by request:
http://fractalsoftworks.com/forum/index.php?topic=11928.0 (http://fractalsoftworks.com/forum/index.php?topic=11928.0)
(https://i.imgur.com/JDbniQO.png)
Hegemony Expeditionary Auxiliary Fleet:
===== Changelog =====
v1.1:
- Changed Hegemony Expeditionary Auxiliary hullmod sprite
v1.0:
- Title updated
- Added Mule (A) and Sheppherd (A)
- Added Hegemony Expeditionary Auxiliary built-in hullmod
- Replaces Militarized Hegemony Auxiliary in Venture (A), Mule (A) and Sheppherd (A)
- No armor buff, increased maneuverability and flux buff, increased supply consumption, added solar shielding
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v1.2 (save game compatible):
- Minor text fixes and file cleanup
v1.1:
- Changed faction files (thanks AXLEMC)
- Hid a Venture (A) somewhere in Hegemony space
- DON'T NO ONE LOOK IN THE FOLDER AND SEE WHERE IT IS
v1.0:
- initial release
Features:
- Reskinned Venture, Mule, and Sheppherd class ships with hegemony upgrades
- upgraded variants and campaign integration
- Mission: "Precursor Tech-mining"
- take command of HSS Steadfast in an expedition to save the Hegemony.... maybe
google drive download link (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_OhTOqryTT0bUp3Vlh1VmYzNDg/view?usp=sharing)
SPOILERS IF YOU CAN'T FIND THE ABANDONED VENTURE:
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The ship was reported lost after an asteroid mining accident. Last seen docked on the terran eccentric world of Eventide
By the way, you know the faction files where you introduce ships into existing factions? You don't need all the gubbins in the stock file. ;D The mod faction file doesn't overrule the stock one, it just adds to it.
The Hegemony faction for instance. You could have them use the Venture (A) just with this:
{
"shipRoles":{
"combatLarge":{
"venture_Auxiliary":20,
},
"combatFreighterLarge":{
"venture_Auxiliary":10,
},
"civilianRandom":{
"venture_Auxiliary":2,
},
"carrierMedium":{
"venture_Auxiliary":3,
},
"freighterLarge":{
"venture_Auxiliary":5,
},
},
},
... And it would achieve exactly the same thing.
Couple of questions / minor bug report:
The abandoned venture has which seems like it has an extra e on the end there. Doubt it'll mess anything up too much as I suspect the default for that is false, but thought you should know.
Additionally, the rar file has a LocationAPI.java and a DerelictShipEntityPlugin.java in the root directory. I'm not sure they do anything in the root directory and they seem to be identical to the vanilla versions from the starfarer.api anyway, so they probably shouldn't be there?
The mission_list.csv merges like most other csv files, so I think you only need to add the new mission name in particular.... Unless of course, you're doing it this way to get it to show up halfway through the normal missions in the list.
Speaking of the mission, you've got // Mark player flagship as essential
//api.defeatOnShipLoss("HSS Steadfast");
Isn't that going to mean HSS Steadfast can explode all it likes, since it's commented out? I haven't tested this, so apologies if the flagship is automatically vital or something.
Couple of things in the mission description:
unprecidented - unprecedented, line 8
hypothetic - line 8, is actually a word despite what the spellchecker thinks, but reads weird there to me. Any reason not to go with just hypothetical?
"Exhausting every single avenue of attack physical and political to stop the treaty from being ratified." - Line 10, fragment. Consider revising? Eheh, sorry, MS Word flashbacks, but just changing the previous full stop to a comma should fix this.
line 12, similar, the sentence that starts with "Effectively doubling" should probably start "This effectively doubled". Personally I would also change to "without having to consider a proportionately massive increase in industrial power" as the end of that line.
Overall thanks for putting so much effort in to make all the extra bits, makes the ship embed nicely into the world!
Hey PCCL. You'll like this. My first proper encounter with a Venture (A).
Found what must be some abandoned battlefield at the fringe of a dangerous system. Littered with derelict ships and dormant [REDACTED].
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(http://i.imgur.com/btM61Cs.png)
"Hey, that ship there looks like a Venture. I wonder if it's recoverable - I could use the extra cargo space."
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(http://i.imgur.com/xojNEZT.png)
"... HELL YES."
Y'know, when I first heard that the Venture (A) was overpowered, I laughed.
Gotta say, after this battle, I was not laughing. :o
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(http://i.imgur.com/lecj8kT.png)
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(https://i.imgur.com/YYnftMP.png)