mlieThe Variety Matters Stockpile Mod expands stockpile filters with advanced controls for stack limits, duplicate management and refill behavior, giving you precise control over colony storage.
Variety Matters Stockpile Features
The Variety Matters Stockpile Mod adds several powerful stockpile management tools, originally designed to complement Variety Matters but fully usable in vanilla playthroughs.
- Limit Duplicate Stacks: Restrict how many stacks of the same item can be stored. Example: with a limit of 2, no more than 2 stacks of corn will be stored.
- Duplicate handling for stack size 1 items: Optionally treat single-item stacks with the same def name as duplicates, ideal for closets or armories.
- Limit Stack Size: Reduce stack sizes in a stockpile (cannot increase them). Useful for distributing limited supplies like medicine.
- Limit Refilling: Control how empty a stockpile must be before refilling begins. Once refilling starts, it continues until full.
- Manual refill toggle: Toggle stockpiles on or off. Disabling an empty stockpile pauses it until manually restarted.
Useful examples:
- Create ingredient shelves near a cook for increased meal diversity.
- Place dining room shelves that only refill when empty to reduce waste.
- Create closets with one of each clothing type.
Chinese translation included (thanks shiuanyue).
Compatibility notes
- Project Rim Factory: No known errors. Does not work with hoppers.
- LWM Deep Storage: Duplicate limit capped at 1 per cell. Stack size works properly. Refill limit should remain on “always fill” for best results.
- Ogre Stack: No known issues.
- Satisfied Storage (Storage Hysteresis): Must be loaded before this mod. Does not account for reduced stack sizes when calculating refill behavior.
- Jobs of Opportunity: No known issues.
- Pick Up and Haul: Previously compatible except for a minor stack-size quirk; not retested after update.
- Stockpile Ranking: No known errors. Duplicate limits may prevent lower-ranked items from being placed if higher-ranked items are missing.
- Stockpile Stack Limit: Not compatible (functionality incorporated).
- Other storage mods: Not tested.
Known issues
- Pawns may ignore stack limits when placing items from completed bills. A follow-up hauling job will correct this. Avoid by setting bills to drop on the floor or deliver to a non-limited stockpile.
Support and troubleshooting
- Test whether the issue persists with only the Variety Matters Stockpile Mod (and required mods) enabled.
- If it disappears, re-enable other mods gradually until the issue returns.
- Always share your log using the Log Uploader.
- For best support, use the Discord channel for error reporting (discussion threads may be missed).
- If you have the solution for a problem, post it to the GitHub repository.
- Use RimSort to sort your mods.
Additional credits: Cozarkians, Sellophane, Darksider, RimWorld Search Agency.
