Surveillance Shift - Fog of War, Guards and Security Cameras for RimWorld

Surveillance Shift adds reconnaissance, guard duties, communication equipment and surveillance networks to RimWorld. Its optional awareness system limits information to what your colonists can actually see, making observation and early warnings part of colony defense.

Designed as a companion to Perspective Shift, it also works independently. Limited awareness is configured separately for each save and can be toggled during a playthrough.

Discover threats through observation

With limited awareness enabled, unseen activity remains hidden. Previously explored locations retain a faint visual memory, while transparent buildings allow observation through windows.

Raids and visitors must be discovered rather than automatically revealed. Event notifications provide location markers to investigate instead of immediately moving the camera to the action.

With Perspective Shift’s Authentic style, your player character becomes your viewpoint. Other colonists may notice threats outside your vision and need a way to report them.

Reconnaissance and diplomacy

Enemy scouts investigate your colony’s wealth and actions. Intercepting them can lead to a larger follow-up scouting party.

Friendly factions may send diplomats instead. You can provide information honestly or attempt to conceal wrongdoing through social skill.

Spyglasses and binoculars help colonists observe distant areas.

Organize guards and communications

• Assign guard posts with a facing direction, priorities and pursuit behavior.
• Create patrol routes, reorder their waypoints and set waiting times.
• Appoint bodyguards to protect individual colonists.
• Train suitable animals to keep watch.
• Use watchtowers to see over structures and detect distant threats.

Communication equipment includes signal horns, walkie-talkies, alert buttons and loudspeakers. Colonists can report danger in person, by radio or through an alarm button. Horns can be obtained when butchering supported horned animals, including creatures from several optional content mods.

Build a surveillance network

Connect powered wall cameras and camera towers to surveillance stations or routers using video cables. A new Monitoring job lets colonists watch feeds and alert the colony.

Remote surveillance tablets access networks through linked routers. With Perspective Shift, the player character can directly view selected camera feeds.

Saves and integrations

The mod can be added to an existing save, but should not be removed afterward. Enable its gameplay features through the gameplay options menu. The author directs players to RimWorld’s unstable branch if the hardcore-mode toggle cannot be disabled.

Horn-drop integrations include Alpha Animals, Vanilla Animals Expanded, Megafauna, Medieval Overhaul, Vanilla Genetics Expanded and other supported packs. These integrations do not make those mods mandatory.

Code: Taranchuk
Art: Nishe