Named subcores

Anthromorphize your mech buddies with names! Friendly mechs have a chance to be named by pawns and High subcores obtain the victim's name through ripscanning. Named subcores will grant that name if used to gestate a new mech.

Features:

Pawns have a chance to name friendly mechanoids

• Naming chance is similar to animal bonding - it should feel rare
  
• Naming chance is editable in the XML text file - see custom setup

• Additionally, naming can occur when an unnamed mechanoid is gestated, resurrected, and being repaired.
• Increased naming chance for the mechanitor overseer, pawns with the kind trait, and pawns with high social skill

• Pawns with the Inhuman or Psychopath traits will never name mechanoids

• Standard subcore mechanoids (Scyther, Lancer, etc.) have a much rarer chance of being named
• Uses the animal name pool by default, or you can add your own names via XML - see custom setup


Named subcores

• When a named mechanoid is disassembled, it creates a subcore labeled with their name
• A named subcore can be used to create a new mechanoid that inherits that name
• Respects mechanoids renamed by the player - those names are retained and never overwritten
• Rename a mechanoid back to its default name (e.g. “Lifter 1”) to make it eligible for random naming again
• When a named mechanoid is shredded, the pawn who named it receives a small negative thought

High Subcore Mechanics

• Mechanoids created with High subcores are automatically named after the victim’s nickname
• Adds inspection information to the mechanoid and subcore:
  
• Full name
• Age
• Background
• Faction

• Mechanoids made with High subcores will never be named by pawns, even if renamed back to a default name

• See custom set up to enable naming for High subcores

Scenario Support

• The Mechanitor scenario will automatically name starting mechanoids (similar to animals at game start)
• Should work with any custom scenario that adds friendly mechanoids at the start

Custom Setup
File location (may depend on which drive Steam installs games to):
C:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\workshop\content\294100\3654171519\1.6\Defs
Open 'MechNamingDef.xml' in a text editor and make the changes below. Remember to save the file and reload Rimworld.

• To enable custom names, change to true: false
• To increase or decrease the naming rate, change: and
• To enable High subcore naming, change: 0