Biotech Mech Stuff Elongated - Mechanoid Upgrades

Version 2 is currently being worked on, but I'm going to let this stay

Content

This mod adds a few buildings that apply permanent upgrades to nearby mechanoids. Currently available upgrades:

• Armor
• Movement speed
• Combat
• Energy efficiency
• Processing power

Details

The upgrade gets applied once a mechanoid spends enough time within the building’s range [can take a bit, it should still take less than an in-game hour, done to prevent just that little bit of lag]. Each upgrade consumes a bit of the building’s “fuel”, the amount depends on the upgrade’s level and the mechanoid’s weight class. The fuel can be replenished using mechanoid upgrade cells [craftable at the fabrication bench, can also be salvaged at the smelter]. The building allows the player to choose which mechanoids are to be affected. Currently available settings:

• Allow light class mechs
• Allow medium class mechs
• Allow heavy class mechs
• Allow ultra-heavy class mechs
• Allow combat mechs
• Allow worker mechs
• Set upgrade level

The building starts with only one available upgrade level, additional levels get unlocked with further mechtech research.

Balance

The current cost of an upgrade cell is:

• 14 steel
• 6 Plasteel
• 4 Gold
• 8 Uranium

The cost gets multiplied by the upgrade’s level:

• 1x for level 1
• 2x for level 2
• 3x for level 3

And the mechanoid’s weight class:

• x1 for light
• x2 for medium
• x5 for heavy
• x8 for ultra-heavy

The upgrades do disappear on death sadly. I could make them stay, but reviving a mech removes all health conditions from it anyway. The actual stats of the upgrades might still require some work, I’m still not 100% sure whether an x160% boost to armor is overpowered or underpowered considering the cost. I’m open to feedback on this one.

Compatability

• The DLC is the only requirement
• It should work with all vanilla and modded mechanoids [unless they add their own weight classes or somehow count as neither a combat or a worker mech]

Future plans

• More upgrade types
• Unique sprites/textures for each building, currently they all use the same one:
• Balance adjustments