Useful links - Chunnyluny-RimWorld-Modding/troubleshootingguide GitHub Wiki
In this part, I want to list useful links that are worth looking at, some are discord servers that are great communities and where RimWorld is an active topic. I wanted to make it as clear as possible to find the link you are looking for, so I have put the links in different categories by separating them using horizontal line dividers. If you have found a link that is not in this list, please let me know, so I can add it to the list.
Invite links to RimWorld related discord servers, worth looking at!
- If you want to join RimPy's discord, go to https://discord.com/invite/J4UyBNZwrF
- If you want to join RimSort's discord to contribute or keep up-to-date with the RimSort project, go to: https://discord.com/invite/aV7g69JmR2
- If you want to join the official RimWorld server, go to https://discord.gg/rimworld (if the vanity URL doesn’t work, use this link instead) https://discord.com/invite/K4wQe57
- If you want to learn more about modding, go to https://discord.com/invite/b6EPMhC7QB join this server to learn about XML, C# and art. This server might be an alternative place for your questions related to mods.
- If you want to commission mod/art/code go to the RimWorld Mod Market: https://discord.com/invite/7befJWr9xS
- If you want to join Adamas’s workshop, go there for sharing feature requests and bug reports on his discord server: https://discord.com/invite/eTvrVBaGNy
- if you want to join Brrainz (Harmony, Achtung!, Zombieland etc.) Brrainz's domain. Creator of a number of critically acclaimed mods such as Harmony, Zombieland and Rim GPT, go to https://discord.com/invite/PYMyEcy77h
- If you want to join the Dubs' mod server for performance analyzer and bad hygiene, go to: https://discord.com/invite/y6yzRHy9Eg
- If you are using HAR: Humanoid Alien Race, for anything related to the framework used by the majority of race mods, go to https://discord.com/invite/XMCRj46
- If you want to join the Rocket Man+CAI500 server, go to: https://discord.com/invite/MmfarqPKdc
- If you want to play Zetrith's Multiplayer, or multiplayer related business, go to https://discord.com/invite/S4bxXpv
- If you want to join Mlie’s server: https://dsc.gg/mlie or https://discord.com/invite/h5TY6DA
- If you want to see mlies mods updating board (Trello) to stay up-to-date with his mods https://trello.com/c/zmF9YDW1
- If you want to join Chunnyluny’s discord server, go to: https://discord.com/invite/NjbW9RTQkA
- If you want to see the Trello board for DogApparel mod: https://trello.com/b/PrY9xFn3
Links about RimWorld and general mod information
- If you need general information about RimWorld, go to RimWorld Wiki hosted by Ludeon itself.
- RimWorld beginner's guide for 1.4: A beginner's detailed guide. Up to date for 1.4 (2023).
- A little guide for using the deep-storage mod is available at: Deep Storage, Storage Setup?
- A compositable loadouts guide can be found at: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2903827234
- A how to use it guide for Rimefeller (⬅️mod link) RIMEFELLERS MOD COMPLETE GUIDE 1.3 (⬅️guide link)
- How to add custom Xenotypes and Factions: go to: How to add custom Xenotypes and Factions on a steam community guide
- RimWorld Prosthetic mods comparison by Tarojun Zakra
- Vanilla Expanded Animals Comparison by Sarg Bjornson
- Trait Scoresheet by Josh Dalton (JDalt)
- RW General Troubleshooting Guide by Tideshaper-industries
- RW Mod-List Building Guide by Tideshaper-industries
Links about making RimWorld mods - Google Docs
- Multi-version mods in RimWorld by Sagittarius
- Let's Make a Mod (From Scratch) by Ben Maher
RimWorld wiki - modding pages hosted by Ludeon
- Go here for tutorials, guides, and reference materials for creating mods for RimWorld: Modding Tutorials/Getting started with mods (a lot of wiki pages are planned to be rewritten to update outdated information, so please be patient while these pages are edited in the meantime)
- Go here to troubleshoot your created mods Modding_Tutorials/troubleshooting
- Find here some information about how to structure your XML files: Modding Tutorials/XML file structure - RimWorld Wiki
- Find here some information about how to make the About.xml About.xml: RimWorld Wiki - Don’t forget this file, if your mod doesn’t contain a correctly formatted About.xml the mod won’t show up or work as intended.
Links about making RimWorld mods - Steam Workshop
- Modding guide on the Steam Workshop: Modding Rimworld
- Multiversion support for modders [For Modders] Multi-Version support
- How to create your own textures for RimWorld with GIMP: How to create your own textures for RimWorld with GIMP
Links about making RimWorld mods - GitHub
- Useful collection of RimWorld scripts that help with automation and mod updating https://github.com/emipa606/RimworldModdingHelpers made by Mlie/emipa606; e.g., convert mark-down to steam workshop formatted description text.
- Auto-generated XML 'documentation' for Rimworld defs updated by Epicguru, author of Melee Animation.
- RimWorld-mod template by Bradson go to: https://github.com/bbradson/ModTemplate
- I recently found Zeta-of-the-rim who used to contribute to the RimWorld wiki page, so I discovered his RimWorld modding helper repositories.
Repositories that are created on my GitHub organization account by Chunnyluny (author document)
- More information on this Troubleshooting guide and license: https://github.com/Chunnyluny-RimWorld-Modding/troubleshootingguide
- My first RimWorld mod: https://github.com/Chunnyluny-RimWorld-Modding/DogApparel
- My own RimWorldMod template, including wiki page that describes how to use dynamic buttons on your README on GitHub repositories: https://github.com/Chunnyluny-RimWorld-Modding/RimWorldMod
Mod Texture Creation: Download Links for vector and raster textures
- Download latest Krita and tutorial https://docs.krita.org/en/index.html/ (raster/vector)
- Download latest Gimp and tutorial https://docs.gimp.org/en/index.html/ (raster)
- Download latest Inkscape and tutorial htps://inkscape.org/learn/tutorials/ (raster/vector)
- Download Figma and how to use Figma https://www.figma.com/community/tutorials/How-to-use-Figma and best practices (vector)
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Guides that explain how to make a hair mod or an apparel mod
- Make a hair mod in Chicken Plucker’s style go to: [1.0] Create a Hair Mod - Chicken run tutorial
- Make a hair mod with Rooboid Go to: [1.3 & 1.4] Creating a Hair Mod for RimWorld
- Make an outfit creation in Chicken Pluckers style, go to: (A17) Outfit Creation Kit - RimWorld
Official RimWorld assets from Ludeon - Dropbox
- Ludeon public art assets of Rimworld including DLC and Hero Art exported to Dropbox link: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/mz6zjq3f1d654f3/AACX_OMdBG_J78hF2Ph-HzM3a?dl=0
- RimWorld Game art source including core art assets, Biotech DLC zip, Ideology DLC zip, Royalty DLC zip. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/mz6zjq3f1d654f3/AAAQq0_J_RtsOYlP0XSgxzqha/Game%20art%20source?dl=0&subfolder_nav_tracking=1
Unofficial RimWorld Sprite set and fan made RimWorld Font
- Rimworld sprite set by CoMiGo / Divine Elf | Figma Community
- RimWorld Fan-made Font by Marnador and posted on the Ludeon forum. You can use the font on Inkscape, Krita, photoshop or Gimp. This will nicely fit RimWorld art style and screenshots. You are allowed to use it on the steam workshop page as Font for your RimWorld mod, but give credit to Marnador. The link only opens in Google Chrome but not on Opera GX. https://www.dropbox.com/s/g3rioj059q6fszl/RimWordFont.ttf?dl=
General coding tutorials to learn XML, C# and Markdown syntax
- Get Visual Studio Code and documentation
- Get latest Notepad ++
- Get latest Visual Studio
- Get latest ILSPY
- XML Tutorial - W3 school
- C# Tutorial (C Sharp) - W3 school
- Basic writing and formatting syntax - GitHub Docs syntax for Markdown on GitHub README.md
- Steam Text Formatting use this formatting cheat sheet to make your Steam workshop page description, look nice and better readable.