Rimworld Guide: Standard Enemy Pathing. Bait all standard enemies. (1.4.3901)

Rimworld Guide: Standard Enemy Pathing. Bait all standard enemies. (1.4.3901)

Executive Summary: For baiting enemies, the standard plan is to hold open doors to create a path into the main living area of your base AND have lots of pieces of furniture outdoors in a “bait area”. The “Best” method is “it depends” and we’ll get into what it depends on later.

This video guide replaces this previous version I made. Original is slightly outdated and unclear:    • RimWorld Guide: Pathing & Collision -...  

Notes as of November 2023:
1 - Closed Animal Flaps and closed Fence Gates are not pathable. They both count as walls for enemy pathing purposes.

For a text version, here's a working script. There is some info for future guides in there. Also will include code info: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1w...

Collision Mechanics:    • Stacked Enemies in Rimworld. Collisio...  

00:00 Intro and Executive Summary
01:04 Detailed Mechanics
01:46 Common Misconceptions
02:01 Details on 7 Step Process
07:21 Target Overrides
10:50 Practical Info
11:29 Powered Turrets and Collision
12:10 Target Priorization
13:08 Example