@gallarion37: Glad to hear that it is solved :)
Thanks for pointing out what the error was, that may help someone else sometime in the future.

Yeah I have understand and use the good one now, but the probleme WAs that I used the legacy mod :p

@gallarion37: That's not what I said.

The Letalium Legacy mod is not for the live version of Cosmoteer, but for people who use an older version of Cosmoteer. When attempting to use it with the current version of Cosmoteer it will probably crash, as stated on the respective modpage.
If you're looking for the current version of the Letalium Addon, you can find it here: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2992502697

The Letalium Legacy Addon has this warning in giant bright blue font: "This is for older versions of Cosmoteer 0.26.1 and below. It will not work on current versions of the main game"
Please use the current version.

Hello, as you said, I had a mod from you that have compatibility with star wars mod, which cause the 1rst probleme.

The seond one was that I had the lethalium legacy mod that cause the 2nd crash.

Thanks to you, have a nice day.

@gallarion37: I can't fix this because “The given key ‘SW.asteroid_doonium_s’ was not present in the dictionary.” points to the Star Wars mod.
Also the Letalium addon requires Extended Tech Tree Mod to be present (Mineable Megaroids isn't required for it to work).

If ETTM is present and the Letalium addon still crashes, please supply me with an error log file so I can have a look at it (but I doubt the addon is the root cause of the problem unless some cosmoteer update hit last night or something).

Hello,

I saw your announcement saying that you wanted to stop but that you wanted to update your current mods first. I'm already sad that you're stopping because your mods are really incredible.

I have a problem, I can't launch your mod collection at all. I have two problems:

First of all, the lethalium addon mod no longer works, and I can't launch it, which gives me an error.

Then I tried to remove it but I get another error: “The given key ‘SW.asteroid_doonium_s’ was not present in the dictionary.”

Can you please fix them before you leave so we can keep playing with your great mods :D .

Have a nice day.

I have an important announcement to make.
Effective immediately I will cease active development for all my mods for Cosmoteer.

For the long version please see the pinned topic:
https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/discussion/2946411143/567001570938471032/

Version 1.3.30a is a hotfix to fix a potential crash bug.

- Hotfix to fix an issue with missing strings causing a crash in certain situations.

Please update to the 1.3.30a version of ETTM.

The issue was caused by me having forgotten to add the necessary strings to both the new asteroids and their deposits. I don't know how this happens, but at least it was an easy fix.
My apologies for the inconvenience.

No other changes were made in this patch.

@flukegeneral: I found the issue. I'm gonna hotfix this one asap. I'll keep you informed.

@flukegeneral: Hi. I just got home. I'll go have a look at it and let you know what I find.
If something is broken, expect a hotfix. Thanks for the detailed report.

-I have a problem with version 1.3.30 when my ship comes into contact with Doodads/AsteroidAetherium_M. After that if I save the game, I can't load the saved game. It says
Error loading game: Ship name 'Doodads/AsteroidAetherium_M' is not a valid ship name.

-I have to load an older save (before I met Doodads/AsteroidAetherium_M) to be able to load the save.

-I really like the Extended Tech Tree Mod. Do you have a fix?

I forgot to add, Aetherium is one of the mid-game resources and its asteroids will only start appearing from star systems 8-10 and higher.

Also to reiterate, due to game limitations these resources are not sold by trade stations nor by trade ships as I want these mid-game resources and the parts made from them to only be available from mid-game.

I've got plenty of stuff to try, test and add for the foreseeable future and I will continue tweaking parts already released to try and keep things balanced.

My priority is no crashes, so if you see any of those that are caused by one of my mods, please let me know.

After I released sufficient high-tech parts, I will also start releasing ships for my Upgraded Enemy Ships mod so you can go and fight ships with the same high-tech gear as you have.

Have a good weekend :)

For the newly added Aetherium asteroids I tried something new again, asteroids consisting of 2 distinct layers of which the outside layer consists of standard rocks and sand with sparse hyperium deposits. The inner core of these asteroids are made of compacted rocks which require high-tech mining gear to mine.
For now Aetherium will have no use, but that will hopefully soon change (unless I get sick again again...lol).

Enriched Saturnium is used for the newly added High-Tech Reactors, which feature higher density 7x, 14x and 21x batteries than even the Advanced Reactors and are white in color instead of blue (for advanced batteries) or yellow (of the standard batteries).
I may tweak the raw power generation of these reactors in the near future.
The sprites for the factory are not fully done yet, will be for a future update.

(part 2 because patch notes are too long lol)

- Increased blueprint cost of the Advanced Processor Factory from 80k to 110k.
- Further improved some of the sprites including for the High-Tech Mining Laser.
- Increased command point usage for the High-Tech Mining Laser from 3 to 10 (bugfix)

Version 1.3.30 is now released and adds the following:

- Added new mineable resource Aetherium.
- Added new asteroids to spawn the new resource. These asteroids are of a brand new type, consisting of an outer softer layer with sparse Hyperium deposits which can be mined like any ordinary asteroid, while the inner rocky core consists of compacted rocks, which requires high-tech mining laser technology to be mined. The Aetherium deposits themselves though are not compacted rocks, so with a bit of luck you will be able to mine Aetherium deposits that happen to sit at the very edge of the compacted rock core without having to use high-tech mining gear.
- Added new resource Enriched Saturnium.
- Added new factory to enrich raw Saturnium.
- Added Durasteel Structure, which is needed for some high-tech parts.
- Added the High-Tech Small Reactor Core.
- Added the High-Tech Medium Reactor Core.
- Added the High-Tech Large Reactor Core.

@AnAmoeba: That's the idea :)
It adds new game mechanics and more variation to the game, which is what I wanted when I was experimenting with this.

Neat idea with the Saturnium and new Mining Laser! The added complexity gives the game more depth.

For now Saturnium has no use, but hopefully this will change soon.

BUG ALERT: I did find from testing that while these new asteroids can be mined, the resources will not be auto-gathered for some reason. So after mining please make sure you grabbed everything. I'm not sure I can fix this (the game is not meant to be used in the way that the HTML works lol).
If I find a fix for this I will implement this. But for now if you mine any Saturnium asteroids you will have to make double sure you collect the nuggets a second time to make sure you don't leave any behind.

With this patch I'm trying something new: A new type of asteroid material which cannot be mined by anything except with a High-Tech Mining Laser (will be adding more variants of the HTML eventually).
I experimented with these new type of rocks a bit and settled with the current design for now at least.

The High-Tech Mining Laser requires Electrum Coils to be build and thus is meant to be a mid-game ship part.

The saturnium asteroids will look different from the standard types of asteroids as these consist of compacted rocks, which is impervious to standard mining laser technology. These will feature a blue-ish overlay icon to make them easier to distinguish from the other types of asteroids (which typically use white, yellow and violet).

Version 1.3.29 is now released and adds the following:

- Added the High-Tech Mining Laser.
- Added new mineable resource Saturnium
- Added new asteroids to spawn the new resource. These feature a new type of rock called Compacted Rock, which requires high-tech mining beams to be mined.
These asteroids will start spawning from roughly tier 8 systems and will become somewhat more common in higher tier star systems.

- Fixed an error which caused platinum asteroids to appear in too low tier star systems.
- Fixed some other minor errors.
- Done some minor optimizations here and there.

@AnAmoeba: Thank you for your feedback and keep enjoying!

Just wanted to drop a note to say how much I enjoy your fantastic mods. Especially appreciate your attention to detail in balancing. Thanks for sharing them!

@HuskyStrylight: Yes (meaning it won't break your game if you use both ETTM and SW mods).

is this mod compatible with the starwars mod?

Also depending on how the recovery goes, I might temporarily shift priority to working on mods that require less of my energy (like Merchant Raiders) or update mods that were really close to having an update anyway (mineable dwarf planets is really close to receive an update atm) since currently I'm basically out of energy all the time.
So basically doing the low hanging fruit first. We'll see.

Unfortunately this change will only affect star systems that have not been visited yet, but it's the best I can do for now.

I was working on a new patch when I got sick (the 1.3.28 version is perhaps more of a hotfix of the 1.3.27 version and not part of the unfinished next patch, if that makes sense), no ETA as I was still working on some stuff I really want fixed before releasing the next real content patch, but I will keep hotfixing if needed.

Version 1.3.28 is a minor (but still important!) patch

- Increased the amount of standard Platinum asteroids spawning in tier 8 and higher systems. Tier 10 and higher star systems will get a further increase.

No other changes were made.

Ahh, I'll keep searching in the meantime i guess hahah. Hope you get better soon!

@Haemo: I had a look and I did find some of the Pt asteroids, but they do appear to indeed be too uncommon.
I will probably increase their spawn rates anyway since more parts using platinum are gonna be added eventually. My apologies if the drop rates are set way too low.

Atm I'm still recovering from pneumonia caused by the covid I was sick from last week and I'm basically tired all the time. Updates are definitely gonna slow down as long as this danged fatigue lingers.

Hey, really enjoying the progression this mod adds. Not sure if it's better to comment here or your other mod, but I have yet to find any platinum despite exploring new systems in the danger level of 15-17. I've tried sun-diving and asteroid belt scouting but no luck. So far no issues finding the other resources though thankfully

Also I mentioned like just before last weekend that things were going well. Well........last weekend I got covid (again! -_-) so updates may slow down (again -_- ) depending on how well I feel.
When I told a friend of mine this yesterday, he jokingly asked me if I was trying for the guinness book of records of trying to speedrun getting ill as many times as possible lol!

I hope this is the last time I catch covid or flue or whatever it all was what I have gotten afflicted with because tbh I'm kinda getting sick of this (lol).

If I don't feel too miserable the coming week I will continue to work on my mods, if only because it helps me stay distracted and because I've been working on some new stuff for several of my existing mods I am exited about and which is nearly done :)

(part 2 because too long)
The Mining Missile System was in a sort of dev hell for a long time and it took me a long time to tweak and balance.

Having a bunch of these mine down an entire dwarf planet is so much faster now, if you can afford to feed the launchers with enough ammo.

Unlike the military missile launchers which require 4 blueprints to be unlocked, the MMS requires just a single blueprint to be fully unlocked.

(part 1 because too long)
The Mining Missile System is a converted standard Missile Launcher which uses common ammo to launch a variety of projectiles specifically designed to more quickly mine down asteroids.

It's much quicker than a mining laser, but it costs ammo (and indirectly sulfur) to use, so its speed increase comes at a cost.

It also requires more crew to operate (mostly to keep it supplied with new ammo) than a mining laser. It requires just 1 operator though.
It costs 2 processors each and one MMS requires and increased 12 command points.

It it relatively less efficient to use the Mining Missile System to break down ship carcasses, a mining laser will be better suited for this job in most situations.
The MMS is not suitable for military use.

Version 1.3.27 is now released and adds the following:

- Added the Mining Missile System.

- Made some tweaks to the salvage rates of all mineable reources for future use.

@Z.E.R.T.: I have played with that thought and do intend to add one additional tier, but also some other new stuff. Also it's gonna take a looong while before all the stuff I would want to implement can get implemented.

thanks for the update question. do you plan to add tier 3 and 4 weapon for Players and new ai ship in futur ?

The Hyperium and Sulfur Powered Mega Mining Lasers don't require a reactor to feed them batteries, but instead are powered by hyperium or sulfur respectively, 2 cheaper common mineable resources.
Of course the Nuclear Powered Mega Mining Laser doesn't require any batteries either. It requires no external power source, but is way more expensive than the hyperium and sulfur powered parts while performing (almost) exactly the same.

Also these mega mining laser variants are easier for me to implement into ships for Merchant Raiders, so expect these to make an appearance in that mod at some point.

Development of ettm atm is going well with plenty new stuff on the way.

Have a good weekend!

Version 1.3.26 is now released and adds the following:

- Added the Hyperium Powered Mega Mining Laser
- Added the Sulfur Powered Mega Mining Laser

- Changed the requirements for unlocking the Nuclear Powered Mega Mining Laser to also include having to have unlocked the smaller-sized Nuclear Powered Mining Laser
- Changed the requirements for unlocking the Advanced Nuclear Powered Mega Mining Laser to also include having to have unlocked the smaller-sized Advanced Nuclear Powered Mining Laser
- Removed testing part that I had accidentally forgotten to remove before releasing the previous patch.
- Minor edit to the Advanced HE Missile factory blueprint.
- Some other tweaks here and there.

@Jakorosin: Yes, the asteroids will spawn in in every unvisited star system you visit.
The systems are generated when you warp in for the first time.

I have a quick question: because this mod collection in part relies on a number of new asteroids, is it possible to add those asteroid mods in the middle of a career game and expect those asteroids to show up in, say the next star system you warp to? (I'm unclear on if star systems are generated on-warp or on-game-creation).

@DogeKingChris: This mod does https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2952084198 and it requires Extended Tech Tree Mod because it uses its weapons and other parts against the player :)

does this add these things to enemy ships? i feel the game will be too easy if so

I almost forgot to add, if anyone is getting an error message due to this patch, please let me know the full error message so I can start working on a hotfix if needed.
Can post the full error message on discord in the modding section or post it in the Feedback and other remarks thread (will probably have to split it up due to workshop max post length limitation then).

Next patch should be a standard patch again with some new parts if they are ready.

Version 1.3.25 is purely to fix a lot of unresolved storage component issues that by themselves were not causing any issues, but could cause issues when used together with other mods that dealt with storage components that used certain storage compoment names.

Many thanks to Jani for aiding me in the help I received for this patch.

The edits in this patch were significant internally, but the effects should be as unnoticeable as possible (at worst some of the storages may be empty when reloading a save or something).

If there are any issues with this patch, please let me know in the comments or in the Feedback andother remarks thread.

No other changes were made.



I will be uploading a legacy version of 1.3.24 shortly in case someone might end up getting issues with this particular version, just to be sure noone gets locked out of their savefile or something.

You rock. Good stuff.

(part 3 due to max size thingy)
I nerfed the hyperium powered shields because they should have a downtime large enough to be a serious weakness when under constant fire.
Having said that, I may be tweaking their strengths in the near future once I do some more testing using them as I definitely don't want to overnerf them.

Platinum and Advanced Processors now have stack sizes relative to vanilla, so no separate patches are needed to increase stack sizes when using mods like Optimal Storage (for some reason I didn't implement this right from the start, mea culpa).
This should now be fixed!

(part 2 because too small)
I added the Nuclear Powered Mega Mining Lasers because they take in a logical spot in the tech tree, being much more expensive to build and being less resource flexible (because their build-in reactors can't power any other part) while saving on space and crew requirements (because batteries no longer need to be brought in by hand).
Please make sure they don't get destroyed as they tend to go out like a reactor would when destroyed.
I didn't have time to add a hyperium powered variant (and maybe 1 or 2 more variants on top of that one?), maybe next update :)

(part 1 because too small)
The Small Flak Array and Advanced Small Flak Array are miniaturized versions of their respective larger sized brethren. Being a mere 3x2 size means it can be squeezed into much smaller spaces and doesn't have its back size stick as far into the hull, but overall the smaller sized flak arrays will have significantly reduced raw damage output per second per meter outside hull compared to the larger Flak Arrays while costing more ammo to achieve the same amount of raw damage.

Version 1.3.24 is now released and adds the following:

- Added the Small Flak Array
- Added the Advanced Small Flak Array
- Added the Nuclear Powered Mega Mining Laser
- Added the Advanced Nuclear Powered Mega Mining Laser

- Made some of the new materials max stack size and nugget size relative to vanilla to improve compatibility with mods like Optimal Storage (for some reason I had forgotten about this).
- Tweaked the Hyperium Fuelled Reactor so crew are less likely to pile up in it waiting for its batteries to slowly recharge.
- Significantly reduced the power generation of the Hyperium Powered Large and Small shields (nerf).