This idea may be stupid or impossible to pull off, but if it can work even in a very simple form it would still add so much to the game, making it so much more fun.
Also, if this already exists / there is something similar to this (even if it requires hard work) PLEASE let me know! Thank you so much.
So, here's the idea: Living NPCs - in short, NPCS that... live. Interact with the world - Respawn every x amount of time with different NPCs with names (I.E. Matthew, John, Alyssa) that chop trees, pickup stumps, mine + pickup stone / ore to use for building a base.
Different 'NPCs' will be 'randomly generated' with some values: Do they raid / KOS? When they're attacked, do they fight back or run away? At what values of their health / food / water will they try to replenish those things? Do they visit more dangerous radtowns, or smaller monuments?
Here's where it gets even more far. They use player (either player designed or travelling to a player's base and scouting it, then having the ability to copy that design for themselves) designs to build a base. Maybe BOOM the base is just pasted there and then resources are depleted from their inventory, or they build it up one by one.
It'd also be awesome if they could die from starvation, and thirst - normal stuff (an example would be going out to find food when they're low but not finding any). Maybe they could raid, too!
Maybe it wouldn't happen realistically, but if this could happen and be super simple (I.E. Super dumb bots that just build either a 1x1, 2x2, 3x2, 3x3, bots that roam the world killing animals and killing players)
It'd probably be super complicated and maybe resource-demanding but I feel me and countless others would pay money for this plugin as it'd make anyone's Rust experience SO much more fun.
Super customizable things and a ton of features would be cool: NPCs trading, setting up shops, all of that would be amazing.
If you've read this far down, thanks for reading!
