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Coding is a Duck,
Gajillions must Debug

I have a little less faith every time I say "one more month", the thing I've been saying for nearly a year now.

sorry for this question that you probably had answered a dozens of times but
when we could wait 4.0

all g aye

Oh that's fine. I'm pretty flexible about species restrictions and all that if there's a good reason for it, and since it looks like you're going for a strong lore reason to do things the way you are, I'm totally okay with it. I'm a lore nerd, I ain't complainin'! ;p

Then GIC might actually give you that magic run. It's something we've wanted to do for a while but it's been tough actually integrating it with all the systems so that it's fluid and cohesive with everything else (among all the other staggering revisions and overhauls).

4.0 introduces the Occultist archetype who is the only "class" capable of utilising the new magic system beyond a novelty. He's the only one that benefits from and can sustain it.

As far as our playthrough tests go, pure magic runs are chalking up to potentially scaling better than "simple" firearm or melee runs, but that's a given since they're meant to be the advanced class. They're working with an overheat mechanic and stress system.

Just a warning though: GIC's Veteran and Duellist archetypes are either Human or Wolf-Tengu cosmetic variety, with the Occultist *only* being human. Figured you might want to know, since a lot of people out there have an aversion to humans and it might be a total turn-off.

@Tengu_Civitas Fair enough! In all my years playing I've never quite been able to figure out a solo viable 'magic' exclusive playthrough, and the obvious character art references made me wonder about it here. Still excited to try the mod out after release! Thanks for answering. ^.^
Seems like this would be better suited to a Lastree, all things considered... which is fine by me, given they're one of my favourite Starbound species.

GIC is separate to Starbound canon. I presume you're mostly asking about the narrative implications rather than mechanical.

While magic is an integral part of GIC, it is its own story with its own set of rules.

Magic is mostly utilized by the Gensokyans (see the Gensokyo 1999 teaser trailer released about a week ago), using field guns and mortars as catalysts. Outside of this fantasy world, it's generally not believed to exist at all and doesn't affect the affairs of most people. It's not a known factor in GIC.

Newbie to GiC here. While I'm waiting for that 4.0 to drop to try this out, I have to ask: how does 'magic' fit into the equation here? One would expect artillery mages to be part of the assault (or at least something like that), given that magic, such as it is, is a known factor in the Starbound universe.

Damn

This is a problem with Carlucci's Inventory as it fails to actually implement a "general" category for the player's backpack. Normally in vanilla (and many other inventory mods) the first tab is assigned as the "general" category where "unidentified" items are placed. This means any mod that uses custom categories (such as GIC) will be indirectly incompatible with Carlucci's (and any other that fail to implement this vanilla system).

Your only fix is to uninstall Carlucci's and create a new character, as they are character-specific. BK3k's inventory series has versions in high slot numbers if that's what you're ultimately seeking.

Otherwise, there is nothing we can do.

Im using "Carlucci Inventory" soo i wonder if there a mod for this.

Is there a mod or reasons why items (All armors) arent picking up?
Could use a mod for fix this.

It's been announced, but not released yet. Planning to get it out by the end of this month.

I saw divine dawn get annoucned and decided to boot ts back up

it is what it is

honestly the person copystriking people using bots must be the most saddest person on the planet

Just saw it a few hours ago. Yeah, it's wild how many communities got hit simultaneously.

We've gone through this before with a proper bad actor who genuinely wanted us out of the picture, so I'm sure we're fine fending off an apathetic bot.

the moment i heard even starbound got hit with these i knew id find that accursed banner flying above...

*sigh* good luck with surviving the bot onslaught, hope its not too damaging

Bro This Mod Seems To Go So Hard, That I Don't Really Wanna Play It, But I Gotta Try It, Lmao.
Wat Do U Mean Ignoring My Armor, Brah. I Will Get COOKED :v

i know you dont do requests but you know... (i dont actuly know but eh i guess you dont)

this is prob super rude but y could you add a item or smth that has my steam name in it please (sorry this sounds so rude and dumb dont insult me for this please LOL)

Caused as a result of poorly-coded inventory mods lacking a "general" category for any items that are not identified by the mod itself.

Carlucci's is a notorious one.

I cant get any of the armors in my inventory it say i need GiC trinkets?

TO: Spirit Eagle

Yes.

Bad things. This is a large mod. It's going to add a lot of things. Make a backup of your game so that you can revert to it after uninstallation. Removing the mod after having its content added will cause issues.

Otherwise, there's no harm in just *not* getting this mod.

dose it change the universe and what happens if i uninstall it?

Sweet I will be waiting.

Its been YEARS since I played Starbound and this is a new mod to me so I can not wait to try it out :D

To: MasterOfBacon

Thank you. Same as to Oub13, it might be 2 months from now, now that a couple things were shelved from the development plan, but take it with a grain of salt. There's still only so much I can develop in a day.

TO: CloakTheMailman

"Killing great foes" = kill bosses (all except afflicted colony).

The unbranded are a jank mess of an old "race" and they're all getting replaced by Archetypes.

TO: oub13

I don't know, but it's definitely shorter now. Had another chat with the others and started cutting out things from the plan to ease off my workload.

It might *actually* be 2 months from now but take it with a grain of salt since I've said that for the last half a year now.

Crazy detail put into this mod so when is 1.4 coming out I can't wait!

How does an unbranded nova kid survive the stages? I saw something about killing great foes but is that the only way?

i hope you development is going well :] [also i can see your a fan of touhou]

*know

i now your tired of this question, but when will the next update be out and also im not pestering you lol im just asking :P

TO: SUIK IBUK

Well there's still 2hu, just not as overly-prevalent... and better written. Definitely not as good as dev-build 4.0, but that's a given really. The stranglehold though yeah, it's fascinating. Sure as hell got me, and now I like seija who is canonically a dipshit, though honestly that goes for like 90% of canon touhous. GIC is just "what if they're all adults and couldn't or wouldn't instantly vaporize someone for interrupting their autistic stone-stacking session".

As for the music description... Eh, to me it was big, but I guess that's only within the "2hu circles". I'll probably change that description then. Looking to integrate the music into the main mod soon anyways.

We add nothing outside of GIC planets.

I'll try and find a way to figure it out then.

btw, got a slightly more relevant issue
while i might be like the only person to even consider this, the music mod description is slightly misleading, not because its "STACK PV" and "Stack", i think if you know who Stack is that aint an issue

the auto claim stuff isnt really true though, it used to happen after the resolution of the whole deadman incident but otherwise, autoclaims only ever reliably happen on arranges Stack did vocals on but arent released by Akatsuki
(also, cant prove this but im pretty sure if you contact Stack she will act, purely basing this off the fact she gave me free money several times, truly a nice goddess)

i must admit, i do like seeing Akatsuki being called big, wish that was true

shoutout to steam for limiting comments to 1k chars....which is never enforced but wtv

part 2 to prev comment

is it strange though, touhou is a permanent blessing/curse, cant really forget it with the stranglehold on internet culture
personally, i find it very appealing as a touhou fan, no other mod with so much touhou stuff in it... i hope? i did kinda not play for 3 years lol

(i hate how small the cutoff was)

oh noes, im gonna turn these comments into a debate place

while i agree with the whole no average member of Gensokyo thing, one must not forget that no matter the fanon, Gensokyo is an alternate timeline which is kept alive by the limited populace, being a refuge for being forgotten, be it youkai, spirits or deities

in a morbid way, everyone in Gensokyo not able to traverse dimensions is in a state of limbo, being both dead and alive

ironically, this makes the non mundane setting very much fitting for a more bleak portrayal, weird how that worked out (also, i love the idea of "edgy" "anime" girls, the lunarians literally commit genocide (and are themselves victims of one) yet its portrayed like any other fun day in the setting, gotta be the least edgy franchise, i swear)

Honestly a big part of this was also just a lack of "2hu souls" ngl. There was this other decade-old project that had a demo fight, but I feel like people miss the point that souls isn't entirely just about boss fights. I also never really personally liked the lack of "normal people representation" in 2hu media. I like the grunts and the mundane. I know it's ironic given 2hu is literally just "cute magical girls" and it doesn't need to be any more than that, but I like seeing the two worlds combined.

All this to end up saying that personally I feel like GIC is in that funny position where because it's not entirely Touhou, it doesn't 100% appeal to Touhou fans anyways. And then you've got the other end where because it *has* Touhou, they're turned off thinking it's only about overpowered edgy anime girls. But I've got no regrets. That combination is what I think is the best about this silly 2d tactical shooter souls-like melee combat 2d platformer project.

In a way it's very strange to think about the touhou part. I got into it just before release of this project and it existed as a reference with Momiji as a miniboss, but then it influenced the project a lot and it was sort of skirted around with alternate names and calling Gensokyo "the otherworld" for a scrapped storyline. It was obvious, but I nor anyone else at the time had the balls to admit it.

But *after* some drama (the one that spiralled into the falsified copyright claim) that resulted in some bad members being removed and their assets replaced, it then ironically did two things: It shifted attention back to "non-touhou" as well as outright admitting that many elements were touhou.

With 4.0's long ongoing dev cycle, it ended up with completely embracing Touhou as a *core* plot element. But the biggest thing that stuck was never power-scaling the 2hus too far past regular grunts/infantry, as well as *trying* to explore the very human side of them.

on a side note, ever considered you posses one of the biggest touhou mods in the west, if the steam stats are to be trusted (well, a modern touhou mod at least), thats quite coolio id say

oh and when you think about it, youre simply living a very accurate Seija life, minus that whole bounty on your head part

Thanks, man.

Things have been rough over a free project because it seems no mod project can ever go without some sort of drama or scandal. It's inevitable apparently. And yeah, even getting to a point when someone tried to actually put a stop to this project and steal it through falsified copyright claims.

I still wish things were different back then and that I hadn't let the wrong crowd have as much influence over me or the project, but it is what it is.

4.0's in truth still a distance away. I thought I'd have it out half a year ago but every bit of reinvestigation and run of this project reveals more problems with its fundamentals, and more time needed to revise everything. Shouldn't be long now though. I'll have time soon to get some dev-news out.

Again, thanks for the kind words, mate. I do the best I can.

oh gosh, im so glad i never unsub threads
...shame i never subbed the comments
im glad to see this mod still exists, let alone is being worked on, feels very weird seeing 2k+ comments here though

ive just come to say, even if late (what is a year anyway... legit sorry for semi-necroing this incident)
Tengu, i just want you to know, your genuinely professional and polite conduct those 3 years ago made this lil mess of a tism no longer afraid of voicing problems with products, there may be people hating you for this or that, but there will always be at least one person who to this day is grateful you exist

good luck with getting 4.0 out
i will absolutely try driving a mech into hostile npcs first chance i get when it drops :D

TO: Tanya

Right now it's only from certain stores, iirc.

Upcoming 4.0 will allow regular crafting and bullet scavenging.

TO: unicronB

Should just be from the False Protector. The boss door can be found under the Federal Depot (large building surrounded by highways, often on the other side of the planet from spawn).