[DISCLAIMER : PLEASE READ]As a newbie modder, i have entered starsectors modding community and discovered a wonderful world but also saw that people, for the amazing work they do, dont get enough justice for the quality of theire work, and as such, instead of spamming everywhere to give them a big fat high-five, i thought of this thread.
Second part will be oscar parody where i point out my favorite details among various mods. Dont forget its entirely based on my limited experience of all the wonderful thing starsector's modders have to offer and as such, some form of bias
will show. (its only my personal opinion after all)
But first and foremost, as some were worried i might offend people with this thread, i will clarify the following :From small (relatively speaking) but incredibly useful mods such as Restock (by Thaago) and Omnifactory (by LazyWizard) to huge total conversions such as Caelus (by Upgradecap's huge team) and Ironclad (by Okim), with all the fabulous faction mods in-between like cycerin's blackrock drive yard, flashfrozen's neutrino corps and many more i dont have the place to mention here,
Starsector's modding community is incredibly talented and varried !-----And now for Phyrex's modding oscars !-----Please keep in mind this is only my own opinion voiced as a parody, i thought it'd be more convenient and less spammy than to tour every single thread and constantly repeat the same thing and, altho im congratulating the publishers of the mods, lets not forget those who directly or indirectly helped the creation process such as pelhamds, lazywizard, trylobot, endernerdcore, sprogginator and many more i cant, for god sake, remember right nowFirst category : ship design !#1 : In first position, with its highly detailed, menacing shape and grim color scheme, is Cycerin's Blackrock Drive Yard ! There is a lot to say about Blackrock ships and designs such as the Desdinova destroyer, Nevermore cruiser and Kurmaraja Battlecruiser examplify everything that make these designs awesome !
#2 : In second position, but only by a margin so small it could have been an ex-equo, is Flashfrozen's Neutrino Corps ! With its varied and oftentime wild design, Ships like the Unsung battlecruiser, the TheEnd phase frigate or the Nirvash cruiser bring a decisive light to the mind behind these designs.
#3 : In third position, thanks to his out-of-this-world, yet very original design is MShadowy Shadowyard Heavy Industries ! Showing off almost organic, asymetric designs like the Cahrybdis cruiser or the Enlil frigate
#4 : In fourth position, thanks to highly detailed designs and also an undeniable nostalgic factor is Thule's Thule's legacy mod. With his flying saucer shaped ship, rendered with incredible detail, im still wondering myself why im not putting it ex-equo with Shadowyard Heavy Industries. In fact, scratch that ! in third position, ex-equo with MShadowy is Thule's Legacy !
#5 :
In Fifth In fourth and last position for this countdown is Erick Doe's antediluvian, bringing to us slim, brightly colored eye-catching designs !
Dont forget ! this is only based on my own experience, there are Many more mods out there that command just as much prestige as thoseSecond category : Weapon graphical design !#1 : In first position once again, with an intricate animation is Cycerin's solenoid quench cannon ! you have to see it in action
#2 : In second place with a slow, unwieldy but highly detailed and incredibly satisfying to use weapon is Thule's meteor ! What else can be said about launching
a damn meteor at someone ?!#3 : In third position, with its trademark design is MShadowy CEPC line of guns, with its design that almost seem to sprout outward from the ship using it !
Reminder ! We all have different fighting style, and there are so many cool weapon out there Third category : Sound effect !#1 : In first position is Keptin's hadron collider charging up sound ! Thanks to a ramping up, bone-chilling sound that foreshadows the destruction ahead, its hard to not be amazed !
#2 : In second position, with a sound effect only matched by the animation of the weapon that uses it is Cycerin's solenoid quench cannon (yeah theres a pattern
), With its snappy effect and metallic reverberation after-effect, its hard to not use the weapon just for the sake of hearing it fire
It never stops ! great sound effect are key to a good experience, and every single mod ace that domain !And for the final words !I have no clue how people will react to this but i will repeat myself just in case. Starsector's modding community is
MINDBLOWING, and as a modder myself, i feel like they all deserve a big fat high-five for the fantastic work they have done !
I wouldnt have enough of ten threads to fully do justice to everyone like i feel they deserve, so i thought of this thread and the oscar part as a joke to voice my personal favorites.
Congratulating everyone name-by-name would mean basicly writing here the moniker of almost every person on this forum as even solo modders like me have more than dozens of direct and indirect helpers behind them.
And as such, in the end, theres not enough word to thanks everyone so i will have to make it snappy
THANKS TO EVERYONE FROM STARSECTOR !!You guys are fantastic and as an apprentice modder, i felt like you guys deserved the biggest, fattest, longest, most awesome high-five i am able to lay down in words here !
keep going !
edit : mods, i needed to get this out of my system, but if thats too controversial, i dont mind, just delete it