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Metroid Cubed 3
Official sequel to Metroid Cubed 2

Version 0.3B: The Lots-of-Stuff Update

Metroid is a semi-popular game series from Nintendo, following the adventures of Bounty Hunter and all-around bada** Samus Aran. Now you, too, can be Samus Aran - in Minecraft!
Metroid Cubed 3 is a mod that adds in many items and mechanics from the Metroid game series, most notably the Metroid Prime Trilogy. Suit up, and prepare to fight for galactic peace!

Please Donate- it makes making mods easier, which makes them better! an find me on patreon and paypal, under the username "FirEmerald"

For visor shaders: Extended Shaders API

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versions after 0.2 Beta PREVIEW are not compatible with older worlds.
PREVIEW versions contain little/no information on the new features, so you can have those 'ah-ha!' moments! They are also not guaranteed to be stable, so use them with caution!

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Changelog:

Metroid Cubed 3 Changelog

3/31/2018 - V0.3.33.0

fixed mob conversion on Aether.
ship GUI now attempts to open to the current galaxy of the player.
fix boss spawner not giving enough characters for the spawn data section.
made the entity tester and boss spawner search boxes ignore case.
smoothed out the beam charge animations.
credits GUI now attempts to use BOM to determine a text file's charset (UTF8, UTF16 LE, UTF16 BE) - defaults to UTF8 if no BOM.
the looping sounds player now uses OpenAL instead of JavaSound - this makes it consistent with minecraft's own sound engine output.
added BGM setters, and priority to BGM (boss spawner BGM music priority is always highest)
added forge multipart versions of the item and energy pipes.
logbook categories are considered 'locked' unless a sub-entry is unlocked.
slight upgrades system overhaul to be more robust.
replace calls to StatCollector translation with calls to I18n translation - I18n automatically uses en_us as a fallback.
phazon suit hypermode no longer triggers the MP3 hypermode shader.
added a simple fade animation for changing galaxies in the ship GUI.
backing out from one galaxy to another will automatically focus on the elemet for the previous galaxy.
changed dark visor shader to 'interpolate' between 'red' and 'grey' for 'special' objects, to slightly improve quality.
removed existing spider ball tracks - when I have spiderball working, the tracks will be FMP parts.
replaced existing sphere renderer with a geosphere obj file.
powerbombs (and theronian bombs) now have rays.
theronian bombs now explode faster.
fix charged dark beam shots activating light portals and doors.
fix speed booster and screw attack blocks not being broken when they should be.
fixed a bug that 'deactivated' the night vision effect when looking at an imation block.
various other fixes for imitation blocks.
greatly improved class transformers - now uses the same set of transformers for deobfuscated and obfuscated environments, by setting field/method names appropriately.
changed beam holding animation from the bow animation to a custom one that doesn't include arm bobbing or left arm movement
entering hypermode while in creative no longer drains suit energy.
removed experimental dark burst shader.
added client config option for changing the public server button target IP/URL
improved/bugfixed custom entity tracking updates

1/12/2018 - V0.3.32.4

generic armor fixes - armor no longer breaks, GMFC armor is more seperate from powersuit armor, ect.

1/12/2018 - V0.3.32.3

bugfix for falling blocks.
bugfix for smelting dark chozo ore.

12/22/2017 - V0.3.32.2

added codechicken's deploader
added forge multipart support - forge multipart is also now a dependency.
## would have added a multipart version of item/energy pipes, but there's literally NO documentation, the source is in scala and therefore impossible to read, and I couldn't figure it out. sorry! blame chickenbones.
fix bug preventing firing of missiles/beam combos when in creative but lacking sufficient missile ammo.
update the code that force-crashes when an invalid ES version is installed to version 5.0, reflecting the 0.3.32.0 update to ES 5.0

12/21/2017 - V0.3.32.1

fix beam not reverting when selected mode is disabled/removed via upgrades gui.
fix phazon beam firing non-phazon shots in addition to the phazon shots.
fix accidental linear filtering on metroid planets in the ship GUI.

12/20/2017 - V0.3.32.0 (finally!)

added Puffers.
added mob eggs.
added combo fire charge-down.
seeking projectiles improvements.
lock-on improvements - lockable targets using ILockable support up to 127 different lock-on points (IN TOTAL, INCLUDING ALL VISOR-SPECIFIC AND GRAPPLE POINTS)
now using proper events for saving custom player data between respawns and world switching. Yay!
improved echo visor shader - it now has a scanline appearance (but not on cell shading or echo effects).
Dark Aether now has extreme fog when not using the dark visor.
reworked 'hypermode' toggle button - it now must be held for a short period of time and has an FOV effect.
reworked hypermode system to be more identical to the game.
morphball now only needs to be on a chestplate.
replace calls to 'I18n.format' with 'StatCollector.translateToLocal'
overhauled ship GUI to be, well, better. Missing an animation when going between galaxies at the moment.
added scorched dirt and dark scorched dirt, and set them as top blocks for the temple grounds and sky temple grounds biomes.
fix 'mc3Win' command tab-auto-complete crash on servers
added 'static' shader effect to thermal visor and dark visor.
xray visor now uses a zoom blur, like it should, instead of a hex blur.
fix suits without energy causing no crosshair to show.
improved rope rendering.
fix background music loops stopping when the game is paused - now it pauses instead.
updated creative tabs icons.
re-organized items in the creative tabs. You MAY have to look in different tabs for some blocks and items now.

8/13/2017 - V0.3.31.6

improved xray/thermal block performance (visors).
fix xray/thermal block config not allowing spaces before/after comma seperators.
fixed refill rendering issue
moved dark visor overlay to texture unit 8 in preperation for an ES change to 8 texture units (compat reasons).
added hex-parse support to the xray blocks config - prefix the 'color' value with '$' or '0x' for a hex code.
The echo visor now works properly underwater even when not wearing the gravity/phazon suit.
doubled the sea level of metroid worlds
improved magmoor caverns generation.
lava stone now emits a small amount of light.
possibly fix a rare 'concurrent modification exception' crash.
reduced default nether heat damage value.

8/10/2017 - V0.3.31.5

fix bug with beam switching that caused players to get kicked.

8/10/2017 - V0.3.31.4
fix players being kicked out immediately after joining a server.

8/10/2017 - V0.3.31.3

fix crash issue with achievements page.
fix hat layer showing when wearing GFMC helmet.
fix energy pipes making invalid connections.
added armor stand HEAVILY based off the bibliocraft armorstand, but it takes power from underneath it to charge powersuit armor. (100 rf = 1 suit energy)
fix bug that caused continuous fire combos to not work properly.
moved missile/powerbomb ammo consumption code to server-side to fix exploits.
improved morph ball spinning greatly.
added morph ball textures for PED/Hazard suits
reworked xray and thermal block detection to be more open for other mods, and you can now specify meta in the options.
changed the xray color for dark/light crystal ore.
added config option for hot blocks similar to the xray blocks.

7/29/2017 - V0.3.31.2

fix bug causing GFMC armor to use the zero suit model.
move dark visor overlay binding to 16th texture unit, to help avoid possible issues with other mods.
update to Extended Shaders 3.
fix beams not hurting the ender dragon.

7/26/2017 - V0.3.31.1

re-worked armor damage, using custom damage redux code that doesn't limit to 4% intervals.
Defaults have powersuit at diamond level (80%), with each additional upgrade increasing that by 5%, leaving tier 4 armor at 95% damage redux.
the '0th' energy tank is now part of the armor, and not the player's health. when it is empty, the armor loses all protective functions.
THIS INCLUDES SPECIAL EFFECTS, SUCH AS HEAT RESISTANCE AND GRAVITY
THIS MEANS WEARING ONLY SOME POWERSUIT ARMOR IS INNEFECTIVE - YOU MUST WEAR A FULL SUIT, IN ANY COMBINATION.
energy pickups now only effect suit energy.
changed the height at which beams are fired relative to the player back to what it was before 0.3.31.0.
fix GUI coloration issue.
fix varia suit not stopping hot dimensions (Nether) from causing hazard meter to spike
improved item refill code.
legacy crafting suit upgrading no longer destroys all upgrades (sorry for not fixing sooner I guess)
suits out of energy display as the zero suit.
the Justin Bailey command now, instead of making your armor not render, causes suits to display as the zero suit all the time.

7/15/2017 - V0.3.31.0
improved beam raytracing code a lot.
fixed beams "ticks existed" value incrementing by 2 each tick, and then tweaked some values to match.
overhauled bomb code to be more efficient and far less bug-prone.
fixed broken ASM code for making endermen get hit by beams.
overhauled beam charge and custom BGM system, using a new sound engine utilizing JLayer to play MP3 files with an arbitrary loop.
fixed visor sounds overlapping when switching between visors with sounds.
[1.7.10] fixed 1.7.10 armor not reducing damage taken.
lava stone now leaves behind a bit of lava when broken.
modified waila compat to show player's suit energy, if applicable.
**NOTE - you must download the NEW background music pack to continue to enjoy custom BGM in metroid biomes.**

6/20/2017 - V0.3.30.12
fix shader issue related to GLSL strict typing.
fix visors making boss bar not render properly.
[1.7.10] disabled galacticraft thermal ASM edits as they stopped working.
[1.10.2] fix charge beam upgrade having no renderer.
[1.10.2] add galacticraft compat to 1.10.2.
[1.10.2] fix some visor rendering issues.
[1.10.2] fix powerbeam beam icon not changing with plasma(mp3)/nova beams and "prime 2 style icon" option.
[1.10.2] removed main menu server button and moved MC3 options button to not cover skin options.
6/18/2017 - V0.3.30.11
fix crash caused by frozen entities.

6/18/2017 - V0.3.30.10
fix server-side crash.

6/18/2017 - V0.3.30.9
fixed dark beam, and not light beam, activating light portals.
tweak default biome IDs
added new Biome Type: Dark - also implies the "Dead" type when used.
update shaders to work with ES 2.2
SunBurst ignores light when rendering (makes it seem bright)
fix crashes related to sending integers in network packets.
improved beam AOE accuracy when impacting an enemy.
improved AOE accuracy of sonic boom.
enemies no longer have to unfreeze before properly dying.

5/14/2017 - V0.3.30.7
[1.7.10] added PokeCube compat per request. May be broken, unsure if it's PokeCube or the compat, but something has been causing crashes in my dev envo, and it's related to the PokeCube network thread.
forced logbook language key to lowercase. fixes issue with some people's en_US randomly becoming en_us, breaking the logbook.
the "frozen" and "dark" overlays are now 1080p 16:9 textures
added custom HUD capabilities to visors.
added renderWorldEvent method to visors. moved visor-specific world rendering there.
fixed visor sounds bug.
improved beam functionality - beam types now define their own fire/charged fire/combo fire behavior. Reduces network usage a bit and makes it possible for add-ons to add beams.
switched from forge's OBJ model loader to my custom one from 1.10.2.
completed (not finalized) support for different beam types across client/server i.e. client having beam types that server does not.
you can no longer fire a missile while the beam is charging.
[1.7.10] [bug] optifine seems to no longer be compatible - for some reason it causes extreme lag and lack of world rendering. Working on it.
reduced mod size and memory usage by using superclasses more often.
logbook entries for phazon/hyper beams unlock when you activate them, rather than on acquiring the corresponding suit.
added charge beam upgrade - you now no longer have the charge beam by default.
applied linear filtering to the gunship.
[1.7.10] disabled pokecube compat (for now).
[1.7.10] optifine lag seems to be gone. there do seem to be a few issues with Extended Shaders and inventory rendering, however.

[1.10.2] 3/8/2017 - V0.3.30.6
fixed server sound issue

[1.10.2] 3/7/2017 - V0.3.30.5
fixed a ton of server crash issues

[1.10.2] 3/7/2017 - V0.3.30.3
Fixed improper RF API being used.
(re)added custom Tinker's Construct toolparts
removed custom fluid buckets in favor of the forge Universal Bucket

2/25/2017 - V0.3.30.2
ACTUALLY fixed time freeze bug, as well as some other related bugs and crashes.
[1.10.2] fixed TConstruct compat fluids not visible in the smeltery, and TConstruct tools having effects they aren't supposed to.

2/19/2017 - V0.3.30.1
added dark phazon ore (variant of phazon ore for dark aether, only a retexture)
added dark gravel and dark clay
[1.10.2] initial 1.10.2 port
fixed time freeze bug
"imitation" inventories can be used as inventories
improved custom sandstone textures

2/1/2017 - V0.3.30.0
update to Extended Shaders 2.0. not compatible with older versions of Extended Shaders0

1/30/2017 - V0.3.29.6
fixed client-side "Failed to save extended properties for MC3" spam.
fixed client-side crash when putting an item into the extraction slot of the energy tester.
added entity type button to Entity Tester GUI.
added variant to the Entity Tester for continuous testing while powered (as opposed to command block style).
added hazard meter warning text.
fixed hazard meter flipped horizontally.
switched doors to use the IBlockDamagable interface.
actually registered power bomb refills as an entity.

1/29/2017 - V0.3.29.5
fixed AT not working properly for bombs/missiles

1/29/2017 - V0.3.29.4
fix hazard meter warning sound playing and updating for other players when online.

1/29/2017 - V0.3.29.3
improved bomb explosions.
added simulated desc packet functionality to imitation blocks.
imitation blocks now also pass along weapon damage from IBlockDamagable.
improved client-server charge sync and fixed server-client charge sync.
shortened bomb fuse.
bombs no longer hurt the player that set them.
added hazard meter. Does not work with most of other mod's blocks.
replaced custom sound instances (beam charge/visor ambient) with static sounds (no movement)

1/28/2017 - V0.3.29.2
fixed CraftBukkit implementations ignoring energy tanks again.

1/28/2017 - V0.3.29.1
fixed a server issue that caused players to be unable to join after someone logs out.

1/27/2017 - V0.3.29.0
breaking 1 block of a door breaks all connected door blocks.
made door block selection box thicker so that you can build doors easier.
door item form is now 2D.
greatly improved door rendering code. Doors also no longer visually connect to doors that don't face the same direction.
door shields and locks are now "block icons" instead of individual textures.
added "max jumps" option, to allow limiting or even removal of extra jumps from the space jump.
fixed non-knockback damage code again. It applies damage every tick again. Though for some reason it slows you down considerably and messes with jumping.
fixed dark aether and nether damage configs not being applied.
darkburst now sucks up blocks if mobgreifing is on.
fixed server crash.
added sandstone wall, chiseled sandstone wall, smooth sandstone wall, old sandstone wall, hieroglyph sandstone wall, heat torn sandstone wall, frost sandstone wall, and dark sandstone wall
added rope
made wave beam, wavebuster, and refills "noClip"
fixed continuous damage code to behave properly on players.
added an option to enable/disable the rescaling of the HUD.
added variant to damageable blocks that breaks all connected damageable blocks of the same type.
added power bomb, screw attack, speed booster, super missile, and normal breakable blocks.
changed breakable block default textures to zero-mission style textures
dark/light portals now use the IBlockDamageable interface for activation instead of code inside the beam projectiles.
changed transparent enities to use the correct render pass.
improved ship model.
moved refill drops code to entity drops event.
added Entity Tester block - behaves like a command block, but tests for entities of configurable types in defined regions.

1/17/2017 - V0.3.28.1
fixed a config bug that saved "mobs" options in the "damage" config erroneously.
removed accidental custom inventory background for creative tabs.

1/16/2017- V0.3.28.0
separated config file into multiple files for ease of use. Config options are preserved from previous versions.
tweaked default beam damages.
moved server/option button add codes to event.
added client config option to disable the public server button.
removed /mc3ship command.
other player's beams now render a charge animation.
beam charge pulls in items and refills.
HUD aspect ratio no longer changes to match screen aspect ratio.
Safe zones now render in pass 2 (translucent objects). Fixes "water invisible behind safe zones".
fixed a crash related to the energy tester.
added an access transformer to avoid the reflection overhead. (optimization)
ice spreader now turns lava into lava stone instead of regular stone.
added shader model for dark burst and increased it's flare time. Shader is EXPERIMENTAL - it randomly causes the game to freeze visually, but not actually frozen. Weird.
/mc3win now takes a name eg. "prime_1", "prime_2", ect. instead of a number.
changed integer gamerule system to be faster and more persistent.
ASM core now loads seperate transformers for Deobfuscated and Obfuscated environments.
ASM transformers now transform post-SRG
speed booster now allows you to step up 1-block heights. Sometimes, you loose speed boost after doing it. That is a bug.
fixed non-knockback damage code. An unintended side-effect results in damage being applied only once a second.
added damage config for screw attack, speed booster, dark water, liquid phazon, phazon ore, red phazon, dark aether, light aura (on dark mobs), and nether damage (heat).
removed BOOLEAN option for nether damage in favor of setting the nether damage value to 0.
changed some damage defaults to better balance weapons - simply delete the "damage.cfg" file in the "metroid cubed 3" config folder to reset values after running it once (a game restart will be required).
added /theronianbomb command. WARNING: LAG. Back up your world before using it, or use a new world, as the vertical radius is 100 blocks and the horizantal radius is 150 blocks.
improved some death messages.

11/15/2016 - V0.3.27.0
fixed "-1" energy bug
tweaked damage systems to not cause knockback/invulnerability when not appropriate.
breath meter no longer renders while wearing a powersuit helmet with water breathing.
changed shaders system to use seperate shaders for each visor - allows add-on visors to have their own shaders and post-processing
death messages from using beams show the player that killed you. Same for other custom damage sources.
shoulder pauldrons no longer detach from the suit body.
added thermal visor shader - requires framebuffer support (OpenGL 3+ guarantees it, but some older cards support it via extension)
changed shaders to use an external API - look for the "Extended Shaders" mod.
fixed item pipe crash when using protection plugins like LC
improved xray visor ore finder defaults and moved them out of config.
improved safe zones - they now have 4 modes, corresponding to nullified, normal, charged, and supercharged safe zones.
added Spiderball Tracks block - DOES NOT ACTUALLY ALLOW SPIDERBALL YET
added dead wood planks and dead leaves
you can now smelt dark sand to get dark glass. Removed crafting recipe.

9/24/2016 - V0.3.26.3
fixed dark visor not shown in helmet tooltip.
added WAILA compatability module
server mod list (for disabling public server button) now only handled client-side
removed ASM core spam.
tweak energy storage system.
fixed powersuit unlocking the wrong achievment & not unlocking if already unlocked in the logbook.
dark mobs can be beheaded with Tinker's Construct tools, same chances as the vanilla counter-part

9/23/2016 - V0.3.26.2
fixed tallon IV generation crash
added Sanctuary Fortress and Ing Hive biomes to the correct Biome Layers. NOW they will actually generate.

9/22/2016 - V0.3.26.1
fixed Tallon IV and Dark Aether cave and ravine generation.
removed Tallon IV mineshafts.
Dark Aether generated safe zones are now indestructible.
re-worked some terrain generation.
added lava stone underneath Chozo Ruins and Phendrana Drifts.
added torvus bog, sanctuary fortress, dark torvus bog, and ing hive biomes.
biome names are now localized (on clients).
added more vegetation.
increased safe zone effectiveness.
***NOTE: You MUST download the BGM resource pack to continue to have metroid background music!

9/21/2016 - V0.3.26.0
added an option to disable the rendering of items in pipes. Also disables the sending of item data in pipes to the player.
item-in-pipe rendering improvements
pipe rendering improvements
fixed plasma beam (MP3) tooltip
fixed pipe collision box being incorrect for one direction
dark crystal ore no longer generates on surface worlds
cacatacs now set their type properly when spawned.
cacatacs no longer render a nametag when not named.
cacatacs no longer drown.
greatly improved world generation.
hopefully fixed command visor loss issue.
fixed recipes requiring ANY glass pane to require UNCOLORED glass panes.

9/18/2016 - V0.3.25.0
changed server IP
fixed "Portal to Aether" name.
energy testers now only output to sides not received from.
fixed losing logbook entries and ship on death.
added energy pipes.
changed visor recipes to use unstained glass panes.
changed item pipe texture a bit.
doors now "glow".
removed celebratory firework due to a party-crashing, well, crash.

8/30/2016 - V0.3.24.6
fixed Liquids+ compat to ACTUALLY work, it wasn't patching properly.
red low-residue phazon crystals no longer give debuffs
fixed and re-added GCPlayerHandler hook. It is not complete but seems to work still.

8/29/2016 - V0.3.24.5
added Liquids+ compat - acid and cryolium do not damage players with varia.
disabled the server button if the client does not have the required mods.
fix item pipes not putting items into both chests of a double chest.
changed username placement on the fake player to UUID instead.
changed beam damage source to indirect and used ASM to prevent teleporting instead.
item pipes now try to insert items into existing stacks before filling empty slots.

8/28/2016 - V0.3.24.4
added username to the fake player used by the Industrial Grade Pulse Beam. This allows logging utils to identify the player who created the Industrial Grade Pulse Beam that broke a block.
fixed a potential multiblock crash.
added item pipes.
improved tile entity updating code to only send updates to players within 8 chunks of the tile entity
fixed ship upgrade not showing logbook unlocking and not unlocking entries until relog
fixed losing ship upgrade bug.
ship now travels with you.

8/27/2016 - V0.3.24.3
added Industrial Grade Pulse Beam.
changed recipe for generator.
added recipe for doors.

8/24/2016 - V0.3.24.2
GREATLY improved outliner.
logbook GUI improvements.

8/23/2016 - V0.3.24.1
fixed Ship item tooltip.
moved Ship item to upgrades tab.
fixed ship logbook entry unlocking.
improved logbook GUI.

8/22/2016 - V0.3.24.0
added /mc3convert command to convert mobs to dark ones.
Ice Spreader AOE damage when hitting an entity now obeys the config.
added command visor
new ship system
    old ships must be destroyed for their item
    using the ship item 'registers' the ship to you
    if you have the ship registered, you can use the command visor to search for a valid ship spawn point
    valid ship spawn points have enough space for the ship to be spawned without colliding anything
    pressing the missile fire key with the command visor on while looking at a valid ship spawn point spawns the ship
    old ships are invalidated and removed, whether or not they are loaded. This does not apply to ships spawned before this update.
nova beam now uses sound waves when echo visor is on.
lighting improvements when using shaders.
added justin bailey command. note it does not show up in tab auto-completion if there are other commands that match due to some client-only command bug.
added fog to shaders.
fixed blocks appearing dark, and possibly also fixed disappearing terrain glitch.
more shader optimizations.
added /mc3ship command to automatically summon in a ship (if possible). This command is used by the command visor to summon in your ship.

8/9/2016 - V0.3Bw
regular ores generate on aether.
dark ores generate on dark aether.
the gravity feature now works in lava.
you cannot swim while wearing a suit. They are much too heavy for that.
added thaumcraft compat - you can craft a thaumcraft visor that acts like the goggles of revealing.
improved not-yet-released API to allow add-ons to add their upgrade items to the omni-upgrade, and to allow upgrades to specify an ItemStack, to facilitate future upgrade removal features.
added player tags for some of the people who have made youtube videos with this mod. Not all since I have yet to obtain everyone's MC username.

8/7/2016 - V0.3Bv4
fixed varia feature no longer working

8/7/2016 - V0.3Bv3
fixed dark mobs taking damage in dark water
entities that cannot be set on fire won't take nether damage
GF Assault Rifle is now craftable.

8/6/2016 - V0.3Bv2
fix server-side compat

8/6/2016 - V0.3Bv
### Happy 30th birthday Samus Aran! ###
fixed up the GFMC armor and made it craftable.
added GF Rifle
fixed a bunch of hypermode-related issues, specifically using the PED suit.
default mobs in whitelists no longer need to be in the config file.
added tons of dark mobs.
fixed options menu.
added dark wither skeleton, skeleton, zombie, and creeper skulls.
fixed login message.
added dark nether star.
switched potion effects to an internal system.
dark water still causes damage while in a safe zone.
dark suit no longer reduces damage from dark water.
gravity effect now lets you break blocks underwater at normal speed.
you can transfer energy to/from items using the energy tester.
fixed echo visor not having an outliner anymore.
added dark beacon.
changed the generator to be cheaper again.
added life to aether, and dark life to dark aether.
mobs in dark aether randomly become possesed and change into their dark form.
you can now toggle the custom armor models off/on.
separated phazon and hyper beams.
added MP3 Plasma and Nova beam upgrades. These use beam stacking.
removed mc3achievement command.

7/26/2016 - V0.3Bu2
reverted thermal armor bypass due to a crash issue.

7/25/2016 - V0.3Bu
forgot to mention config location changed in the last update - now the file is automatically moved for you. It is now located at "Metroid Cubed 3/main.cfg"
thermal padding is not necessary if the varia effect is active.
added Dark Visor.
more shader optimizations.
repositioned the visor icons to be less weird-ish. However it is now stretched.
Item, Block, Fluid, CreativeTabs, and DamageSource relocated from Main to special classes.
added missile block.
added bomb block.
replaced entity position -> block coords int casting with proper MathHelper.floor functions.
improved beam sounds. Added a looping feature.
charged shots and charge combos can be fired after charging for only 1 second instead of 1.5.
beam uncharges when mode is switched.
charged annihilator shots no longer auto-seek.
applied the same changes from the visor icons to the beam icons. also, if the beam is not equipped, the 'blank' icon is still displayed.
charged shots can be fired from a not-fully-charged beam. However, the damage is based on the beam charge, so fully charged shots do more damage.
the beam will fire a normal shot upon the PRESSING of the use button, rather than the release.
the beam can be charged during the cooldown period.
POSSIBLY broke the echo visor outliner.
add a mod options screen in the options menu, and removed the 'toggle hud' control.
'open logbook' control default is now X instead of B.
added metal grate and reinforced glass blocks.

7/19/2016 - V0.3Bt4
greatly improved the Echo Visor outliner.
java-GLSL communication optimizations.
fixed armor models to match player models when using mods like Galacticraft. may not always work.

7/18/2016 - V0.3Bt3
added language entries for most (if not all) text in the mod.
improved item tooltips.
removed 2 unused and redundant items.
added an outliner to the echo visor.
shaders reload when you change resourcepacks.

7/16/2016 - V0.3Bt2
echo visor improvements.
fixed visor sounds not playing after exiting and entering a world.
fixed xray visor sky flicker caused by 0.3Bt
fixed a powerbomb loading issue
visor speed improvements.
doors and safe zones are no longer affected by block lighting. I think.
you can no longer jerk the camera while in lockon. You can no longer move the camera while frozen.

7/15/2016 - V0.3Bt
fixed keybind language entries.
added GUI for flux tester.
increased generator RF efficency from 4 RF/tick to 75 RF/tick.
increased max generator output from 20 RF/tick*side to 75 RF/tick*side
added echo visor.
updated visor textures with lower-res images, 128x128 in a small space is overkill.
added visor sounds for thermal and xray visors.
removed keybind to exit a galaxy map. Added click feature in its place. Added 'click to zoom out' tip.

7/12/2016 - V0.3Bs
added galaxies to the ship GUI, moved Overworld (now Earth) into milky way galaxy.
renamed keybinding idents to include mc3, to prevent possible conflicts.
added sun (decoration), mercury, venus, moon, mars, asteroid, jupiter, saturn, uranus, and neptune planets.
added galacticaft core and planets compat - if core is installed, you can travel to/from the moon; if planets is installed, you can go to/from mars and asteroids.
oxygen overlays don't render when wearing a powersuit helmet.
frequency module is no longer needed when wearing a powersuit helmet.
shader improvements and optimizations. No more flickering sky. First-person fire actually renders with texture.
phazon bar scales from 0 to 1 instead of 0 to 1.5.
dark/light portals must now be shot to function.
fixed config not saving comments.
added Ex Nihilo Support -
    you can obtain Chozo Compound from sieving smooth stone. The rarity is the same as lapis from gravel.
    you can obtain dark crsytals from sieving smooth stone. The rarity is twice as common as diamonds from gravel.
    you can obtain light crystals from sieving smooth stone. The rarity is the same as diamonds from gravel.
    you can obtain bendezium from sieving smooth stone. The rarity is half as common as diamonds from gravel.
    all these can be modified in the config file.
added MagicalCrops support - you can make chozo compound seeds.

7/3/2016 - V0.3Br3
Added phazon as a tool material for Tinker's Construct.
Added TConstruct config options.
added chozo compound, red chozo compound, orange chozo compound, and purple chozo comounds as Tinker's Construct tool materials.
changed orange chozo compound reciped to use gold in place of chozo compound
made chozo compound forms craftable in legacy crafting mode

7/2/2016 - V0.3Br2
fixed mod meta thinking the version was 0.3Bq4 still.

7/1/2016 - V0.3Br
added phazon mushroom caps
re-worked doors again, for efficiency. door direction is now determined by the direction the player was looking at when placed.
** New computer yay! that means faster & better mod updates! **
fixed ASM game output.
condensed & improved shaders. The game now runs under a constant shader if shaders are enabled.
fixed XRay visor glitches.
fixed Client-side ASM attempting to run on servers. You no longer need to delete metroidcubed3/asm/MC3ASMClient.class
added "Tinker's Construct" compat.
added "Project Red - Compat" compat. Lol.

5/9/2016 - V0.3Bq4
fix crashes when attempting morphball, beam switch, beam fire, ect.

5/8/2016 - V0.3Bq3
fix a crash with lock-on code when exiting lock-on (manually and forced)
fixed biome ID conflict between Chozo Ruins and Agon Wastes.
Also re-id'd all the dimensions and biomes for organization purposes - config options no longer use 'DimID' and 'BiomeID' in their names.

5/8/2016 - V0.3Bq2
fixed some recipes to be craftable again.

5/8/2016 - V0.3Bq
improved performance by optimizing hypermode code - phazon no longer needs to be rendered as a tile entity.
improved lock-on code to allow lock-on without completely hovering over the target.
re-id'd the packets for organization purposes.
tweaked beam change packet to work if registered beams on the client to not exist on the server (future API feature).
added a config option to disable nether damage.
removed reduntant 'to use prime 2 beams' portion of beam tooltip - replaced it with a 'to switch beams' tip.

5/5/2016 - V0.3Bp
dark/light crystal ore now drops more crystals if mined with a fortune pickaxe.
possibly fixed a beam switch crash issue?
re-added flame particles to flamethrower.
added config options for all beam damage amounts.
tweaked default beam damage amounts.
power bombs now damage other players.
missiles and super missiles no longer damage the player that fired them.

5/4/2016 - V0.3Bo3
fix a crash when putting on a full basic powersuit

5/4/2016 - V0.3Bo2
fix a crash when traveling between planets

5/4/2016 - V0.3Bo
added a config option to swap beam left/right-click functions.
added achievements.
added ore dictionary support.
added a command to force the unlocking of an achievement.
changed the generator recipe to require a power core instead of iron bars.
added spawning for cacatac.
fixed sky temple grounds music not playing.
changed aether plains and dark aether plains to temple grounds and sky temple grounds.
fixed music not playing automatically when going to tallon IV or Aether.

5/1/2016 - V0.3Bn
added the credits for Prime, Prime 2, and Prime 3.
tweaked the speed of the credits screen GUI.
added logos for Prime, Prime 2, and Prime 3.
fixed Biome ID conflict between Agon Wastes and Chozo Ruins.
tweaked beam position in first person view.

4/30/2016 - V0.3Bm2
fix a crash with music ticking.

4/30/2016 - V0.3Bm
moved the large sound files into seperate, optional resource packs.
added biome-specific sound loops for this mod's biomes.
fixed credits GUI not playing sound right away.
fixed biome ID conflict - Phendrana Drifts and Temple Grounds used the same ID.
at the end of credits screens, the player is respawned.

4/29/2016 - V0.3Bl
added a new test credits GUI for beating the Prime 1 branch.
added a command to artificially win a game branch.
added cacatac (WIP) (mob models provided by Christopher Hewson)
added a command to summon in modded entities.
added an Aether dimension - world generation should mirror that of Dark Aether.
dark portals only work on Aether now.
dark crystal ore only generates on Aether.
doubled ore per chunk for light and dark crystal ore, and raised the min spawn height to 64 (from 32).
set step sounds for blocks.
added a new test credits GUI for beating the Prime 2 branch.
added a new test credits GUI for beating the Prime 3 branch.
light.dark portals don't generate twice when generated via dimension traveling.

4/27/2016 - V0.3Bk2
quick fix to not show beam/visor icons on the switching overlay for beams/visors you do not have

4/27/2016 - V0.3Bk
changed the command name of unlock to logbook, and added a parameter to allow entries to be removed (un-unlocked).
changed beam/visor switching to a prime-3-style - hold down the "attack" key while holding a beam to switch beams, hold down the visor switch key to switch visors.
beam mode no longer resets when exiting hypermode.

4/25/2016 - V0.3Bj
updated logbook entries.
fixed morphball logbook entry name.
increased missile costs for Prime 2 charge combos.
PED and Phazon suit upgrades now unlock the respective hyper beam entries.
added powerbomb refilling to /refill.
added a command to unlock logbook entries.
added logbook entries for energy tanks, missile expansions, and power bomb expansions.
changed texture of power bomb refills.
tweaked seeker code again to have a lower max auto-seek angle.
fixed generator and energy drain being instantly breakable.
reduced energy tester pickaxe level required for harvest.

4/23/2016 - V0.3Bi
changed damage redirection to armor energy code to allow it to work on KCauldron servers, such as the public server.
fixed dark water still attempting to damage players inside a safe zone or wearing the light suit.
fixed uncharged light beam not reactivating deactivated light crystal.
improved annihilator beam seeking capability.
tweaked auto-seek code to hopefully reduce how often the beam auto-seeks an unintended target.
made dark/light crystal blocks craftable back into the crystals.
removed dark crystal crystal blocks.
inproved wavebuster seeking capability.

4/17/2016 - V0.3Bh
fixed morph ball upgrade still giving 4 upgrades when only 1 is needed.
decreased phazon generation in Dark Aether.
Optimized worldgen code.
fixed powerbombs not being refilled upon death.
fixed terminal corruption death sometimes glitching the player.
fixed Dark Aether safe zone generation.
(hopefully) fixed a bug with some servers that caused damage to not be bypassed by the armor's energy tanks.
added mob spawning to dimensions - Tallon IV spawns no creatures, Dark Aether spawns Endermen.
made light crystals emit light.

4/16/2016 - V0.3Bg
fixed ASM core incompatibility with NEI
fixed Speed Booster recipe survival-friendliness - no longer uses potions, as the potion metadata is unpredictable on some servers.
fixed screw attack unlocking the wrong logbook entry.
added language entry to speed booster.
removed "donator-only" hover text from button.

4/15/2016 - V0.3Bf
fixed a crash when the charged Plasma Beam impacts with objects.
improved door selection box.
added 1x1 and 3x3 doors.
overhauled door textures (multiple times!)

4/12/2016 - V0.3Be
replaced the slowness effect in the ice beam/charged dark beam with a custom freeze effect, complete with graphical effect.
Uncharged dark beam no longer slows enemies.
uncharged ice beam doesn't always freeze enemies.
holding the beam prevents the player from interacting with blocks and entities.
annihilator beam auto-seeks.
improved beam collision checking.
dark burst now sucks in any movable entity.
extended the lifetime of the phazon beam.
increased the amount of phazon a player in PED hypermode gets from being hit by the phazon beam.
phazon beam deals 1/2 damage to entities with the phazon resistance potion effect active.
increased powerbeam speed.
sunburst no longer stops mid-air after 10 seconds.
sunbust does 50% more damage to dark enemies instead of 50% less
super-effective beam types do 50% more damage rather than 100% more damage.
added a particle effect to super missiles.
wavebuster can provide power, just like the wave beam.
increased the power of the wavebuster.
decreased the speed of the Sonic Boom (it's high speed was causing glitches).
doors, when shot with a weapon that cannot open them, show a message on-screen.

4/7/31 - V0.3Bd
added a button to the Main Menu to connect to the official Metroid Cubed 3 server.
added a tag to James.
added a donator tag.
endermen don't teleport when shot with the power beam, preventing them from being damaged by it.
tweaked the Booster and XRay shaders to look nicer.

3/19/2016 - V0.3Bc
ALL forms of phazon render in color during hypermode.
ores now spawn in ALL Tallon IV biomes.

3/19/2016 - V0.3Bb
fixed the crafting recipe for speed booster requiring unobtainable potions.
fixed Phazon Ore not silk touch-able.
(hopefully) fixed a bug with shaders during multiplayer.

3/18/2016 - V0.3Ba
fixed a build error that prevented the ASM Core from loading. Closes 'armor rendering when in morphball' and 'gravity effect not working'.

3/18/2016 - V0.3B
fixed a crash when pressing a visor switch key combination while not wearing anything in the helmet slot.
added doors.
added a ton of new blocks, mostly related to Tallon IV.
re-wrote beam charging/firing system (again). now there should be no slowdown when charging the beam.
fixed the missile fire cooldowns - they were twice as long as they should have been.
fixed shaders registering multiple times when the world is paused before being fully loaded.
tweaked beam damage system
improved the icons for some blocks' item forms.
Added internal core mod.
made the gravity effect negate the effect of water on movement.
fixed a bug that caused any suit tier upgrade to crash the game when used while any armor slot is empty.
rebalanced armor damage reductions.
added a small Galacticraft Compatibility feature: when wearing a powersuit helmet or better, you won't suffocate from lack of oxygen. However, the 'invalid oxygen setup' warning still appears.
rebalanced suits (again), and added config options for armor values.
reworked XRay blocks to be more convincing.
added Master_Hill_'s varia suit model, and a config option to turn it on/off.
reworked the morph ball armor model system to allow other mod's armors that can be upgraded with the morphball to use it properly (API).
added more Galacticraft compatibility: the gravity feature of the Gravity/Phazon suit allows you to move under normal gravity when on the moon/mars/other planets.
added in the CM-AMAR and the Focus Beam. Their use must be enabled via /gamerule if you want to use them.
Server-side settings are now sent to the client upon joining. These include the block radius/depth of the radar, XRay Visor block settings, and maximum energy.
Added in custom armor models for all suits, courtesy of Akuma Satsu.
Added Power Bombs.
Added in shader for the XRay Visor, and increased the XRay Visor's block seeking radius from 5 to 8.
reworked the screw attack. It is no longer an entity.
removed the speed boost from hypermode.
Changed the shader system for hypermode. the new system is still a work in progress, as fog, lighting, and blend mode all seem to have been broken by it.
switched config options evapIce, useCMAMAR, useFocus, maxenergy, maxmissiles, and maxpowerbombs to gamerules.
removed lang entry "logbook.main", and using gamesettings.language instead.
fixed short switch back when switching to/from morphball, caused by ping > 100 or so.
prettied up the energy tank display - especially when client/server values differed.
added a gunship.
added a language entry for key.morphball
added Tallon IV.
changed some language entries
repositioned the beam and charge to look better in third person
Tallon IV is now the only dimension that generates Phazon Ore.
Tallon IV generates 20% more chozo ore than the overworld.
Dark Aether is no longer counted as a surface world.
Dark Aether's sky is twice as dark.
Added generator, energy tester, and energy flush.
doors are now opened by explosions if mobgriefing is on.
added a jump effect to suit boots.
added high jump boots and springball.
added speed booster.
added player tags (incomplete!)

1/12/2016 - V0.2dB
fixed a bug with visor switching.
improved the HUD by adding a visor area.
improved beam sounds.
changed the 'visor switch' to be a modifier: press 'visor switch' and a switch key to switch visors.
added new X-Ray/non X-Ray block system - place one and right-click with a block to apply it's textures. Also, switching to/from the X-Ray visor no longer reloads chunks.
added targeting reticules.
added thermal visor upgrade. the visor is still WIP.
improved lock-on system - invisible mobs cannot be locked on to unless the thermal visor is active.
added a slight regen effect to light auras.
fixed a bug with the healing code that caused player's health to not regen when the current healing amount would not exceed the players health (not counting energy tanks).
added visor switching sound.
fixed other players' beam charge being played on your client and messing up the charge sound STOP code.
made morph ball bombs SLIGHTLY more powerful.

1/10/2016 - V0.2cB
ACTUALLY fixed the missile fire code & beam sounds.
replaced dark & light crystals with a single crystal, and animated the light aura when activated/deactivated.
fixed a bug with the light aura not working when loaded instead of created.
Added dead wood.
Improved the helmet HUD by adding a beam area.
fixed the beam switch keys. Sorry, guys that got used to the old system, you'll need to re-learn using the new system.

1/8/2016 - V0.2bB
fixed a bug with beam sounds.
changed the radar texture.
corrupt hypermode now renders a RED phazon bar.
fixed a bug with 'hypermode venting' appearing during a manual hypermode exit.
replaced 'light aura' blocks with a tileentity, allowing for the aura to be removed when the source is.
light aura from portals and crystals now renders.

1/8/2016 - V0.2aB
fixed a SEVERE bug with missile fire code.

1/7/2016 - V0.2B
added morph ball.
fixed a bug with phazon levels not persisting when changing dimensions and loading a world.
added morph ball bombs.
fixed crashing when Ice Spreader and the Sun Burst impact on the ground and not an entity.
added a world joining message.
fixed a bug with the PED Suit (Hazard Shield) that caused the PED suit tooltip to appear on it and the Hazard Shield Upgrade to be applicable to it.
fixed a bug with Space Jump upgrade requiring a Metroid cubed 3 HELMET instead of BOOTS.
added the screw attack.
improved seeking functionality.
fixed a bug with damage being re-routed to armor ignoring armor values
fixed a bug with custom healing code instantly restoring all non-armor health
fixed a bug that caused the HUD to be rendered many times each frame, breaking the opacity and causing unnecessary FPS drops.
Added in a shader for hypermode - can be disabled in the config.
fixed crafting recipe for redstone capaictor.
made energy tanks craftable in legacy crafting.
balanced PVP by making damage caused by other players drain energy tanks (but not health) quicker.
changed beam system to be less network-intensive and more efficient.
added a visor switcher.
reworked the beam-switching system.

12/25/2015 - V0.1aB
fixed a bug with worlds crashing upon the death of a peaceful mob.

12/24/2015 - v0.1B
initial release

Server Mods:

These are the mods you will need to play on the public server, except this mod for obvious reasons.
Tinker's Construct
Mantle (Tinker's Construct Dependency)
Galacticraft Core
Galacticraft Planets
Micdoodle Core (Galacticraft dependency)

features:

Energy/missile refills

these refills are dropped when a mob is killed. how much is dropped depends on the health and strength of the mob.

Suit Helmets
wearing any powersuit helmet gives you infinite water breathing. Additionally, if Galacticraft is installed, wearing a powersuit helmet prevents damage from lack of oxygen.

Suit Boots
wearing any pair of powersuit boots gives you a jump boost, as well as negates fall damage.

Suit energy

Energy tanks can be applied to powersuit chestplates. while a full set of armor is worn, damage taken is first applied to the energy stored in the armor, and then anything left over is taken from the player's health. Conversion is 1/2 heart of damage = 5 energy units.

XRay visor

the XRay visor utilizes a shader to imitate the visor from Metroid Prime. When this visor is active, certain ores will be outlined by a color, similar to an x-ray mod.

Dark Visor

Using the dark visor will highlight creatures and 'invisible platforms' red.

Echo Visor

The Echo Visor sends out a 'ping' every two seconds, lighting up blocks and entities based on their distance. It also is supposed to have an outline, but that part isn't working for me right now.
Lock-on feature
pressing 'V' while looking at a mob causes you to 'lock-on' to that mob. This causes you to always face that mob, and seeking projectiles will first target that mob. You will lose the lock-on if the mob is too far away or moves out of sight e.g. behind a wall.

Hypermode

A player wearing the Phazon Suit can enter hypermode by entering a pool of liquid phazon, and a player wearing a PED suit with at least 1 energy tank can enter/exit hypermode by pressing 'R' to expend an energy tank. While in hypermode, the power beam becomes the powerful Hyper Beam, and rapid-fires phazon beams which normally deal out a whopping 10 hearts of damage. The world becomes black-and-white, except for phazon.
If using the PED suit for hypermode:
Hypermode will automatically end after 25 seconds via the auto-vent feature.
Phazon-based damage, and liquid phazon, will corrupt your hypermode.
the large bar, called the 'Phazon Meter', shows how much phazon you have left for hypermode. Using the hyper beam decreases the bar. If your hypermode becomes corrupt, it will slowly fill up, and if it reaches full, you automatically die.

Gravity feature
the gravity effect, given by the gravity/phazon suits, negates the effects of water on movement.

'Breakable' Blocks

You can apply a block's texture and model by right-clicking with it. These blocks can be instantly destroyed by certain weapons (based on the default icon), regardless of the mobGreifing gamerule.
logbook

pressing 'B' opens the logbook. the logbook holds useful information about suits and powerups - obtaining a suit or powerup will unlock it's corresponding entry in the logbook.

gunship GUI

when inside the gunship, the logbook is replaced with the ship GUI. clicking on a planet allows you to zoom in on it, and clicking the same planet again will attempt to take you to that planet.

Nether Damage
when not wearing a varia-enabled suit (any suit other than the basic powersuit), you will take constant damage in the nether.

Dark Aether
When inside dark aether, and not inside a safe zone or wearing the light suit, you take constant damage. Wearing the dark suit cuts the damage by 80%.

Tinker's Construct and Project Red | Compatibility support
If you have Tinker's Construct installed, you can smelt chozo compound. In addition, you can smelt Redstone and Lapis and use them to alloy red, orange, and purple chozo compound with 50% higher output. If Project Red | Compatibility is installed, the liquid redstone from that is used instead of creating one.

Hazard Meter

Rises the closer you are to an environmental hazard. Does not work with MOST modded blocks from other mods, or with plants like cacti (may change later).

Galacticraft support
Galacticraft dimensions, such as the moon, can be traveled to using the gunship. The gravity feature negates planet-specific gravity and simulates normal gravity in its place. Wearing a powersuit helmet negates the need of oxygen tanks and a frequency module.

Ex Nihilo support (requested for a skyblock modpack)
chozo compound, dark/light crystals, and bendezium can be sieved from stone.

magical crops compat
chozo crops!

Thaumcraft compat
Thaumic Visor

Allows you to see aura nodes, as if you were wearing the goggles of revealing.

Liquids+ compat
acid and cryolium do not damage players wearing at least the varia suit.

Recipies:

Materials:

Chozo Compound

Red Chozo Compound

Orange Chozo Compound

Purple Chozo Compound

Power Core

Gravitational Anomaly

Laser Focus

Bucket of Liquid Phazon

can be used to place liquid phazon into the world. Be careful - once placed, liquid phazon CANNOT be picked back up again.
Bendezium Ingot

XRay Tuner

this is not used up in crafting.
Ship Cockpit

Ship Engine

Ship Thruster

Ship Landing Gear

Blocks:

Cool Metal Block

Dark Crystal Block

Portal to Dark Aether

Step into the portal to teleport to Dark Aether. Only works in the Overworld.
Light Crystal Block

Portal to the Overworld

Step into the portal to teleport to the Overworld. Only works in Dark Aether.
Crystal Base

Place it in the world, then right-click with a light crystal to activate. Shoot the crystal with the dark beam/light beam to deactivate/activate.
Both the light portal and the activated crystal give off a regenerative aura that protects you from Dark Aether's atmosphere.
Generator

generates RF from furnace fuel.
Flux Tester

outputs a comparator signal based on it's current storage - also acts as a battery.
Energy Flush

when powered by redstone, recieves power and destroys it. Useful to drain Flux Testers.
Industrial Grade Pulse Beam

Mines out a cylinder of blocks. Also uses silk touch. Requires power and some sort of item storage.
Item Pipe

Connects to inventories and other modded Item Pipes. Transfers items between inventories; cannot extract items, but will accept them from other sources (hoppers, Builcraft Item Pipes, ect.). Garunteed NOT to drop items unless mined or a connection is broken.
Energy Pipe

Used to transfer energy between devices.
Door

Can be placed in a 1x1, 2x2, or 3x3 square. Shoot with a beam to open it, and power it with redstone to lock it
Dark Glass

A dark variant of normal glass.
Dark Beacon

Twice the range of a normal beacon, and the potion effects are 1 tier higher. The item in the middle is a Dark Nether Star, obtained by killing the Dark Wither. the Dark Wither can be created by summoning a Wither inside Aether and waiting for ing possession to take place (be patient, it can take more than 10 minutes!)

Getting Started:

Galactic Federation Marine Corps Helmet

Galactic Federation Marine Corps Chestplate

Galactic Federation Marine Corps Leggings

Galactic Federation Marine Corps Boots

Galactic Federation Assault Rifle

Must be charged using the Flux Tester or any other machine capable of storing RF into an item.
Zero Suit Chestplate

Zero Suit Leggings

Zero Suit Boots

All pieces of Zero Suit armor can be dyed like leather armor, and have damage resistance equal to that of leather armor. Also, do note the all powersuits become zero suits (visually/mechanically, not the item) when they have no effective energy.
Power Suit Helmet

This helmet not only gives you infinite water breathing, but also a nice HUD with a radar too!
Power Suit Chestplate

Power Suit Leggings

Power Suit Boots

These boots protect you from fall damage!
Power Beam

fires, in the words of VoidChimera, 'orange juice'.

Upgrades:

Charge Beam

Allows you to hold the fire button to charge a more powerful shot.
Missile Launcher

Adds balistic weapons capabilities, A.K.A missiles, to your existing power beam!
Ice Missiles
.

Adds a freezing capability to your missiles.
Hyper Missiles

replaces the default missiles in PED Hypermode with faster, stronger missiles - but lacking any seeking functionality.
Wave Beam

Same damage as the power beam, but can go through walls, seek enemies, and provide power to machines!
Ice Beam

Slightly more powerful than the power beam, can freeze enemies, does 1/2 damage to cold-based mobs, and 2 times damage to fire-based mobs!
Plasma Beam

More powerful than the power beam, can set enimies on fire, does 1/2 damage to fire-based mobs, and 2 times damage to cold-based mobs!
Dark Beam

Same damage as the power beam, can slow enemies, and does 1/2 damage to dark-based mobs.
Light Beam

More damage than the power beam, can set enemies on fire, does 2 time damage to dark-based mobs!
Annihilator Beam

More damage than the power beam and can seek enemies!
Plasma Beam (MP3)

Upgrades the Power Beam to the Plasma Beam (MP3), which is weaker than the Plasma Beam and has a lower chance of setting enemies on fire.
Nova Beam

Upgrades the Plasma Beam (MP3) to the Nova Beam, which has all the properties of the Plasma Beam (MP3), can open wave beam doors, and has higher damage.
Super Missile

Uses 5 missiles at once to deal massive damage with a bigger explosion!
Wavebuster

Uses missiles while active - auto-seeks enemies!
Ice Spreader

Uses 10 missiles, can freeze enemies, lava, and ice, and creates snow!
Flamethrower

Uses missiles while active, deals heavy damage, sets things on fire, melts ice and snow!
Dark Burst

Uses 5 missiles to activate, moves slowly, creates a miniature black hole on impact!
Sun Burst

Uses 5 missiles to activate, moves slowly, creates a sphere that sets things on fire and deals heavy damage on impact!
Sonic Boom

Uses 5 missiles to activate, moves VERY fast, and deals heavy damage on impact!
Missile Expansion

Increases the missile capacity of your beam by 5!

Grapple Items:

Grapple Hook

A block that can be placed in the world.
Grapple Beam

Allows you to swing from grapple hooks.

Suits:

Varia Suit

prevents you from STAYING on fire, and allows you to be in the nether without taking constant damage
Gravity Suit

prevents you from BEING on fire, allows safe movement in lava, and allows faster movement in water.
Phazon Suit

grants immunity to BLUE phazon effects, and allows hypermode while inside liquid phazon
Dark Suit

Decreases damage from Dark Aether's atmosphere by 80%
Light Suit

Nullifies all damage from Dark Aether's atmosphere, and from dark water.
PED Suit

provides regen when on BLUE phazon, and allows for hypermode when you have at least one non-empty energy tank. Has the drawback of corrupt hypermode from being in liquid phazon or when hit by a phazon-based attack, which causes death if not vented.
PED Suit Hazard Shield

Improves the PED suit by preventing you from being on fire and allowing safe movement in lava.
Night Vision Visor

Allows night vision.
Thermal Visor

Allows thermal imaging.
X-Ray Visor

Allows the ability to 'see' ores within a 5-block radius.
Dark Visor

Highights entities and invisible platforms.
Echo Visor

Lets you 'see' sound.
Screw Attack

Adds a damaging effect to your jump.
High Jump Boots

Increases jump height considerably.
Space Jump Boots

Allows you to jump in mid-air
Speed Booster

(the potions are extended-duration swiftness II potions. splash potions can be used as well.)
Allows you to move super-fast under the right conditions.
Energy Tank

Increases your maximum energy by 100 units - the equivalent of 10 hearts.

Refills:

Missile refill

can be used to spawn in a missile refill.
Power bomb refill

can be used to spawn in a power bomb refill.
Gunship

Can be used to spawn in Samus Aran's gunship.
Only the person who placed the ship and OPs can destroy it.
Cannot be destroyed by directly attacking it. Use arrows/beam weapons.
While inside, press 'Z' to descend, and 'B' to open the planets GUI.

Morph ball:

Morph Ball

Enables morph ball, a 1-block-tall form for reaching small places - press Z to activate
Springball

Enables jumping in morphball mode.
Morph Ball Bombs

allows you to set bombs while in morph ball, used to gain extra height due to the lack of a jump feature in morph ball mode - 'use' the power beam to set one.
Power Bomb Upgrade

One of the most powerful weapons in Samus Aran's arsenal.
press 'F' in morphball mode to set.
Capable of destroying an 8-block-thick wall of obsidian.
Power Bomb Expansion

increases maximum powerbombs.

Decoraions:

Rope

can be placed in the world.
Armor Stand

Allows you to display armor, and can charge powersuits if powered via RF from underneath.

FAQ

Q:Can you update to X version?
A: I will update as soon as I have someone to make block and item models for X version.

Q: How do I use X item?/ What does X item do?
A: Hover over the item for a tooltip. Also, there is a W.I.P. logbook: press 'B' to open it!

Q: The HUD is laggy!!! What should I do?
A: I have noticed that, with some older graphics cards, the HUD can majorly lag the computer. You can disable/enable the HUD in the Metroid Cubed 3 options menu.

Q: Why doesn't X item work?
A: If the item is labeled 'WIP', it probably won't work, but eventually will work or be removed. otherwise, post a reply explaining what item is not working AFTER checking the known glitches section of this post.

Q: Is this mod SMP compatible?
A: Of course! That was my driving motivation in making this mod - I hated how Metroid Cubed 2 was not SMP compatible.

Q: Will you add the grapple beam?
A: Yes, it is planned. No, it's not at the top of the priority list.

Q: Will you add mobs?
A: I will as models, textures, and animations are available, for Prime Trilogy mobs (and maybe a few other mobs).

Q: My question isn't on this list!
A: check the thread to see if someone else has asked your question before, and if not, ask it!

Planned features:

A better algorithm for determining how much energy and missiles a mob should drop upon death.

POSIBLY damage when near lava while not wearing a varia-enabled suit.

Bugs:

other players' morph ball doesn't render spinning properly
1.10.2 has a slight recoloring on elements when using the beam/visor selector sometimes

You can help make this mod better! Comment below with your ideas for this mod!

Help needed!
We need textures, block, item, and mob models, and animations for mobs!

Credits:

FirEmerald (me)
for actually writing about 99% of the code in this mod!

Jay - for making some awesome textures and retextures

Akuma Satsu - for making suit models, and gravity/phazon suit variants of Master_Hill_'s model's texture!

superlatios11 - for making the dark mob textures, and other icons!

James R. Rustled
for providing me with textures during the beginnings of the mod!

Chimera27Metroid
he made Metroid Cubed 2, of which much of this mod was derived!

Master_Hill_
he made a lot of the models for Metroid Cubed 2, and they were re-used here!
Also he made a nice model of the Varia Suit which I implemented!