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I am loathe to remove any of the hull sizes in Devnull Mod. I can see all sorts of problem with research and vehicle designs that I am not sure I am qualified to correct. And I don't see the need if they won't cause problems in the first place.
Nobody ever has to remove shipsizes.
All of the original SE4 images will always be there.
What we plan to do is define a set of
add-on pictures that every shipset can be automatically updated to include.
That way, modders can use the extra images if they feel like it, without worrying about shipsets.
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Well it should describe the picture but not so literally.
I never intended to use those as the actual filenames. That's just the mental image that the filename should evoke.
The filenames are just guidelines and act as an interface between the shipset designer and the modder.
If a modder wants a remote miner ship picture, they see "Scavenger: a big scoopy ship", and use that.
When a shipset designer sees the same thing, they can say "I'm doing a trek set, so I'll replace the scoops with Bussard Collector domes all over the bottom".
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Some infantry can be monsters that fight without weapons, or small sized mechanized troops.]
What? Monsters and droids are people too! And if they can kill with it, it's a weapon. Even if it looks just like bad breath.
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The idea of the special ship was just a ship like looks different.
That's flexible for the shipset designer, but what modder would use it? If I have no idea what the thing looks like, how can I tell that it would be good for what I plan to use it for?
You could end up with anything, and chances are, its not what you want.
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Civilian craft... No, don’t think there can be any civilian crafts (they shouldn’t be controlled by players, but by civilians in the pop) do you mean weaponless ships?
What would be better than the military taking over a real civilian liner? You could mod it to be a great, cheap troop transport, or a "hiding in plain view" spyship.
They would be dirt cheap to build (well, more like steal), and would cause unhappiness as your pop notices you seizing private property.
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Re: The neo-standard thread- Standardising additional hull sizes.
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