Highliner Mod discussion thread

[tesco samoa]

i think a resource converter early in the game would fit nicely. say at 90% loss on the space ports...

[General Woundwort]

I'm not sure what you mean by that, but one thing that this mod *does* allow for now is much more economical Remote Mining. The maintenance costs for having Remote Miners on Riders makes them very profitable to use, and can really help alleviate the beginning-game resource crunch.

[Ed Kolis]

Could you then please put in a "Recon/Miner Rider Bay" component, much like Adamant's "Recon Satellite Bay", which launches only one rider per game turn - it seems like such a waste to have Groups of four riders flying around doing mining when only one of them actually gets to do anything...

BTW, where is the Cloaking tech? Did you remove it?

edit: oh, no long range scanners for riders? what, doesn't the ability work?

[ June 02, 2004, 01:45: Message edited by: Ed Kolis ]

[Fyron]

Originally posted by General Woundwort:
I'm not sure what you mean by that

He means to add the Resource Converter ability to Spaceport facilities with a high rate of loss. 90% is probably too much. In Adamant, I have Spaceports able to do "conVersions" at a 75% loss rate, to simulate trading with merchants within the empire (as opposed to trading with those in different empires). The conVersion is very wasteful, but can be useful in an emergency.

[General Woundwort]

Originally posted by Ed Kolis:
Could you then please put in a "Recon/Miner Rider Bay" component, much like Adamant's "Recon Satellite Bay", which launches only one rider per game turn - it seems like such a waste to have Groups of four riders flying around doing mining when only one of them actually gets to do anything...

Hmmm... not a bad idea.

BTW, where is the Cloaking tech? Did you remove it?
oh, no long range scanners for riders? what, doesn't the ability work?

Yes, Cloaking tech was removed. It won't work on fighters (hard-coded in), and it seemed ridiculous to me given the premises to have Highliners that could cloak.

RE: Long range scanners, I went back and looked at the list of everything that won't work in units, compiled while I was writing the mod...

http://www.shrapnelgames.com/cgi-bin...3;t=009240;p=4

Hmmm... I don't see LRSs on the list. Curious. I thought they were buggy on fighters. Maybe another new component I can add...

[ June 02, 2004, 08:51: Message edited by: General Woundwort ]

[General Woundwort]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
He means to add the Resource Converter ability to Spaceport facilities with a high rate of loss. 90% is probably too much. In Adamant, I have Spaceports able to do "conVersions" at a 75% loss rate, to simulate trading with merchants within the empire (as opposed to trading with those in different empires). The conVersion is very wasteful, but can be useful in an emergency.

(smacks forehead)

Why didn't I think of that?

Interesting idea. I'll think it over.

[General Woundwort]

Here's my initial sketches for Version 1.06 -

- include components for intel and science generation (Bases ONLY)

- a Scout Rider bay

- Long-Range Sensors on Riders (I need to playtest this first)

- Formation & Strategies files from USM

Where I need more input from you guys is...

- would it be worth incorporating PvK's Balance mod?

- suggestions on the combat balancing ideas mentioned in this thread

- feedback on current Highliner sizes

1.06 is aways off yet. There's another project I'm looking to get done this weekend, and I have to finish the House Divided set-up first.

[ June 03, 2004, 11:47: Message edited by: General Woundwort ]