Stored Research Inline ETA

Stored Research Inline ETA

Displays an estimated research completion time at the end of the final research-progress line in the lower-left inspect pane.

Main Features

• Appends “Estimated research time” to the final research-progress line.
• Calculates the combined speed of researchers actually performing research across all maps.
• Accounts for pawn ResearchSpeed and research-facility ResearchSpeedFactor.
• Accounts for the current difficulty research-speed multiplier.
• Accounts for the research-cost factor associated with each researcher's faction tech level.
• Supports multiple researchers, multiple research facilities, and multiple maps.
• Recalculates immediately when the active research project changes.
• Refreshes the same research project every 30 game ticks.
• Uses RimWorld's built-in time-period formatting.
• Hides the estimate when no research project is selected or the total research speed is not positive.
• Does not modify research speed, project costs, research points, mod settings, or save data.
• Safe to add to or remove from an existing save.

Stored Research Compatibility

Stored Research is now an optional compatibility integration and is no longer a required dependency. When Stored Research is active, available stored research points are deducted before the actual remaining research time is calculated. Without Stored Research, the mod automatically uses vanilla research progress and remaining cost. The estimated research time is still appended to the final research-progress line. This mod was originally created around the research-progress presentation provided by Stored Research. Although it can now operate without Stored Research, it retains the name “Stored Research Inline ETA” to distinguish it from the original Show Research ETA. Stored Research: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3024088640

Using It with Show Research ETA

When both mods are active, this mod removes the standalone ETA line produced by Show Research ETA to prevent duplicate estimates in the lower-left interface. Show Research ETA is not a dependency of this mod. If only one ETA implementation is needed, this mod can be used independently.

Requirement

Harmony: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2009463077 Stored Research is optional and is not a required dependency.

Inspiration and Credits

This mod was inspired by Show Research ETA by pureMJ: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3283434105 Its approach to displaying estimated research time directly in the interface served as the main inspiration for this feature. Code implementation for this extension was developed with assistance from OpenAI Codex.

Updates

2026-08-27 Reworked and improved the core ETA calculation for greater accuracy with RimWorld 1.6 research mechanics. Stored Research is now optional, with automatic fallback to vanilla research costs when it is not active.