Frackin Universe 6.4.1b (12 Feb 2024) - Starbound / Gameplay / Races / Crafting and Building

Frackin Universe - A global modification that completely remakes the entire game! The game has a lot of things and not only. The list of changes is huge, and they include new biomes, monsters, items, dungeons, technologies, and so on. There are so many differences from the vanilla version that we are not wrong to say that with this mod you will not recognize the well-known Starbound.

In Starbound Frackin Universe, you explore the galaxy, fight enemies, build bases, and craft items. To get access to all the mechanics and modding options, you will have to tinker a little, but it's worth it.

Note: FU now includes some races. You will need a character expander modem, such as Xbawks.
For install/uninstall and game version information see below. Please note that this mod may affect existing characters. Start a new character so you don't mess up your favorite avatar. You have been warned.

To install: Place the unpacked folder in the base Starbound /mods/directory.

New installation and can't see new biomers?: View the star system navigation screen. Scroll through the list until the message "Processing" appears. This should be a fresh enough area to create new worlds.

If you want to remove a mod, you must remove your universe (and possibly your characters if you're wearing tons of FU gear).

Included Mods you don't need from elsewhere:
Bees!
Augment Extractor
Harvester Beamgun
Quarterstaves
Dungeoneer Dungeons
Patchwork Hair
Starbooze
Enhanced Weapon Generation
Legacy Dungeons
Extra Dungeons
Memento Mori
Nightar
Slime Race
Kirhos Race
Mantizi Race

Mods that go great with FU:
Elithian Races
Avali Triage

The largest mod for Starbound, FrackinUniverse combines new biomes, a hugely increased crafting system, science, monsters, tiles and hundreds of other assets to the game. It's 5 years in the making now, and quite huge. A few things to expect:

Explore dozens of new biomes
Create hundreds of new armors, weapons and tools that round out the vanilla tiers, or add "side-grades" with varied stats but unique stat bonuses, effects and abilities
100+ new monsters
Thousands of new tiles, decorations, craftables and more
Hundreds of microdungeons, quests, and a new quest hub
Massive end-game dungeons
Unique techs and augments
Completely revamped game mechanics
Custom crew members with FU specific buffs to make your adventuring life much easier
Vast array of new effects, both helpful and hazardous
Reworked mech stats
Rebalanced defense, attack and combat stats
New combat abilities
Brand new weapon types
and much, much more!

Gameplay:

FU will change several aspects of vanilla play, in terms of survival (see EPP notes below for a specific example) and has a learning curve. Some find the learning curve rather steep. Others do not. So bear this in mind.

Starting missions after Graduation Day are different. You will *require* a fresh universe and character for best results. You will not recieve all content otherwise.
Your character will no longer possess a light aura in darkness, as darkness is an important part of many parts of FU.
Walking on certain tile types will produce various effects. Slowed walking in mud, slipping on ice...burning on hot rocks, etc. Be prepared.
If you can't figure out a recipe....build all the basic materials you can. Generally you're likely to be missing something in the progression and inadvertently trying to skip a step.

Starbound + Frackin’ Universe Guide to Automation

6.3.7 Changelog

Bone Weapons (Tier 0 to 1) now unlocks for 50, rather than 100, research.
Fixed immunity to Jungle Slow not being applied by Monster Plate armor and some races.
Replaced immunity to Clay Slow (not used anywhere) with immunity to Mud Slow (already protects against Clay tiles).
meleecombo.lua change: weapons with <= 0.5 fireTime (2.0 attack speed) now combo automatically
bug-as-feature: sufficiently fast weapons can enter a 'frenzy' state with increased attack speed when energy is sufficiently low but not fully drained.
durasteel dagger now uses meleecombo instead of meleeslash.
tungsten dagger is now upgradable.
because tungsten, durasteel and iron daggers are identical at same tier, otherwise, implemented the following:
tungsten dagger gains +1 crit bonus
durasteel dagger gains +1 crit chance
iron dagger gains +1 knockback.
Now you can get genes out of peaches and pears, not just apples
added missing bleeding desc info to various weapons including adv alloy and carbon
racializer doubly verifies the item it's operating on exists, to hopefully prevent an error
upgrade table: split item selection code from widget selection, selection now triggers lockout. prevents a bug where you could end up spending way more than intended.
mage_shield.lua code will now refresh shields when reapplied.
wretchel revised: 100% hp shield. 1% hp drain per second (stopping at 1 hp), 10% reduced (multiplicatively) core stats and incoming healing. effects stack. effects are worsened the longer the target is at 1 hp. consuming wretchel at 1 hp, or spending sufficient time, will immediately kill the player (effectivemult 0 on poison resist followed by math.huge damage as poison)
added tiny generic projectile
removed mech power scaling from hidden scaling projectile TTL, this removes them hitting enemies from absurd ranges. also revised speed to be more snappy (360) and, except the mining cannon, they all sync up with the rendered beam.
improvements to GPS code
ITDs: Stack Only and Slot Split are now Mutually Exclusive due to an exploit and spaghetti code.
fixed a typo on radian species text
adjusted decorative variants of sarcophagi to indicate clearly that they are empty.
advanced logic gates no longer (incorrectly) change wire state during init, as it is unnecessary and breaks functionality.
precursor chair adjusted (Ithlian)
fungus stim now has a price of 100 pixels and an improved tooltip.
staves/wands now factor their tier into their tooltip base damage. this is purely a tooltip change, and has no effect on actual weapon damage.
added labgirdiricon.png to /tiles/materials/tilesandgreebles/ because for some reason the game expects to find it there, and it's causing FU server worlds to error.
fixed an error in fuinputpump
fix for hidden variant of futimewarp

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