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The largest biome mod ever made. Endless planetary discovery with a healthy dose of chaos/fun. Modifies all planets, adds custom models, changes jetpack, creatures, and more.

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Better Lasagna Biome Generation 3
by goosetehmoose aka sunnysummit


v3.11m mod compatibility update: See stickied comment in posts tab.

Intro:
The largest biome mod ever made. More than 150,000 total flora sets + over 8,000 unique biomes. This mod's goal: extreme variety and planetary discovery with a healthy dose of chaos/fun.

Mod philosophy:
To find a balance between formulaic planet generation and chaos. Expect planets to feel alive, extreme, weird, unpredictable, but still playable (mostly).

Note:
  • I've tried to tune performance without sacrificing variety, but the scale of this mod means you'll still encounter plants which tank FPS or crashes your game.
  • If you find a planet which causes low fps on descent, just fly off and go to a new planet-- there's thousands of 'em.
  • Protip: Try not to end your session on a high-density planet. Some of them don't reload nicely. If you have trouble reloading your game, remove the 'SPAWNER' mod, reload, move planets, exit, re-add 'SPAWNER.'


How is this different from Lasagna 2?
  • Lasagna 2 mixed random smaller biome elements together on each planet. This mod pulls from massive pools of full, standalone biomes.
  • Because I'm not stacking multiple dense biomes together, I can push density without breaking the engine (usually).
  • That said, this mod still retains some parts of Lasagna 2, specifically on Gas and all Weird/Exotic sub-biomes.
  • On Weird/Exotic planets, you'll find my custom biomes (with custom models), which includes: cities, palm trees, oak trees, alien flora, and much more.
  • You will also find biomes from Arcane Oddities and Lasagna 2 grass/ground detail on these planets.
  • On Gas planets, you can find biomes from my Lasagna Highlights mod.
  • You can also find cave and underwater biomes (and deep water).
  • Biomes are grouped based on sub-biome. So you have a higher chance of finding lush trees on lush planets (paradise, overgrown, etc).
  • Random biomes may also spawn on mountain terrain and beach terrain. I've fixed the objects disappearing bug so I can go back to my favorite form of multi-biome generation. :)
  • Thanks to everyone who's supported and offered feedback over the years.


More info:
  • Using my program, Plumgen, I rebuilt biomes using a huge library of assets-- including nearly every flora/object set I've made across my past mods (via. Lasagna Highlights).
  • I used all of these flora/object sets (plus vanilla attributes and other misc. custom sets) to create controlled randomness, e.g. by mixing flora and other objects using certain rules based on draw distance, density, etc.
  • My goal was to group similar props together (e.g. lush trees), but not at the expense of overall variety.
  • The result: planets that can be visually coherent/immersive or extreme/fun, all based on hand-made "templates" and guidelines.


This mod includes flora sets from:
  • Lasagna Biome Generation (all versions)
  • Shaidak's Generation
  • Lasagna Highlights
  • And basically every other mod I've made


Mod descriptions:
  • [*Required*] Planets Lasagna - Contains 7k biome objects files
  • [*Required*] SPAWNER - Contains files which spawn biome objects files
  • Planets Caves - 60 extra cave biomes
  • Planets Underwater - Over 100 extra underwater biomes
  • Planets Custom Biomes - 200 custom biomes with custom models (only on Exotic/Weird planets)
  • Custom Models - Over 100 custom models, from city buildings to oak trees to alien flora
  • Planets Exotic Detail - Detail grass/rocks/objects (only on Exotic/Weird planets)
  • Planets Highlights - Over 200 hand-made biomes (only on Gas Giants)
  • Planets Oddities - Rare props (only on Exotic/Weird planets)
  • Globals FastFade - Faster flora fade time (might cause crashes on lower-end rigs or harddrives)
  • Globals QuickLoading - Changes logos on load to improve loading times
  • Jetpack - Subtle improvements to jetpack lift, refill, etc
  • Large Creatures - From 1x to up to 4x larger creatures. Laggy/awkward creatures = smaller scale, but still big. Creatures scale with water depth. Deeper waters = even larger creatures
  • Large Crystals - Giant E3-style crystals

-OTHER MISC-
  • fly ship underwater - Let's you fly your ship underwater (can only land underwater if you build a landing pad)
  • walk underwater - Disables swimming, so you walk normally underwater


Performance:
    1. Lower in-game "Planet Quality" settings for much better performance.
    2. Dense forests heavily impact performance, set shadows to lowest setting in these areas for a 15-20% performance gain.
    3. If low FPS planet-side, remove 'Planets Caves' folder from MODS. If low FPS underwater, remove 'Planets Underwater.'
    4. If on an older PC, remove 'Globals FastFade.'
    5. 'Giant Creatures' can rarely cause lag (depending on the creature) due to increased creature spawn radius.


How to install:
  • https://nomanssky.fandom.com/wiki/Mods#Installing_Mods
  • Note: Use 7-Zip or WinRAR to extract the files instead of the default Windows unzip tool.
  • v3.2 update: If you crash on load, remove 300 (or more) biomes (MBINs and MXMLs) from '+Lsgn3 Planets Lasagna 3.2'. It doesn't matter which ones. If the issue persists, move to a space station without mods first. I didn't notice this when testing, but apparently this is an issue for some people.


How to make your own changes + mod compatibility info:
  • See readme for how to modify this mod.
  • See stickied comment in posts tab (v3.11 update) for mod compatibility.


Other Suggested Mods (mods I commonly use):



A Few Images:











Credits:
  • Giant Creatures makes use of draw distance changes from InsaneRuffles's View Distance Increase mod.
  • Some biomes make use of placements/objects from Shaidak's Generation.
  • trevix for permission to use multi-biome code: Parallel Universe.
  • Some mods made using AMUMSS by Mjjstral aka MetaIdea and Wbertro aka TheBossBoy. Big thanks to Mjjstral for the original LUA scripts.
  • Monkeyman192's MBINCompiler and NMSDK to do many things, including adding in custom models.
  • WinderTP for walking me through Blender/NMSDK/and many, many EXMLs in order to add in models, material flags, etc.


3D MODEL CREDITS:
  • Ultimate Stylized Nature models by Quaternius: https://quaternius.com/packs/ultimatestylizednature.html License: CC0
  • Stylized Trees models by Quaternius: https://quaternius.com/packs/stylizedtree.htm License: CC0
  • Buildings Coruscant models by Daniel: https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/star-wars-buildings-coruscant-cf2f3b9d265e45f7ab36b440c8bf690 License: CC Attribution
  • Magic Tree by Igor Zukowicz [edited to remove crystal due to NMS engine render issues]: https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/magic-tree-ba0869cea1944722825abf4d18a6ae41 License: CC Attribution
  • Tentacle Plant model by meowskie: https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/tentacle-plant-8372c5e8dfca49a1ae1046e02f47e2d0 License: CC Attribution
  • Project Aaron - Plants models by artikora: https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/projet-aaron-plants-d390b0db07b245d587d35618872b62eb License: CC Attribution
  • Project Aaron - Strange Plant Collection models by artikora: https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/projet-aaron-stange-plant-collection-5c567845c0a7413d9385f14ded52f5d8 License: CC Attribution
  • Ice Glacier by Svenja: https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/ice-glacier-933b3c2ee51c48bb958d06655d1ff8bd License: CC Attribution
  • Set Ghibli style rocks by CoFate: https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/set-ghibli-style-rocks-3ba25d37cd604e69a4824d9f584fe2fd License: CC Attribution
  • LS06 Carpinus Betulus by xfrog: https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/ls06-carpinus-betulus-european-hornbeam-ea8e3b90387c4790b1ddb8ef01e7b2f1 License: CC A-NC-ND
  • AS01 Bambusa by xfrog: https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/as01-bambusa-golden-bamboo-68bdf2c65aec438790507f6f68a098bf License: CC A-NC-ND
  • JA01 Acer Nikoense by xfrog: https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/ja01-acer-nikoense-nikko-maple-98c3db13cebf44f38cbeb9adc147f031  License: CC A-NC-ND
  • Trees Set A by Satendra Saraswat: https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/trees-set-a-673eff31ed5a45f186435899542c7ef1 CC Attribution
  • Stylized Plant Pack by Marbles studio: https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/stylized-plant-pack-d866603021fa4939b8e7bc28f22bb47c CC Attribution
  • Fly Agaric Mushroom by Timothy Hsu: https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/fly-agaric-mushroom-d6c3876f091b4de49a38553a177bab0f CC Attribution
  • Stone Arch by Daniyal Malik: https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/stone-arch-c444af1dc55d4ff3b9937bf1b20e65d6 License: CC Attribution
  • Multi eyed mushroom by anyaachan: https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/multi-eyed-mushroom-0ec8d77a55494208950eac56b48d2998 License: CC Attribution
  • Realistic Trees Pack of 2 Free by Nicholas-3D: https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/realistic-trees-pack-of-2-free-08b4a9eac77a40419fd59402cc7b2deb License: CC Attribution
  • Stylized pine tree pack by W_illness: https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/stylized-pine-tree-pack-46ac3c1a4c3645b1984a97568db54c5d License: CC Attribution