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Frackin' Universe - Elithian BYOS Ships

Note: You must have this patch to be able to use the Frackin' BYOS system on modded races.

Adds Frackin' BYOS ships themed after the Elithian Races. You don't need to play an ERM race to choose these ships.

Both mods are required, since FU adds the BYOS system and objects and ERM adds the racial objects and tiles. This mod doesn't enable the Akkimari as a playable race on the steam release of ERM (use its Github version[github.com] for this), though you can choose any ship regardless of your character's race.

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ERM FAQ

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Q: 'Is this mod client-side?'
A: No. If you want to play with someone who doesn't have it, or use the ships on a server without this mod: Make your character, pick your ship, then uninstall this mod. Your ship will be fine. Or convince them to get this mod as well.

Q: 'Is this safe to uninstall?'
A: Yes. Once the ship is placed the mod's job is done. Uninstalling won't break your ship since I don't add any blocks or objects, they're all FU or ERM.

Q: 'Can I replace my current BYOS with one of these?'
A: It's possible with /placedungeon, but I wouldn't recommend it. Pick up your BYOS components first if you try.

Q: 'Can I replace my non-BYOS ship with one of these?'
A: No, and you will break your shipworld if you try. BYOS or non-BYOS is a binary choice, and you can't go back on it.

Q: 'How do I repair my FTL?'
A: With FU's BYOS system, you need to research and craft your own FTL drive in the Engineering tree. Speak to Esther at the Ark, she has a tutorial quest for FTL travel.

Q: 'Will you add ships for the other Elithian Races?'
A: If and when races subsequent to the Akkimari are released, most likely. The non-implemented races don't have tiles or objects (and I know very little about them), so I can't build ships for them.

Q: 'What about the Centens?'
A: They have tiles and objects, but I wouldn't want to make them freely available to the player until I see how ERM implements them as a playable race. They also have no in-game ship examples besides the blue anomaly station.

Q: 'How do I make my ship bigger?'
A: They're Build-Your-Own-Ships, alter and expand them however you want. I recommend picking up the racial crafting styles at the Creon Embassy (Alliance), Starfarer's Refuge (Avikan) and Trinkian settlements (Trink, of course). For Akkimari blocks you'll have to raid their microdungeons, like a true scavenger.

Q: 'How do I get more Akkimari furniture?'
A: Wait for the Akkimari race to be officially released, or spawn it in.

Q: 'How do I get the controller for the Akkimari vehicle?'
A: In ERM, the Chaseflight controller is a very rare drop from the vehicle-riding Akkimari found in their tower microdungeons. This controller won't allow you to pick up the Chaseflight your ship comes with, but you can spawn a new one.

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This mod makes minimal changes to other files, only patching FU's ships.config to allow you to choose the new ships. As a result, if you're having issues then your problems aren't caused by me. You most likely have:

1: Mods incompatible with Frackin' Universe.[frackinuniverse.miraheze.org]

2: Mods incompatible with Elithian Races.[github.com]

3: Mods that predate the release of Starbound 1.4.4 (August 2019), which are often outdated and broken. Check the release date of your installed mods. Mods that attempt to change how FU works (beyond compatibility patches) are usually outdated very quickly.