Motherships Mod v0.1

[Goblin Wizard]

I'm just trying to put more slots into ship window. I've slightly modified Nanaki's Liger Dreadnought and GUI (smaller slots). I don't have any graphic skills so it's pure GUI definition files modification. Let me know what you think.

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From those pictures it looks okay to me (is it in the mod?), just wondering why the text for those two "heavy turret"(?) (the two muskets) are red colour.

[Nanaki]

Originally Posted by Trucidation

From those pictures it looks okay to me (is it in the mod?), just wondering why the text for those two "heavy turret"(?) (the two muskets) are red colour.

They are a different type of slot, they are neither Turret or GKGun.

Ah, so they're a new slot/weapon type. Ok. The red colour makes it look like there's a problem though

[skrzacik]

looks nice very nice

[Goblin Wizard]

At last! Now GUI looks like I wanted. Smaller ship slots without sacrificing inventory slots.
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[skrzacik]

Originally Posted by Goblin Wizard

At last! Now GUI looks like I wanted. Smaller ship slots without sacrificing inventory slots.
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i cant find that lion mk2 in ur shipyard?

that one aviable for buy looks diffrent (less turetts, systems, no heavy turrets etc)

Originally Posted by Goblin Wizard

I'm just trying to put more slots into ship window. I've slightly modified Nanaki's Liger Dreadnought and GUI (smaller slots). I don't have any graphic skills so it's pure GUI definition files modification. Let me know what you think.

Just to elaborate, I think they're great - the reduction in size helps clarify things without making them too small to see. Good job! Can you include this in the next update, together with the NESF path/Che fix? And can you include the InoCo fix as well (it's just a script edit)?

• Is it possible to "preview" a ship/mothership before buying it? It's not a nice feeling to buy something blindly I know the maintenance station menu has no GUI, maybe you can just include the stats in a readme file with your mod.
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• The Lion motherships are pretty strong for a mere $200k increase over the Rhino and FSS-2t12 motherships (double armor, at least quadruple shields).
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• Love the Silver Arrow mothership - kudos on using the Tern model, it's beautiful - but the scanner range is really gimped for something that fast.
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• Star Hammer mothership is really uber, might want to increase the price more. Even though it handles like a constipated donkey, it's as solid as a tank even without any mods.
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• The additional fighters (from SW2?) are nice, even though many guns but few system slots so it sorta balances out, but they are too strong to all be first generation fighters. I think they should be at least 3rd gen, no?

My favourite mothership right now is the Silver Arrow even despite it's apparent flimsiness - I'm a speed/maneuverability addict, sticking a bunch of engines in the system slots just makes that thing fly. Screw ambushes, you can just race past them, and then leisurely deploy your fighters to deal with them one by one as they slowly catch up.

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Actually, both maintenance stations and trading stations require you to dock at them. The only difference is what interface you get (maintenance station = text menu tree, trading station = inventory GUI). Hmm.

Oh yeah, I noticed if you dock at a maintenance station and change motherships, your new mothership can't dock at the maintenance station. Have to use portal and go to another system before you can dock at a maintenance station.

Edit: Forgot another thing, if I'm not mistaken you say the Hero gets a "double exp" perk when you hire Bryna&KT - is it a hidden skill? I didn't see it on the Hero's skill tree.

[Hal2003]

There is problem in Al Ariash, if i buy any MS from shipyard all portals are disabled and im unable to dock at trade station.

Special Purpose Fighter "Bastard" cannot dock to "Silver Arrow" mothership. It just goes around to the tail and then stalls there. It doesn't bump or get stuck or anything, it just sits there unmoving.

Edit: Dammit, so many ships can't. I better divide the lists.

These fighters can NOT dock to "Silver Arrow" mothership:
Bastard, Raven, Gunslinger T

These fighters can dock to "Silver Arrow" mothership:
Matarice, Skolm