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Necesse Expanded (v0.6.1)

(DESCRIPTION IS OUTDATED AFTER v0.6.1, SORRY! WILL FIX TOMORROW.)
Necesse Expanded is an all-in-one mod package intended to broadly improve upon and expand the vanilla Necesse experience with new content, new gameplay mechanics, and improvements to vanilla gameplay mechanics.

This mod requires Save's Custom Settings Mod, which implements a custom mod settings menu under the vanilla settings menu. You can configure this mod from this new mod settings menu. If you do not have that mod installed, the game will crash during mod loading.

Despite the current scale of this mod, this mod is still a work in progress. With the release of Necesse 1.0, I have a lot of new content planned for implementation. Stay tuned for updates!

This mod implements a new custom complex raid system, with nine new raid types featuring multiple enemy types, 25 new raiders, and a raider mini-boss. Raid difficulty is based on progression, so you'll encounter new raids and tougher raiders as you complete more quests for a settlement. These new raids can spawn in place of vanilla raids by default, but you can enable modded raids only, or you can disable them if you don't enjoy them, from the mod settings menu.

Settler happiness mechanics have also been reworked. Settler requirements for room size and diet variety have been reduced, and increasing settlement population has a positive impact on happiness. Settlements gain happiness from players completing quests, defeating raids, and providing certain amenities. Settlers lose happiness from other settlers dying. Settler happiness is less affected by positive modifiers, and achieving maximum happiness is a reasonable challenge.

Biome generation code has also been modified for ease of exploration, and to improve biome variety.

In addition to these major gameplay changes, this mod also includes a large number of minor, configurable gameplay changes.

In addition to the gameplay improvements discussed above, Necesse Expanded also adds a large amount of new content.

• A new Fishian biome, accessible via a special location that can spawn in the Deep Swamp Caves. Currently a work in progress.
  
  
• 63 new items, including 4 magic weapons, 3 melee weapons, 2 new ammo types, 12 trinkets, a fishing rod, 13 crafting materials, 2 new maps and 25 consumable items.
  
  
• 35 new mobs, including 25 raiders, 3 cavelings, 5 hostile mobs, and a new special summon available via the Necromancer's Ring trinket.
  
  
• 130 new recipes, including 82 recipes for vanilla items. This includes implementing recipes for traps, trinkets, potions, weapons, and objects such as shipping chests and mission boards. Early access to shipping chests and mission boards is intended to make settlement management easier in the early game.
  
  
• 8 new fishing expeditions, 4 new journal challenges (replacing existing challenges), and a large variety of new fish to catch.

• This mod can be installed at any point in a playthrough. However, I would recommend starting a new playthrough, as this is the intended experience. If you're using this in the middle of a playthrough, you won't encounter any of the new biomes, presets, or world generation changes in already generated areas, so visit unexplored areas for new content.
  
  
• Compatible with RPG Mod, Aphorea Mod and all other popular mods. Do not use this mod with my other standalone mods, it can cause crashes/bugs due to conflicting content. Mods that add items to NPC shops can also cause crashes due to how Necesse handles duplicate NPC shop entries, though this should only occur while loading the game.
  
  
• If you're experiencing crashes, please make sure to update your mods list by verifying your game files from the Steam library menu. If the issue persists, please copy the crash log (the window containing text that pops up on crash), and paste it in the error reporting thread below. Please do not paste them in the comments section. This ensures that I can identify and fix the error quicker, which means that you can get back to playing sooner.
  
  
• If you're having issues with joining servers, please verify your game files to ensure your mods list is fully up to date, and ensure that your load order is identical to the load order used by the server.

• Save: For providing the Spanish translation, and helping with bug fixes.
  
• Kenjiyrn: For providing the Polish translation!
  
• Valeryn4: For providing the Russian Translation!

The public GitHub repo for this mod can be found here[github.com]. The code for this mod is open source.

The public repository also includes a short 'wiki' document (README.md) that you should look at for more details.