2025-08-17
- Gender-Specific Mental Breaks! Males more prone to violent breaks (berserk, rage), females to non-violent (sad wandering, binges)
- Fixed infinite pawn ticking issue with mothballing support (Thanks to llunak)
- Improved attraction system with varied male attraction bonuses (+5/+10/+20) based on age and chemistry (Thanks to llunak)
- Enhanced disease balance with adjusted immunity mechanics (Thanks to llunak)
2023-05-12
Female Pawns
- Body size: 90% (affects carry weight, hunger, dodge, meat)
- Hunger rate: 78% (offset by body size)
- Health: 90%, incoming damage: 100%
- Melee hit/dodge: 85% (from 50%)
- Suppressibility: 125%, certainty loss: 150%
- Stagger duration: 120% (Biotech)
- Hulk body type restricted (configurable)
Male Pawns
- Social learning: 87% (from 92%)
Sex Matters Redux fixes the original mod's broken functionality and compatibility issues while rebalancing sex differences for more realistic gameplay focused on physical rather than mental disparities.
Mission:
1. Enhanced Compatibility: Fixed broken features and ensured integration with popular mods like RimWar
2. Balanced Differences: Scaled back exaggerations for realistic physical-focused dimorphism
3. Ongoing Updates: Continuous improvements and new features
General Improvements
- Fixed raid sex-ratio with male-dominated combat forces and RimWar compatibility
- Visible hediffs showing stat differences during gameplay
- Dynamic probability-based raid distribution system
Key Stat Changes
Female Adjustments
- Normalized: Surgery, construction, mining, skill learning rates, aiming accuracy, mental breaks
- CE suppressability: 125% (from 200%)
- Male attraction system with age/chemistry bonuses
- Physical mass: 85%
- Melee crit/parry/dodge: 85%
- Violent mental breaks: -40% chance (berserk, murderous rage, tantrums)
- Non-violent mental breaks: +50% chance (sad wandering, food binges, hiding)
Male Adjustments
- Mental break threshold: +5% (more prone to breaks)
- Violent mental breaks: +40% chance (berserk, murderous rage, tantrums)
- Non-violent mental breaks: -30% chance (sad wandering, food binges)
Planned Features
- 'Snap Out!' Integration: Female pawns help males during mental breaks (cooldown system)
- Skill Passions: Gender-based passion probabilities
- Social Fights: More frequent among males, less among females
- 'Female Presence' Removal: For disinterested pawns
Recommended Mods
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2896613924
Beauty Matters
Enhances female beauty bonuses and social interactions.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2877731755
Way Better Romance
Improved romantic behaviors and cultural relationship influences.
- Original mod: Sex Matters
- Related mod: Variety Matters Redux
Banners: Mewn Goddess
Mod: HTxL
