[OLD] 0.3.4 DIsco Mode Mod


The title says it all.


  • Changes the Nucleus texture to a Disco Ball
  • Makes the biome backgrounds more Disco-y
  • Makes the Cell Membrane a gradient from blue to red
  • Replaces the Microbe Stage theme with this song




  1. Unpack Disco Mode Mod.rar.
  2. Navigate to Thrive\materials.
  3. Backup the ‘textures’ folder to somewhere else.
  4. Copy the ‘textures’ folder found in the Disco Mod folder and paste it in ‘materials’. Replace any files when prompted.


  1. Navigate to Thrive\scripts.
  2. Backup the ‘microbe_stage’ folder somewhere else.
  3. Copy the ‘microbe_stage’ folder found in the Disco Mode Mod folder and paste it in ‘scripts’. Replace any files when prompted.
  4. Navigate to the Thrive folder.
  5. Backup the ‘sounds’ folder somewhere else.
  6. Copy the ‘sounds’ folder found in the Disco Mode Mod folder and paste it in Thrive.
(𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝) #2

You have my respecc

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(𝒦𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝑜𝒻 𝒯𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈) #3

How long did it take for you to change the nucleus texture?

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(He who abuses the search function) #4

Do we have Viva La Disco Mode in the background tho?

(Askyw) #5

that would be great

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(Oliveriver) #6

Providing you can get hold of the audio file* that would be very simple. Convert it to .ogg format and place it in the sound folder in Thrive. Name it something like disco.ogg. Then go scripts -> microbe_stage -> setup.lua and replace

soundSource:addSound("microbe-theme-1", "microbe-theme-1.ogg")
soundSource:addSound("microbe-theme-3", "microbe-theme-3.ogg")
soundSource:addSound("microbe-theme-4", "microbe-theme-4.ogg")
soundSource:addSound("microbe-theme-5", "microbe-theme-5.ogg")
soundSource:addSound("microbe-theme-6", "microbe-theme-6.ogg")   
soundSource:addSound("microbe-theme-7", "microbe-theme-7.ogg") 


soundSource:addSound("microbe-theme-1", "disco.ogg")
soundSource:addSound("microbe-theme-3", "disco.ogg")
soundSource:addSound("microbe-theme-4", "disco.ogg")
soundSource:addSound("microbe-theme-5", "disco.ogg")
soundSource:addSound("microbe-theme-6", "disco.ogg")   
soundSource:addSound("microbe-theme-7", "disco.ogg") 

(I’m not 100% sure this will work as there might be something somewhere else that relies on the track names, but I think it should. @hhyyrylainen might know.)

* I wonder, is there a hidden track on this album that might be relevant? You’ll have to buy it to find out…

…or just use a YouTube converter if you’d rather not give me money.

(Askyw) #7

the shameless plug Lmao


I’m pretty sure that will work. (In the next release making this type of change will be simpler)

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(Untrustedlife) #9

Much simpler. Yes

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Changing the nucleus texture didn’t take long at all. Conveniently, there was a disco ball in Thrive’s files that was around the same size as the nucleus. All I did was put the disco ball over the original texture and cut off any parts that went past the edge.

(𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝) #11

So there is a random disco ball texture in Thrive’s files?

(Untrustedlife) #12

Yep there is , it’s a long running joke

(He who abuses the search function) #13

Probably still from the 0.4.0 april fools update a while back, where disco mode came from.

EDIT: though it looks different from how I remember it

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(Dyson Sphere Freak) #14

Necro time!
Do that mod again for 0.4.0. please.

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("Belgium isotope" "Achievement hunter" "King of badcalls" "File handler" "Github complainer" "Title crisis") #15

PLAGIAT! Sorry, it’s just that my mod was supposed to show discoball correctly, but the banana bug applied on my discoball. But it’s no plagiat, it’s open source.