mod: Walker.AstralCodex

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mod: Walker.AstralCodex

A story mod exploring the origin of The Interloper. @;{&< ?/ })& ?]["[/;| ?/&+} (?] &?}& (by @2walker2)

https://outerwildsmods.com/mods/astralcodec/

[Ultrinik]

Just finished it, awesome mod!!!

[C00lbo]

What a beautiful experience. I got so much more than I expected, and ended up crying. 10/10

[RozeFound]

One of the best story mods out there imo

[VoxMaro]

really well made, visually great, puzzle was interesting to solve.
starting the mod content was a little unclear.
all in all very impressive, excellent work.

[Son-Of-Wan]

Amazing mod, loved the story and puzzles. Great attention to detail and felt like an extra DLC in quality
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[JohnCorby]

Spoiler

Literal Translation:

LO:ED THE NEW NOAI STRUCTURES AND THE ADDING AN ADDITIONAL SIDE STOR, WITH YOUSA AND FOLIU INI GRA:IT, CANNON IS :ER, CUTE TOO

[PosingLake]

What is this alphabet ?

[Yorgll]

Just finished it, awesome mods, one of the best ones I've tried :)

However I'm not sure but I believe there might be a bug ?

Spoiler warning about the puzzles

So I'm almost positive I finished the mod without doing the spacecraft puzzle. The wire was red and I don't think I've ever done the puzzle properly, which, if i'm not mistaken, is supposed to be done by leaving the ship on Ashen Twin, TP to our planet and take the blackhole to the "hub" and see that now there are ships on all planets and the wire is green. (I did it after finishing to read the text). But long story short, I finished the mode by duplicating my self (which, I assume, is the way to have people on all planets), and creating the big black zone by launching a probe in dark bramble. So the mode might givre credit to the SPACECRAFT lock even if it's not done ?

Hope that helps !

[2walker2]

Thanks for reporting the issue. Some things were persisting across loops in ways they shouldn't. This has now been patched.

[Yorgll]

ok thanks for the answer (and the patches ^^). Congrats on the mod again

[vernskey]

I somehow solved it differently..

Spoilers

I used the grav-cannon on ember twin to recall the shuttle from the interloper because I figured 'it's not counting that as a planet' and then fired it when the ash twin was overhead. Early loop, the sand column does try to grab it a bit, but it seemed to work fine and I get to keep my ship xP

[AlcomedianBlobfish]

Absolutely fantastic, I was decided to try modding my game and didn't expect much. Picked this up as the first one and it's truly amazing.

Spoilers

The way glitches and unused mechanics from the base game were incorporated was absolutely inspired. The writing was so on point that when I first discovered the tree on Ember Twin I legitimately thought I had missed something from base game. I can't say enough good things!

[The-Forge-Master]

Just started, big performance issue right off the bat.

Spoilers

The black hole in the Lingering Chime is causing me HUGE frame drops. Taking me down to ~10fps from 200.

[xen-42]

Do you have any errors in your logs on the mod manager? Also, what platform did you purchase the game on (Steam, Epic, or Microsoft store), do you have the DLC installed, and are you on the latest version of Outer Wilds? Trying to narrow down what causes this since nobody else can reproduce it.

[The-Forge-Master]

Problem resolved on game restart. Not sure what caused it, didn't check logs. Steam, EOTE installed, latest version.

[xen-42]

Very strange, I'll try to put a potential fix in the next version of NH to hopefully stop that randomly happening to other people, but for now glad it seemingly resolved itself.

[Nerokilah]

Absolutelly amazing, the best mod I've done so far. It fits in the canon so good and the puzzles are astounding. Really don't know what more to say about it but it's really well done, thanks for your work!

[rootdarkarchon]

Great mod I had a lot of fun solving the puzzle. The connection to the main story made sense and was well implemented. The puzzles were quite original too and everything felt high quality crafted.

Bug with some mechanics (caution Full solution spoiler)

I had an issue with the temporal clone and I am not sure if it is intended that the temporal clone remains in the ash twin throughout all the runs if it was triggered once.

I am also not sure if the colored lines to the objects should remain throughout runs without visiting the new object first. I.e. I woke up and every Hearthian and spacecraft had already green/purple lines to them at that point in time without having to trigger the Eclipse or re-trigger the button you have to stand on.

Those are minor things, but I expected to have to do the full run (go clone yourself, throw scout into dark bramble, send ship onto ash twin then go south of the sun to trigger everything) in one go.

[2walker2]

Those might get tweaked a bit in a future patch but they are currently working as intended.

[OrangeAstrid]

Hi, I like this story, so I translated it into Chinese. Does the producer would like to add a Chinese translation mod on this official website? I can provide the full Chinese text.

[2walker2]

There is already a Chinese translation mostly complete. However, I can add you to the translation chat to collaborate on what's left of it. Just ping me on the OW Modding Discord if you're interested.

[DaveLH]

I agree with others that this mod is excellently done, probably the best so far, like having a second DLC.

WARNING! MAJOR ASTRAL CODEC SPOILER BELOW!

Carl Sagan once observed that the most depressing thing about a cyclic universe (which ours may or may not be, but the OW universe definitely is) is that all information and memories from the dying universe would be lost forever with the Big Bang of the new one. This DLC clearly offers a comforting resolution to that, at least for the Hatchling in their universe.

[dpb06]

Fantastic mod!!

Spoiler and feedback

... and some amazing use of existing outerwilds goodness in fresh ways

If I could change one thing, I found having the chime present after the end-game a bit distracting. After the song has played, jump into the campfire's smoke (new universe), and then everything explodes outwards, I see this glowing green chime zooming into the centre of the screen growing smaller and smaller (because the camera is really just moving backwards)

It disappeared by the time the big bang ended, but it was just distracting.

Maybe could have it disappear upon entering the smoke?

Also, I eventually realised why I couldnt fly straight to the chime station, but that really made me hate autopilot for a while

[2walker2]

Glad you enjoyed the mod. You can expect the minor thing with the ending to be fixed in the next patch. As for the other thing, it's a known issue and I've done my best to alleviate it somewhat but there's not much I can do about it.

[dpb06]

Yeah, I understand it's a tricky problem, and honestly I mostly blamed O.G outerwilds while it happened hahaha

Well done and thanks for the game

[rubalon]

This is one of the best mods I've ever played, many thanks to the creator for this experience.
How are you supposed to find the "Lingering Chime" for the first time? I just found it by randomly navigating space trying to find it.

[DaveLH]

SPOILER

The clue is in your ship's log after you see the Lingering Chime in the projection pool. The log entry says that the planets appear from that vantage point to be orbiting the sun clockwise. Planets (both in our own Solar System and the OW one) orbit counter-clockwise as seen from the north, so the implication is that you should look for an unidentified object a significant ways "below" (i.e. to the south of) the plane of the solar system.

[rubalon]

jjajja, makes sense. In my first try I start follow the Normal probe to find this place but I didn't found it that way. I think it would be interesting add a signal to the Normal and the secondary probe, so if you follow the first probe, you unlock the signal channel of the probes and from this point is easier to find the "Lingering Chime".

[2walker2]

A recent patch made that puzzle significantly easier, though in a different way from what you suggested.

[Krek3r]

Hey man if you want italian translation let me know

[2walker2]

An Italian translation would be fantastic. If you're interested in working on one, reply with your Discord tag or ping me on the OW modding Discord and I can add you to the translators group chat.

[Krek3r]

kr3pus

[vernskey]

Fantastic.
So much added lore and intrigue. Fun and interesting mechanics. Banging soundtrack.
Really wish there were more mods like this.

[LiterallyJumble]

Absolutely stunning, I even decided to draw some fanart for the mod because it hit me fairly hard lol. Need to find a place to send it now haha

[2walker2]

Wow! I never expected anyone to make fanart of this. I'm glad you enjoyed the mod. Feel free to post it on the OW modding Discord server. Or if you don't want to make it public you could DM it to me (2walker2).

[BlepBlep]

Really good one, the puzzles are very nice and I absolutely love the visuals and custom work. Two of the parts gave me trouble but solely because I was overthinking it (as I usually did with OW vanilla lol)

Only issue is the ending is a bit less interesting than I figured it'd be. The story really makes it seem very important, but the ending is barely changed at all.

[LautaroPRZ]

Hello, i'm trying to play the mod but it says "you have addons (Astral Codec) installed wich requires the DLC but it is not enabled", and there is nothing new inside the game to discover, i saw some walthroughs, but i do have the DLC Echoes of the Eye.
I have the game in Microsoft Store in PC and the folders that contain Outer Wilds and Echoes of the Eye are separated, can you help me with that?

[2walker2]

Despite that warning, the mod still works without EotE (it's New Horizons complaining, not Astral Codec). There should have been a popup on the main menu saying "in death a new mystery will be revealed". If you die and the flashback sequence is normal, then the mod isn't installed correctly. I unfortunately can't help you with that because I don't have the game on the Microsoft Store but someone on the OW modding Discord server should be able to help if you can provide more information.

[LautaroPRZ]

Yup, now works, i reinstalled it and is fixed, sorry for the trouble, thanks <3

[LautaroPRZ]

Just finish it, beautiful work, very polished. Must say, i didn't feel a connection with the new characters like in "The Outsider", probably its me, but the story is beautiful, don't misunderstand me, thank you for taking your time doing this, hug from Argentina.

[LautaroPRZ]

The new music, was very beautiful too

[BURG3R5]

Awesome mod! Very polished; looks very close to a DLC. Nice gameplay and lore intergration. Didn't feel out of place with the OG story and themes. Looking forward to more stuff from you.

[BURG3R5]

Oh by the way, a small QoL issue: maybe mute or quieten the translator noise while the mod is installed? Your Nomai "texts" (ASCII art, essentially) are very large character-wise and it's a really long and loud process to get them translated.

[silverhammermba]

Truly excellent. Almost feels like official DLC. A great story, well integrated with the original game, and well told.

The puzzles were really inventive. "]&;}

[simpl1city]

@;{&< ?/ })& ?]["[/;| ?/&+} (?] &?}&

"based on the original concept for EOTE" hahaha nice

[BrunoskyInc]

What a wonderful mod this was! I loved the puzzles, the new areas, the new writing, all the new lore aditions, the new music, and the additions to the ending! Made it feel like experiencing Outer Wilds for the first time again.

Major props for making use of already existing m&);/{ and {y{}&m{ in the plot and puzzles, as well as the brand new stuff to boot! I also really like what you guys did with the lore of [/}&]|?+&] . Its origin and tragedy feels very in line with Outer Wilds and its tone.

So yeah, in short, the entire team did an amazing job! You guys are fantastic!

[CanvasWilds]

First mod I installed in order to get more Outer Wilds Experience, and this ended up scratching that itch so well! This fit so nicely into the main story and the puzzles were well put together. All the additions felt like they belonged and the additional music and graphics were so awesome!

They only things that I was confused about was:

Spoiler

I solved the main puzzle involving meeting the conditions and getting to the ending afterwards, but I dont think i ever actually solved/filled in the rumor mode of the broken geode? That was the only thing I had trouble with figuring out. Did I miss something obvious? I inspected outside the Chime and saw the breakage but that was it.

[adamk33n3r]

Did you go to the interloper?

[adamk33n3r]

This was my first toe-dipping into outer wilds mods, and wow this was incredible!

[adamk33n3r]

I really loved the new music/remixes!

[adamk33n3r]

Where can I find them? Only see 3 music files in the mod but they don't include the modified end times and ship flying one.

[2walker2]

All of them are on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akRJpEdHr_Y.
In the files, they're split between two places:

• https://github.com/2walker2/Astral-Codex/tree/main/Unity/Astral%20Codex/Assets/Bundle/Audio
• https://github.com/2walker2/Astral-Codex/tree/main/Walker.AstralCodex/planets/assets

[adamk33n3r]

Omg awesome, thank you!!!

[guilhemriera]

this mod is so awesome it could be official DLC

[2IQRhubarbe]

Truly a wonderful mod. It's story sits very well with the one already in place in the default game, without stepping on it, creates it's own original story line, the enigma are very interesting and thrilling to solve, it feels just like playing regular Outer Wild in they way they are made. The Dev went as far as adding some new music for his mod, that really feels like an Outer Wild music but in it's own theme. Amazing work did here, really any fan craving for more Outer Wild, go play this mod, you will savor every minutes of it.
All my thanks to the Devs for this masterpiece, you guys are the best 🫰

[connormccreesh]

Oh wow. I did not watch the trailer or look into anything, but just, lifted the veil so to speak. Even if the delivery were to fail completely, you've given me the awe slam of finding the stranger, but for the entire system. Very very cool. Excited to discover the rest of the mod.

[fsilveyra7]

Awesome mod, loved it!