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SV_Start (for V1.5) Now includes Co-op!

Updated for 1.5. PLEASE let me know if you get any errors in 1.5 since I can't test everything. If it gives you an error, hit the "Mail" button and then copy/paste the error message to a comment here. :)

If you're trying to play co-op, scroll down to the end for instructions.

Starts out similar to old pre-alpha where you have to repair a broken SV. Starter planet has just enough resources to escape. Lots of tweaks to weapons and enemies to make combat quicker, and dangerous. (See video for more info.) Start of game is very unforgiving and failure (player death or ship getting destroyed) can easily result in being permanently stranded on the starter planet. Not for beginners or the faint of heart.

Recommended for Single Player. Built-in Tutorial/Mission can be used as a speedrun to compete with others. Can also work in co-op or 1-on-1 PVP.

Tech and material levels are shown in the PDA (F1) under the Empyriopedia tab so you have an in-game reference.

Pre-alpha style "fix your SV" start:
Temperate - breathable, no radiation, easy temperatures.
Swamp - breathable, some radiation, easy temperatures.
Arid - non-breathable, some radiation, easy temperatures.
Snow - non-breathable, some radiation, some extreme temperatures.

Princess Cruise - vanilla-style large starter planet with all the resources and amenities, surface rocks, etc, and you start in an escape pod.

Same four planet types as single player, except there are four sets of starting equipment on each planet. Cycle through the starter planets to find the "coop" ones, and take only one set of equipment for yourself.
Note that the PDA missions are set up for single player, certain tasks like crafting and destroying drone base cores can only be completed by one of the players, the others will need to manually check off those items to complete them.

CPU and weight systems are not intended for use but are left to function the same as in vanilla. They are off by default.

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Many enemies have lower hitpoints and do a lot more damage. Some things will one-shot you or your ships. Fighting is not attrition-based. "Stand-and-click" combat is a very bad idea in this scenario.

Some enemies in early game (for example, patrol vessels) are way too powerful for you. You need to know when to fight and when to run away. The PVs are not there to give you free salvage. They are there to push you around and be moving obstacles, and keep you from sleeping on the job. Taking them on is suicide.

Some Lizard Mules, Pangolins, Triceratops, Desert Worms, and Crickets are aggressive and will come after you. Don't turn your back on the "passive" wildlife.

No drone-drilling.

No surface ore-bearing rocks on the Starter planets.

No blueprint spawning in starter system. (You can spawn blueprints anywhere else in the galaxy.)

Binoculars! Updated for v1.4 to have a cool rangefinder and overlay, thanks to Kassonnade!

Space is high radiation instead of temperature. EVA protects from high radiation instead of temps. You get about 30 seconds (combined between multiple excursions) of in-space without an EVA before radiation levels get to where you get the first bad status effect.

Extreme overheating is immediately deadly. Hot environments and ship thrusters are very dangerous to you.

Lava planets are hot and can be hot enough to require multiple insulation boosters.

Added Super frozen planets where heavy armor with 4 Insulation boosters is needed to survive outdoors.

Added Super Lava planets where you cannot step outside under any circumstance or you will suffer insta-death. PVE is a lot more interesting here.

Fuel tanks and Pentaxid tanks have dangerous radiation levels. Keep your distance and be careful when placing them.

Misc Crafting and item changes:

• Water used in cement recipe.
  
• CV warp requires Xeno Substrate
  
• Wood blocks not airtight
  
• Doors are all airtight
  
• CV Multi/drill turret are usable on planets!
  
• Boosters modified:
  
  • EVA (blocks 200 radiation)
    
  • Insulation (50 degrees per)
    
  • Jetpack (more jetpack time)

Sped up crafting times for everything (4x faster)

Alien enemies and sentry guns shoot projectiles that you can see and try to dodge.

You sometimes get a 'salvaged stun gun' (limited uses) from Stun drones.

Tech tree has been replaced with material-based gating of technology.
All ores including Aluminum, Titanium, Gold, and Platinum are now on many planets and used in crafting recipes. To craft higher-tech items you need the higher-tier materials. See the built-in FAQ for tech/material levels.

Only the furnace can smelt Sathium, Platinum, Zascozium, and Erestrum.

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Note: Some POIs were redecorated from existing prefabs, or parts of existing prefabs. Credits for blueprints used in this scenario:
- Black Alien Towers and Drone Base - Originals by Luke (and possibly others?)
- Zeta Defense based on Rados Defence by Luke and upgraded by Frigidman(Restyled turret stands by me)
- Crashed Alien (xeno block) Ship chopped and modified from OPV GhostRider originally by Rainyday.
- Starter SV based on Original Pre-alpha Shuttle by Unknown.
-- "Junk" POIs slightly modified (to remove higher-tier materials) were:
- JunkDrones by Me
- Burned Camel Engine Pod, Burned Quad Tanks, Burned Structural Ribbing by Geostar1024
- Destroyed Mining Towers, Emergency Shelter, JunkT1_01, JunkT1_02, - JunkT1_03, JunkT1_04, JunkT1_05, JunkT1_06 by Rainyday
- AncientShelter01, JunkT1_07 by JMCBurn
- BrokenTanks by Runningwithhamster
- PharosRuinedLandingPad, PharosRuinedTower by smeissl
- Zeta Space Trading Station upgraded from Cursald Orbital by Luke
- All Other Zeta POIs by me

- Binocular icon, overlay, and custom crosshair by Kassonnade.

- Update for 1.4 also includes: removed troop transports from starter planets, removed easy-access drone-launcher block from drone base, locked cargo-room door (until core is destroyed) in drone base.

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The PC running the "server" needs to have the scenario folder moved and renamed. What you want to do is find the folder:
Steam\steamapps\workshop\content\###\2354028875\
and then rename it to:
SV_Start__2354028875

and then move this (the whole SV_Start__2354028875 folder) to your empyrion scenarios folder, so that it's like this:
Steam\steamapps\common\Empyrion - Galactic Survival\Content\Scenarios\SV_Start__2354028875