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Cosmic Encounter Official DLC [Scripted Setup]

UPDATE OCTOBER 27 2020:
- Added Nightmare's missing 10th essence card. The back uses exactly the same back as the other cards in the deck. The front is just a photo of the physical card as I am unable to find the digital artwork.
- Variant modes in game setup now include short descriptions and directions to where their rules can be found.

UPDATE OCTOBER 15 2020:
- Huge thanks to Simple and their fantastic work adding these new features to this mod.
- Alien selection now in a matrix with ability to exclude base game aliens and to select all aliens in one skill level or expansion with a single click.
- Script no longer moves seated players. Seated players are identified and dealt to, while unseated players are assigned colours automatically.

UPDATE SEPTEMBER 23 2020:
- Removed Invader destiny cards from destiny deck and stuck them in the alien bag. They are now drawn in the same way other alien specific tokens are and can be added to the destiny deck manually when Invader is in play.

UPDATE SEPTEMBER 14 2020:
- Added ability to specify which reward decks to include
- Fixed issue in which alien cards were not being dealt to players if selecting only beginner, intermediate, or expert base game aliens

UPDATE AUGUST 31 2020:
- Added greater customisation of alien pool. Able to choose expansions to include as well as skill level.
- Increased amount of time code waits between executing steps to fix bugs with alien pool and flares deck.

Cosmic Encounter is one of my favourite games, but it’s always been a bit of a pig to set up. I was disappointed to find that not only did the official Cosmic Encounter TTS DLC didn’t take advantage of TTS’ scripting, it’s fiddlier than a tiny violin to use.

I decided to clean up the table so that it looks less like a museum exhibit and have automated the initial setup to save you many hours of faffing. This has been scripted with all expansions. I don’t know whether or not it will work if you haven’t purchased these…

Using a series of buttons, the script works out player count, allows you to easily toggle alien skill levels and expansion content, it clears away unused pieces, deals out aliens and relevant tokens, works out flares, and a bunch of other stuff.

I fixed the issue where certain flares and alien cards were showing 'Ace' on the back when dealt to a hand. I also removed the highlight toggle button as it seemed a little pointless to me.

I’ve never done anything like this before so the code for this is probably pretty ugly. It’s my first child so I’ll love it regardless of how much it made me want to bang my head against the wall. I could never work out how to get the discard zones to turn cards face up when dropped on the pile without also rotating cards passing through the zones as they are being dealt to players…

Big shout out to MrStump’s LUA guides (https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=714904631) and to Kensuaga’s Nemesis script (https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1265009992). Both really helped me to Frankenstein this together. Also massive high five to Simple for all their feedback and hard work making my original scripts much better.

Eventually I might update with some note cards containing important rules reminders, but I’m happy with the functionality for now. Feel free to fix any issues you find or iterate on this with your own improvements. After spending far too long staring at the code, I’m going to take a break and actually play some boardgames.