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Welcome to the official wiki for Rimworld Interactive Chat Services (RICS), a comprehensive mod that allows Twitch and YouTube viewers to interact with your RimWorld game in real-time. With RICS, your chat can purchase items, trigger events, manage pawns, and much more, creating an engaging interactive streaming experience.
1. Settings
Configure RICS to match your streaming needs:
- Global - Core mod settings
- Twitch - Twitch integration configuration
- YouTube - YouTube integration (OAuth currently disabled)
- Kick - BETA Testing
- Economy - Currency and pricing systems
- Game Events - Event frequency and customization
- Rewards - Channel Points and Lootboxes 🎁
- AI Chat Bot - AI integration settings 🤖 (at bottom)
2. Editors
In-game editor windows for fine-tuning your interactive experience:
- Store Editor - Manage purchasable items
- Traits Editor - Customize available traits
- Weather Editor - Control weather events
- Events Editor - Manage game events
- Viewer Management - Handle viewer data and permissions
- Command Editor - Customize chat commands
- Pawn Races - Configure pawn types and Xenotypes (DLC)
- Pawn Queue Management - Manage viewer pawn assignments
- Quality and Research Settings - Balance game progression
3. Commands
Complete list of chat commands organized by category.
- Creating Custom Commands - How to make your own RimWorld mod that adds new chat commands (and buyable events) to RICS.
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Custom Command Settings - How to use the
<CustomData>system inChatCommandDefXML to expose toggles, numeric fields, headers, and gaps inside the in-game Command Editor for your custom or addon commands. Includes handler patterns for disabling sub-features.
Guides that help chat players build stronger pawns and make better purchase / request choices (not all pages are RICS-specific):
- Building a Good Mechanitor - Biotech mechanitor progression by research tier (Basic → Standard → High → Ultra Mechtech), gear, implants, and mech unlocks.
- Building a Good Combat Pawn - Hussar xenotype and general combat builds (melee & ranged), with 4-trait defaults and 6-trait RICS luxury variants.
- Installation - Download and activate RICS through RimWorld's mod manager
- Configuration - Set up your streaming platform credentials in Settings
- Customization - Use Editors to tailor the experience to your colony
- Stream - Share your command list with viewers and start interacting!
- Bug Reports: GitHub Issues
- Suggestions: GitHub Discussions
- Updates: Check the Steam Workshop page for latest releases
RICS is developed for RimWorld 1.6 and is compatible with most popular mods. Some features may require specific DLCs to function fully.