FoundationPainter
Draw foundations using rectangles
About this mod Author’s original text
Foundation Painter
Mod for Dyson Sphere Program that allows drawing foundations using rectangles.
Installation
- Get r2modman
- Find the mod in the Online tab
- Configure the mod (optional)
- Click Start modded
- Exit the game and return to r2modman
- Click Config editor
- Find the mod's configuration file and make changes
- Click Start modded
Usage
- Start placing foundations
- Enable drawing mode (default Ctrl+D)
- Click to select starting corner point
- Optionally, swap between shortest and longest path (default Ctrl+P)
- Click to select ending corner point
Notes and Limitations
- Very large selection areas are supported, but the game's code is not designed for it so expect low framerates while making the selection.
- Soil piles are calculated using the standard game logic, but the numbers may appear slightly different from the default foundation tool applied to the same area because:
- The calculation is path dependent, so the same end result can give different numbers depending on which order the tiles are updated
- This tool gives perfectly straight edges, while the built in tool uses a circular radius, resulting in slightly different edges
- Special logic in the default foundation tool for drawing over Dark Fog bases is not yet implemented
- Burying/unburying ore veins is not yet implemented
Planned Features
- Border drawing modes (border only, border + fill, fill only)
- Border color selection
- Border thickness
- UI buttons
- More configuration
- Handle Dark Fog special cases
- Burying/unburying veins
Install & use Install: BepInEx plugin
- The archive from playbuff is the mod itself — usually a BepInEx plugin (a .dll or a plugin folder once unzipped).
- Recommended: use a community mod manager (such as r2modman) — pick this game, import the mod, and the manager sets up BepInEx and its dependencies for you.
- Manual route: install the BepInEx loader in the game folder, then drop the unzipped .dll or plugin folder into BepInEx/plugins/.
- Launch the game — the BepInEx console logs every plugin it loads; seeing this mod in the log means it is installed.
Mods with listed dependencies need those installed too, or they will not load. Options are usually changed in-game or in the plugin's config file.
Dependencies
Install these first, or the mod will not work:
xiaoye97-BepInEx