RimWorld Workshop: Simplifying Floor Wealth

In the vast and complex world of RimWorld, optimizing your colony's wealth can be a daunting task. One aspect that often gets overlooked is the impact of floor construction on your overall wealth. In vanilla RimWorld, floors can either greatly boost or severely hinder your colony's financial stability. However, this mechanic has always felt somewhat arbitrary and unfair.

In an effort to simplify and balance out this system, I've created a mod that sets the wealth of all constructed floors to 1. This patch is designed to be lightweight and easy to incorporate into your existing mod setup.

How it works

The mod targets specific abstracts in the game's code, setting the price for all floors derived from them. This means that any floor you construct will have a standard wealth value of 1, making it easier to manage your colony's finances.

What's affected

This patch affects all floors except for smoothed stone, which is hardcoded and cannot be changed through XML patches. All other floors, including gold and silver tiles, are impacted by this mod.

Compatibility

The mod is designed to be compatible with most floor mods available on the RimWorld Workshop. However, if you encounter any issues or find that certain floor mods aren't affected, please feel free to report them so I can investigate further.

When to use it

This mod is perfect for players who want to simplify their colony's wealth management without sacrificing too much gameplay depth. It's especially useful in conjunction with other mods that tweak wealth values or add new floors to the game.

Tips and Considerations

Keep in mind that this mod won't affect your colony's overall impressiveness score, as room beauty is still influenced by floor quality. Additionally, if you're actively trying to max out your colony's wealth for a specific quest or challenge, using this mod might not be the best approach.

In conclusion, this simple yet effective patch aims to make RimWorld's floor wealth system more balanced and user-friendly. By setting the standard wealth value of all constructed floors to 1, players can focus on other aspects of their colony-building experience. Feel free to use it in your own modpacks or incorporate it into your existing gameplay setup. Happy colonizing!

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