Masters Mod

[Urendi Maleldil]

The Masters Mod will add a little more challenge and variety to SE4. It'll open up different strategic options, depending on what areas your race has "mastered."

The mod adds 10 new racial traits:

Drone Masters - start with drones, and they're actually useful
Megascale Masters - start with slight colony ship size advantage, and ships are huge but expensive and slow near the end of the tech tree
Stealth Masters - start w/ minor cloaking device, & gets cloaked planets later on
War Masters - ships are tougher offensively, and fight better in groups
Travel Masters - ships go faster, and can store more supplies
Troop Masters - starts w/ troops, & later troops are much cheaper and easier to build (troop scheme similar to the Units Mod, and the Pointer Mod)
Assimilation Masters - think Borg
Fighter Masters - start w/ fighters, & more carrier options
Defense Masters - start w/ armor, gets better shield and armor comps, and eventually gets planetary shields
Resource Masters - booms faster, and can generate resources in space

Unlike the regular racial traits, the Master traits expand the existing tech tree, encourages you to focus on different strategies, and makes the AI tougher.

Read the full description here (http://kenstatus-projects.blogspot.com/2005/10/masters-mod-mod-for-se4.html)

All the techs are done, and I'm working on the AI now. I just finished the AI for the Drone Masters.

[wilhil]

I like the sound of this! read FAQ and love the sound of assimilation masters!

cant wait to play this!

[Wolfman77]

Sounds like alot of fun. Can't wait to see the final product.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Stars!ish...Cool.

[Renegade 13]

Looks great! Can't wait to play it. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

[Makinus]

Any idea when the AI will be ready?

I´m waiting for teh AI to be working so i can try it...

[Urendi Maleldil]

I've done three AIs so far. They're not optimized, but they work.

I'l probably have the rest done in a few weeks.

[Urendi Maleldil]

Drone AI, Fighter AI, and Megascale AI now done. Next up... Assimilator AI.

[wake_of_angels]

I think this is a really good idea to make a mod enhancing the strategy potential for players.

[Fyron]

That's what just about every mod does, increase strategic potential.

[Urendi Maleldil]

Here's a preview of the Megascale race. It's only a Destroyer, but it looks neat.

[Alneyan]

Imperator Fyron said:
That's what just about every mod does, increase strategic potential.



As in the Rock, Paper and Scissors mod? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[Suicide Junkie]

Exactly.
In stock, its all APBs and max shields, berzerkers with maxxed combat skill, etc.

In the RPS mod, no design is the best, and you have to keep one step ahead with your construction strategy.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Urendi Maleldil said:
Here's a preview of the Megascale race. It's only a Destroyer, but it looks neat.


Looks big.

[Urendi Maleldil]

Hokay, so the AI is pretty much done. They're not pretty, but they work. But making all new ship sets for ten new races is going to take too long. My mind is already bursting with ideas for the Masters Mod v2. So I'm going to mod some of the existing races to use the new AI instead, add in a few last-minute components, and release the Masters Mod v1 hopefully some time this week. Ooo those Travel Masters are fast.