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[BETA] Solace - PAUSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

Major contributors are Aissurtievos and Sir Meowsalot, majorly assisting with updates and bug fixes. Many, MANY thanks to them that I was able to get far. Solace's development has been paused indefinitely. I will not perform work for this community for the foreseeable future. I do not permit unofficial continuations or bug fixes.

The description from before development paused will remain untouched below.
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This is in beta. Custom campaign content has not been fully added, and creatures are a work in progress.

Face the winter storm as three new custom slugcats: the Friend, the Stalker (mainly known as Noir), and the Poacher! Set between the Rivulet and the Saint. These campaigns occur at the same time.

Friend is the first new character this mod adds. This heavy slugcat, with their developed limbs, is exceptional at crawling, climbing, jumping and even throwing. However, they're clumsy at walking, so avoid standing up!

Poacher is the second new character of this mod. Their adversaries are far stronger and heavier than this slugcat, who is just a pup, so they must use their intellect and equipment to survive encounters rather than brute force.

Noir is currently the final character from Solace. Adopted from the mod Noircatto due to code similarity and friendship, he is most mobile on all fours, much like Friend. He can flip and dash around enemies, shredding them with his unique melee attacks. And, to get their attention, he can bait them with a unique vocalization...

Solace now adds quite a cast of characters, each with their own stories, personalities, and gameplay. As you learn to thrive in the encroaching blizzards, how much of a menace will you become?

This mod currently adds 3 custom creatures, a custom world state, and significantly decreased food in all regions except for Undergrowth. The custom world state and creatures are a heavy work in progress, and are nowhere near a completed state. However, it seems stable enough to play, so I want people to be able to explore! The three characters this mod adds should now be able to ascend, so players may beat the game as them if they wish.

KNOWN ISSUES:
- Pebbles can talk to the characters without them having the Mark of Communication (and treats them like rivulet)
- Many regions do not have custom spawns

PLANNED:
- More regions with custom spawns (currently only outskirts and shaded citadel have them)
- Edited saint rooms so the two characters can traverse them
- More Poacher crafting results
- Custom intro and ending cutscenes
- More custom LTTM and Pebbles Dialogue
- For Saint, Friend, and Poacher, a new subregion of Subterranean that connects it to Outer Expanse
- A new region which combines Silent Construct and the Rot (aka, Pebbles will be at the height of his rotting)

KNOWN INCOMPATIBILITIES:
Drainage System+ (drainage system doesnt get replaced in solace campaigns, makes ds lag out in solace campaigns)
Rebind Everything (makes Poacher unable to craft)
Simplified Moveset (makes Noircatto's wallclimbing break - will be fixed next update)
The BudGermination (prevents the game from loading)
Less Deadly Rain (prevents the game from loading)
Artificer's Cookbook (makes Rain World fail to start properly)

ATTRIBUTIONS:
A huge thank-you to Slime-Cubed, o645, Deathpits, Vigaro, Spinch, Fish, Bebe, forthbridge, Dual Iron, Emerald Galaxy, and the rest of Rain World's modding community! Without you guys, creating this would not have been possible. These people helped me with understanding the code, getting the characters working, making their movement unique, adding the new creatures, and getting famine code to function as intended.

Ruffles, who made Solace's first showcase video back in the very beginning of its development, and helped get the word out!
The new trailer on this mod's page was created by Noir, with music by Intikus.

IN-GAME TRANSLATIONS:
English, by me? (this mod is written in english by default...)
(BROKEN/UNFINISHED) Russian, by MaxBogomol#0212, on Discord

FEEDBACK:
Please report any bugs you find! If you experience a crash, please contact me on Discord with your exceptionLog.

MIRROR DOWNLOAD:
https://github.com/UraniumCarrot/TheFriend-Source-Code-/releases/latest