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How to ROTATE the CHESS table
By KURTZito Φ and 1 collaborators
As you know, the first square on the right must be white. By default the table does not rotate, which produces an inconsistency that we will now solve.
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How to ROTATE the CHESS table
As you know, the first box on the right must be white. By default the table does not rotate, which produces an inconsistency that we will now solve.

The idea is to modify a word in a file. The file is called Buildings_Joy
The path of that file on my PC is:

C:\ProgramFiles(x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\RimWorld\Data\Core\Defs\ThingDefs_Buildings\Buildings_Joy

Once the file is found, we open it with Notepad, and look for the following text extract:

<ThingDef ParentName="FurnitureWithQualityBase">
<defName>ChessTable</defName>
<label>chess table</label>
<description>The ancient game of kings. Fun for a few hours here and there, even playing alone. It trains intellectual skills.\n\nThis building requires adjacent chairs or stools to use.</description>
<graphicData>
<texPath>Things/Building/Joy/ChessTable</texPath>
<graphicClass>Graphic_Single</graphicClass>
<shadowData>
<volume>(0.65, 0.25, 0.6)</volume>
<offset>(0, 0, -0.15)</offset>
</shadowData>
<damageData>
<rect>(0.09375,0.296875,0.796875,0.703125)</rect>
<cornerTL>Damage/Corner</cornerTL>
<cornerTR>Damage/Corner</cornerTR>
<cornerBL>Damage/Corner</cornerBL>
<cornerBR>Damage/Corner</cornerBR>
</damageData>
</graphicData>
<altitudeLayer>Building</altitudeLayer>
<rotatable>false</rotatable>

In the <rotatable> section we replace the word "false" with "true". We save the file, and that's it. The chess table can be rotated like any other object.

NOTE: The "BIOTECH" update restored the files. If you changed them before the update, change them again.

Ideally, Ludeon Studios would release a patch, since visually it's not perfect.
Thanks to @Ninefinger for the solution.
41 Comments
KURTZito Φ  [author] 18 Jun, 2023 @ 12:19pm 
:riddle:
:arst:
KURTZito Φ  [author] 6 Jun, 2023 @ 10:10am 
:a2_:
Rusted Corpse 6 Jun, 2023 @ 8:48am 
Holy Hell.
KURTZito Φ  [author] 17 Jan, 2023 @ 3:46pm 
No problem.
KURTZito Φ  [author] 25 Oct, 2022 @ 9:58pm 
Mirroring? Excuse my poor english. I mean the table as it is positioned, but with the squares inverted.
KURTZito Φ  [author] 25 Oct, 2022 @ 7:37pm 
Thanks for the alternative. I would like to mirror the table. Is that possible?I hope Tynan fix this.
KURTZito Φ  [author] 25 Oct, 2022 @ 6:56pm 
Would you teach us?
KURTZito Φ  [author] 22 Oct, 2022 @ 1:19pm 
#flipthebishoptoo
Noob.45 22 Oct, 2022 @ 12:20pm 
ye old vibrating bishop
KURTZito Φ  [author] 21 Oct, 2022 @ 10:38am 
#forevertableflip