*New Version* Trade Routes 1.0 & Supply Deathmatch 2.0

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Mod Info

This mod adds two new Gamesmodes.
Trade Routes and Supply Deathmatch.

In Supply Deathmatch you Start with a setable number of Carriers and Supply-Ships.
The Supply-Ships Generate a setable amount of Ru's. More Supply ships mean more income.
In preset intervals a new Supply ship will spawn to reinforce your fleet until you have reached maximum capacity.

Trade Routes is about defending own convoys and attack enemy ones.
There is always one Convoy of Supply ships crossing the Map.
Every Saved Ships from the Convoy will give you Ru's when leaving the map.

In both gamemodes it's your goal to kill the Enemy Carriers / Builders to win.

You have 3 Races to choose from and a wide set of Skirmish options, including Cheating AI and customiseable startconditions.

The Races are composed of Models from FSFC mod.
Weaponeffects are modifications from B5 mod.
New Explosion effects are added too.

ReadMe and Credits

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Supply Deathmatch Mod: by Mr.Thi
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1.Thank You
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First of all many thanks to the B5 WWE and FSFC Mods
for allowing me to use their great stuff and work with it.
See a list at the end of the Readme for Credits.



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2.About the Mod:
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This Mod is a PATCHWORK Mod in Regards of effects and ships.

It is the result of many small previous projects dealing with HW2 and Modding.


For now the Mod Features a new Gamemode - the "Supply Deathmatch".
There may come another Gamemode, but I have nothing to Promise.

"Supply Deathmatch" features a new Style of Gameplay. You are not fixed to any position.
All you need to do is defending your supply ships and carriers to ensure your income,
while trying to destroy the enemy carriers and supplys.

Additionally a lot of settings regarding the pregame-options in skirmish and multiplayer menus.



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3.Features
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PREGAME:

You can set up:

- the amount of Supplys you'll get per supply-ship in one interval
- the interval length
- the Supply-ship spawnrate
- the Maximum Number of supply ships

- the amount of startup Carriers for Human-Players
- the amount of startup Supplyships for Human-Players

- the amount of startup Carriers for AI-Players
- the amount of startup Supplyships for AI-Player

- the AI-Players Income to modify its difficulty. (50% - 1000% Income)

- if Human Players can use Hyperspace. (AI won't use it - even if set on - please tell me if you know a way)

And choose from a few basic Maps.

Tactical Maps (with Clouds to Hide):
*The long way to Victory (50km / 100km Random maps)
*Dusty Land (a mod of sarum)

Arena Maps:
*Earthorbit (Earth Orbit - no other stuff)
*OpenSpace (Dark Space - no other stuff)
*Asteroidbelt (Earth Orbit - in a cluster of Asteroids)

Hide and Seek
*DustCloud (Large Dustcloud - sensors limited)

Debug:
*Duel (Testmap - Carriers start right in front of each other)


INGAME:
- 3 Races (thx FSFC-mod) (maybe more can come - I can add up to 5 additional races without hacks - templates allready exist)
- Sets of 7-8 Ships per Race
*Fighter
*Bomber
*Cruiser
*Heavy Cruiser
*Destroyer
*Carrier
*Supply Ship
- Nice effects (thx B5)
- Ship Explosions leave Debris for a short time - woho ...completly done by me I think
- Simplyfied Weapon System
*Heavy Beams (HB)
*Anti Fighter Beams (B)
*Fighter Pulsecannon (FPC)
*Bomber Pulsecannon and Turret (BPC / BAF)
*Pulse Cannons (PC)
*Heavy Pulse Cannons (HPC)
*Torpedos (T)

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4.Credit List
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So again - many thanks to the B5 Mod team

Zeelich
Alex "CnlPepper" Meakins
maxdamage
TheOneNamedViper
Andy Crook
Meurig
snake
PGC

for their Stuff:

Nearly all Weapon effects
Others (Yellow and Blue Beams) are Based on their stuff

The wonderful Shaders made by CnlPepper
As well as the Planet Models, updated Asteroids and Sol Background

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And a special thanks to

Bloodfleet

for giving me the Ship base from FSFC to make this mod

Stuff from His Mod:

All the great Freespace Ships
the new Sounds
the Freespace Hyperspace Effect

Update News:

News

I have a new Gamemode done - Called TradeRoutes.
The Player will start with a Carrier (or up to 5) with a few Credits.
After a set time Trading ships arrive.
If you manage to gurad them until leaving you'll get aditional Credits.
Time / Intervals / Credits ... all setable as usual

In Addition it seems that I was able to locate the Sync Problems scource.
As Soon as I have put the evil Script over to the Leven-file and replaced all random commands by streight commands I will release the new Version.

In Addition I have a secret Project ... ready but as the guys from AFF do not respond I can not release this Stuff.

Hiigarans and Vaygr may follow as I have everythingm working stable.

Screenshots:

Screenshots

http://img152.imageshack.us/g/ss00000.jpg/

As Slideshow
http://img152.imageshack.us/slidesho...id=ss00000.jpg

Downloads

Downloads

Download Newest Version (V2):
http://www.filefront.com/17613534/20...adeRoutes.rar/

Important: if you liek to play Multiplayer - Set Human Players to the corret value and fill the first player-slots.
Example: 3 Humans - 3 CPU ... Slot 1-3 Human / Slot 4-6 CPU
For skirmish vs CPU you must set this to 1 Human player or the AI will not work correctly

Download Link V1:
http://www.filefront.com/17540890/20...Deathmatch.rar

HOTFIX: (Vasudan & Shivan Carriers not Buildable)
-is down - Please use the New Scripts (V2) with V1 ship folder if you like to get a working V1
Should fix Multiplayer Desync

Known Bugs V2:

Bugs

- Ship Build Info not Completely Corret (Regarding: Structure / Sensor Range / Speed - Weapon listings should be correct)
- AI does not use Hyperspace
If someone has experience how to fix Hyperspace - please tell me.

Credits (See Readme)

Bloodfleet

B5 Mod Team

Regards from Germany

Mr.Thi

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Update Readme and Features

New Features:
-Completly Redone Ship-Stats
*New Stats are based on Ship-Volumes, and their Weapon loadout.
(If you do not like the new ones, you can easily use the new Gametypes in the old Mods version - Copy and override all excet ship-folder)

-New Gamemode: Trade Routes
*You start with a choosen amount of Carriers
*A setable amount of Tradeships will cross a Sector in Waves
*If all Tradeships are destroyed - a new Group spawns.
*For Every Saved Tradeship you will earn a setable amount of Resources
*You have lost the game if all of your Builders are Destroyed
-A Basic set of Maps for the New Gamemode

Fixed Bugs:
-Hopefully there is no Desync Left in Multiplayer
*Info* AI is now using Mapgenerated Random-Points to Navigate around
*Info* Another Desync not Regarding the random() function is fixed
*Info* It was caused by functions using CPU_Exist()
*Info* It seems that CPU players are handeled like normal Players on Other PC's
*Info* so CPU_Exist will return a false were a CPU player should be for the Host.
*Info* Leading to a Desync streight back to the Main menu.

Preparations:
-A fourth Race is completly done and ready to get in.
-Still waiting for the relating Modteam to answer my request.
-If you like to allready try it out. - PM me.

Regards from Germany
and have fun with the Mod.

Mr.Thi

Download Link
http://www.filefront.com/17613534/20...adeRoutes.rar/

[Siber]

Could you provide some info on what this mod does? your description seems pretty uniformative.

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Ok ^^ ... I see - Mod info is updated.

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Small Bug found:

The Shivan Carrier had only very little heath
It seems I forgot a "0" ... the real value for the Health should be: 104074

How to fix

To fix this:
In ships folder search for MOD_S_CARRIER and open the *.ship file
Change: NewShipType.MaxHealth = 10474
to: NewShipType.MaxHealth = 104074

A third version of the Mod maybe release in the first quarter of next year.
It may lead to new Pricing system based on a new RU generation system
and a research-ship based Techlevel system (no manual reesearch here).
For more Info:
http://forums.relicnews.com/showthre...ost-your-ideas.

I'll Post Progress there if something new is done, until next version is out.

Regards
Mr.Thi

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Info about the Fourth Race.

It seems I'll not be able to use the Ships prepared for Race 4. - Thats a shame as they were really cool, but I won't get permission to release them.

But now the "good" news. Instead of the fourth Race I'll readd Vaygr and Hiigarans with a few modifications.
Some of you may Remember the Ships I have done for "Traitors" mod, wich is paused and may not be continued.
If I manage to get those two Races back in i'll add those ships in too.
I think I will start with Vaygr as the ships done at the moment fit more into the new concept.

In additions to that there may also come a few new ships for the Freespace Races, as Bloodfleet told me I could use the new ships of the upcoming FSFC verison and I may be able to add in my first completely scratch Hodded ships.

I'll try to post something like a Buildtree in my progress thread if ready.

Regards
Mr.Thi