Graphics&rules mod: Conquering in a single planet? A whole galaxy is funnier!

[NP-complete]

You are right, Petek! Thanks! :-)

Kilkakon, good idea, I'll install the game in a different folder. It's not the first time I have problems with games installed in Program Files.

Now I can go on with my experiments...

[I)arkness Falls]

Where did you post that download bro?

[Kilkakon]

Here's some considerations for ya:

• What are you doing with native life, considering you've changed fungus to water? Aquatoids, Naga or Chulthu perhaps?
• Space Pirates would be really fun to try out. :)
• Perhaps you could give air units to players for space ships, and water-only AI versions?
• While it's not possible to edit models, it is possible to switch them. Perhaps this can help you in your endeavours. :) Although space ships looking like cruisers is amusing for the whole Treasure Planet look.

[NP-complete]

I)arkness Falls, the mod is attached to a previous comment in this thread (my second comment with images). However, I'm also attaching it at the end of to this comment as well, see below. When the mod is fixed, I'll attach the mod to my first comment in this thread, as well as in the downloads section.

Kilkakon: Yes, the native life is now a kind of sea life. And the old sea life is now space life, it's how it works. Regarding your second question, you can play it as pirates because you can use original SMACX pirates! Your idea about space units sounds nice and it should be tested  (using sea units for the AI and air units for players). But I don't know how to do it.  Maybe it is posible to switch models, as you say (perhaps it just consists in replacing the names of some game files). There are many cool choices we could add to the mod.

I think that currently I don't have too much time to fix the mod because I'm having a busy time at the job. So I ask for your help. Does anybody want to continue with the mod and finish it? Theoretically, graphics is the hardest part of a mod, and this part was already done by me. Besides, the most basic rule modifications are also done in the attached alphax.txt: forbidding some kinds of terrain modification, etc. A possible next step would be replacing "sea" text references by "space" in research, buildings, etc. However, first of all somebody should find a way to fix the "red tiles / snow tiles" problem I mentioned before.

[Kilkakon]

Haha well--I better not take it on otherwise they'd be naked pokemon everywhere.

One point--some of the planets are pretty overpowered without some rule changes. A lot of the terrain effects are done using special resources--but they can be reduced a bit at last.

[NP-complete]

Well, yes, some planets are overpowered, you are right... But I would be so in reality: most of planets in the space are useless (in particular, think about our Solar System!), and only a few of them would be good enough to be useful. Actually, many galactic colonization games have the same approach too (Master of Orion series, Galactic Civilizations series, etc). Also, you may have noticed that some planets are good for food, others are good for minerals, and others for energy, so a kind of specialization is recommended.

[I)arkness Falls]

NP is right, this is one time when balancing wouldnt make any sense.

[Kilkakon]

Hehe fair enough. I vote not getting the dune planet. XD

[Geo]

Hehe fair enough. I vote not getting the dune planet. XD

You sure? Awesome warriors, most desired commodity in the Universe,... what's to dislike?

[Buster's Uncle]

It's lousy with Harkonnens.

Actually lousy - they have lice and they stink, too.