Faster Start
This makes Starbound less picky about your starting system so that it finds a starting planet faster. In turn, your new character can start exploring sooner.
By default Starbound looks for a system that has a small "garden" (aka lush) planet, a "desert" planet, and a "forest" planet. You’ll of course start on the "garden" planet of course.
Here’s the problem. You start using mods that add more planet types, and the mathematical chance any given planet is a "garden", "desert", or "forest" decrease. The odds that any particular system contains all 3 (and the "garden" needs to be small) decrease dramatically. Starbound keeps looking and looking for a matching system. Generating and rejecting system after system. So the more planet types you add, the time it takes to find an appropriate system goes up A LOT. People may even begin to think Starbound – or a particular mod – are broken. That isn’t the case… it is just taking a really long time!
And that’s where this mod comes in. It removes the requirement to have the "desert" and "forest" worlds in the starting system, so effectively the time to find a starting planet decreases significantly.
- Frackin Universe
- Elemental Correstialism
- Extended Story
- United Systems Expansion – Planets Addon
- Magnetic Planets
- Radioactive Planets
- Crystal Planets
- Better Barren – Elysium Worlds
- Citybound
I’m sure I forgot something. I think some race mods add new planets too. I can add them to that handy list if you mention them.
You don’t need this, because TrueSpace already does this (among other things). It won’t hurt anything to have both, but it won’t DO anything either. I put this mod out there for people who don’t want to install a complete universe generation overhaul just so new characters can get to playing faster.
"Is it compatible with <pick a mod>?"
Yes, but some of you are going to ask anyhow…
http://steamcommunity.com/id/bk3000/myworkshopfiles/?appid=211820&p=1&numperpage=30
If you need/prefer to manually install mods instead, my mods are available on the Official Starbound forums.
http://community.playstarbound.com/resources/authors/bk3k.395551/
