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Mod Information

Starbound Versions: 1.3 / 1.4
Mod Version: 1.2

Better Ore Generation

Balanced Asteroids changes how vanilla asteroids work in Starbound. The mod changes the terrain generation and ore generation of asteroids. I have added everyone that can be considered useful such as diamonds, gold, durasteal and so on. All tiered ore has been added and all basic ore as well as the fuel that can be found on moons.

Better Terrain Generation

I have to change the terrain generation to help with ore generation just a small bit, I have increased the size of the asteroids for both small and large asteroids. In 1.2 I made it a bit easier to get mechs through the asteroid field. Gaps between most asteroids are mostly wide but there are some spots where it can get tight but it's not common.

Compatibility

This mod may not work with other mods that change how ore generation works or that changes the terrain or biome of the asteroid field. I am not skilled enough in modding Starbound to add support for other mods however I am more than happy to work with other mod developers to provide what they need to make their mod compatible with Balanced Asteroids.

Ores

Basic Ore
- Coal
- Copper Ore
- Core Fragments
- Diamond
- Gold Ore
- Silver Ore

Tiered Ore
- Aegisalt Ore
- Durasteel Ore
- Ferozium Ore
- Iron Ore
- Titanium Ore
- Tungsten Ore
- Violium Ore

Update Plans

I am working on cleaning up the code to "patch" the game rather than override it.

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NorthWestTrees [author] 21 Nov, 2023 @ 10:52am

Thanks Aztek!
I have been wanting to get back into modding this game.
I know more about JSON script then I did then but just been busy with other things.
Thankfully the game has not had any major updates for a while so the mods are still stable.

Motherfunker 18 Nov, 2023 @ 11:36pm

@NorthWestTrees, Sad. Great mod anyway :)

NorthWestTrees [author] 18 Nov, 2023 @ 5:23pm

This version can't really change to much to separate the ores though BA2 is based on the star type from what I remember. I have always struggled to get this mod spaced out evenly for ores which is why i made a planetary version.

Motherfunker 14 Nov, 2023 @ 1:52am

Is it supposed to be the case that high-tier ore such as durasteel and solarium are generated in the calm and temperate star systems? If so, it's not really a problem, but it's make it harder to look for specific ores, mostly low-tier, like iron.

NorthWestTrees [author] 19 Sep, 2023 @ 10:15am

"What's the difference between this and oresteoirds ?"

Probably just settings for the distribution of ore, it looks like it would do the same thing but the amount of ore might be different.

When it comes to Balanced Asteroids 2 is not so much focused on asteroids but adds new planets which are basically large asteroids with ore on them. Editing asteroids for the base game is actually harder as it's temperamental about settings so it's limited in that regard planets are easier to work with which is why I made the second version of the mod.