Proto:RimWorld/Alpha 4

This article is a work in progress. ...Well, all the articles here are, in a way. But this one moreso, and the article may contain incomplete information and editor's notes.

Sub-pages

UI Differences So many!!!!!!!!

Texture Differences Enough texture changes to make a grown man cry

Unused Content

Door Key

There is an unused door key item which can be spawned with the debug menu.

Hats

Various textures for hats exist in the game data but cannot ever be seen in this version of the game, even with the debug menu.

KevlarHelmet

M1Helmet

PowerArmorHelmet

CowboyHat

Tactical Game leftovers

There are some textures leftover from a distant ancestor of Rimworld, Tactical Game.

• 

  AbiBulletzone

• 

  AbiFist

• 

  AbiFireball

• 

  AbiGrenade

• 

  AbiIceBolt

• 

  AbiIceBomb

• 

  AbiKnife

• 

  AbiLaserTower

• 

  AbiShield

• 

  AbiTeleswap

• 

  CanPressurized

• 

  OilCan

There is a "missing content" icon, presumably as a failsafe for if a texture fails to load or does not exist.

Colony creation

Stockpiles and sleeping spots are created on game start.

On dropping into a map, a regular and a dumping stockpile zone are already marked, both 5 by 5 tiles. 3 sleeping spots are also present. This is not the case in the final game.

Storytellers

5 storytellers exist in this version of the game, instead of the 3 in the final game. The scroll bar in the storyteller section leaves room for 3 more.

Name	Description	Present in final game?
Chill Callie Classic	Callie is a less aggressive version of her sister Cassandra. She's good for a first game.	No
Cassandra Classic	Cassandra creates story events on a steadily-increasing curve of challenge and tension.	Yes
Phoebe Friendly	Phoebe doesn't want to hurt anyone. She just wants a relaxing tale about people building a colony. So she'll be very friendly.	Yes - renamed to "Phoebe Chillax"
Randy Random	Randy doesn't follow rules. He'll generate random events, and he doesn't care if they make a story of drama or utter hopelessness. It's all drama to him.	Yes
Tough Cleopatra Classic	Cassandra Classic's less forgiving cousin.	No

Item/building differences

The home region is not automatically set when building.

Weapons

The following is a list of all weapons available in the game at this point. Melee weapons have not been added at this point in development.

Alpha Item	Note/Fate
Frag grenades	Unchanged
Molotov cocktails	Unchanged
Pistol	Split into the "Revolver" and "Autopistol"
Pump shotgun	Unchanged
Lee-Enfield	Renamed to "Survival Rifle" and then later "Bolt-action Rifle" (final)
M-16	Renamed to "Assault rifle"
M-24	Renamed to "Sniper rifle"
Uzi	Renamed to "Machine Pistol"
T-9 incendiary launcher	Renamed to simply "Incendiary launcher"
L-15 LMG	Renamed to simply "LMG"
Minigun	Unchanged
Improvised turret gun	Not supposed to be equipped by colonists (unchanged)
Charge blaster	Mechanoid-only weapon, not supposed to be equipped by colonist (split into heavy & light)
Inferno cannon	Mechanoid-only weapon, not supposed to be equipped by colonist (unchanged)
Short bow	Unchanged
Pila	Unchanged
Great bow	Unchanged
Handful of stones	Removed

Armour

Armour & clothing cannot be crafted, equipped, or taken off in this version of the game, so none of them have item textures. The only way for a pawn to get certain clothing is to be randomly generated with it.

Alpha item	Note/Fate
T-shirt	Unchanged
Button-down shirt	Unchanged
Duster	Unchanged
Jacket	Unchanged
Armor vest	Renamed to "flak vest"
Power armor	Split into Recon armor, marine armor, cataphract armor, etc.
Tribalwear	Unchanged

Resources

• There are only 3 types of animals: Muffalo, squirrels, and boomrats. These three plus human are the only meat types available.
• There are only 6 growable plants: Potato, strawberry, rose, daylily, dandelion, and oak tree. Potatoes, berries, and agave fruit (the latter two are both harvestable from wild plants) are the only vegetarian food types available.
• Components aren't added yet, but a few items have the thingclass "ThingWithComponents"
• Silver, metal, and uranium are the only ore items available, although silver and uranium don't generate in the world. (maybe wrong)

Alpha Item	Fate in later versions
Mineral (ore) & Metal (item)	Renamed to "Compacted Steel" (ore) and "Steel" (item) respectively.
Rock (walls, debris, etc.)	Split into five types - Granite, limestone, marble, sandstone and slate.
Raspberry Bush	Renamed to Berry Bush

Wood & walls

Alpha 4 is one of the last versions of the game to use the logs/planks system. Much like how debris must be cut into bricks at a stonecutter's table in the final game in order to be useful, logs would have been cut at a sawmill into planks.

• 

  Wood Planks (item)

• 

  Log wall

• 

  Hand Sawmill

• 

  Electric Sawmill

Buildings

• Wood and metal walls all had built-in power conduits, while log walls & stone walls did not.
• Regular doors transmit power, this is not the case in the final game.
• Table sizes are 2x2 and 2x4. In the final game, there is also a 2x1 size table.
• Machining bench has no purpose other than to disassemble mechanoid corpses. (maybe wrong)

Alpha Building	Fate in later versions
Powered doors	Renamed to autodoors
Research bench	Split into research bench and hi-tech research bench. Moved from Misc to Production.
Shelves	Shelves only hold 1 stack per tile, compared to the 3 stacks per tile in the latest version.

Mechanical Differences

Absent mechanics

• Temperature
• Hediffs (colonists use a HP system)

Needs

The "Thoughts" screen.

Colonists have only two needs in the needs tab, food and rest. There is a separate "Thoughts" tab with three need bars, "Loyalty", "Happiness", and "Fear", Loyalty being set to the value of either Happiness or Fear, whichever is higher. If the Loyalty score goes below a certain threshold (as indicated by an orange line), then the colonist will go into a mental break. Additionally, if the Loyalty score of a prisoner is below the threshold, all recruitment attempts will fail.
Similar to the final game, colonists will have "thoughts" that react to their surroundings, all of which provide a modifier to their Happiness (left) and their Fear (right) values. These thoughts expire over time.

Skills

There is no "Animals" skill.

Traits

To do: Categories that need doing: More societal positions Medical and body Aug abilities INACTIVE

All traits have the following description:

Traits are just fun story bits for now; most of them don't do anything. This will change in future versions.

The following is a list of traits, categorised as they are in the game data:

Talents and Skills	Note/Fate	In current version?
Mind reader		No
Math talent		No
Language talent		No
Rapier wit		No
Radiation tolerance	Possibly turned into "tox resistance" gene.	No
Imaginative		No
Business acumen		No
Charisma	Possibly turned into various backstories that influence the social skill.	No
Gunsmith		No
Impersonator		No
Sexually experienced	Possibly turned into "high libido" gene.
Sexually inexperienced	Possibly turned into "low libido" gene.	No
Artistic	Possibly turned into "tortured artist" trait, or any number of artist-related backstories.	No
Musician	Possibly turned into a backstory.	No
Knitter		No
Weaver	Turned into a backstory.	No
Weather predictor		No
Leader	Possibly influenced the Ideology expansion's leader system.	No
Fashion knowledge	No
Vehicle mechanic	Possibly turned into a backstory.	No
Culturally adaptable		No
Eidetic memory		No
Photographic memory		No
Empathy	Possibly turned into the "Psychic bonding" gene from the Biotech expansion.	No
Gadgeteer	Possibly turned into a backstory	No

General (Positive)	Note/Fate	In current version?
Well-traveled		No
Multilingual		No
Double-jointed		No
High pain threshold	Turned into "tough"	No
Charitable	Possibly turned into the Ideology expansion's charity precepts	No
Chummy		No
Honest		No
Truthful	No
Attentive		No
Broad-minded		No
Careful	Possibly turned into "nimble"	No
Congenial	Possibly turned into "kind"	No

General (Neutral)	Note/Fate	In current version?
Vat-grown	Possibly inspired the growth vat from Biotech	No
Veteran	Turned into backstory	No
Dog lover		No
Cat lover		No
Bird lover		No
Fur	Turned into the furskin gene in Biotech	No
Nose job	Replaced with the hediff system	No
Cosmetic surgery	Replaced with the hediff system	No
Cosmetic genemod	Replaced with the hediff system	No
City slicker		No
Animal lover		No
Celebrity fan		No
Ascetic	Wow	Yes
Oracular visions		No
Pious		No
Humble		No

General (Negative)	Note/Fate	In current version?
Pyromaniac		Yes
Evil	Possibly replaced by "psychopath"	No
Sadistic		No
Nymphomaniac		No
Bestiality thirst	What	No
Sexual deviant		No
Flatulent		No
Tuneless humming	Possibly replaced by "creepy breathing"	No
Spits on floor		No
Ticklish		No
Hoarder		No
Prone to anger		No
History of murder		No
Terrifying appearance		No
Absent-minded		No
Amnesiac	Possibly replaced by "alzheimers" hediff	No
Smells bad		No
Goes berserk		No
Raised by animals	Possibly replaced by a backstory	No
Bloodlust		Yes
Bully	Possibly replaced by a backstory	No
Callous	Possibly replaced by "abrasive"	No
Chronically depressed	Possibly replaced by "depressive"	No
Chronic pain	Replaced with the hediff system	No
Clueless		No
Colorblind		No
Lazy		No
Fragile		No
Greedy		No
Gullible		No
Hamfisted		No
Uncreative		No
Impulsive		No
Neurotic		Yes
Incurious		No
Indecisive		No
Innumerate		No
Insomniac		No
Intolerant	Possibly replaced by Ideology's "diversity of thought" precepts	No
Jealous		Yes
Killjoy		No
Kleptomaniac		No
Klutz		No
Lame		No
Loner	Possibly replaced by the "recluse" trait added in Biotech	No
Lecherous		No
Low pain threshold	Replaced by "wimp"	No
Poor self-esteem		No
Megalomaniac		No
Miserly		No
Nightmares		No
No sense of humor		No
Nocturnal	Replaced by "night owl"	No
Noisy		No
Numb		No
Overconfident		No
Paranoid		No
Hemophobic		No
Fear of loud noise		No
Hates technology		No
Agoraphobic	Possibly replaced by "undergrounder"	No
Claustrophobic		No
Hates foreigners	Possibly replaced by the Ideology expansion's "diversity of thought" or "preferred xenotype" precepts	No
Secret identity		No
Selfish		No
Selfless		No
Short attention span		No
Shy		No
Leper		No
Confused	Possibly replaced by "alzheimers" hediff	No
Cowardly	Possibly replaced by "wimp"	No
Curious		No
Unlucky		No
Hears voices		No
Dyslexic		No
Split personality		No
Squeamish		No
Stubborn		No
Stutter		No
Cosmetic surgery	Duplicate	No
Weak	Possibly replaced with "delicate"	No
Workaholic		No
Chauvinistic	Possibly replaced with "misogynist" or "misandrist" or the Ideology expansion's "diversity of thought" precepts	No
No self-awareness		No
Distractible		No
Dreamer		No
Dull		No
Nosy		No
Changing personality		No
Proud		No
Alcohol intolerance		No

Compulsions	Note/Fate	In current version?
Compulsive partier		No
Compulsive gambler		No
Compulsively generous		No
Compulsive liar		No
Compulsive thief		No
Compulsive cusser		No

Compulsions	Note/Fate	In current version?
Illuminati connections		No
Disowned by family		No
Criminal reputation		No
Excommunicated		No
Famous		No
No identity		No

Societal positions	Note/Fate	In current version?
Illuminati connections		No
Disowned by family		No
Criminal reputation		No
Excommunicated		No
Famous		No
No identity		No

Research

Scrapped researches

The following research options are available in Alpha 4 but not in the current version of the game. Many of them focus on unlocking modifiers instead of new items or buildings.

Name	Description	Fate in later versions
Pneumatic picks	Miner's picks are 20% more effective.	Removed
Slag refining	Build slag refineries which use heat and strong electromagnets to extract useful metal from slag debris.	Removed
Nutrient resynthesis	Nutrient paste dispensers consume 10% less food per meal produced.	Removed
Gun turret cooling	Gun turrets fire four shots in a burst instead of three.	Removed
Cremation	Build crematoriums which can vaporize unwanted corpses.	Merged with the "electricity" research (not present in this build)
Strong doors	Powered doors gain an extra 100 health.	Removed, perhaps in favour of using the materials system for different health values.
Fear tech 1	Research new ways to inspire fear.	Removed
Fertilizer pump	Allows you to build fertilizer pumps, which can create farmable soil anywhere.	Replaced with/renamed to moisture pumps?