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Capable Specialists

@Locs. Can't reproduce this bug on my side. This sound more like you are missing a mod from your savegame. Did you start a new game (or a game that never had other mods active)?

Hello, I'd like to report a strange bug. I installed this mod without any other installed, and the game interface wasn't showing up. Additionally, furniture like tables, chairs, and workbenches weren't appearing on the map.

Wow, you are amazing! Thanks for this! I didn't know xml patches can be this powerful.

@Zlorfik There is a mod that would help you with this Separate Fishing Work Type . This makes fishing it's own worktype. You still need to patch the hunting restriction for the melee specialist (which will enable fishing but not hunting ironically)
The new patch would be

<Patch>
<Operation Class="PatchOperationRemove">
<xpath>/Defs/PreceptDef[defName="IdeoRole_MeleeSpecialist"]/roleDisabledWorkTags/li[text()="Hunting"]</xpath>
</Operation>
</Patch>

@Zlorfik That's possible. Only enabling fishing is not that easy, but enabling hunting is easily possible.
The patch for enabling only hunting and shooting (you need shooting to be able to hunt) for melee specialists leaving all other restrictions would look like this:

<Patch>
<Operation Class="PatchOperationRemove">
<xpath>/Defs/PreceptDef[defName="IdeoRole_MeleeSpecialist"]/roleDisabledWorkTags/li[text()="Hunting" or text()="Shooting"]</xpath>
</Operation>
</Patch>

To enable only fishing and keep hunting and shooting disabled, fishing would have to be separated from hunting by creating a separate work type for it.. If you want to see how to do this yourself you could look into my other mod "Capable Slaves plus Warden" , where I created a new worktype for supressing slaves.

Following up on your answer to @washedAwry, I would assume that changing only 1 or 2 job restrictions should be viable too, right? I really only need my melee specialist to be able to fish, since animal handling - a skill a melee specialist can still do - affects fishing.

hi there. is this mod compatiable in 1.6?

Awesome, thanks! ^^

@washedAwry If you open the xml file you'll see three operations. The first (line 4-6) removes the job restriction, the second (line 7-9) removes the melee weapon restriction and the third (line 10-12) removes the ranged weapon restriction. So you can just remove line 4-6 in the xml and you are good.

I've been looking for a mod that removes weapon restrictions from specialists for a bit now, but I still personally want job restrictions for how I run my colonies.. My shooting specialists are always dedicated security guards but they always struggle in melee combat because they can't use knives. How exactly did you make this mod and how could I do the whole removing weapon restrictions thing?