yes !- thats exactly right - I didnt see much point in trying to reproduce DeathStalkers mount, he has everything I could ever think of plus the kitchen sink in his!
I wanted something that gave improvements to existing components without modding a whole series of new components. I wanted to preserve the base game.
DS took care of multiple choices in the manner your thinking. The only issue I have is some of the mounts are not really worth using, and the biggest for me was that the AI wont use all of them. In the mount window the list is overwhelming. Too many choices , and I usually love many choices.
I was also interested in controlling what gets miniturized . Some of the components that I cannot rationally see being miniturized ; a bridge, crew qtrs, cargo bays, vehicle and unit launchers , ship yards, repair bays and colony modules. Some of the stellar manipulation components I did miniturize - however I felt that components that destroys planets , create planets/stars, create /destroy storms , create or destroy nebulas or any component that destroys star systems in any fashion should not be miniturized for game balance.
[ September 04, 2002, 20:18: Message edited by: AJC ]
Re: Mount Mod for v1.78
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