INFORMATION

I wanted to make my own mod based on starting on Aquilo. I tried searching (apparently really poorly) for a mod that allows players to start on Aquilo but could not find any as my search skills were terrible, so I endeavoured to make my own that was as vanilla as I could. The basis of this mod was to design a way to obtain the base game resources, a way to expand on resource collection, a way to utilise the connecting planets to further grow the factory on Aquilo, all while trying to keep it 'vanilla' as possible. There is a small chance for softlock so plan technologies accordingly.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This mod utilises a lot of work done by:
- _CodeGreen on their mod Any Planet Start
- someone1337 on their mod Spaceship APU survived the crash
- malcomriley on their assets unused-renders via the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

DISCLAIMER

I am not that good at coding but I do have ideas. This mod was designed with the assistance of AI.

FEATURES

• Shuffled the tech tree to balance around an Aquilo start.
• Modified and added a new tree named frost willow which provides the source of the base resources throughout Aquilo.
• New technologies surrounding the frost willow.
• Crashed ship provides at default 1500 kW of power which can be changed by the player (toggleable for other planet starts).
• Crashed ship provides heating in an area around it which can be changed by the player.
• Starting material provided to the player in the crashed ship.
• Burner miner now locked behind technology. The burner miner ingredients have been refunded to the player.
• Modified the railgun recipe to allow it to be made with Aquilo and Fulgora components only.
• Modified and added an upgraded agricultural tower to plant frost willows on Aquilo.
• Modified and added a new recipe for the rocket turret to enable escape from Aquilo (only on original orbit).
• Aquilo has a larger starting island with more smaller islands with frost willow growth.
• Added the option to include a route from Vulcanus to Aquilo AND/OR Nauvis to Aquilo.
• Allow swapping the orbits of Nauvis and Aquilo to enable a safe start with big asteroid balancing.
• WIP balancing of new recipes.

OTHER

If you have any ideas for improvements or comments feel free to leave a discussion comment :)