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As a huge Halo fan words cannot begin to describe how pumped I was to see this pop up on the Discord. I personally think adding in Covenant ships wouldn't be too difficult, they would just be high tech faction with only energy and missile slots. You could even get inventive and make some of their weapons based off Covenant infantry weapons. Maybe a chargeable plasma pistolesque weapon that has EMP damage or a chance to overload shields, or a missile weapon that is based off the Needler. Either way looking forwards to the mod and where you take it. Keep up the good work

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Mods / Re: [0.95a] Legacy of Arkgneisis 1.9.5 [4/28/21]
« on: May 12, 2021, 09:31:08 PM »
Do the Dmod removal ticks from Field Repairs not apply to Derelict Exodus Initiative ships, and if so is this intentional or just some script magic. At first I just thought I was getting unlucky but now most of my fleet is pristine except for the few Derelict ships I'm lugging around and there hasn't been a single Dmod removed in months.

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General Discussion / Mod Questions From A Newish Player
« on: May 09, 2019, 06:24:56 PM »
Hey all, relatively newish player here. Really enjoying the game in it's vanilla version but I am looking for a bit more, so naturally I checked out the mods. At first I just had a few utility mods for things like music, radar, improved leveling curve, etc. but then I started checking out the expansion related stuff, and have quite a few questions that I was hoping some of the veteran players could answer for me, so without further ado...

Do mods take a toll on CPU/RAM?: Poking around in the discord/reddit/these forums I think I saw some people mentioning this, and having an older laptop (2013 ASUS) I have to worry about these things. I haven't had any crazy issues game play-wise yet but some of the larger battles, especially ones with lots of missiles/fighters have dropped the FPS a bit.
For example, if I were to download and run every single faction/expansion mod currently available for 0.9a at once, would it effect me? Also speaking of FPS, is there a way to see it during battle? I know it's in the top right corner in the campaign overlay but can't seem to find it during fights, but maybe I'm not looking hard enough.

Nexerelin vs Archaen Order: The way I understand it is that Nexerelin just adds more bells and whistles while being compatible with most(?) other expansion/faction/utility mods while Archaen Order is more of a standalone thing. Is this correct? Both of them seem to have what I'm looking for (more content game play-wise rather than just more ships/weapons) but idk which to start with.

Stacking Expansion/Faction Mods: Are there any of the Faction/Expansion mods that should/shouldn't be played together? I watched a friend enable pretty much all of them at once and the core sectors were an absolute mad house but it also seemed to really make the game feel more alive, although so of the weapon/ship combos across different factions did look pretty goofy. I also kind of like the idea of having such a ridiculous amount of ships/weapons to choose from.

Nexerelin With or Without Mods: Working off of the last question, would you recommend Nexerelin by itself or with some of the compatible faction/expansion mods?

GraphicsLib: I noticed that a decent amount of the mods require GraphicsLib (and the other two Libs) and as I said before I have some worries about my laptop being able to handle certain graphics. I downloaded this one already just to mess around with the settings file and noticed the guide said I can turn off many components of it (mainly shaders) and it will still work for mods that require GraphicsLib. How exactly will this work? Will the mods just have downgraded graphics or will I not be able to see lasers/chunks of ships/missiles etc.

Anyways that's it for now. I'm currently in the process of downloading every single mod that seems interesting to me and can throw up photos of my mod list and/or my laptop specs if people want.

Also my laptop is already set to high performance while plugged in, my drivers are usually up to date (not that this has seemed to help too much over the years) and I have lowered the battle size a bit.

I know this is a lot to answer and I appreciate any and all input/time/effort  :)

P.S This is my first time posting on these forums, apologies if I messed up the bold fonts

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