Starsector 0.97a is out! (02/02/24); New blog post: Save/Load UI, Autosave, Intel Map Markers, and More (04/10/24)
been busy procrastinating today:Well, they're all better than my shoddy repaintings. I'll have to try that method out, some of those reskins look super cool.
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Hmm. We need a coffee beans commodity.Meanwhile at Jangala...
First line: A derelict Hammerhead (D) class destroyer is drifting through space. (Seems to make more sense to me)Not necessarily. That sentence does make sense, though usually you'd stick a comma after "destroyer".
Talons did get Swarmers, thoughOoo, that'll actually make them much more appealing. 4 swarmers is nothing to sneeze at. In 0.7 Talons are pretty much a joke, looks like in 0.8 they'll be decently effective. I remember the bit where you mentioned that you have the difficult choice between, say, a Broadsword wing or 8 extra OP AND a free Talon wing, and you already buffed their armour (as far as I remember). 8 extra OP and 4 somewhat armoured fighters with Vulcans and Swarmers sounds like a sweet deal.
I didn't say it isn't similar to Dominator, it's just its design is more like that of an Enforcer (but big) than Dominator.First ones are Claw interceptors, armed with ion cannons, I think. Second look like some kind of bomber, though they could also be heavy fighters or escorts. Third are obviously Tridents, fourth I think are Khopesh rocket bombers, probably firing Annihilator rockets.
The rear is obviously vulnerable, I even doubt that sides are covered by more than one composite per side (and small mounts, but it's obviously not enough).
About fighters... Hmm... Fourth ones seem to have ion cannons on them, but I can't see anything else. First ones look like they have heavy ion blasters (which is impossible, so my bet is on new energy weapon). Second ones look as if somebody tried to make tank fighters. I guess that first are interceptors, second are general purpose and fourth ones are support-focused (possibly deleting shields and then disabling weapons).
Yup, it was in the December changelog, not the new one. Bottom of the 0.8 post. Damage reduced to 1250 from 2000, speed to 400 from 500.Something I just noticed (I'm slow at thisDo keep in mind that Atropos missiles are slightly slower and don't do as much damage anymore (no 1-shotting frigates).) - the Trident takes up 28OP! Scarily effective, or a waste of resources? I'm leaning towards scary, because 4 Atropos are just deadly (The Sunder variant with Dual Atropos ganks my frigates more often than any other ship, just because of its panic launches...).
? Are they being nerfed in 0.8? I must have missed that in my skimming of the changelog...
Something I just noticed (I'm slow at thisDo keep in mind that Atropos missiles are slightly slower and don't do as much damage anymore (no 1-shotting frigates).
Maybe it has a burn drive... for its fighters! (With temporary fighter range boost along with the speed!)Ooo. I just realised that we don't have carriers that buff their fighters. That should be a thing, like a temporary AI takeover or comm link.
I'm seeing some MAJOR unbalances in this ship, especially compared to the Astral...The Legion does take just under double flux from shield damage, though. And it has two less hangars. Can't underestimate the weapons array, though, it's probably going to be a very independent ship that won't need much escorting and can fight on the frontlines, while the Astral does better if you can keep it away from the fight.
-1500 armor
-Flux stats near that of the astral (Same cap and only 100 less dissipation)
-At least 40 more OP than the Astral had in the fighter blog post if the Astral got a 20% boost
-FIVE medium COMPOSITES!!!
-Much more focused firepower
-Less than half the shield upkeep of the Astral
-Same speed as the AstralSpoiler has pics of both the Astral from the fighter redesign blog and the new Legion from Alex's TwitterSpoiler[close]
Reading through the patch note to translate, I realized one thing: now we can get Mudskipper Mk.II and get rid of its Ill-Advised Modification!Sounds fun, except that ship still can't support any large weapon effectively and takes hits like an anorexic boxer. At least it won't malfunction, though.
Speculation can be a dangerous thing! Obviously we should reserve judgement until we have tested it all for ourselves.Yeah, there's no way we can actually give full balance tips until we've gotten a chance to play 0.8.
So, patch tomorrow?
Hey guys! I need help with my mod. I mixed some contents from other mods and use it to make my own faction but there is a small error which I dont know how to repair.In the RED Alliance.faction file, at line 96, you forgot to add a comma or something. You might want to post those few lines.Could someone help me with it?Spoiler7336 [Thread-4] INFO com.fs.starfarer.loading.LoadingUtils - Loading JSON from [DIRECTORY: D:\Starsector\starsector-core\..\mods\Red Alliance (data/world/factions/RED Alliance.faction)]
7418 [Thread-4] ERROR com.fs.starfarer.combat.CombatMain - org.json.JSONException: Unterminated string at 2136 [character 0 line 96]
org.json.JSONException: Unterminated string at 2136 [character 0 line 96]
at org.json.JSONTokener.syntaxError(JSONTokener.java:423)
at org.json.JSONTokener.nextString(JSONTokener.java:249)
at org.json.JSONTokener.nextValue(JSONTokener.java:349)
at org.json.JSONObject.<init>(JSONObject.java:195)
at org.json.JSONTokener.nextValue(JSONTokener.java:352)
at org.json.JSONObject.<init>(JSONObject.java:210)
at org.json.JSONTokener.nextValue(JSONTokener.java:352)
at org.json.JSONObject.<init>(JSONObject.java:210)
at org.json.JSONObject.<init>(JSONObject.java:311)
at com.fs.starfarer.loading.LoadingUtils.?00000(Unknown Source)
at com.fs.starfarer.loading.LoadingUtils.o00000(Unknown Source)
at com.fs.starfarer.loading.LoadingUtils.o00000(Unknown Source)
at com.fs.starfarer.loading.LoadingUtils.new(Unknown Source)
at com.fs.starfarer.loading.SpecStore.super.super(Unknown Source)
at com.fs.starfarer.loading.SpecStore.?00000(Unknown Source)
at com.fs.starfarer.loading.ResourceLoaderState.init(Unknown Source)
at com.fs.state.AppDriver.begin(Unknown Source)
at com.fs.starfarer.combat.CombatMain.main(Unknown Source)
at com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)[close]
prototype AI vessels that run themselves and have a built-in "officer"Ooo. I like this idea. Right now, you usually want to have officers in your biggest and strongest ships (with the player in their absolute strongest one), since their bonuses are more useful and they contribute more than a frigate. Having special ships with officers that can't be moved makes the ship more unique and makes them somewhat more unique. Even if said ships aren't in the actual game, it'd be cool to have them as a possibility for modders.
