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My Enternia

I made this little mod mainly for myself, but decided to share with everybody.
This mod adds a new species - Alta, 2 new planets with their own biomes, monsters, many hazards and treasure. The mod adds new unique weapons, armor, cosmetics, augments/collars, spawners, codexes, throwables and other equipment.
All new content can only be found on those 2 planets, is fairly balanced, and thus doesn’t interfere with normal gameplay!
Check out the end of the description for a rundown of new content. Or, even better, check out the official Wiki!

Version 2.3: Alta Cafe & Monster Buffet is out! Check out the changelog for details.

Installation
- Direct
- Steam
- Starbound Forums
- GitHub
- Nexus Mods
- Skymods
Where to start
Contents
Changes
- Removed Content
Addons
Credits

Installation

These are all the different ways to obtain the mod - choose whichever one you like!

Direct

Recommended for servers - download the mod in either .zip or .pak format via a direct link to the file:

https://github.com/Ceterai/Enternia/releases/download/<version>/My.Enternia.<version>.<zip/pak>

Simply replace <version> with the desired version (for example 2.3.4), and <zip/pak> with the desired file type (for example zip)!

Steam

Subscribe to this mod on Steam!

Starbound Forums

Get this mod on the official Chucklefish Forums!

GitHub

Download the latest release or clone the repo;
Put the dowloaded/cloned folder into the mods folder in your Starbound directory.

When downloading a release, you can choose between a .zip and a .pak version.

Files, attached to releases, support direct public download links, so can be used by servers as well.

Nexus Mods

COMING SOON

Skymods

Not recommended as the mod on this resource isn’t updated by me, so tends to be quite outdated and the above methods are highly preferred.

Still, you can get it here: Link

Where to start

To explore the worlds added by this mod, try to find new planet types around tier 3+ stars!

To start progressing in the mod content, craft an Alta Crafting Station! It should be available at the tier 2 Inventor’s Table.
From there, you’ll be able to craft:

mod equipment (armor, weapons, throwables, etc);
other mod crafting tables;
all mod items that can normally be only found through loot (requires max tier).

Other crafting tables include:

Alta Constructor for crafting objects/decorations/traps (upgrading to max tier allows you to even craft natural objects and loot tables);
Alta Datacenter for crafting codexes the tell you the lore and/or explain how certain mod items work (highly recommend to read them so you don’t have to visit the wiki);
Alta Upgrade Station for upgrading some mod items in exchange for Gheatsyn Shards.

There’s a GitHub Wiki with full list of contents and extensive information on each resource!

Screenshots

You can view screenshots on the Steam page of the mod.

Mod Content Rundown

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More information on new weapon features like press&hold, firemodes, attachments and upgrading: My Enternia Wiki: Weapons

Compatability

Doesn’t require any other mods to work;
Should be FU-compatible.

Incompatible

Having these mods doesn’t crash the game, but using them with altas will not work.

Temporary partially incompatible with NpcSpawner+ - use this patch if you want to create alta npcs with it.

Supported Addons

More about supported addons here: Mod Support

Tabula Rasa (most items and objects are available at the table);
Spawnable Item Pack (all objects and a lot of items are available here, though less than at Tabula Rasa. I would recommend using max tier Alta Crafting Station, Alta Constructor and Alta Datacenter for all recipes);
Equivalent Exchange (all plant-based and non-organic materials can be studied at the Farm Table and the Mine Table respectfully. Nothing fot the Hunt Table);
Improved Food Descriptions (proper support for all effects added by this mod);
More Planet Info (proper support for all effects, weather and biomes of this mod);
True Space (planets added by this mod are able to spawn near True Space stars. Alterash can spawn as a mild/cool planet or satellite, Alterash Prime as a cool/cold planet or satellite);
Race Traits (check mod screenshots for stats);
Frackin’ Races/Frackin’ Universe (PARTIAL: no FU BYOS support. If you need it, you can get it here: Alta FU Patch+);
Quickbar Mini/Stardust Core Lite (adds Alta Scanner to the quick bar);
Scripted Artificial Intelligence Lattice (Customisable A.I.!) (adds A.I. chips that modify S.A.I.L. with alta ship A.I. features and makes alta S.A.I.L. compatible with chips) - if you only want the chips and not the rest of the mod - use this instead: Alta A.I. Chips;
Wardrobe Interface (all armor and clothing from the mod can be found in the wardrobe with proper dying options);
Craftable Seeds NEW/Craftable Seeds (all crops and saplings from this mod can be crafted in the Seed Maker);
Recipe Browser (adds all recipes and crafting stations from this mod to the interface);
Starburst Rework (electric protection items from this mod support effects from SR).

Other Addon Support

Starting with 2.3.3 is now compatible with Monsters Unique Sounds (SFX from Beta) - alta drones no longer crash with this mod installed;
Armor Adapt - armor from this mod no longer causes lag with armor adapt installed;
Enhanced Storage is supported with the following patch: My Enternia Enhanced Storage Patch
You can alter alta S.A.I.L. by installing one of the official patches:
You can alter alta body type by installing one of the official patches:
- Full Alta Body Type
- Flat Alta Body Type

Information For Modders

The mod uses regular Starbound folder structure so should be easy to navigate and integrate with;
All IDs added by the mod have a ct_ prefix to make it impossible to conflict with IDs from other mods;
The mod tries to explore somewhat unusual concepts with unique names so there should be little to no idea overlap;
If you want to make a mod on top of this and want to learn modding-related features of this mod, visit this page: My Enternia Wiki: Modding;
Support for mods like IFD and MPI is done by generating patch files using python scripts. To learn more, visit My Enternia Wiki: Modding - Mod Support.
Palettes - most factions and environments in this mod have their palettes and colors. If you wish to follwo those, you can find them in /.meta/world.json file in text form, or in the /.meta/palettes/ folder in image form.

Information For Translators

If you’re looking to translate this mod to another language, here’s the list of files & folders you should be on the lookout for:

/codex
/items
/monsters
/objects
/stats/effects - mostly just effect names
/interface/cockpit/cockpit.config.patch - Weather, Planet, Biome and Effect info (for the Cockpit interface and More Planets Info mod)
/radiomessages/exploration.radiomessages.patch - radio messages
/species/alta.species - species name, description, slider tooltips
/species/alta_namegen.config - possible species names list
/IFD_statuseffects.config.patch - effect info for Improved Food Descriptions mod
/items/buildscripts/ct_texts.config - tooltip text lines used in item tooltips

Note that items, monsters, objects, etc. can contain a wiki field. This field contains info only displayed in mod Wiki, so can be ignored.

There’s a helpful https://github.com/Ceterai/Enternia/tree/main/.meta/world.json file containing translations and explanations of most alta words in the mod, which might be useful to translators.

Starting with version 2.1.4a, each new version’s changelog now contains a Translation section that goes over changes made in that version that might require attention from translators.

Enhanced Tooltips

As mentioned in the content rundown, many different items in this mod have improved, informative tooltips. Below are some examples of that:

Tenants

This mod add a large amount of npcs, outpost visitors and tenants. To help you navigate that, check out this helpful tenant guide: My Enternia Wiki: Tenants

Changes

For any recent and all progress, checkout: Changelog
You can also find the full list of changes on the Steam changelog page.

Removed Content

During development, new features appear and some features become deprecated. Usually, these features are retained, and, if possible - converted into their relevant alterniatives. With time, deprecated features are removed completely. If you wish to retain them - there’s a mod that will let you do that - My Enternia - Removed Content: