Kibbles 'n Bits

The tasty treat that adds custom base objects and enhanced base building mechanics!

SPECIAL NOTE - Scaling of parts is enabled, HOWEVER the game prevents any sort of snapping with scaled parts. This is a mechanic we haven't figured out how to bypass yet.

IMPORTANT NOTES

ALWAYS BACKUP YOUR SAVES PRIOR TO ANY LARGE UPDATE. IF YOU SAVE WITHOUT THIS MOD OR ANY OTHER MODS THAT INCLUDE CUSTOM BASE PARTS, THOSE PARTS WILL BE REMOVED FROM YOUR SAVE FILE. THIS IS A MECHANIC THAT WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER SADLY.

THERE WILL BE A CONFLICT WITH ANY OTHER BASE BUILDING MOD (IE GUMSK'S BASE BUILDING) THAT MODIFIES THE TABLES LISTED UNDER THE "DEFAULT TABLES MODIFIED" SECTION BELOW. YOU MUST MERGE ALL BASE BUILDING MODS IN GENERAL IF YOU WANT TO COMBINE SEVERAL AT ONCE.

OPTIONS

There are two versions of this mod:

Kibbles 'n Bytes - includes all of my base building enhancements without any custom base parts
Kibbles 'n Bits - includes all of my base building enhancements as well as all of my custom parts listed below

Please only choose one or other, not both!

LATEST UPDATES

Kibbles 'n Bits - 4.60

Rebuilt for Orbital
Added all new colorable glow variants of the Nexus basic parts
Restored space POI items
Restored all custom basic parts
Restored custom Nexus pipes
Fixed several snapping and visual issues with the Nexus prefab tubes
Certain custom base items are now grouped together in the menu as variants

Kibbles 'n Bytes - 4.60

Updated for Orbital
Updated LUA for use with AMUMSS
Note - Bytes and Bits versions are now synchronized

CUSTOM BASE ITEMS

241 custom base parts: 
114 Nexus parts
23 Nexus themed "basic" snappable parts
23 Nexus themed colorable glow "basic" snappable parts -NEW
5 Nexus themed "tube" prefab parts
7 Nexus themed colorable pipes
21 Space spawns
24 Custom colored lights
23 Tron themed parts (modeled from metal parts)
2 Chroma key floors and walls
1 Space Station ship salvage station

Nexus Parts

All Nexus parts have custom collisions to make removal and decoration easy.
All large Nexus props now collide with other base items properly! 
All large Nexus props are now colorable including glow!
Some parts offer snapping abilities (large props do not handle snapping well in general).
The largest props have a 1/10th scale version for flexibility.
Newly added Recipe Terminal.

Nexus Basic Parts

23 custom glow Nexus themed parts, including curved floors, walls, and even railings! -NEW
23 custom Nexus themed parts, including curved floors, walls, and even railings!
All parts are colorable, scalable, and have proper collisions.
All parts are fully snappable and use vanilla and or custom snap files for easy integration.
All floor panels have built-in hazard protection within a certain radius (thanks Gumsk for the refresher!)

Nexus Prefab Tube Parts

4 new Nexus themed "tube" parts modeled after the underwater corridors.
1 custom Nexus door that has been scaled to fit the tubes properly, along with ramp attachments.
All parts are fully snappable and use vanilla and or custom snap files for easy integration.

Space Spawns

All space spawns have been adjusted to be either level with the ground or elevated within reason.
Light strength has been lowered to not be so blinding with other surrounding features.

Custom Colored Lights

There are 3 types of lights: spotlights, ambient lights, and wall lights.
The ambient lights have a wide spread of light useful for many things.
The spotlights are more concentrated (modeled after WinderTP's spotlight in Eucli-ea).
The wall lights have the least amount of light output and are useful for smaller areas.

Tron Basic Parts

These are metal basic parts that have been re-skinned with a custom glow overlay.
These parts will be enhanced in the near future to minimize material stretching and to balance the overall glow.
These parts are now colorable (minus the glow) and have been reskinned.

Chroma Key Parts

Simple chroma key walls and floors useful for many things.

BASE BUILDING ENHANCEMENTS

Turned off placeholder collision checking.
Enabled building of all base parts anywhere within the base radius (free standing doors, etc).
Removed planet, region, planet base, and freighter base limits.
Enabled freighter parts to be built on planets.
Disabled removal of attached decoration for vanilla base items.
Enabled scaling and rotation of base items.
Set all ghost count overrides to 1 to reduce snappoint ghosting.
Added all custom base decorations to the BASEBUILDINGCOSTSTABLE to prevent tear down issues.

DEFAULT TABLES MODIFIED

Kibbles 'n Bits

METADATA\REALITY\TABLES\BASEBUILDINGAUTOGENERATEDPARTSDATA.MBIN -NEW
METADATA\REALITY\TABLES\BASEBUILDINGOBJECTSTABLE.MBIN
METADATA\REALITY\TABLES\BASEBUILDINGCOSTSTABLE.MBIN
METADATA\REALITY\TABLES\NMS_REALITY_GCPRODUCTTABLE.MBIN
METADATA\GAMESTATE\DEFAULTSAVEDATA.MBIN
METADATA\GAMESTATE\DEFAULTSAVEDATACREATIVE.MBIN

Kibbles 'n Bytes

METADATA\REALITY\TABLES\BASEBUILDINGOBJECTSTABLE.MBIN

OTHER INFO

The BASEBUILDINGTABLE has been replaced by the BASEBUILDINGOBJECTSTABLE and I've reflected that above.


Customisation/compatibility instructions with AMUMSS:

• Keep "~~~KibblesNBits.pak" inside the MODS folder;
• Download the Kibbles N' Bits AMUMSS script;
• Open "+++++KibblesNBits_METADATA.lua";
• Regarding customisation available via the lua, see AMUMSS Script exclusive customisation options below;
• To build a compatibility pak with other mods (see AMUMSS's page for details on building a mod), place all AMUMSS script of the conflicting mods in the ModScript folder;
• Run BUILDMOD.bat, press "Y" when asked by AMUMSS to create a merged pak, ~~~KibblesNBits_COMPATIBILITY.pak will be created.
• Happy times
  

Read the How to AMUMSS document and this guide for more information on how to merge mods with AMUMSS.


AMUMSS Script exclusive customisation options:

• POP_IN_RATE changes the rate of base object pop-in/pop-out, modify from 1-5 (default is 2), see images in this article for example;
• FORCE_DECOR_TYPE forces all KnB object into one type of placement mode, read descriptions inside the lua script for more information default it empty (""); 
• OVERRIDE_INACTIVE turns on LOD models for all KnB objects, defaults is true. To disable LOD models, set to false;
• BUILD_ANYWHERE allows all KnB objects to be built outside base boundaries, default is false. To allow objects to be built anywhere on planet, set to true;
• MORE_VANILLA_FLOOR reverts the basic floors' advanced snapping capabilities to its vanilla form, default is false, to revert the floors to vanilla, set to true.