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Better Orbital Traders

Better Orbital Traders is a massive buff and re-balance to vanilla orbital traders. Better Orbital Traders additionally adds 3 new orbital trader types, including an Orbital Scrapyard which will buy ANYTHING. Get rid of your junk!

The quantity of silver carried by base game orbital traders has been substantially increased (within reason), and their stock quantities have been re-balanced to demonstrate the massive size of these ships and the quantity of goods they carry. This change makes vanilla orbital traders more significant for late game colonies and wealthy players, and gives early game players expanded options.

• Increased silver capacity of all base game (and DLC) orbital Traders
  
• Re-balanced base game trader stocks generally increasing quantities and tweaking carried items
  
• Adds an orbital scrapyard trader to buy ALL of your items
  
• Adds an orbital ecosphere trader which deals in plant and animal products
  
• Adds an organ farm trader that buys/sells humans and human accessories (organs + prosthetics)
  
• Adds a narcotics dealer that smuggles all types of drugs and medicine to the rim from wealthy glitterworlds
  
• Adds an autonomous archive that sells tech prints (with royalty) and books

This mod DOES NOT interact with any ground based trader, or any traders added by another mod. This mod exclusively impacts base game (and DLC) orbital traders, and the traders this mod itself adds.

• Open the Steam client and navigate to the RimWorld Workshop.
  
• Search for "Better Orbital Traders" in the Workshop search bar.
  
• Click on the mod in the search results to access its Workshop page.
  
• Click on the "Subscribe" button to download and automatically install the mod.

"Better Orbital Traders" is designed to be a lightweight and highly compatible mod, and compatibility is built-in for some of RimWorld's most popular mods.

However, please be aware that any mod which directly interacts with base game trader stocks may conflict with "Better Orbital Traders" and result in unintended behavior or unbalanced gameplay. It is recommended to check the mod descriptions and community forums for potential conflicts or patches if you are using other mods that affect trade mechanics.

Mods which add new traders, or add new mechanics for trading, should be fully compatible as long as they do not modify the stock of base game orbital traders, which most do not.

• Call A Trader by Hau-Drauf-Klaus
  
• Trader Ships by AUTOMATIC

Before using the "Better Orbital Traders" mod, ensure you have the RimWorld base game installed. DLCs are not required to use Better Orbital Traders.



Q: Can this be added mid-save?
A: Yes.

Q: Can this be removed mid-save?
A: Yes. Ensure that no modded trade ships are present on the map and then uninstall the mod.

Q: Do I need the DLCs to use this mod?
A: No.

Q: Is this mod compatible with another mod?
A: Probably. This is an XML only mod, so the worst behavior that you should get is improper trade items on base game orbital traders. It's not likely to cause any crashes, and as long as the other mod doesn't modify base game orbital traders, it's unlikely there will be any conflict. See the compatibility notes above for more information.

Q: I have a bug, and I think it's caused by this mod. What do?
A: Create a bug report post on the workshop page of the mod.

Q: Rimworld updated, but this mod hasn't yet. What do?
A: Life happens sometimes, but I will do my best to update all of my mods, including this one, as quickly as I can.

Q: I want to use your mod or pieces of your mod in mine, is that okay?
A: Yes. Review the LICENSE.txt file in the mod directory, and please credit me for my work in the documentation of your new mod, and on the steam workshop page.



Mod author: Coldcrow
Contact: Find me on Steam and Discord.

The artwork used in this mod's thumbnail includes assets from the game "RimWorld", developed by Ludeon Studios. I do not claim ownership or authorship over this art, all rights to distribute and monetize this art are reserved by Ludeon Studios.

The font used in this mod's Steam workshop description is "Rimworld Font", fan-made content created by Ludeon forums user Marnador, for community use in Rimworld content.

• Added scrapper ship to buy all items
  
• Added ecosphere for agriculture trade
  
• Added narcotics dealer for drugs trade
  
• Added organ farm for body parts trade
  
• Increase silver quantity carried by all base game and DLC orbital traders
  
• Adjusted stock for all base game and DLC orbital traders except pirate trader