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Cold Storage

"Keeps your food at a nice temperature above 0 degrees Celsius."

- What Does This Mod Do?​

This mod supplies the player with cool storage for foodstuffs, adding an early game alternative to fridges, by adding slight refrigerative properties to ship lockers, storage lockers and icy chests. Most storage changed maintains food for 150% longer than normal, but Ice Chests and Ice Sphere Chests maintain food for 400% longer. It also comes with support for the following race mods: The Avali, Felin, Gallavoir, Orcana and Peglaci.

- Why?​

Because, early on, the player is introduced to farming and the spoilage mechanics, but not to refrigeration. Refrigeration is an important mechanic that significantly improves food lifespan before spoiling. However, it is not introduced in an "over-time" manner. The second you find or craft a fridge, that's it. No incremental introduction of the refrigeration mechanic - it's either complete negation of food spoilage or nothing. This mod was made at the spur of the moment when I realized this, and now the player is introduced to slowing food spoilage a little earlier - the second they load their ship. The ship serves as the players interim base at the start of the game, with some people maintaining their base on their ship their entire playthrough, so it seemed the best and most logical option.

As for the screenshots above, they were taken minutes apart. However, only one minute has passed according to the (modded) description of the food. The mod in action.

Mod Repository Version: http://community.playstarbound.com/resources/cold-storage.3898/