Alpha Pins Sort

v2.0.0 Sept 6th, 2021

Picard Patch Compatible

New and Save game compatible. Can be added/removed anytime.
New Mod Config Options for Stacked Pin Bar

Alpha Pins Sort is a lightweight mod that changes the way the Pin Bar sorts objects.
Objects are sorted within their category alphabetically by name.
You can now influence how the objects line up.

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The order of object types is as follows:
1. Supply/Passenger Rockets
2. Ark Pods
2. Supply Pods
3. All Rovers (RC, Transport, Explorer, Attack, Enemy)
4. Domes
5. Buildings
6. Colonists
7. Everything else

You can bunch objects by changing their names and have them sorted in their category by name.
For example:
If you have an outpost that has an RC Rover and Two Transports.
If you name them Outpost RC Rover, Outpost Transport 1 and Outpost Transport 2 they will bunch together in the rovers category.
You can get creative and use anything for sort including prefixing the name with numbers.
The mod will sort all objects that get pinned.

I built this mod for me, due to my frustration in late game with all the pinned objects being sorted based on when you built it.
Now you can organize your Pin Bar.

The default order is by category/by name. Everything will line up that way.
Select your object and rename it.
Objects will auto re-sort every Gametime Hour, which is almost instant in fast/faster speed, and a few seconds in normal speed.
To manually resort anytime even while paused then while selected, unpin it and repin it. This will force a re-sort.
Objects will stay in their category but be sorted by name.

If you have Mod Config Loaded, you can change the layout of the Pin Bar from Stacked to Wrapped. See the picture above.
Wrapped pins do not overlap each other and will continue to wrap starting from bottom up.
This mod uses the new Mod Config Reborn giving you the ability to change some parameters.
Mod Config Reborn is here > Mod Config Reborn
Mod Config settings are saved with each save game. New games start normal stacked.

Gagarin patch changed the default for landed rockets to not be pinned.
This mod returns the auto pin rockets and adds pods.
You can use mod config to change this effect.

This mod changes the Pins Sorting Functions in the game.
Due to this the following mods that I know of are incompatible and results are unknown if they are both active.
Improved Pinned Objects Sorting

Orbital probes tend to be quirky on new game starts. They dont have a "Real" object behind them nor do they have individual names.
The probes may be out of sort order for a moment after the initial rocket lands and deploys but the probes will quickly become re-sorted in proper order once the gametime timer starts.

Please check out some of my other work:
SkiRich’s Mod Collection