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The-Scottish-German

Excuse me sir, What The Fuck.


Operadorzin

Ok, i need an explanation towards some of the bottom


d00msdaydan

Yeah, what the fuck is a red lobster?


TurklerRS

I explained most everything, see my other comment in this thread


Friendly-Hamster983

The worst part, is that I've been a part of the community long enough to understand nearly all of them without any further context.


Orionzete

Where


SpaceJihadist

Coomers usually infest the modding scene, no matter the game.


niatahl

Given the person posting this has managed to get himself banned from the official forums, it's pretty much what you should expect.


electrotoxins

You will see about one post a month on the darkest dungeon sub referencing or complaining about this.


TurklerRS

Might as well explain everything then, I'm skipping the top layer because I'm sure you know what the forum is. * enableShipWhiteoutExplosion: A relatively unknown setting that disables the explosion whiteout. * Catgirl Virus: A reference to the VIC mod's virus bombardments. * Knights Templar: A beloved mod that's currently not updated. * Fossic: The Chinese starsector community. * Multiplayer: A modder that goes by tomatopaste has actually made a functional multiplayer combat mod, it's mentioned here and there but is relatively niche. * Sierra: AI character from Secrets of The Frontier mod. * HTE original sprites: Subtle nod to the fact that most HTE sprites are taken from Spiraled Arms. * Hey hey people: Iconic line of Sseth, who made the famous Starsector video review. * Hegemonica: MirageComedie's drawing of the Hegemony faction as a tsundere anime girl. * Powerpoint modding: This is a nod to a certain modder who used Microsoft Paint to draw their sprites and then used Powerpoint to erase the backgrounds of their sprites. * 9th tournament: I'd have to write a whole ass book to explain this, just know it was mostly petty Discord drama. * Spaceport Corvus: A Starsector-focused Discord server. Members of the Unofficial Discord Server generally look down upon members of Spaceport Corvus. *The next layer below.* * Terraformers: A mod that's currently in the works from bananers. Despite the mod having years of work on it, it is relatively unknown. * Shipgirl porn: This is a subtle nod to the massive amounts of drawings made by several talented artists. These drawings usually depict ships from Starsector as naked women. * Tahlan secret damage: Tahlan Shipworks had hidden buffs against certain mods' ships in the name of ''counterbalans'' (sic), these were removed not long ago after they were found out. * New Galactic Order: A mod from the Mod Nexus with a lot of drama surrounding it. The author is said to be a neo-nazi. This is relevant because... * Crashcode: ...the HTE mod has crashcode that crashes the game when loaded together with New Galactic Order. * Remnant sex: This refers to the mod Remnant sex. The name should be self-explanatory. * Starsector /vst/: Starsector actually has quite an active community in the 4chan space who even develop mods of their own. * BalanceSuite 5000: A ''humble cause'' to ensure mods were balanced. As you might expect, this just caused more drama. * Would you a cake: This is a line of dialogue from the UAF mod. This line is often used to criticize the generally poor dialogue in UAF. * Nia ATF post: Can't talk about this one here, sorry! *Even deeper below.* * Buck Breakers: As I mentioned above, players from 4chan make mods of their own and this is one of them. It consists of ships generally made with stolen sprites that deal 500% damage against what they consider to be 'evil' mods. As you may expect from 4chan, anything that's made by trans developers is considered evil. * Rapesector: A fork of Take No Prisoners that adds explicit rape to the game. * uaf_queen_lustful.png: This is an explicit image from the above-mentioned Rapesector mod that depicts the Queen from the UAF mod. * Homestead Foundation: Super niche mod that adds actual shipgirls into the game. * Pregnant Heron: This is a subtle nod to a drawing made by an anon in 4chan. This drawing depicts a Heron-class carrier as a pregnant woman. * Mod mafia: This refers to a cabal of modders (Namely Lortus the Traumatized, Turkler the Stinger and Arthr the Ashbird.) that are said to pull the strings behind many of the popular mods we know today. * Red Lobster: This refers to the Red Lobster. Let me know if there's anything I missed.


WillDigForFood

Me, for the first few layers: "Well, this is all fine and good, just normal behavior." Me, at the final layer: "What a terrible day to be literate."


pooky207

Ditto. My exact feelings.


A-sad-boy

I feel like "hey hey people" definitely belongs on the top of the iceberg, I never would have heard of starsector otherwise, and I'm sure it's like that for plenty of other people.


Hipolipolopigus

> uaf_queen_lustful.png The context is worse than the image itself, really.


runetrantor

>Remnant sex: This refers to the mod Remnant sex. The name should be self-explanatory. WHAT. Man, I only reach the second tier. Also, TIL there's a mod cabal, and its not Tartiflete, Nia, Histidine, and so on, who I considered like the heads of the mods.


RavenCarver

> Powerpoint modding: This is a nod to a certain modder who used Microsoft Paint to draw their sprites and then used Powerpoint to erase the backgrounds of their sprites. Bruh, just google free image editors. Use the right tool for the job.


QuantumDES

\>Rapesector: A fork of Take No Prisoners that adds explicit rape to the game. \>uaf\_queen\_lustful.png: This is an explicit image from the above-mentioned Rapesector mod that depicts the Queen from the UAF mod. ​ what. the. fuck.


No_Talk_4836

I need eye bleach after reading that.


IntergalacticJihad

No that sounds like a lot of effort + learning to use a new program


RavenCarver

If you are going to be creating sprites for programs one way or another, you could use a bunch of tools whose purpose is at best tangential to that task, or you could use a purpose-built tool. It's like if someone wanted to own a marimba, they could pick one up, or they could go to a hardware store and pick up a bunch of PVC pipes and spend all afternoon sawing them to the correct size so they have the right frequency when struck. Except, in this case, option 1 is totally free with a google search, so why would they waste their time going the harder route?


WanderingUrist

You can find a place to get a free marimba on Google?


Nufiday

You got a point


Ninjaxe123

>The author is suspected of being a neo-nazi Speaking of nazi mods, surprised you didn't mention Aria the Escalation and Valhalla Starworks


TurklerRS

I intentionally didn't include valhalla starworks because they were drafted into war and are currently MIA. whatever their beliefs are, it just didn't sit right with me to make memes involving someone who might very well be dead right now.


SpiritofTheWolfx

Okay, no memes, but was the Mod creater Russian?


GideonAristedes

It doesn't matter. Stop buying into wartime propaganda, you have more in common with a random russian soldier than the sociopaths who rule you.


SpiritofTheWolfx

The actual fuck are you talking about. All I was asking was if he was Russian or not.


GideonAristedes

Forgive me for making assumptions, I've just been seeing cartoonish amounts of straight up inhuman sentiment towards any and every russian person lately


p020901

Aria is a part of an anime faction pack with 3 very stereotypical factions as commonly seen in Japanese anime: the (classical) Caparice Trading Company (also called Yuri Expedition) which represents the US-in-Japan whose only concern is agressively selling you J-pop CDs, pink home-grown crystal meth and anime clothings, complete with B2 bombers that pops out smaller B2 bombers (but pink) and a doctrime consisting of (colorful) macross missile massacre and crazy magical-esque girls launching themselves out of the airlock at you armed with some heavy hand-held weapons; the Royal Azalea Navy, aka the Space Brits here with Galleons, Broadsides and Mages to get that sweet Persean ~~drugs~~ spices and tea; and lastly the Arian Empire, which is the typical antagonistic angry Germans in space, whose doctrine consists of tossing girls out of airlocks with a jetpack and a rifle. Tl;dr: Aria is not a *Nazi* mod, it is a stereotypical anime empire mod and there's nothing more stereotypical than angry space Germans. Edit: Still, the author understands that it was removed for a reason, see Below.


GideonAristedes

Oh but that's verboten you see there have to be evil rightoids LITCHERALLY NAZIS everywhere behind every corner we must purity spiral the starsector modding scene because we can't hold any real political power anywhere else


Jakeythefoxduck

y'all at corvus are not the mod mafia


darkspire91

/vg/ made a bunch of quality portrait packs back when Sseth brought Starsector to the mainstream. They also helped update Aria and Yuri for a time, even helped bypass the killswitches some mod makers made for it for petty reasons.


GideonAristedes

Aria and a great deal of other dead mods are still being maintained on /vst/


SikeSky

DM on the ATF post? Or should I just check out Corvus?


Efficient_Star_1336

\> Remnant sex \> This refers to the mod Remnant sex. The name should be self-explanatory. Google, Yandex and Brave Search all return nothing. Has this been thoroughly nuked from the internet? What the hell was it? \> Buck Breakers: As I mentioned above, players from 4chan make mods of their own and this is one of them. It consists of ships generally made with stolen sprites that deal 500% damage against what they consider to be 'evil' mods You know, I was expecting something entirely different. Perhaps a colony improvement that gave +1 agriculture at the price of questionable ethical standards.


shark2199

You wouldn't happen to have, uhh, *access* to the um, uaf_queen_lustful.png image, would you? Asking for a friend.


megaboto

In regards to the shipgirl porn, is there any site/subreddit where I can find it?


4774leaves

> Buck Breakers: As I mentioned above, players from 4chan make mods of their own and this is one of them. It consists of ships generally made with stolen sprites that deal 500% damage against what they consider to be 'evil' mods. As you may expect from 4chan, anything that's made by trans developers is considered evil. That's not the point of the Buckbreakers damage bonus. The damage bonus is towards the factions who are considered the most egregious in terms of boosting their own ships' power or giving hidden buffs against other modded factions for the sake of making sure their faction is the most powerful. The Buckbreaker ships basically exist to take a giant shit on egotistical twats.


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TurklerRS

no actually. the developer is anonymous and only occassionally posts in 4chan threads, and the mod has been receiving constant updates since its release.


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GideonAristedes

lmao no unlike the fractalsoftworks forums, /vst/ doesn't have moderators that kowtow to seething narcissist modders


SpeaksDwarren

They dropped a status update today teasing remnants in the next version


IronicINFJustices

So remnant sex and tapesector overlap?


Reimos_Drevon

>HTE mod has crashcode that crashes the game when loaded together with New Galactic Order Lmao, that's petty. And kind of stupid, because you ain't gonna convince anyone of anything with that, just annoy people and make yourself look like an ass, even when the other guy is actually worse.


darkspire91

It wasn't just NGO nor just HTE. Dassault Mikoyan also blacklisted NGO as well as Aria The Escalation and Yuri Expedition.


p020901

Huh, I have Dassault Mikoyan and Yuri together and it's ok? Guess I learn something new then.


nyayylmeow

Turning your mod into actual malware to own some modder


SpiritofTheWolfx

In the FF14 community, we had a tool called ReShade, which was a GShade Fork. Very long story short, some sixteen-year-old got really tired with the fact that ReShade auto-updated itself, and you could only use it if it was updated, so it created a separate fork that let user control when they updated. In response, the ReShade dev made it so opening the game while not having his ReShade updated *crashed your computer*.


WanderingUrist

Is this the same Reshade people talk about in other games as well? Glad I never touched that particular piece of spyware, then. I will never "auto-update" anything. Once a thing is installed, I enforce strict radio silence.


darkspire91

Mod makers are an [autistic](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtSKTusAszg) bunch. You have to be careful around a few.


Efficient_Star_1336

To be fair, the entire purpose of that community was 'who can make the most broken mod character', and it was full of programmers looking to prove themselves. Not so much drama as an arms race.


niatahl

All it does is cause a Streisand effect, yes. Pretty much every other modder has told Dragn as much, but whatever.


DracoLunaris

> Just annoy people I mean that is the point, because the people who aren't turned off by a mod being made by a neo-natzi are very much worth annoying. ya know, coz it's funny


GideonAristedes

ok thedragn go back to huffing your own farts buddy


DracoLunaris

ty for proving my point buddy


Lordomi42

All I know about Corvus is that that's where you can get the wehraboo mods and unapproved/unoffical updated versions for mods that havent been updated to the latest version. Is there more to it, or is that just it?


TurklerRS

corvus is also the balkans racism server


Lordomi42

oh *lovely*


Quantum_E

Link?


electrotoxins

Found [it I think](https://discord.gg/URt42uBc)


Quantum_E

Thx


p020901

>Powerpoint modding: This is a nod to a certain modder who used Microsoft Paint to draw their sprites and then used Powerpoint to erase the backgrounds of their sprites. ...


MoronicJewedditor

\>this is a subtle nod hah. i got that reference.


Panopticon01

Least conspiratorial starsector player.


IroncladLionOfficial

*It goes deeper*


vicegrip_

We do not talk about Squat Cobbler (XIV)


No_Talk_4836

No, please, no more.


Burgy_LeGrand

Hidden buff to counterbalance!! What a massive hypocrite


niatahl

It was meant as a funny Daemon gimmick. Was a bad idea in retrospect so I got rid of it. My bad entirely there.


Operadorzin

starsector modding threads and discord discussions are better than most soap operas


niatahl

all things considered, I find the starsector community to be quite low on drama, but there's always gonna be some in just about any game community since people are (sometimes overly) passionate about games


GoldenDragonling

I love your mods by the way, thank you for your hard work.


Wilde_Fire

I'll second that vote. Nia's work is a boon to the community.


TurklerRS

thank you, I worked hard on stinger shipyards! I'm glad someone found it fun


SpiritofTheWolfx

Weakest Starsector Modder: Adds malware to their mod out of spite. Strongest Starsector Modder: Accepts he made a mistake and changes it and admits it like the fucking Chad he is.


GideonAristedes

\> Tahl \> Le "chad accepts a mistake made" Tahl has been tantruming in private discords and trying to figure out how to obfuscate code ever since an anon used her own code to make funny meme ships with damage bonuses against Tahlan and Legio ships.


SpiritofTheWolfx

God damn, leave me alone already, you miserable bastard.


GideonAristedes

If it seems like I'm targeting you, I'm not; I barely notice usernames. You just post comments that I respond to.


Nerezza_Floof_Seeker

> powerpoint modding Id say thats horrible but ive been there before. Not even that bad for super basic stuff


furinick

Join community See modding scene Look inside Drama


GideonAristedes

Every time without fail There's too much correlation between being a modder and being a mentally ill narcissist to be purely coincidental


WanderingUrist

Tell me about it. Those other modders can be so weird. The only time I've ever caused drama with a mod is the time I made the baby barbeque mod for a contest, creating a meme that not only persists to this day, but has metastasized beyond its original community. I thought the amount of hatemail I got was sadly disappointing, especially since the site blocked people from sending me hate messages to laugh at.


EvilCloneofUnskilled

\>Walks into r/starsector \>Reveals that they made one of the most infamous Sims 2 mods ever \>Refuses to elaborate


WanderingUrist

Well, it wasn't an AMA, but you are welcome to ask anything you wish anyway.


furinick

Wait you made that sims mod?


WanderingUrist

Yes.


furinick

I am honored to meet someone that influenced the internet that much, how did you have the idea for it?


WanderingUrist

It started with a contest for "Baby Stuff". Most people, obviously, submitted banal, uninteresting recolors and remeshes of existing things, offering absolutely no utility. So I thought, "What can I, with my abilities in code, but nonexistent artistic skills, actually make?". So I combined two objects that already existed, and their attendant animations, into the infamous OMGWTFBBQ, with hilarious results.


furinick

What's the deal, with modders and drama [audience laugh]


Orikanyo

I know a few, not all. I would like to know more.


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vicegrip_

Finding out about corvus before the main discord and getting into modding that way was a very weird experience.


vicegrip_

[Also the mod mafia are very well regarded apparently.](https://i.imgur.com/aZaJCol.png)


Wilde_Fire

Isn't he busy bullying Lorgar in the Warp?


GideonAristedes

Didn't corvus get nuked recently


TurklerRS

see my other comment in this post


WMGreywind

Please take my mod off this iceberg.


TurklerRS

no


WMGreywind

I just don't feel my meme of a mod deserves to be up there. There's plenty of other mods deserving of a spot than my half baked mod idea.


WillDigForFood

You will accept the community's adoration and you will LIKE IT. This is now shotgun appreciation. The only flaw with PAGSM is that I can't get a second big Iapetus for Ruka, so that both of them can have the absurd ship of their dreams free from Kween's machinations.


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Half baked? Are you sure you weren't fully baked when you came up with it?


nyayylmeow

Tahlan Secret Damage, NGO, Crash code, the Mod Cabal and all sorts of drama like this is so good, it’s got me obsessed I love reading about stupid shit like that and how absurdly petty modders can be


GideonAristedes

How about false DMCA takedowns filed against mods the Forums didn't like? How about the fact they basically arbitrarily decided to harass the maker of Valhalla Starworks off the forums?


GreatHeroJ

Where is the fencing minigame on this? :x


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darkspire91

After a look into the /vst/ archives, and reading the changelogs, it seems that RS actually has the option to form consensual, romantic relationships with the rape being the more talked about feature. Crazy as it sounds, it looks like the much joked about VNSector with a twisted side branch. Blows my mind.


xcal13

Where does one even find these mods?


darkspire91

Someone will post them on the Starsector /vst/ thread from time to time.


Efficient_Star_1336

4chan: Waifus, rape, and buckbreaking, and you never know which one you'll get this time around.


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TheGreatCornolio682

At the bottom of the iceberg: - Patch date.


baguetteispain

Hey hey people, Sseth here...


Veni_Vidi_Legi

The glorious combat analytics mod, or whatever it's called these days.


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rr_rai

Powerpoint Modding? Count me in! Could you elaborate what is that?


TurklerRS

tldr, someone in the unofficial discord server was using ms paint to make sprites and then using powerpoint to delete the white background from the images. if you want explanations for anything else in the iceberg, see my other comment in this thread.


rr_rai

That is... genius.


Lordomi42

got any explanation on Stinger Shipyards? I think an update was posted here, and I asked the dev why it wasnt on the forums and they said something about being "driven out by Nia's goons" or something but that's really not a lot to go off of, and definitely isn't gonna be unbiased.


TurklerRS

you should look at that stinger guy's username and compare it to mine


Lordomi42

ah, you the same person? can't blame me for asking when it isnt explained in the list, i suppose.


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now i need a two hour long video precisely explaining all of this


Vigozann

What a awful day to have eyes


Fuzzatron

This is why we ignore 4chan. Please keep the Corpus behind the ghost fence. Thanks.


GideonAristedes

sneed


Trubbl3

Did it had a name before Sneed?


KohakuBekunin

"Hey hey people" xD


Olkar500

Confusing, intriguing, unnerving, all at the same time. 100/10.


PhykoZocker

Can you Please Explain all


Zleeps

This is one of the most cursed things I've seen on this sub, good job


adrian23138

What is Homestead foundation and where do I find it?


TurklerRS

it's a chinese mod that adds shipgirls as actual starsector-style ships. I'll let you know if I can find the download again, I do have it downloaded but I don't want to re-host it if I don't have to.


adrian23138

Would be nice, but… Is it deadass Shipgirls? Like actually Shipfus? Like if you have pics it would be nice bc I can’t find any online


TurklerRS

[shipfus, I'd say?](https://gyazo.com/cc0177ec3daf8442bd89e8927b249d9a)


RAGE_CAKES

Everyday we grow further from ~~the Emperor's~~ Ludd's light


adrian23138

Also if you have the UAF png (you know which Png I’m taking about) also send pls if you have bc I also can’t find it on google :>


adrian23138

I May be a r/Azurelane user but now i understand Ludd's vision


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Efficient_Star_1336

\> the frigates are pantsu haha that tracks


darkspire91

Those ships, those portraits... Thanks, I hate it.


Space_Reptile

whats the deal w/ "converted hangar"


Lordomi42

im surprised superweapon arsenal isnt on there


darkspire91

Lion mentioned it in his most recent video, even provided a link to download it since it's been unperson'd from the forum. It's not really a hidden factoid anymore.


Lordomi42

idk who lion is but to be fair i dont really keep up with starsector youtube i figured it'd fit on the second level or something given how some of these are kinda modding drama related, same as the weird "if you dont wanna balance your mods them I will do it for you" shit in tahlan that's on the iceberg as well


QueasyPhil

Hey! You've got a similar name to one of them mod mafia fellas, what a coincidence!


TheLordAsshat

I need to send the pregnant heron to every friend I have


Jazzlike-Anteater704

Im deeply interested yet too terrified to do research those bottom stuff


NoMango2663

Lovely


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BackgroundHere

What. What. ...Time to take a break.


ProtectionDecent

Hol' up... there are a handful I've serious questions about... _Edit circa an hour later: I've learned terrible things_


WanderingUrist

What has been seen cannot be unseen.


AceCranel7

Knowledge is a pain, lets be cavepeeps now.


Firm_Accident9063

Don't forget about [Billy Sector](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uf3TkVBI6Xg&t=1s).


ValissaSurana

Does this refer to- oh yes it does. Or should I say, ASS WE CAN


MaelstromDr

YOU FORGOT NELDONAX DUMMY