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Breakthrough Randomizer
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Allows you to choose from a configurable amount (default: 4) of Breakthroughs when scanning Breakthrough anomalies, Planetary Anomalies, and even the Omega Telescope. Does not affect Story Bits or Mystery Rewards.

I made sure that the first breakthrough in the list of choices is always the same as it would if the mod wasn't there. So if your map should have The Positronic Brain; it will have The Positronic Brain.

All but the first Breakthrough is chosen at random the moment the Anomaly is scanned; realoding changes the list. If the first Breakthrough was already researched, it will be replaced with another.

This mod is compatible with Omega Unlocks All and Omega Unlocks All; you won't see any choices when you build it, however.

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lyssabet 7 Jan, 2023 @ 2:34pm 
I like this mod a lot, and thank you for making it. I do have one request/question: would it be possible to just get a notification that a breakthrough has been explored which we can then open instead of it opening the message automatically? I mean, I guess it's helpful in preventing save scumming to get a particular breakthrough, but it's also caused me to lose track of various things that I was doing regarding building/counting supplies/etc.
Daemonjax 25 Nov, 2022 @ 8:25am 
Works great! Personally I changed it to 3 choices, so thanks for allowing that in mod options.
Captain Seasick 25 Aug, 2022 @ 5:04am 
Can confirm there's no explicit conflict between Choggi's BT mod and this one. BUT! There's also ZERO synergy between 'em; if you've excluded a BT from the game using Choggi's mod, it'll still be available as an option to pick while using this mod. Bit of a pisser, but at least this mod gives you several options to choose from so you're rarely ever forced to choose from just shite ones.
Tremualin  [author] 23 Aug, 2022 @ 9:02pm 
I'm not sure if there's any conflicts with Choggi's breakthrough mod, except for Omega Unlocks All and Omega Unlocks All Slowly. If you can please, give it a try and let me know.

You are not locked out of any breakthrough; the other 3 could appear in other anomalies.
Captain Seasick 22 Aug, 2022 @ 9:56pm 
If only I knew 'bout this mod earlier. But does it create any conflicts with Choggi's own breakthrough mod?

And perhaps more importantly, if I get a choice of breakthroughs and pick 1, does that mean 2, 3, and 4 will get "locked out"? Or do I still get a chance to pick the other 3 during other breakthrough choices?
Tremualin  [author] 21 Jun, 2022 @ 9:43am 
It wasn't too much work after all. Flavour text is based on paleontology (destructive sampling). I am very happy with the result. Thanks for the encouragement.
Random_of_Amber 21 Jun, 2022 @ 9:20am 
I'd add that I like the new flavour text, too. Nice way to say 'well, we could apply this in a number of fields, but once we choose one, we'll use it up'! A neat enough solution without (I hope) too much labour for you!
The 'are you sure' screen is also good. And I see you've made it possible to alter the number of breakthroughs, too! Amazing.
Random_of_Amber 21 Jun, 2022 @ 9:17am 
Well that's leagues better! Thanks very much to you -- and to ChoGGi and SkiRich for their contributions, as well -- for making an already great mod better!
To be honest the change came as a pleasant surprise when I started playing today, as I hadn't actually seen that you'd updated this, and so swiftly! Great stuff. Much appreciated.
Tremualin  [author] 20 Jun, 2022 @ 8:07pm 
Ok, ChoGGi and SkiRich had some advice and...new version uploaded. Hope you like it.
Tremualin  [author] 20 Jun, 2022 @ 4:19pm 
I don't think it's possible to add a tooltip (I did look into it long time ago) without a lot of UI code. I asked other modders to be sure. Maybe one of them has some code. I would prefer this option if possible.

If the game had "short descriptions" of the breakthroughs I would use them. But it only has long descriptions. For some breakthroughs it works fine. For others...it gets messy. I will give it a try and see how badly it looks.

Feel free to join the modders discord for progress updates: https://discord.gg/H9Us53e5