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Balanced Asteroids 2

Starbound Versions: 1.4
Mod Version: 1.3

Balanced Asteroids 2 adds new planets that players can explore live on or use as mining planets. There is one planet per start tier (Gentle, Temperate, Radioactive, Frozen and Fiery Asteroids). Large clumps of ore can be found underground or on the surface of the planet. Tiered ores are always on the last two underground layers of the planet close to the core. There is a variety of hostile mobs that spawn on the planets and there are dungeons and settlements, even underground structures. There are also custom weather settings for each world that can occur on the surface of the planet making it hard to survive on some of the harsher planets. In some parts there are huge drop-offs in the caves systems that can kill the player if not explored properly, it's advised not to dig straight down but more on an angle to prevent falling You can use ash, gravel or sand to get down faster.

• Specific star generation.
  
• Small and large caves.
  
• Specific ore based on what star its in.
  
• Generates small/medium clumps of ore.
  
• Custom weather patterns per planet.
  
• Surface dungeons and villages.
  
• Underground structures.
  
• Custom planet colors.
  
• Gravity support.
  
• Monster support.
  
• TrueSpace Mod Support

• Gentle Asteroid
  
• Temperate Asteroid
  
• Radioactive Asteroid
  
• Frozen Asteroid
  
• Fiery Asteroid

After many tries to get the biomes rarer, I think its safe to say that I don't think there is a way to control the spawn rate of a given planet. Through testing very low weight settings I have not need any change in them spawning.

I think it would be more productive to try to focus on main issue people are having with the planets be so common, I would like to know what part exactly the issue is with planets being so common so I can try to find a way to tackle issues that could be resolved through other ways.

• There is an issue with games running without TrueSpace (Will be fixed in the next update.)

I sadly lost all my progress on the update that I was working on before I updated my hard drive for more space for windows updates and ended up formatting the wrong drive with all my files. I did start working on a smaller update in the mean time to get back into modding for Starbound. I will be fixing a issue from the current version where games without TureSpace may encounter an issue or a crash, this was due to a issue on my end when I tried to add support for TrueSpace, I ended up just making a add-on more then adding support lol. I have a bit more testing to make sure it works still with TrueSpace, I do know it works standalone so its a good start. Also biomes will be getting some new blocks mainly new stone tiles and dirt tiles based on the biome you are in. I created a discussion with more information regarding the upcoming changes to the mod and some useful information about the material IDs for fellow mod creators.

I have been working on an update recently that will add unique structures and terrains to the asteroid planets. I have wanted to do this for some time but had to figure out how to do it. I ended up having other things that needed my attention, so I had to keep delaying the research. I have figured out that you needed Tiled a program that you can use to make structures for Starbound and, I have been learning how to use it for a couple of weeks now. There is still lots to be done, but I just thought I would announce the update as progress is coming along well.

I don't have a set release date for this update as my schedule is unpredictable, but I will make an update when it gets closer to release.

• GitHub Project[github.com]
  
• Official Wiki[sites.google.com]
  
• Balanced Asteroids
  
• Mech Power Cells