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For what it's worth, I really miss the Outposts. Though that's not exactly what you asked for.

More ontopic, and purely direct to text brainstorm: What about a section of burnt forrest. Ash, burnt trees, maybe some fires

 

i know a crazy idea i love to see. Easter egg. like little hidden world with cool useless stuff or useful stuff. but very deadly get too. just a idea.

btw. after you told me how get that item. i just found a ship in sky that burn down as i got to it. too bad, i was hoping for weapon

 

A small Field of rice for bog planets and swamp minibiomes.

 

That's pretty much what Unknown biomes are for, dude!




and Rice Field and Burnt Forest: Good suggestions.


turns out that "second" amber recipe was SUPPOSED to be the Amber Sword.

 

lol. well than. any tips finding it?

 

yea. Go to an Unknown biome. That's it.

 

This was in the latest update version, actually, and I hadn't visited this planet before at the time of updating.

 

its no worries. I figured out the issue. the Bees! mod itself didnt have the bee type enabled as a spawn. So I simply added it for the next update. that will fix your issue.

it also means some of the more unusual bees can be spawned that way now, too.

 

Unknown is a major biome. So it's the name of a planet type

 

sayter updated FrackinUniverse with a new update entry:

MW 1.48

Read the rest of this update entry...

 

I really like that Burnt Forest idea.

Hmm...some things that pop into my head are impact craters for airless worlds, small patches of irradiated or poisoned ground, and quicksand bogs.
It could be a pain in side scrolling 2D, but I could see a river crossings being a thing.

Hmm..........maybe the bones of some ancient unknowable beast jutting up and out of the ground?

Perhaps ore outcroppings? Clearcuts? Junkyards?

I'm just spitballing here, don't judge.

Oh, and...er....

What does that mean? Are some of the rarer bees going to spawn in the wild now?

 

Code:

[19:55:42.668] Error: WorldServerThread exception caught: (StarException) Unknown dungeon: 'newavianmicro'
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[17] 171a15f
[18] 18df7b1
[19] 74b63744 BaseThreadInitThunk
[20] 77a9a064 RtlSetCurrentTransaction
[21] 77a9a02f RtlSetCurrentTransaction
[19:55:42.682] Error: UniverseServer: World thread has stopped due to an error, removing world

Is newavianmicro one of yours?


** Nevermind. Somehow the mod got uninstalled.

 

um, I just ran into an issue with using your mod. When I start a new character and I go to beam down to the planet, it beams me from my ship to my ship. very odd. I tried it with a fresh install of FU and Starbound- same issue.

Start logging at: 2015-09-10 17:507.859
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[17:507.860] Info: Star::Root using storage directory 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Starbound\giraffe_storage\'
[17:507.860] Info: Preparing Star::Root...
[17:507.861] Info: Detected mod 'FrackinUniverse' at '../giraffe_storage/mods\FrackinUniverse.modpak'
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[17:50:54.885] Info: UniverseServer: Acquiring universe lock file
[17:50:54.908] Info: UniverseServer: Loading settings
[17:50:54.909] Info: UniverseServer: No default world set; using randomized starter worlds
[17:50:54.909] Info: UniverseServer: Starting UniverseServer with UUI 5060cf29b121ac0f3b36540b35d6dceb
[17:50:54.916] Info: UniverseServer: Logged in player 'Donoya' locally
[17:50:54.916] Info: UniverseServer: Logged in account '<anonymous>' as player 'Donoya' from address local
[17:50:54.921] Info: UniverseServer: Reviving player at ClientShipWorld2eca1983ab9c6f029c00ee080a4a692
[17:50:54.921] Info: UniverseServer: Client 'Donoya' <1> (local) connected
[17:50:54.925] Info: UniverseClient: Joined server as client 1
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[17:50:55.049] Info: Renderer initialized
[17:50:55.876] Info: UniverseServer: Loading celestial world 305670282:-769300174:92269414:4:5
[17:51:00.209] Info: Client received world stop packet, leaving: Removed
[17:51:01.311] Error: WorldServerThread exception caught: (MapException) Key 'normalbee' not found in Map::get()
[0] 7ff720b37373
[1] 7ff720b33a48
[2] 7ff72072d641
[3] 7ff720a65eae
[4] 7ff720a66d32
[5] 7ff720a6cbe9
[6] 7ff720a64d96
[7] 7ff7208d849c
[8] 7ff720905fe9
[9] 7ff720905d72
[10] 7ff720b4b7fd
[11] 7ffd2f6213d2 BaseThreadInitThunk
[12] 7ffd30365454 RtlUserThreadStart
[17:51:01.367] Error: UniverseServer: World thread has stopped due to an error, removing world CelestialWorld05670282:-769300174:92269414:4:5
[17:51:01.371] Info: Client received world stop packet, leaving: Removed
[17:51:07.786] Info: Renderer destroyed
[17:51:07.788] Info: UniverseClient: Client disconnecting...
[17:51:07.797] Info: Client received world stop packet, leaving: Removed
[17:51:08.063] Info: UniverseServer: Client 'Donoya' <1> (local) disconnected
[17:51:08.164] Info: UniverseServer: World thread has stopped due to inactivity, removing world ClientShipWorld2eca1983ab9c6f029c00ee080a4a692
[17:51:08.680] Info: UniverseServer: Stopping UniverseServer
[17:51:08.775] Info: Renderer initialized
[17:51:12.189] Info: Renderer destroyed
[17:51:12.253] Info: UniverseServer: Acquiring universe lock file
[17:51:12.276] Info: UniverseServer: Loading settings
[17:51:12.276] Info: UniverseServer: No default world set; using randomized starter worlds
[17:51:12.277] Info: UniverseServer: Starting UniverseServer with UUI 5060cf29b121ac0f3b36540b35d6dceb
[17:51:12.281] Info: UniverseServer: Logged in player 'Donoya' locally
[17:51:12.281] Info: UniverseServer: Logged in account '<anonymous>' as player 'Donoya' from address local
[17:51:12.286] Info: UniverseServer: Reviving player at ClientShipWorld2eca1983ab9c6f029c00ee080a4a692
[17:51:12.286] Info: UniverseServer: Client 'Donoya' <1> (local) connected
[17:51:12.287] Info: UniverseClient: Joined server as client 1
[17:51:12.287] Info: UniverseServer: Loading client ship world ClientShipWorld2eca1983ab9c6f029c00ee080a4a692
[17:51:12.334] Info: Renderer initialized
[17:51:13.445] Info: UniverseServer: Loading celestial world 305670282:-769300174:92269414:4:5
[17:51:15.500] Info: Renderer destroyed
[17:51:15.501] Info: UniverseClient: Client disconnecting...
[17:51:15.564] Info: Client received world stop packet, leaving: Removed
[17:51:15.820] Info: UniverseServer: Client 'Donoya' <1> (local) disconnected
[17:51:15.921] Info: UniverseServer: World thread has stopped due to inactivity, removing world ClientShipWorld2eca1983ab9c6f029c00ee080a4a692
[17:51:16.482] Info: UniverseServer: Stopping UniverseServer
[17:51:17.030] Info: Renderer initialized
[17:52:26.754] Info: Renderer destroyed
[17:52:26.801] Info: UniverseServer: Acquiring universe lock file
[17:52:26.825] Info: UniverseServer: Loading settings
[17:52:26.825] Info: UniverseServer: No default world set; using randomized starter worlds
[17:52:26.826] Info: UniverseServer: Starting UniverseServer with UUI 5060cf29b121ac0f3b36540b35d6dceb
[17:52:26.829] Info: UniverseServer: Logged in player 'Donoya' locally
[17:52:26.830] Info: UniverseServer: Logged in account '<anonymous>' as player 'Donoya' from address local
[17:52:26.841] Info: UniverseServer: Spawning player at ship
[17:52:26.841] Info: UniverseServer: Client 'Donoya' <1> (local) connected
[17:52:26.841] Info: UniverseServer: Creating new client ship world ClientShipWorld:41685d6250b1d470d5f0ff5c610ade58
[17:52:26.841] Info: UniverseClient: Joined server as client 1
[17:52:26.890] Info: Renderer initialized
[17:524.147] Info: UniverseServer: Creating celestial world -521203174:-45335982:-66644718:5:4
[17:524.612] Info: Placing dungeon naturalcave
[17:524.612] Info: Generating dungeon naturalcave (NOT FORCED)
[17:524.614] Info: Placing dungeon at (1364, 875)
[17:52:40.019] Info: Loading DanceDatabase
[17:52:40.022] Info: Done loading DanceDatabase in 0.00300002 seconds
[17:52:49.295] Info: UniverseServer: Stopping world CelestialWorld:-521203174:-45335982:-66644718:5:4 due to inactivity
[17:52:49.395] Info: UniverseServer: World thread has stopped due to inactivity, removing world CelestialWorld:-521203174:-45335982:-66644718:5:4
[17:53:26.605] Info: UniverseServer: Loading celestial world -521203174:-45335982:-66644718:5:4
[17:53:27.110] Info: Client received world stop packet, leaving: Removed
[17:53:28.301] Error: WorldServerThread exception caught: (MapException) Key 'normalbee' not found in Map::get()
[0] 7ff720b37373
[1] 7ff720b33a48
[2] 7ff72072d641
[3] 7ff720a65eae
[4] 7ff720a66d32
[5] 7ff720a6cbe9
[6] 7ff720a64d96
[7] 7ff7208d849c
[8] 7ff720905fe9
[9] 7ff720905d72
[10] 7ff720b4b7fd
[11] 7ffd2f6213d2 BaseThreadInitThunk
[12] 7ffd30365454 RtlUserThreadStart
[17:53:28.457] Error: UniverseServer: World thread has stopped due to an error, removing world CelestialWorld:-521203174:-45335982:-66644718:5:4
[17:53:28.650] Info: Client received world stop packet, leaving: Removed
[17:534.263] Info: UniverseServer: Loading celestial world -521203174:-45335982:-66644718:5:4
[17:534.694] Info: Client received world stop packet, leaving: Removed
[17:535.586] Error: WorldServerThread exception caught: (MapException) Key 'normalbee' not found in Map::get()
[0] 7ff720b37373
[1] 7ff720b33a48
[2] 7ff72072d641
[3] 7ff720a65eae
[4] 7ff720a66d32
[5] 7ff720a6cbe9
[6] 7ff720a64d96
[7] 7ff7208d849c
[8] 7ff720905fe9
[9] 7ff720905d72
[10] 7ff720b4b7fd
[11] 7ffd2f6213d2 BaseThreadInitThunk
[12] 7ffd30365454 RtlUserThreadStart
[17:535.621] Error: UniverseServer: World thread has stopped due to an error, removing world CelestialWorld:-521203174:-45335982:-66644718:5:4
[17:535.628] Info: Client received world stop packet, leaving: Removed
[17:539.523] Info: UniverseServer: Loading celestial world -521203174:-45335982:-66644718:5:4
[17:539.894] Info: Client received world stop packet, leaving: Removed
[17:53:40.737] Error: WorldServerThread exception caught: (MapException) Key 'normalbee' not found in Map::get()
[0] 7ff720b37373
[1] 7ff720b33a48
[2] 7ff72072d641
[3] 7ff720a65eae
[4] 7ff720a66d32
[5] 7ff720a6cbe9
[6] 7ff720a64d96
[7] 7ff7208d849c
[8] 7ff720905fe9
[9] 7ff720905d72
[10] 7ff720b4b7fd
[11] 7ffd2f6213d2 BaseThreadInitThunk
[12] 7ffd30365454 RtlUserThreadStart
[17:53:40.801] Error: UniverseServer: World thread has stopped due to an error, removing world CelestialWorld:-521203174:-45335982:-66644718:5:4
[17:53:40.811] Info: Client received world stop packet, leaving: Removed
[17:53:57.028] Info: Renderer destroyed
[17:53:57.030] Info: UniverseClient: Client disconnecting...
[17:53:57.099] Info: Client received world stop packet, leaving: Removed
[17:53:57.377] Info: UniverseServer: Client 'Donoya' <1> (local) disconnected
[17:53:57.479] Info: UniverseServer: World thread has stopped due to inactivity, removing world ClientShipWorld:41685d6250b1d470d5f0ff5c610ade58
[17:53:58.053] Info: UniverseServer: Stopping UniverseServer
[17:53:58.246] Info: Renderer initialized
[17:54:03.771] Info: Renderer destroyed
[17:54:03.771] Info: Application quitting!
[17:54:03.771] Info: Client shutdown gracefully
[17:54:03.931] Info: Shutting down Star::Root

 

I think that'll be fixed with the bugfix he just now put out. The bees had an issue.

Hee hee. BUGfix? Because bees? GEDDIT?

 

are you using the newest build? because im starting right AT "normalbee" in my files.


edit: wait I lied. Looks liek i somehow deleted that entry, re-added it but forgot to commit it. fix coming right up.,

 

Found a small bug, most current version.

[19:53:14.329] Info: UniverseServer: Loading celestial world 896603933:683578931:-191730875:6
[19:53:14.857] Info: Client received world stop packet, leaving: Removed
[19:53:15.720] Error: WorldServerThread exception caught: (MapException) Key 'normalbee' not found in Map::get()
[0] 142ed2a
[1] 142c218
[2] 11a5150
[3] 138d88b
[4] 138e270
[5] 139254f
[6] 138cbae
[7] 1259ea8
[8] 127b3dc
[9] 127b16f
[10] 143f511
[11] 74f9336a BaseThreadInitThunk
[12] 76f29882 RtlInitializeExceptionChain
[13] 76f29855 RtlInitializeExceptionChain
[19:53:15.793] Error: UniverseServer: World thread has stopped due to an error, removing world CelestialWorld:896603933:683578931:-191730875:6
[19:53:15.898] Info: Client received world stop packet, leaving: Removed
[19:53:23.816] Info: UniverseServer: Loading celestial world 896603933:683578931:-191730875:6
[19:53:24.358] Info: Client received world stop packet, leaving: Removed
[19:53:25.284] Error: WorldServerThread exception caught: (MapException) Key 'normalbee' not found in Map::get()
[0] 142ed2a
[1] 142c218
[2] 11a5150
[3] 138d88b
[4] 138e270
[5] 139254f
[6] 138cbae
[7] 1259ea8
[8] 127b3dc
[9] 127b16f
[10] 143f511
[11] 74f9336a BaseThreadInitThunk
[12] 76f29882 RtlInitializeExceptionChain
[13] 76f29855 RtlInitializeExceptionChain
[19:53:25.384] Error: UniverseServer: World thread has stopped due to an error, removing world CelestialWorld:896603933:683578931:-191730875:6

found this on an Unknown type planet.

 

I'm having the same issue, its a shame because I just found out about this mod and was really looking forward to using it.

 

New problem, and possibly not your mod at all:

Code:

[20:03:26.500] Error: Fatal Error: Access violation detected at 01529AB3 (Read of address 000000A0)
[0] 18cedaa
[1] 18cc31e
[2] 1945302
[3] 151f6e2
[4] 1516898
[5] 151c2df
[6] 1520837
[7] 1513ba2
[8] 1505488
[9] 137b49e
[10] 18be342
[11] 138edb0
[12] 199ba49
[13] 199b846
[14] 196c0e9
[15] 74b63744 BaseThreadInitThunk
[16] 77a9a064 RtlSetCurrentTransaction
[17] 77a9a02f RtlSetCurrentTransaction

 

sayter updated FrackinUniverse with a new update entry:

quick fix

Read the rest of this update entry...

 

Speaking of Unknown biomes... I took a trip to one when I got my FTL drive working and completed a Densinium Chestpiece. It had an Insane difficulty.

I don't have much to say on the difficulty, aside from it not being all that difficult (these Glitch I met in a village on the top did have some of that late-game colored ore armor for sale though).
Anyhow... one half of the surface was sort of dead-arid biome, the other was volcanic. It was a super-hot planet (which made the Densinium Chestpiece very handy to have) that was constantly subjected to those awful vanilla sandstorms that slow you down.

Then it got weird. Really weird.

*Warning, a long wall of text follows as a story*

Unsurprisingly, the typical spirit of inquiry decided to turn up as it does on every planet. I was traveling through the volcanic biome, when out of nowhere, I simply thought to myself "What might I find below the surface?"

Taking the initiative on this thought, I burrowed into the ash, waiting for the moment that I'd start witnessing a change in the composition of the earth and soil, where denser, more valuable minerals typically occupy. In its place, I found an expansive chasm below that seemingly came out of nowhere, and otherwise would have no right to be there; an expansive dark abyss that went on for an unknown distance. If I wished to proceed, I had to know how deep it was...

Flares fell deep, their red glow falling deep before being swallowed up by an expansive blackness... any and all luminescent fluids I poured into the rift flowed and trickled far beyond my sight...

Failing to see the light they emit when they pool up, my ever swelling curiosity started to get the better of me... I thought to myself, "Would I find the ground if I simply got a closer look"? Not thinking of the possible risks, I elected to use a rope. Some fragment of my mind was thinking "Was I being smart about this? Surely there exist safer methods." but my inquiring nature was eating away at my mind like some sickening madness... I HAD TO KNOW

That decision came to become one that I would regret very shortly...

As I descended on my precarious lifeline, I unexpectedly encountered an issue: my line was giving too much slack, and I was falling and descending way too quickly!

I'm not sure if I simply lost grip of the rope, my rope lost grip of the earth it was bound to, or the rope simply snapped... but the result was the same... I fell...

As I fell, instincts took over as I activated my bouncy tech. Many thoughts raced through my mind as I fell, but soon, they were swiftly replaced by one ever-alerting one: what was happening to the cave wall?

Mid-fall, the stretching cave walls that one familiarly finds below the surface, rapidly and alarmingly transitioned into... open sky?

My full attention drawn to the new logic-defying sky that expanded before me... it failed to immediately register that I had landed on the thatched roofing of a shack.

When some sense had returned to me, my immediate thought was 'explore the area'. I located the small quantity of magma that I had poured into this... area, which had unfortunately landed atop a small farm of wheat, and solidified the surface of an open well. I rectified those two issues immediately...

Then the 'sun' started to rise. My attention drawn to the building, I entered, and found a Glitch who immediately stated "Excitement! I love meeting new friends!"

It took about half a moment for me to respond with an abject refusal, and I immediately bolted out of there! I wanted no part of that person's weirdness, nor of the place he called home!

This area looked like the surface of any normal planet... grass, trees, clouds, the sun, moon, and stars... even thorn fruit were here. But these visions betrayed their believability, for the 'sun' provided no illuminance... My only source of light was emited from the lantern on my back, and my flashlight.

The uncanniness of this place was overwhelming! I caught glimpses of giant wiggling grub-like creatures; the sight of which inspired an immediate and hostile retaliation.

I wanted out! I wanted to get out of here! But my teleporter would not work down here. Seeing a glow from a cave ahead, I rushed in, finding more expansive caves. For a brief moment in my mental state of vulnerability, a passing thought rushed through my head, "If digging down brought me to the surface, then perhaps by going deeper, I'll find my way back up!"

What followed was an experience into planetary madness...

From squishy, fleshy blood-filled caves filled with horrifying teeth-bearing abominations, FTL crystal caves with healing liquids to average subterranean caves... I witnessed all manners of bizarre impossible things such as the typical textures of first a normal moon... that slowly transitioned into a metallic one...

The resources were accurate, from pools of Erchius fluid, the uncommon Moonstone Ore they contain, and even Densinium ore! Mechanical spiders and powerful drones fought in this area, the cave wall looked like a ship exterior/interior of sorts, and strange gas vents were found down here.

It was as if the planet was a living entity, that below had mechanical parts to operate it!

Near the end of my experience... the ground and earth changed... one last time... silence took over, the stone became organic; proto soil and stone took over. Valuable protocyte was to be found all around! But my mind felt like it was in a state of shock, very little was passing through.

I started to doubt that I was going about this the right way... "Why would I ever find my exit by digging down?"

I spent quite a bit of time in this last biome however... as thankfully, seeing this never-before-seen stockpile of what otherwise had been a rare material spurred some sense into me to harvest it. I dug, quarried, and burrowed, gathering protocyte wherever it resided. While digging, I acquired a couple of triangular artifacts...

Digging and digging... I kept on going and going when I descended further, falling one last time when suddenly... darkness overtook all of my senses...

When I was capable of sight once again... my eyes were presented with the familiar visage of my ship's interior!

I'm not sure how... how I could have been right... nor why I ever thought of such a fool-hardy strategy to escape by descending in the first place... but I was ecstatic beyond all belief to have escaped!

I'd have written it all off as some strange dream, or even a hallucination brought on by a plant designed wrong, or a meal prepared poorly... but the resources I acquired dispel such beliefs...

...

I'm not sure if I want to go back.

I'm not sure if I'll ever go back...

Anyhow, it was really awesome. On another note... Sayter, have you done a lot of testing with the Lunari Rifle yet? I don't know why, but it seems fairly powerful. (It might just be the damage bonus my armor give me for all I know.) Anyhow, I just wanted to draw some attention to it.