Auto Arm

Automatic weapon equipping

designed to feel like vanilla. No new tabs, no complex menus, just colonists that pick up weapons on their own. Respects skills, traits, royalty/ideology/xenotype restrictions, forced choices and upgrades sensibly. Hope you enjoy.

Quick how to use

• Open Apparel Policies and check the new Weapons category

• Allow or disallow as you normally would

• Colonists auto equip the best allowed weapon they can

• Right click equip any weapon to force it and lock it in place

• Leave a like and favorite

Compatibility

Simple Sidearms

• Finds sidearms
• Upgrades sidearms One with Death Vanilla Expanded Weapons Most weapon mods Experimental: Combat Extended Pocketsand

FAQ

Q: How can I make my pawns only equip X sidearms? A: Set limits in your Simple Sidearms settings. Auto Arm reads directly from them.

Q: How does it decide what's better? A: Weapons are scored on raw DPS, accuracy, AP, range, quality and weapon traits/abilities, then matched to the pawn's skills and traits. It doesn't care what a weapon is worth, only how well it kills. Just combat math.

Q: Can this mod be added to an existing save? A: Yes. You can add it mid save, just review your Apparel Policies.

Q: Can it be removed from a save? A: No. That is never safe for any mod. Disable it in the settings.

Q: Can I keep my own loadouts? A: Yes. Right click equip any weapon you want to freeze. It stays locked until you drop or lose it.

Q: Known limitations? A: Exotic weapons with modded stats or traits may sometimes need a forced equip or a policy tweak. If you hit a bad swap, please report it.

Q: What languages are supported? A: English, Simplified Chinese, Spanish and Russian.

Bugs, balance, suggestions? Tell me below or create a discussion. No formula is perfect for every playstyle, but this aims to work well for most situations. If something looks off, please leave a comment with a few steps and a log.

Performance

Built for long saves and large colonies. With 10-20 colonists the cost is a tiny fraction of a tick, and when no upgrades are pending the overhead is near zero. The mod includes an Analyzer.xml for Dubs Performance Analyzer that isolates it, showing every bit of cost it has.

I recommend RimSort to manage your load order. Featured in clip: QSJ's Adaptive Armory Storage. Source https://github.com/Snusene/AutoArm. Get in touch https://discord.gg/xp2f3YFKMY.