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[Suicide Junkie]

You can always build battlemoons, its just that (most) AIs aren't programmed to build anything that big.

Even if the shipset dosen't include a Worldship picture, the mod will use a planet picture instead.
There are few races that include their own special image, and the image is not required for the mod to work. The space Vikings are one that does include one; try 'em out.

[ArchAngel7]

I added drones to vehicle size and components but they still don't show up under unit creation. What do I need to do? Thanks. - for P&N of course!

[Suicide Junkie]

I am planning to add drones as a Pirate-only tech.

If you add the regular drones without further modding, they'll be really messed up as to speed. Pull out the movement bonus, and watch the mass/engines per move setting.

You will need to alter the following entry in techareas.txt to get your drones available for research:

code:

---

Name                  := Drones

Group                 := Applied Science

Description           := A dummy tech area

Maximum Level         := 5

Level Cost            := 10000

Start Level           := 5

Raise Level           := 0

Racial Area           := 999

Unique Area           := 0

Can Be Removed        := False

Number of Tech Req    := 0

---

[CombatSquirrel]

S_J,

Still getting the biggest kick out of P&N, but I wanted to ask you the rational of increasing the Tonne Structure of Engines so rapidly in comparision to the damage delivered by Engine Destroying Weapons. Was this just necessary for play balance?

The way it works, for my solo games, is that my nomads can rarely develop EDW to a level to have any effect on the planet-bound, bonused AI. I can sink the lion's share of my diminished research into the attempt, but it seems to be always 2 or 3 levels too few.

Combat Squirrel

p.s. did I say thanks yet?

[Baron Munchausen]

Did you factor mounts into your estimate of Engines-only weapons vs. engine size? Larger ships have a very substantial advantage with any weapon, even the specialized ones.

[Suicide Junkie]

The way it works, for my solo games, is that my nomads can rarely develop EDW to a level to have any effect on the planet-bound, bonused AI.

Uhm, not really. The engines all still have 20 hitpoints each.

You do know that shields will block engine disruptors in the latest patch, right?
Try throwing some shield depleters in before your engine disabling weapons.

Vs humans, you may also find players using the high quality mount to toughen up their engines, but the AIs will always use unmounted engines.

[ October 26, 2002, 22:48: Message edited by: Suicide Junkie ]

[CombatSquirrel]

S_J,

I mispoke. It is the armored Versions of your engines that are giving me fits. I AI-adapted the TDM-Modpack races over and a slew of them luv those engines. 40 structure on an Armored Ion Engine I is a real challenge for a nomad player that races for propulsion and EDW early. I will just have to abandon that strategy for now, and find another angle to use to pick off those colony ships.

Several of the changes in Gold and its patches have caught me by surprise. The shields counting against damage for EDW was a shocking jar, and the fact that bases have been crippled for resupply was a major kick in the pants for my nomads. Makes P&N much more challenging... which is always a good thing.

Baron, if I had had Light Cruisers early enough the mounts would have been invaluable, but by investing my research on EDW, my boarding ships don't have the gusto to capture engine-armored enemy LCs for analyzation, and I didn't research the Ship Construction tech soon enough.

Now, I am afraid that I will have to live out the rest of my remaining life pathetically huddled in opaque space storms dreaming of what might have been...

Combat Squirrel