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Re: Massive Mod under construction
Impossible...
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Re: Massive Mod under construction
Impossible in SEIV, unfortunately due to hard coding. I shudder to think what a TDM race with high difficulty and bonus would do to me. But SEIII had it and we are told that SEV AI will also protect warp points. I can't wait to get killed by the SEV AI.
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Re: Massive Mod under construction
The hardest part of a megamod will be finding balance.
Good luck, and be sure to not fall into the trap of "oooh shiney ubertech!"
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April 10th, 2005, 05:39 PM
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Re: Massive Mod under construction
Ubertech is fun if balanced correctly...
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April 10th, 2005, 05:57 PM
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Re: Massive Mod under construction
If you want to spend the time on it, I say go for it and good luck. Feel free to use what you need from the STM so long as you include credit where credit is do. 
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April 10th, 2005, 06:24 PM
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Re: Massive Mod under construction
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Ubertech is fun if balanced correctly...
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...but if it's balanced correctly, it isn't ubertech...
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Re: Massive Mod under construction
sounds interesting...
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Re: Massive Mod under construction
Yes shiny weapons are a problem. I spent ages trying to balance mounted railguns in a mod. On the one hand they were clearly far too powerful at the high end, on the other hand I wanted them to uber and shiny just because it sounded cool.
A dreadnought mounting 16" railguns blasting huge ship killer rails! BLAM!!
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Re: Massive Mod under construction
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the mods are all good and I would be interested in this one, howeveer, I would like to see an AI that defends wormholes with bases, mines, sats and ships,
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Actually it is possible if you mod in a few satellites that are the size of space stations, and give the AI sat layer components big enough to hold them.
That's what I was trying to do with the Defense Platforms in the Pointer Mod, but I just haven't written the AI for it, and there are still some conflicts with the standard Satellites. |
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Re: Massive Mod under construction
Regarding mounts:
- Do Not try to use a stock-like mount system. You'll get uber-ed into the ground. IMO stock is a bit more fun if you simply delete the mounts.
- Have some tradeoffs. Give the bigger guns a bit more damage/kt, but decrease their accuracy and increase the price/kt. Increase range, at the cost of damage. Decrease damage for a significant price drop.
- Don't forget missiles. Although you can't change the actual missile's stats or range, you can make the launcher pre-fire missiles by extending its range, or hold-fire by decreasing range so the enemy can't run away after the missile is launched.
- Mounts are not just for weapons anymore! Component quality mounts can give you some variety in your internals hitpoints/cost/size. Supply use can be adjusted on your engines and cloaking devices. Use mounts to make fighter bays cheaper on carrier hulls. Make cargo components smaller/cheaper on transport hulls. Make colony modules smaller/cheaper on colony ships.
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