Looking at the changelog... this might be a bigger update than 1.5.0...
Graphical tweaks of multiple sprite to multiple degrees, also compatibility changes required by 0.9a, including but not limited to ship and weapon blueprints, industries, and market conditions.
Still no proper custom station, working on it; you do get the Anvil-class forgeships as custom stations though, one can be found orbiting Akvan in the Arydas system and the other Chaxiraxi, in Magec. They can't be captured, so they're mostly there for the challenge, which is about a bit harder than a REDACTED Nexus, but less so than a high tech Star Fortress. They are usable if you spawn one, I won't judge you if you do so, it would require adding console commands to you mod list, which reminds me I also added blueprints packages that are not meant to drop, these add rare coalition ships that can only drop, normally, individually, this was done mainly for testing, but I left them ingame, just in case.
Also added some new ship classes, the Corseque-class destroyer, a high tech style brawler ship, now the most common destroyer in Coalition fleets; the Pernach (to be honest I reworked the original concept, since this was a previously removed ship) a troop transport, the Arambai-class phase corvette, a support wing, but perhaps more importantly, the Mantlet-class modular defensive platform, which I've showcased before.
In addition, I also added a couple of unique...ish ship skins, which can VERY rarely appear in TSC fleets, or you could just get them as a guaranteed drop in a secret star system.
Had a lot of fun coding that star system, and its full of sweet sweet loot, including the colonizable kind, however be warned, it is extremely dangerous... And before it is reported, no, the amount of enemies is not a bug, it was a bug before though... I had it spawning, accidentally, between 48 to 78 enemy fleets full of REDACTED, it's not that high anymore, but still noticeable. Just remember the transponder can be your best ally.
Also added a retrofit market to Arcon, it mainly deals with doing proper restorations, transforming non TSC skins into their TSC version. The market itself has a high entry cost, but otherwise has no fees for the conversions. There's also a custom military market in Atrio that does not require commission, it also offers a slightly higher number of weaponry and ships, both in quantity and variety, than a normal military market. The ships offered are those available to both the Independent and the Coalition itself.
I'm probably forgetting some extra stuff that's worth mentioning here, but this is getting too long already...
Anyway couple of known issues:
-The modular versions of the upgraded hullmods granted by the Modular Hold hullmod are not hidden, this was done because the game requires them to be so for its dynamic loadouts.
-Dynamically generated TSC ships that include Dmods, can roll with the "Damaged Particle Conduits" Dmod, in this case, if the generated variant had also an "Integrated Particle Conduits" dependant hullmod, it will present an informational error hullmod, which has no effects. This issue could happen in the previous release but only on recovered ships. It is technically easy to fix, all I would need to do is to remove it, however that defeats its purpose which was to inform the player of the reason why those IPC hullmods can't be installed anymore.
-The Orbital Manufactorum unique...ish industry (requires an orbital ring) can be built alongside Heavy Industry/Orbital Works, it was not made incompatible, since doing so presents a mod compatibility issue (nothing that could crash your game though). Their effects on ship quality will stack, but the effect of any nanoforge present in either of them won't, and a corrupted one might overwrite the effects of a pristine nanoforge.
"Full changelog" in the section below.
Previews of some of the new content in action
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Fully upgraded Mantlet-class platform at work
New customized markets for Arcon and Atrio, respectively
Animated gifs
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Mantlet in action.
Changelog:
Version 1.6.0:
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-Compatibility changes needed for 0.9 RC10. Yup, this way I don't have to type lines and lines for the required changes.
-Missions "Knowing Yourself" and "Knowing your Enemy", removed... temporally.
-Moved the CSV Andes from the asteroid belt in Arydas to Akvan.
-Moved the CSV Himalayas from the asteroid belt in Magec to Chaxiraxi, added conditions to Chaxiraxi.
-Added market conditions to all the planets in the Penelope's Star system.
-Added custom "space stations" industries for the CSV Andes and CSV Himalayas, from now on the unique forgeships are part of the campaign layer.
-Added the CSV Andes "industry" to Akvan with an added Beta core.
-Added the CSV Himalayas "industry" to Chaxiraxi with an added Beta core; Chaxiraxi is now under Coalition control.
-Added the Orbital Manufactorum industry, an upgraded version of "Orbital Works", requires a pre-existing Orbital ring to be built.
-Added the Orbital Manufactorum industry to Arcon with an added Corrupted Nanoforge.
-Arconian Orbital Ring custom entity is no longer interactable.
-Added the Arconian Naval Reconstruction, a custom retrofitting submarket, to Arcon. It offers ships reconstruction (IE converts pirate/TT/... ship variants to their equivalent TSC variants), and upgrade services (it can install the IPC hullmod to some non-TSC ships), it does so free of charge, as long as you paid the "entry fee" and the ship is in pristine condition (has no dmods).
-Added the Artesian Market, a custom military submarket that sells both independent and faction equipment and ships without requiring a commission, to Atrio. Also removed the existing military submarket and the old extra independent market.
-Added custom icons to the following shipsystems, Ram Drive, Drone Swarm, Shield Burst, Mega Shield Burst, Phase Minelayer, Booster Jets, Kamikaze and Deploy Drones.
-Added custom icon to Low Resolution Sensors hullmod.
-Added the Mantlet Platform built-in hullmod, it allows the parent ship to mount hullmods that upgrade Mantlet-class defensive platforms.
-Added the Mantlet Armor Plating hullmod, it adds 3 armor plate modules to (spawned) Mantlet-class platforms.
-Added the Mantlet Weaponry Upgrade hullmod, replaces the built-in Heavy Burst Laser of (spawned) Mantlet-class platforms with a built-in Glass Cannon.
-Added the Coalition Vanguard built-in hullmod, it increases the ship's manoeuvrability and flux venting speed.
-Added the Dedicated Launch Bays hullmod, an upgraded version of converted hangar that has docking requirement and takes a logistic slot.
-Added the Modular Launch Bays hullmod, it adds dedicated fighter launch bays to ships with a Modular Cargo Bay.
-Added the Sliver Gun weapon, a small sized somewhat inaccurate energy weapon that fires 3 projectiles; does area damage in a very small radius.
-Added the Glass Cannon weapon, a medium sized energy weapon that fires a single projectile; does area damage in a small radius.
-Added the Hive Launcher weapon, a large sized missile weapon that fires 5 2-stage "smart missiles/dumb suicide drones"; the weapon benefits from the effects of the Drone Swarm shipsystem.
-Added the Mantlet Dronepod Launcher weapon, a large sized built-in drone spawning weapon, spawns a dronepod that eventually deploys into a Mantlet-class modular defense platform.
-Added the Scanner Array weapon, a small sized built-in beam weapon used by the Kabura-ya-class drones and Arambai-class corvette, applies a debuff to the target ship defensive stats as long as the beam hits its armor or hull.
-Added the Plasma Burst Lance, a large sized built-in upgraded version of the Plasma Lance, can store and fire up to 3 shots, otherwise it keeps the same fire rate as the normal Plasma Lance.
-Added the Strategic Laser, a huge sized built-in long range laser.
-Added the Corseque-class destroyer, a though front line combatant, equipped with the ram drive shipsystem.
-Added the Labrys Mk.II-class destroyer, a pirate version of the Labrys that keeps its original concept.
-Added the Pernarch-class troop transport, a military crew transport, equipped with the missile autoforge shipsystem.
-Added the Pernarch Mk.II-class siege cruiser, modified for long range firepower, equipped with the high energy focus shipsystem.
-Added the Mantlet-class defense platform, a small frigate sized station spawned by the Mantlet Dronepod Launcher weapon, it equips the Shield Burst shipsystem and a Heavy Burst Laser by default.
-Added (properly; and finally... it has been WIP for a very long time) the Arambai-class Corvette, a large phase-capable single fighter wing designed for battlefield distortion.
-Added retrofiting market to Arcon.
-Added the "REDACTED" constellation, a randomly located and randomly named constellation offering a "REDACTED" challenge experience and "epic loot".
-Added unique variations of the Halberd, Atlatl, Kestros, Amentum.
-Updated the sprites for... pretty much every TSC combat ship, ranging from small color alterations (reducing pure gray areas) for most of the sprites, to almost complete re-spriting for some like the Atlatl and Labrys.
-Updated the sprites for all the pirate variants.
-Updated the sprites for most of the portraits.
-(Alex) Fixed an issue with ship spawning, reinforcement spawn area is no longer pushed back by every spawned ship, only by proper reinforcements. This affected all mods, however only mine is the one that goes bonkers with this mechanic.
-Fixed a potential gamecrash source found in the drone spawning script, the crash was related to an engine oddity with simultaneous projectile removal and station spawning.
-Improved the performance of shield module scripts, unified the modules into a single module.
-Renamed "Drone" variants to "Dronehost".
-Ship variants updated.
-Balance Changes:
-Atlatl-class Carrier:
-Re-sprited for an overall size increase.
-Added "Mantlet Platform" hullmod.
-Replaced built-in "Kulbeda Drone Bay" weapon with a "Mantlet Dronepod Launcher".
-Weapon positions altered to match new sprite, loadout remains mostly the same.
-Lateral large sized missile turret mounts changed to front facing hardpoints.
-Threshal-Class Freighter:
-Re-sprited for an overall size increase.
-Reduced base cargo capacity to 400.
-Designation changed to "Transport".
-Added "Modular Cargo Bay" hullmod.
-Weapon positions altered to match new sprite.
-Central large sized energy turret mount changed to frontal hardpoint.
-Downgraded frontal large sized missile mounts to medium size.
-Downgraded back medium sized missile mounts to small size.
-OP total updated to reflect changes (185).
-Threshal (S):
-Added back the back-facing missile mounts.
-Designation changed to "Construction Ship".
-OP total updated to reflect changes (140).
-Lance-class Cruiser:
-Reduced base cargo capacity to 175.
-Angon-class Transport:
-Reduced base cargo capacity to 200.
-Reduced max speed to 50.
-Reduced turn max rate to 20.
-Reduced turn acceleration to 20.
-Angon Mk.II-class Modified Transport:
-Reduced cargo capacity to 200.
-Reduced max speed to 50.
-Reduced turn max rate to 20.
-Reduced turn acceleration to 20.
-Angon Mk.III-class Modified Transport:
-Reduced cargo capacity to 200.
-Added additional launch bay
-OP adjustment set to -10.
-OP total updated to reflect changes (95).
-Reduced max speed to 50.
-Reduced turn max rate to 20.
-Reduced turn acceleration to 20.
-Sabre-class Destroyer:
-Reduced overall abundance in Coalition fleets.
-Sagaris-class Destroyer:
-Replaced "Maneuvering Jets" shipsystem with "Drone Swarm".
-Replaced large missile hardpoint with a built-in "Kulbeda Drone Bay" weapon.
-Upgraded lateral small sized missile mounts to medium size.
-OP total updated to reflect changes(80).
-Sprite updated to reflect changes.
-Reduced overall abundance in Coalition fleets.
-Sagaris (P):
-Replaced built-in "Kulbeda Drone Bay" weapon with a carrier's modular launch bay.
-Replaced "Drone Swarm" shipsystem with "Maneuvering Jets".
-OP adjustment set to 15 (10 less than standard Sagaris).
-OP total updated to reflect changes (80).
-Sprite updated to reflect changes and made more pirate-like.
-Labrys-class Destroyer:
-Re-imagined ship as a combat support vessel capable of deploying forward turrets (Mantlet-class defense Platforms).
-Added "Mantlet Platform" hullmod.
-Replaced large missile hardpoint with a built-in "Mantlet Dronepod Launcher" weapon.
-Replaced "Burn Drive" shipsystem with "Drone Swarm".
-Sprite redone following its original shape.
-Labrys (P):
-Removed.
-Adze-class Transport:
-Reduced base cargo capacity to 75.
-OP total updated to reflect "Modular Cargo Bay" changes (30).
-Ranseur-class Frigate:
-Reduced max speed to 110.
-Reduced acceleration to 90.
-Reduced turn max rate to 50.
-Reduced turn acceleration to 85.
-Scimitar-class Corvette:
-Replaced Disruptor Burst Beam with Glass Cannon.
-Buckler-class Shield Drone:
-Shield type change to frontal permanently active shields.
-Kabura-ya-class Scout Drone:
-Conceptually re-imagined to be closer to its intended role (long range probe) and namesake (a Kabura-ya is a type of signal "whistling" arrow).
-Added frontal shields.
-Replaced "Kamikaze" shipsystem with "Booster Jets".
-Replaced "Mining Laser" weapon with "Scanner Array".
-Reduced speed by 50 (set to 100).
-Sprite redone (following a probe concept designed for space engineers, technically never released... although there should be a bug report scene that I uploaded to Keen's forums which has a WIP version IIRC)
-Anvil-class Forgeship:
-Ancile Shield Emitter Module:
-Removed from Codex (it was shown because of a typo).
-Huh what is this? play the "To Tame a Land" mission.
-Added to the campaign layer.
-Ram Drive shipsystem:
-Bonus to max turn rate and turn acceleration removed.
-Modular Cargo Bay hullmod:
-Renamed to "Modular Hold".
-Made incompatible with "Converted Hangar".
-Altered function, now upgrades some logistical hullmods improving their bonuses, and removing their penalties.
-Shows relevant information about its dependent hullmods in its tooltip.
-Integrated Particle Conduits:
-Shows relevant information about its dependent hullmods in its tooltip.
-Sand Caster hullmod:
-Added 15% EMP damage reduction.
-Grants 50% sensor strength reduction.
-Grants 100% sensor profile reduction to frigates and fighters.
-Grants 80% sensor profile reduction to destroyers.
-Grants 60% sensor profile reduction to cruisers.
-Grants 50% sensor profile reduction to capitals.
-A lot of minor stuff I tweaked/re-tweaked and forgot to take note of.
. Recovering the Vanguard Halberd from the Anomaly should also be fine, since it shouldn't lose the module, if it was that one, then that is a another different bug to hunt, which I haven't encountered personally, so it would be nice to know.
