Starsector 0.97a is out! (02/02/24); New blog post: Planet Search Overhaul (07/13/24)
Here you go mate
One on Java 8 and another one on Java 23
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Zus69OdwTfrUaT7w7A-n3AZ1hrUT4VN9?usp=sharing
Just wanted to report partial incompatibility between this mod and Progressive S-mods.
Trying to install s-mod on stored frigate crashes the game.
The wanderer logistic overhaul either doesn't properly or the tooltip is wrong. It says that fuel capacity is increased by 500% but it is only increased by 500 flat... kinda bad deal for the destroyer to have bigger fuel cap than the cruiser exploration ship.
Edit: Can you buff the Thanvere to have 700 or 800 max crew? exploring gas giants takes 650 and it cant be reduced...
The Mark X seems pretty overpowered. Even if it has recoil and flux issues, 700dps and 1000 range is a bit much. Maybe lower the range, to make it a kinetic plasma cannon?
Thanks for very good mod!
A little feedback.
The Exploratores class is too cheap both in money and DP (1 Point). During the battle, I can place this ship in the amount of 20-80 with the Droneship Automation Overhaul module and the control ship. I am guaranteed to restore all destroyed small ships after the battle for a low price, without any loss of crew.
Sumpter class - Free ship with Salvage Gantry, can be released on the battlefield in unlimited quantities (0 DP).
Federation Class is a balanced ship for a good price.
The Ripenses class is an extremely cheap universal destroyer, which in most cases will destroy an average cruiser one on one. Too cheap (6 DP). The best ship in modification, but it upsets the balance.
Comitatenses class - fairly balanced, no Salvage Gantry, very narrow firing angles. It is better to take two unbalanced Ripenses for this price, it will be 4 times more effective.
The Droneship Automation Overhaul module does not give any penalties to the ship itself, despite the absence of a crew. Automated ships in the original game had a combat readiness threshold of 65%. There is no penalty here, unfortunately.
Just a question about the stored frigate converted hanger stuff. I added the frigate hanger to a capital with 2 hanger bays. Put stored frigate on the super vic viper. But the capital never deploys with the viper? Is this meant to be the case? Just a way to reduce the frigates cost to zero while in your fleet? I kinda thought it was supposed to be like the Infinity from halo where it can deploy frigates into battle.
Thanks anyways though, great mod
Hello. There is a quite nasty issue with the frontier command center. If you HOVER over it in the construction menu and the tooltip appears, it will apply the closed immigration condition to the market (credits to Angry_pacifist1 on Reddit for the find). I don't know if it is because of a conflict or what really is the reason. Should I send a log?
@NeoLemon: The Scavenger Den instantly kills any Nexerelin "Special Task Group" that gets too near to the planet; see this Github issue for details. The workaround for anyone experiencing despawning STGs is to simply deconstruct the scavenger den in any markets that have one.
Okay, double checked.
The reductions to DP, supply usage, and repair costs only apply if there isn't already a similar existing effect from another source like a different hullmod or skill. This is probably mod conflict on my end.
The burn boost and ability to store two frigates doesn't work at all.
But hot dang, even without it, this thing is an absolute unit.
Edit: So uh... The Djoeng is invincible. As in infinite hull points. The two side hulls can be destroyed, but the main ship has the Vast Bulk hullmod; so it can only die if all attached parts are destroyed. Problem is the shield module can't be reached with most weapons since it's INSIDE the main part of the ship.
The right barge module has 6 additional fighter bays, but the left module has none.
The fleet gantry on the Djoeng doesn't seem to work, which is a shame since I managed to salvage it in the fringe worlds.
YEAH LET'S GO LEGIONSLAUGHT
First thing to update once I get back.
Currently im planning to add feature to it so your stored frigates can land and re-arms on designated converted frigates hangar ship, though i havent decide to whether put it on already existing hullmod, or make another one that doesnt need "stored frigates" hullmod to let frigates land on frigates hangar ship
Arma Armatura allows their "frigates" to land on any ship with a fighter bay; which is pretty powerful. And there's that other mod which allows you to turn any frigate into a fighter LPC.
Personally, I feel that "frigate fighters" might be a bit much for the scope of this mod; but by all means you do you.
Also, exploit. Once you add the stored frigate hullmod, you no longer need the converted hangar hullmod. You can remove the hullmod, store the "carrier", store the frigate and add the stored frigate hullmod to another ship, etc.
Trying out the stored frigate hullmod, shouldn't it also reduce the stored ships sensor signature?
It's a niche, but neat concept. The number of ships that can mount it across the entire modding scene is still probably single digits; but it's a neat way of giving more utility to support vessels.
I've been playing quite a lot with your mod and honestly, the Exteminator is overpowered but also doesn't work as an anti-frigate weapon (or a deterrent) :
1) It's very accurate and it deals a crazy amount of AOE damages to fighters and missiles, making carriers (not battlecarriers) almost invincible against missiles and fighters (they stay in the backline, meaning they only have missiles and fighters to worry about) ;
2) Nonetheless, 350 fragmentation damages with proximity fuse is quite bad against frigates (projectiles deal reduced damages) even if its insane projectile speed (1900) make every shot hits its target ;
3) On the other hand, it's utterly overpowered against cruisers and capitals :
- Cruisers and capitals have lots of hullpoints that you need to get through after stripping them of their armor ;
- However, a 700 DPS fragmentation weapon anihilates hullpoints and cruisers and capitals are not agile/fast enough to avoid the Exteminator shots (nothing is agile/fast enough against a 1900 projectile speed weapon tbh) ;
- Cruisers and capitals are supposed to have some degree of protection against such high DPS weapons thanks to the residual armor mechanic ... But with 350 damages/shot, residual armor almost doesn't count ;
- It also has crazy flux efficiency.
It's just too strong on top of not really working as advertised. I don't use it as a deterrent against frigates : I use it as an assault weapon against cruisers and capitals and it's unmatched in this category (I mount a pair of Exteminators on all my capital ships and heavy cruiser because it's just that good against capitals and cruisers). I tinkered a bit with it to make it better against its intended targets and reduce its power against cruisers/capitals :
- Projectile speed reduced to 900 same as a Heavy Mauler (down from 1900) ;
- Damages reduced to 200/shot (down from 350) ;
- Energy/shot increased to 110 (up from 50) ;
- I removed the proximity fuse from the projectile (it outshined the Flak way too much) ;
- I added a very small amount of scripted high explosive damages to the projectile (something like 50).
It's now far better against frigates (it still needs quite a few shots to get through the armor of something like a Vanguard or Hound but now it's a credible threat against most frigates) and while it's still good against cruisers/capitals hullpoints, it's no longer crazy powerful against them.
