SkyMind Network [1.4]

SkyMind Network

SkyMind Network is a full mod originally designed and created by ARandomKiwi and others for Android Tiers++, a sub mod for Android Tiers. It implements a wireless communication system for pawns for the transfer of consciousness of pawns and the use of servers to give connected pawns skills, to protect against attacks, and to hack other factions for colony gains. It is now fully standalone with compatibility for several mods like Rimatomics, Rimefeller, and of course Mechanical Humanlikes. It only has Harmony as a dependency.

Notice of Discontinuation

A severe and intractable flaw in the core design of this mod was discovered that can cause destabilization with the relationship trackers of pawns when surrogates are used. I have long been disillusioned with the design of SkyMind, and my interest in maintaining it has fully eroded in the face of the fundamental problem and realizing that another full rewrite may be required in order for it to reach a state I could be content with. For this reason and a few more personal ones, I am permanently suspending all development on SkyMind. I will not be porting this to version 1.5. If someone would like to attempt to take over maintenance, they are welcome to do so. All art assets and ideas belong to their original creators, and so should be reached out to prior to use in a mod that will be released for public consumption (and especially if it is part of a commission or involves money at all). I can make no guarantee that my sanctioned use of the assets will be permitted in another work - and my use may still be revoked at the will of the original creators as is their right. My source code is available on GitHub (cannot link due to Steam restrictions). Direct copy, modification, and redistribution of source code is acceptable as long as credit is given and is not done for monetary gain. I will continue to update the mod if/when GitHub pull requests are submitted for the purposes of translations, bug fixes, or fully developed and ready-to-release additions.

Languages:

• English (Primary)
• Russian (Community)

Want to translate SkyMind Network to your own language? Go to the GitHub and submit a pull request. I make no guarantees that languages besides English will have mistakes corrected in a timely manner.

Features:

• A system for the wireless and non-physical transfer of consciousness between connected pawns.
• A system for pawns remotely controlling other so-called surrogate pawns with all relations and skills shared between host and surrogate.
• Network towers for establishing and maintaining connections between pawns.
• 3 Servers that can be configured for Skill, Security, or Hacking insight.
• Skill insight can be used to give connected pawns xp or passions in a chosen field based on their learning speed.
• Security insight is automatically used to defend against enemy hacking attempts (which trigger like raids do) to prevent damage to the system or colony.
• Hacking insight can be used to target other factions to do various things like redirect drop pod shipments, do propaganda campaigns for relations benefits, or launch DDOS attacks to weaken hostile connected pawns on your map.
• Implants can be researched for pawns to connect to the network, and modders can easily give any Hediff the ability to connect (or block connection) to the network via a simple mod extension (looking at the xml for the SkyMind Transceiver/Receiver should help here).

Links:

• Discord

Special thanks to:

Atlas - The true original creator ARandomKiwi - Creator of the wonderous and incredible AT++ content and maintainer Dingo Ananas - Artist for many pieces of AT/AT++ content FG_Remastered - PR overlord, diplomat, integral supporter lazycooken - Jumpstarter and eager supporter Winterbloom - Moderator, xml early help, integral supporter JGH - Donated graphics for simplified buildings, icons, and many other graphics Thermo - Thumbnail/Preview image Android Tiers Discord - The endless whirlpool of ideas, assistance, and the home domain RimWorld and HAR Discords - Incredible amounts of support and assistance

Image attribution

Background by rawpixel.com on Freepik

Issues/Compatibility

Mad Skills - May break surrogate skill links between controller and surrogates. More testing is required to identify the source of the issue.