Astartes Vehicles

Radix malorum est cupiditas

We are excited to present you with a new mod that brings five distinct Space Marine vehicles from the WARHAMMER 40.000 universe to Rimworld.
The mod is built on Smash Phil’s Vehicle framework.
Each vehicle has unique weapons and special mechanics adding a little more strategic depth to your gameplay.
In terms of art, our goal was to combine the iconic style of Warhammer 40K with the original Rimworld aesthetic to achieve a seamless blend of these two universes. We hope you’ll enjoy the result!








Lasweapons mechanics vary when the Vanilla Weapons Expanded – Laser mod is active.

The vanilla version uses projectiles that explode on impact, giving a larger area of damage.

The VWEL version uses coherent beams, which are more precise, do more damage, and overall more lore accurate, but do not explode on impact.

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This mod is now compatible with Combat Extended. However, there are a few known issues on the CE side that are listed below:

-Vehicles cannot be completely destroyed because for some unknown reason Combat Extended weapons can not hit the roof of the vehicle.

-The projectile spawn point offset is currently incorrect in all vehicle orientations except north.

-The visual laser beam effect of laser turrets such as Stormbringer or Land Raider’s lascannons is not rendered. This issue has already been resolved in the latest developer snapshot of Combat Extended. (You can either wait for the next CE update or download the latest CE developer snapshot and use it at your own risk)

-Artillery projectiles are flying in a straight line instead of an arc for now.

Authors:
Mewn Goddess – Art, preview image and infographics.
Amortem – 40K lore consulting, descriptions.
Phonicmas – Harmony patches, being an absolute biscuit.
Grim Cheese – Mod design, sound design, descriptions, infographics, XML, C# cargo cult programming.

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The mod is powered by:

• Vehicle Framework by SmashPhill
• Vanilla Expanded Framework by Oscar Potocki

Screenshots include content from the following mods:

• Vanilla Furniture Expanded – Props and Decor by Oscar Potocki and Sarg Bjornson, from Vanilla Expanded series.
• Grimworld 40,000 – Angels of Death by Clashgore, Alite, Maxim, HappyPurging, Odzmang, Abomination, Tittymcswaggy, BlackMarket420,Con and Skalfred, from Grimworld series.

If you have any suggestions for the mod or found a bug, feel free to contact me in my Discord @grimcheese1337