Fabsol's Vanilla Rework [DEPRECATED]

THIS MOD IS NO LONGER BEING UPDATED

I'll create a new mod in 2024 that reworks this rework, if I have the time and motivation to do so.

PLEASE READ THE "description.txt" FILE IN THE MOD'S FILES FOR THE FULL CHANGELOG!

Copious amounts of changes. I might make this compatible with other mods in the future, but for now it overrides a lot of vanilla files.

Recommended mods: Lua for Barotrauma https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2559634234&searchtext=lua+for+barotrauma Performance Fix (only use if you're experiencing major performance issues, and make sure to follow the instructions left by the mod author, if certain items are acting strangely then you'll need to set them to a higher priority within the mod's config) https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2701251094&searchtext=performance+fix Death Skills Keeper (set the skill loss on death in the mod's lua files to whatever number you want) https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2829419020&searchtext=death+skills+kepper

A few of my favorite changes (again, if you want to see all the changes, in more detail, look at the description.txt in the mod's files):

Characters:

• The Latcher now drops 6 to 8 Titanium.
• The Charybdis now drops 6 to 8 Fulgurium Chunks.
• The Doomworm can now spawn in the Abyss in late game areas (it starts showing up near the end of The Great Sea).
• The Doomworm drops more Endworm Shell Fragments and some new stuff.
• All Abyss monsters drop a large amount of Alien Blood.
• Reduced the Stun inflicted by a lot of monster attacks.
• Husks and Husked Crawlers move slower and drop Calyx Eggs more often.
• Hammerheads appear in smaller groups.
• Tiger Threshers appear in smaller groups in the Cold Caverns and Europan Ridge.
• Spineling and Giant Spineling spike projectiles pierce less.
• Petraptors and Defense Bots are now a lot stronger.

Weapons:

• Adjusted submarine weapons skill values to make more sense (e.g. Coilgun now requires 30 skill to use properly instead of 50).
• Chaingun has less spread.
• Coilgun and Railgun shoot their projectiles faster.
• Ammunition Boxes and Railgun Shells can now be carried in one hand.
• Many two-handed weapons can now be placed in your Inventory (e.g. HMG and Autoshotgun).
• A few two-handed weapons can now be wielded with one hand (e.g. Crowbar and Heavy Wrench).
• The Flamer, Ancient Weapon and Prototype Steam Cannon have been buffed a ton.

Tools:

• Welding Tool welds much faster, at the cost of more fuel used.
• Plasma Cutter cuts much faster, at the cost of more fuel used.

Repairs:

• Everything takes far less time to repair.

Outposts:

• Submarine Upgrades cost more overall (due to the larger map).
• Max Reputation shop price modifier increased to +/-20%.
• New Outposts have a higher chance to appear.

Submarines:

• Different classes have more upgrade tiers specific to their class (e.g. Attack subs can get 2 more tiers in weapon-related upgrades).

Talents:

• I buffed a ton of talents (mostly Mechanic talents).

Genes:

• Buffed Mollusc, Tiger Thresher and Skitter genes.

Map:

• Increased size by ~50%.
• Increased amount of biome exits from 2 to 4.

Biomes:

• Reduced width and height of most location transitions (due to the larger map).
• Made Sulphurite Shards more common in Ruins and Wrecks.
• It now takes more reputation to move biomes (e.g. getting to The Great Sea now requires 70 rep.).
• Beacon Stations are more common.

Missions:

• Hunting Grounds missions now reward 7500 mks for Latcher, 8500 mks for Charybdis and 9500 mks for Endworm.
• Cultist Transport cultists take way longer to husk infect themselves.

Events:

• Cultist Egg Event now requires 3 Calyx Eggs instead of 12.