Is there any way to force a pawn to be carried? Once I have a prisoner that could walk but his movement was 20%, slowing the entire thing

@Kopp Read and understood!

@Luv N Hugz |UwU|
See my comment from 25th of August 2023 at 3:45.

Any potential for vehicles compatibility? If not that's fair, they're probably complicated. <3

I can't believe I need a mod to do any of this stuff, it seems so basic.

My saver. When i looting Real Ruins, take all what i can take before someone kick my ass (Steal and Run, like a kobold), my pawn... sniffing all base, before they go. This mod real save my nervous system

@McLets
Maybe "Just Leave Already" is what you are looking for.

@Kopp do you know of any mod that would make retreating faster? I'm sick and tired of my pawns sitting around while being shot and stabbed.

@McLets
Nope.

Does this mod allow colonists to retreat without gathering, say, during a massive invasion?

@Veylox
1. Then go complain at caravan journey spots mod.
2. Stop talking trash about a mod.
If there is issues caused by the mod, report them properly. Then the author can fix it.
If there is compatibility issues, report them properly. Then the author can evenutally fix it or tell people to not use in combination with mod XY.
But "horrendous mod", "messes with AI so bad", "this mod manages to make caravans even worse" is just rude.
And you did not even test if it is caused by the mod at all.
That kind of behavior isn't even worth a response, lucky for you that you got one.

@Veylox
I honestly dont know what you are talking about...

- This mod never stated that you can leave from your base. You can leave from the map edge. No teleportation.
- When exiting a quest map:
* When there is not threat left, you can do "reform caravan" on the world map, which then instantly makes a caravan on the world map, pawns dont need to leave the map. That is vanilla.
* When there is still a threat, there is the green color at the map edge, where you can leave manually. The mod does not change this.

If you think the mod is causing issues, load ONLY the mod.
Test your case. Do a proper report. Then things can be fixed.
Otherwise fck off dude :)

@kopp I'm dumb. I honestly forgot that the caravan hitching spot was a vanilla thing. Whoops

@SP4RTAN
Not sure if I got you.
From reading the description of the linked mod, it adds a spot where caravans leave/enter the map.
My mod has this feature as well. Before the latest update only manually per caravan, now with a default spot as well.
You said "formation spot":
Vanilla has the "caravan hitching spot". Caravans will form there. Animals are gathered there and so on.
That is what you are asking for, isn't it? A formation spot.
With my mod you can then use the gizmo "select formation spot" to change it as often as needed. E.g. loading stuff from distant stockpiles.

Sorry if this has been asked before but could you add a formation spot as well? The manually selected spot would take priority similar to the arrival and exit spots.

Basically just the same thing as Caravan Journey Spot but integrated into this mod since leeh already directs people to this.

v1.0.10 (RW 1.5 only):
- added two new buildings: Arrival and Exit Spot
*found in the misc tab; appearance can be disabled in the mod settings
*priority is as following: manually assigned spot for a caravan > built spot > vanilla
- fix: hovering over gizmo "next caravan member" now points to downed caravan members as well
- new translation strings

@Kopp have you considered using something like an area zone and then only choosing map edge tiles that are within the zone if possible? No need to actually build something then.

Ah, okay. That's too bad but of course I don't know what the actual code looks like. If it's possible to add this in the future: amazing. If not, thanks for the mod as it is :)

@Nightfish
No, it needs to be done per caravan.
I have not found a good way to place a spot/building on the map edge.
Maybe I will give it another try sometime in the future.

Is it possible to permanently set an "exit spot" and an "arrival spot" for caravans? From the description I was expecting something like the "party spot" in the base game except this would have to be really close to the edge of the map and caravans would leave from or arrive there. If this is supported by the mod, I'm too dumb to see how to do it.

Thank you, this is so fucking useful