What you would like in a Mod

[Taera]

• Realism, to the point of absurd if you must. including solar systems, descriptions, etc
• Meaningful descriptions (esp. usage of the hull description feature)
• A gravity racial tech i would enjoy
• Some thought given to better weapon balance
• Optional - custom racestyles with history and a campaign scenario
• SP-compatible
• Expanded and reviewed stock racial techs
• Rework of the mount model
• Expanded cultures
• AI to use the new features of the mod
• Good developer support
• New, original graphics
• Size vs Power balance reviewed (more usefulness to smaller ships, and some to fighters)

My 2 cents. looks much more than 2 cents tho One day, i'll get around to try and assemble at least some of these into a mod of my own. maybe.

[ December 04, 2003, 07:09: Message edited by: Taera ]

[Fyron]

Many mods have most of your list Taera. The gravity tech is the major lacking one, as you have already said you don't like that in P&N.

[Taera]

i never said mods dont have that, and yes i dont like the P&N gravity tech tree, but then again my inspirations are different.

[Nocturnal]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
Check out Deathstalkers Mount Mod and AJC Mount Mod.

Thanks, I'll look for them!

[HEMAN]

adament &P&N modes, ill check them out? thanks,Imperator Fyron.quote:
(C) Combat senser+ECM in, All in one comp.
(D) Combat senser+Multiple tracking ,All in one comp.
Would these just be a 10 kT comp that gives the same levels as the normal components? Or a 20 kT? Or maybe reduced effectiveness? Please specify.

Reply; yea top of the line, reduced size,high effectiveness can be Like in the game STARS they had thisbat sencer+ECM+Multiple scanner, all in one . I got it from the travelling alien trader in STARS.

[Puke]

A tricky topic. There are lots of mods that add new features of all sorts, rebalance the game, and pack lots of stuff in. there are a couple that totally change the play style of the game, such as P&N and Porportions. Most of the suggestions below lean toward the "bigger is better, give me more" mentality.

well, those things are hard to make, take a LONG time time and a LARGE number of man hours, and there are already a fair number of them with good support. if people want other odd additions to their P&N or Porportions or Devnull game, or they want to mix and match pieces of other mods into Adamant, then its easy enough to do. I dont think we need to compile a new mod just to satisfy everyones desires for more feature creep.

What I want to seen in a mod, is LESS. A long time ago, Geo had a great mod (dont think it was ever finished) that focused on fighters and drones. capital ship combat was all stand-off, and fighters were of two basic types, space-superiority (anti-fighter / anti-drone / anti-seeker) or bombers (anti-ship / anti-planet). a simple change, down plays or removes alot of the other tech, and totally changes the way the game is played.

Drone Wars (another short, not-quite-polished, Geo Mod) was included on the Gold CD. totally changed the game, simply by removing a bunch of tech areas.

So thats what I want to see more of. Clever ideas that totally change the game. sure, add a few things like scaled mounts or techs from other mods, or incorporate parts of porportions. but dont just make a me-too here-are-a-dozzen-new-tech-areas-and-a-bag-of-chips kind of mod.

think small. think simple. think one or two good ideas that change the game, and dont add in a bunch of other stuff.

[Argitoth]

I'd personally want different skin colors of the Jouran race.

Brown skin or blue skin... just so two people can play the same race. I need them to be a different color to fit my RP story.