Catapult VS CDDA-Structured-Kenan-Modpack

Bright Nights launcher/updater (also works for DDA!) by qrrk: https://github.com/qrrk/Catapult/releases

I use the Catapult installer to manage my installs of both CDDA and Cataclysm: Bright Nights Ahead. It also manages mods and sound packs. The link is to the most recent release, scroll to the bottom and click the .exe file option - once downloaded double click to install. Once installed launch, make sure the very top drop down has the “dark days ahead” version selected and make sure the “experimental” radio button is selected before clicking the “install selected” button. You might want to set the folder for install first.

Use a launcher to preserve your settings between updates. I prefer Catapult, mainly because the backup utility on the other one doesn't work.

I'd recommend grabbing a launcher like Catapult. Gives you a one-stop-shop for managing game version, forks, mods, tilesets etc.

Bright Nights launcher/updater (also works for DDA!) by qrrk: https://github.com/qrrk/Catapult/releases

I like Kenan's BL9 mod, can be found in his Structured mod pack. If enabled from the start, the enemies can be a little rough to deal with but they fit nicely with Aftershock, so I just avoid them till I am ready.

From testing, I can tell you that everything in the non-archived section of the Kenan modpack (https://github.com/Kenan2000/CDDA-Structured-Kenan-Modpack) is working >99% of the time and is very actively maintained, though it will throw a few errors from time-to-time they are all non-fatal. Other mods are a gamble, but generally speaking this current string of experimentals is more feature-stable than the experimentals leading up to the 0.F stable release - that was the time when there was a big cull of mods over big feature changes.

And https://github.com/Kenan2000/CDDA-Structured-Kenan-Modpack/issues/245

Maybe check out the canonical page instead: https://github.com/Kenan2000/CDDA-Structured-Kenan-Modpack

Big fan of Arcana and usually include it in any magical playthroughs. My last playthrough was with the keenan modpack (https://github.com/Kenan2000/CDDA-Structured-Kenan-Modpack) with an emphasis on BL9 (carried by arcana centipedes). Earning transcendent buffs is cool. Needing transcendent buffs is fun :)

Is that this one?

I'm not sure if it's maintained, but for a while there was a Dinomod mod that did this. Looks like it hasn't been updated recently though https://github.com/Kenan2000/CDDA-Structured-Kenan-Modpack/tree/master/Kenan-Structured-Modpack/High-Maintenance-Huge-Mods/Dino_Mad_Science

The game ships with a few "official" mods. A lot of the community-supported mods have moved to the Bright Nights fork. You can find most of the remaining ones here: https://github.com/Kenan2000/CDDA-Structured-Kenan-Modpack