Mod: Insectoids

[Amos]

Open the Insectoid.dm file with notepad as Sombre suggested.



#newmonster 2525
#name "Primordia Regina"
#descr "Oldest living Nest queen, she is the epicenter of the Insectoid superorganism. While other species may view her as a god, the Insectoids don't possess religious philosophies. Their devotion to their Prime Queen is unquestioning and is akin to religious devotion of other races."
#spr1 "./Insect/Regina1.tga"
#spr2 "./Insect/Regina1a.tga"
#ap 2
#mapmove 0
#hp 17
#prot 11
#size 5
#str 14
#enc 1
#att 10
#def 5
#prec 7
#mr 10
#mor 14
#weapon 750
#weapon 750
#gcost 70
#rcost 0
#maxage 500
#pathcost 40
#restrictedgod 77
#startdom 3
#magicskill 8 1
#magicskill 7 1
#magicskill 6 1
#magicskill 3 1
#immobile
#domsummon 2500
#domsummon2 2501
#domsummon20 2502
#female
#holy
#blind
#forestsurvival
#swampsurvival
#heal
#superiorleader
#itemslots 12550
#nametype 117
#end



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[Amos]

Version 0.05

Added "Scarab" and it's spell.

[Shovah32]

Did suggested changes, still same problem.

edit: ok, after making the suggested changes, the third time i created a game it worked and is still working. I have one question though: are the spawns from creatures dom dependant?

[Shovah32]

Very nice mod. I like all the summons but i feel the swarms/swarm mother may be a bit strong. While not very damaging a 1 slave creature with 6 attacks at attack level 13(with each attack reducing the enemies defence by 2 iirc) and some fear seems pretty evil

[Amos]

The spawns from Queen and Hive Queen are dominion dependent.

[Amos]

Version 0.06

-Second defense commander changed to Queen (didn't make sense that insects would retreat from their nest)
-Removed Drone's castledef bonus.

[Psientist]

Excellent work as always.

Some thoughts on the balance - when setting a province defense, the drones seem particularly tough compared to militia. Maybe consider setting some "susceptibles", or other balancing? In my test play, setting a province's defense to 20 pretty much took care of any AI attack thus far, particularly as it often provided a Female commander.

Also - maybe a flying SC pretender option? Just a thought.

I like this mod as a thematic break from most of the fantasy-based mods and nations.