Steady Research
Steady Research - Tribal to Ultra Progression About: Steady Research is born out of a desire for a smooth tribal playthrough with Vanilla Factions Expanded: Tribals and need to navigate the dozens of technologies added by my extensive mod list.
Steady Research - Tribal to Ultra Progression
About: Steady Research is born out of a desire for a smooth tribal playthrough with Vanilla Factions Expanded: Tribals and need to navigate the dozens of technologies added by my extensive mod list. It ensures that your colony will always be working on research, by default choosing the project from the lowest tech level with the lowest cost. Key Features:- Automatically selects research projects based on the selected research mode.
- Default prioritizes 'bottom-up' research progression, focusing on the cheapest project from the lowest tech level.
- Mod settings to enable/disable features at will and customize the research selection.
- Toggle Steady Research on/off.
- Slider setting for research selection interval (15-3000 ticks; 1500 default).
- Research Modes: Default, Balanced, Random, Straight to Space (high-tech, low-cost), and Expensive & Ineffective (high-tech, high-cost).
- Toggle research by tech level.
- Toggle sound cue when a new research project is selected.
Installation
Subscribe and activate it in your mod list. I placed it at the end, but it shouldn't matter. Reinstall after updates!Compatibility
Steady Research is compatible with other mods. I've 400+ mods in my game. It's been tested with Research Reinvented and it works great. It will likely clash with mods that alters research project selection. Let me know, but such instances should be rare.Feedback
If you encounter any issues or have suggestions, please let me know!Permissions
Just reach out if you want to redistribute mod. Feel free to modify for personal use.Credits
Made by UnblestMATT with help from ChatGPT, Codex, &/or Claude Code; all work is reviewed, edited, and finalized by me. Thanks to the amazing Rimworld modding community for inspiration! Rimworld Font by MarnadorSimilar Mods
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