New Project:

Fortress Mod

I was bored this last weekend and haven't modded anything for over a month so decided to play with spreadsheets. The result is this mod which really is a capital ship diversification mod with mini-starbases (fortress class) as capital ships. It will quickly be retired but it was fun to make and it's main goal was to get me back into modding.

Entrenchment and Diplomacy download
You will need to stack the (D) version over the (E) to run in diplomacy

The net result is this.

New Fortress Class (Mesh is a reduced scale version of the StarBase)

Vera Fortress - Tech
Salvation Fortress - Advent
Marrasek Fortress - Vasari

The fortress class capital ships do not have planet bombardment capabilities.
Weapon damage is reduced by half from starbase equivalent
Abilities are based on starbase equivalent
Target counts per bank is currently limited to 1

Starbases

Now start at second level health stats
Weapon damage is doubled
All starbases move

Existing Capital Ship Modifications

(all values are modifiers to the current stats)

Weapon Damage:

Battleships: 4x
Carrriers: 2x
Colony: 2x
Siege: 2x
Support: 2x

Planet Bombardment:

Battleships: .5x
Carrriers: .25x
Colony: 1.5x
Siege: 3x
Support: 1x

Durability (Hull/HullPerLevel/Shield/ShieldPerLevel/BaseArmor/BaseArmorPerLevel)

Battleships: 2x
Carrriers: 1x
Colony: 1.75x
Siege: 1.5x
Support: 2x

AntiMatter

Battleships: 1x
Carrriers: 1.1x
Colony: 1.3x
Siege: 1.2x
Support: 2x

Culture

Battleships: .5x
Carrriers: .75x
Colony: 1.5x
Siege: 1x
Support: 1.25x

[quote who="FredLed" reply="2" id="2859262"]won't seven races put a strain on the engine?
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No. There are ways around the memory limitations. Additionally, those with less than adequate system specs will be able to play Transhumans as a separate mod.

Edit - TBH moving forward I have started building all my races as separate mods and combining them via build scripts. I use the same scripts with Sins of the Fallen to make the SinsPlus and Distant Stars addons so I can play my races with these mods. I will be splitting Nephilim and Plague to allow me to mix and match races as I see fit going forward too. This isn't the "ways around" I referred too but it will indirectly allow me to manage overhead especially for people that don't have 4GB or ram.

that's very sick (awesome) zombie.

Various Terran planets

Alternate dimensions huh?

I'll be releasing these and some others. I'm adding variations for all the planet types and putting in some exotic variations too.

Zombies don't need worshipers just a steady stream of brainnszz!!!

Why not combine them with the best of existing planet mods to make the most epic planet mod of all? 

Well, Nova is building a full mod which is cool, while this is more of a reusable package and won't directly modify gameplay elements. He's welcome to use whatever he wants if he finds any of an acceptable quality.

I will say I'm limiting all the planet textures to 1024x1024 to keep the memory usage down while still allowing for many new planets. For example a 2048x2048 (default planet) texture is 5.3 megs while a 1024x1024 is 1.3 megs or a 4-1 ratio.

Ouch..

Mine use 100% lol

Now that I can generate my own planets I can add a little more depth.

I want a planet package that isn't tied to any other modding changes. This will be a multi-part effort. One will be a standalone planet package that any mod can reuse without having to deal with other modifications. The next part will be to create my own custom abilities and bonuses for my fallen universe tied to the planets. The final part will be to bridge the fallen planets into my fallen mod.

Ya, It's my favorite so far.

Here's a couple more pics. I like the second better personally.