Do you use the new DLC?
I was only able to test it with the base game which worked fine.

Seems to be breaking my game. Got the emitter event, but can't enter the location. Caravan just stops on top of the spot and clicking the 'approach emitter' just flashes a text box 'Generating map of new encounter' for a split second on the screen and then nothing happens. Hunting lodge I entered but the scene didn't change and I could only see the names of pawns copying itself as i moved the camera over the overworld UI. Saved in that state and reloaded and it loaded me in a completely empty map. Removed the mod and now the game completely breaks when I enter the world map. I don't have combat extended but I do have about 20 other mods. Everything was working fine until I started using the caravan.

thanks you, Albion

thanks you

You should get various errors on loading your savegame since everything related to this mod disappears but apart from that it is safe to remove.

Can I remove this mod from my savegame?

im just a sucker for nostalgia with old mods that tend to stick around lol. thanks for maintaining!

I'm happy you enjoy it. My life changed significantly since I published this Mod 8 years ago. I married my girlsfriend, built a house and had 2 kids. Between demanding job and family there is not much time left over to maintain my mods so I hope you'll have some patience until I fix eventual bugs. I also didn't test the mod super thoroughly but I think it should be fine.

im glad this mod continues to follow me through the years. thanks for the fun!

Updated to 1.6 Enjoy!
Please report any issues.

@micelus: You'll definitely have some red error messages, especially if you have items from the chemical extraction and/or boomalopes in your colony. Also all related recipes and the neutroglycerine will disappear. Apart from that you should be good to go and should not have any adverse effects whatsoever.

Hi, first of all, excellent mod! I've been using this for years.

I have a save with the full mod. If I removed it and then used all the modular versions except for the chemical extraction mod, would the save still recognise everything from those modules as identical to the full mod? I.e. no adverse effects on the save?

@waffleookiez: the problem is that they are naturally hostile. Even if you befriend them (which you can do) it will require constant care since the relationship will deteriorate on it's own. They are also intended to give a tougher challenge than the normal pirates but have better loot.
If you don't want to have them as an enemy you can open the mod and edit the file in Defs/FactionDefs. Simply remove the line with <naturalEnemy>true</naturalEnemy> and they won't be an enemy in your next colony. Please beware that it might not affect your relationships in your current savegame.

I have tried looking through but there are too many comments to easily find and I don't believe I can search (if I can please let me know how).

Is it possible to edit Blue Moon Corporation factions natural goodwill? I am happy to have factions that dislike me but maybe not so much.

I'm happy to support anyone doing CE compatibility. I simply don't have the time to do it myself. If I remember correctly there also need to be changes made to the pawn loadouts for the faction.

I have an honest question because we have a manual patcher, would you be willing to work with someone to create a CE Version or for CE Capatibility?
Assuming everything loads and works, I think all we have to do is add ammunition to the weapons and then put in CE Stats.

Yes. Only the faction and the guns cause issues with CE, so using the modular parts you can pick and choose everything else and you're compatible.

If I use the modular version of the mod (with features separated) and don't use the weapons and faction - related content, will it be compatible with CE?

should have read this mod is incompatible with ce but the guns with infinite ammo did that job too

There might be issues with the weapons and the faction. However I didn't look into it too much. You can always request a patch from the CE Team.

why this mod incompatible with CE?I remember version 1.4 working fine

My pleasure. I created a mod I wanted to use myself which is balanced with the vanilla experience. I think I mostly succeeded in that attempt. Enjoy the mod.

this is one of the few mods i keep coming back to on my play throughs.thank you for keeping it alive

@Axiom: for some reason the progress bar is broken at the moment. The pawn needs to stay inside for a few hours (up to a day maybe). If he stays in longer something might be broken.

I put a pawn in the mind altering device and nothing seems to be happening. Am I supposed to just leave them in there for a long time or is this broken with other mods?

So I’m trying to figure out how to make neutroamine, but am completely unable to figure out how to use the neutroglycerine for stuff other then chemfuel

Oh thanks for the quick answer. It's just sometimes hard to find things when you have 300+ mods XD

You need the matter weaver and the corresponding research. There you can weave synthread (and hyperthread).

So I can't seem to find where to make synthread. A bit of help?

Yeah. The easiest way was to just spwan it at the point where the pod leaves. I could have gone the route of dropping it in via a new pod but the first option was easier and clearer to me.

Nevermind, im dumb, I just realised where it is.

How exactly do you use the Beam Cannon after launch? It says I should get control of it after it is in space, but I see no controller?

Sorry. That incident was from VFEI. My bad.

@Rektsmarshal: please check if they are actually from this mod. I think some other mod copied the event.
I updated the mod a few months ago so the chunks should be viewed as hostile similar to the normal hives and get attacked automatically. Also there is a hard cap on the maximum amount of chunks. I think it's somewhere around 60 but I would have to check the code.

I regret not turning off infested ship chunks. I got 400+ of those in a single event and manually attacking the chunks is a PITA lol

Thank you Albion, I didn't realize I had to unload the pack animals, it makes sense though. Still love the mod!

@michallenik8: I would be happy to include other textures if they are provided. Since I'm not a pixel artist myself I had to rely on stuff other people were willing to create for me (most of them for free).

Im surprised that no one had ever made reskin mod for it. So it would match the vanilla style.

@Stellar

Combat Extended compatibility is something their dev team does, it is not, and will never be, something that's the responsibility of other mod devs.

CE has an inbuilt autopatcher if you're desperate to use this mod with it, otherwise? Literally be patient, CE adds compatibility for the most popular mods on the workshop.

Unfortunately it is not exactly intuitive. You have to set up a stockpile, drop all your caravan stuff you want to trade into it and then walk up to the different traders to trade.

Does anyone have any input on the best way to do the trade fair?

The weapons don't have ammo (and are not damage adjusted to the CE values) and the pawnDefs are also missing some parameters. I'm also not entirely sure if the FactionDefs would need some patching too.
To some it up: The weapons, faction and pawnDefs for the faction would need patching if CE is present. Check my comment from 24th August: Just install the core mod and all addons except weapons and blue moon and you're fully CE compatible.

How and why it's incompatible with the CE?

@Average Genstealer use What's That Mod

Unfortunately this is not easily done. However you can use the core mod and all addons except Chemical extraction and you got what you want.

please add an option to remove nitroglycerin because i cant figure out which submod its from

For the hive ship crash event, I cannot claim, uninstall or deconstruction the buildings to loot them, like the chemfuel producer or the vanometric power cell. This still occurs even after clearing the entire map of hostiles, and reloading the save.

@Albion: Oh my bad, Thanks. Sorry about that.

@Bludem: I already split up the mod so people can pick and choose what they want. Look a few posts below, there I already addressed the CE issue. Instead of the full mod you can simply install the core mod and all standalone addons except Blue Moon and Weapons. This gives you all Sparkling Worlds features except the ones that are CE incompatible.

Any chance you can post the mod without any of the weapons since its CE incompatible? I really like all the other stuff that it adds to the game.