Mods

[GoldenWolf]

What are some good mods i can install?

[Mack]

Firstly, download Slipstream Mod Manager

FTL Better Planets and Backgrounds is good, it improves the pictures (obviously). Doesn't impact the actual game though.

FTL Captain's Edition (with CE Resource Pack) is the best full mod . Endless Loot is a 'sub-mod' which heavily randomises the weapons.

Flagship Randomizer is cool.

I'm not sure the better planets/background mod works with captains edition though.

[spb.nevill]

It does, since it only changes graphics. However, there are minor graphical bugs concerning positioning of certain objects... I never noticed them until people told me about them. It's not like you are admiring the scenery during the game anyway.

Rockman fixed those in his mod.

Captain's Edition would be your go-to thread (read the troubleshooting section if something doesn't work. Also be warned that buying artillery system causes crashes on loading the game. Check the thread for a workaround, or just don't buy the system)
http://www.ftlgame.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=15663

My personal mod order:
| Better Planets and Backgrounds - better graphics
| CE Resource Pack - required for CE
| FTL Captain's Edition - CE itself
| CE BPaB Compatibility Patch - for compatibility with Better Planets mod
| CE Additional Music Addon - optional
| CE Infinite Addon - very optional. Changes the feeling of the game drastically, since, as the name suggests, it allows for infinite gameplay. It is good for checking out what CE has to offer.
| CE Additional Music Infinite Compatibility patch - if you have both mods above
|| EL Texture Pack - if you want Endless Loot to work
|| CE Endless Loot Addon for CE Infinite - duh
or
|| CE Endless Loot Addon standard CE (never use both) - if you want Endless Loot but didn't install CE Infinite
|| CE Non-EL Enemy Loadouts Addon - if you want EL but don't want enemies with EL weapons
|| CE Vanilla Player Ship Loadouts Addon - if you don't want to change starting ships
||| Shiny! UI and Graphics v1.0 for CE - Rockman's graphics mod
||| Shiny! Ship Greebles for CE - Lord Trilobite made a Ship Greebles graphics mod and this makes it compatible with Rockman's mod for CE
||| Shiny! Vanilla Portraits Patch for CE - reverts CE portrait changes back to vanilla which I prefer
||| Ain't Nobody Got Time For That Replacer - yet more graphical fixes from scooterbaga. Supposedly included in Rockman's mod, but I install them separately just to be sure they are in
||| Extended Pursuit Indicator x2/x3/x5/x24 - for convenience
|||| Random Flagship - if you are a masochist

This should get you started.

This is a list of current mods for Advanced Edition:
http://www.ftlgame.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=26619

[GoldenWolf]

Thanks guys :D

[Mack]

:)

[anarcher]

>random flagship in I-CE mode
>generated one with twin triple-missile launchers in the inner weapon bays
>last phase has cloaking

So yeah, definitely for masochists. You will be eating two volleys of 2x3 missiles before getting through the supershield, and then the superweapon, assuming you survive the insanity that is the second phase. I love it, it's how a proper last boss should feel.

[viamontian]

Any mods for endless lives?

[spb.nevill]

No, but you can give yourself a Hull Repair Drone and a nigh infinite amount of Drone Parts, which is essentially the same.

[anarcher]

Until your drone control burns to only 1 power, then it rapidly spirals down from there.

[Skinny Pete]

Originally posted by spb.nevill:

No, but you can give yourself a Hull Repair Drone and a nigh infinite amount of Drone Parts, which is essentially the same.

WIth the drone recovery arm, you don't even have to cheat. Just warp out of the sector while a repair drone is still operating, and it will be automatically recovered. This gives you at least 2 free repairs every warp without consuming any drone parts. (Or 3 or 4 if you gamble a bit.)

[Mr_Yeti]

Should I turn on advanced edtion now is it even worth it what does it add?

[Skinny Pete]

Originally posted by Mr_Yeti:

Should I turn on advanced edtion now is it even worth it what does it add?

Tons of new weapons and systems. Unfortunately, the bad guys also get them.

I can't see playing without them now, but some people might think it's a bit much of an adjustment.

[Mr_Yeti]

Originally posted by Skinny Pete:

Originally posted by Mr_Yeti:

Should I turn on advanced edtion now is it even worth it what does it add?

Tons of new weapons and systems. Unfortunately, the bad guys also get them.

I can't see playing without them now, but some people might think it's a bit much of an adjustment.

Thanks