Vanilla Outposts Expanded: Land On Outposts

Allows aerial vehicles from Vehicle Framework to land on Vanilla Outposts Expanded outposts, forming a caravan to collect resources.

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Now you can land on outposts

With base Vanilla Outposts Expanded, vehicles cannot "target" outposts, as they are considered a kind of settlement tile. This means you cannot send a vehicle to that outpost using the "launch" system. This then allows you to have outposts keep their items at their location, and visit them in helicopters to collect the resources.

How it works

With this mod, targeting an outpost is the same as targeting a normal vacant tile. This means your helicopter will be able to choose the outpost as a "launch" target. Upon arrival, it will turn into a caravan. This will allow you to access the outpost gizmo options, such as collecting items or trading pawns.

Compatibility

This is a relatively simple and contained harmony patch. It should be compatible with any defined vehicles that use the land feature, and allow caravan creation. Additionally it should function fine with any other Vanilla Outposts Expanded patches or extensions.

Performance

The changes only affect the UI widget generation, adding in the outposts as a valid landing option. This is very low touch and only hooked in while that UI is running. Nothing else occurs or is contained in this mod.

License

Anyone can use this for anything. If I fail to maintain it, feel free to maintain it. The source is included with the mod itself, and it is on my github.

FAQ

Is this safe to add midgame? Yes, there are no issues adding it mid-game

Is this safe to remove midgame? Yes, it only affects widget generation itself, So you can remove it at any time.

Are you going to add anything else to this mod? No it is safe to use this without worrying about bloat. It is a very simple mod and will remain so. It exists solely to allow you to land vehicles at outpost tiles, with no bloat.