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FireSoul

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OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« on: September 25, 2003, 01:44:11 pm »
The next revision of the OP+ Project mod is ready. Like with OP+ 3.0, there are 2 installers: with or without models.

Homepage, with all information you may need:
 http://klingon.stasis.ca/OP_plusrefit/

With Models, 57mb download:
 http://klingon.stasis.ca/OP_plusrefit/opplus_31_models.exe

Without models, 260kb download:
 http://klingon.stasis.ca/OP_plusrefit/opplus_31_no_models.exe



There really isn't much else for me to add .. except.. well..

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The original SFC:OP shiplist has 2370 ship entries.
The OP Plus Refit shiplist has 4140 ship entries.





... and...


    CHANGES FROM OP+ 3.0 to 3.1
    ---------------------------

    - models, models, and more models.

    - Various fixes to both ships and models. Some models even caused CTDs.

    - F-SCS and H-MNV now have 20 fighters. (30 in SFB)

    - ISC carriers have been regulated by the 2/3rds rule applied to all other
    added carriers to the game. The BPVs have been reduced. HOWEVER, the ISC
    fighters now get 20% more armor.

    - non-X2 MIRV loadout variants added where requirements met.

    - ISC PPD ships have PPD mountpoint splits, where possible.

    - L-PFE reduced to 3 disruptors. BPV now 50.

    - Romulan Modular Dreadnoughts have been fleshed out.

 

 
« Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 06:00:00 pm by FireSoul »

Kehakoul

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #1 on: September 25, 2003, 04:01:25 pm »
Exellent!!:)

CM.E.Kehakoul_XC  

AdmiralFrey_XC

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #2 on: September 25, 2003, 04:08:51 pm »
Another fantastic job - I'm for trying the ISC carriers like this.

Way ta go, Firesoul !
 

Dogmatix!

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #3 on: September 25, 2003, 05:14:53 pm »
Cool fish!


I might not get to check it out until after SS2 (though I may apply it to my laptop copy of the game since i'll find it hard to wait that long), but I definiotely look forward to it.  


F-SCS and H-MNVs with 20 fighters!?  



I'll try to steer clear!  oof...dat am scary.



 

FireSoul

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #4 on: September 25, 2003, 05:27:38 pm »
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Cool fish!


I might not get to check it out until after SS2 (though I may apply it to my laptop copy of the game since i'll find it hard to wait that long), but I definiotely look forward to it.  


F-SCS and H-MNVs with 20 fighters!?  

I'll try to steer clear!  oof...dat am scary.
 




well.. Yeah.
The F-SCS has 24 fighters and 6 Mechlinks for Heavy Fighters. saying that it has 30 is easy to do, so doing 2/3 conversion to SFC is also easy. The H-MNV was also an obvious correction, since it's got 30 fighters in SFB.

Dogmatix!

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #5 on: September 25, 2003, 06:03:29 pm »
It definitely goes a long way to distinguishing a F-CVA+ from an F-SCS in SFC terms, eh?


It will be interesting to see how this pans out in D2 terms.  That's always such a messy business, anyway...lol.  The new MNV probably won't be m,uch of an impact since we rarely see BBs in D2 campaigns anyway...but a 20-fighter SCS could potentially see the light of day.
 

IndyShark

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #6 on: September 25, 2003, 07:52:00 pm »
FS, I have downloaded the 3.1 shiplist and can't get the exe file to install. Can you check the file without models please?

The_Infiltrator

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #7 on: September 25, 2003, 08:39:45 pm »
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It definitely goes a long way to distinguishing a F-CVA+ from an F-SCS in SFC terms, eh?


It will be interesting to see how this pans out in D2 terms.  That's always such a messy business, anyway...lol.  The new MNV probably won't be m,uch of an impact since we rarely see BBs in D2 campaigns anyway...but a 20-fighter SCS could potentially see the light of day.
 





The thing that distinguishes the federation SCS from the CVA is the A-20. That's something apparently for the future it seems.

Rhaz

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #8 on: September 25, 2003, 10:11:12 pm »
d/ling now!

Mr. Hypergol

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #9 on: September 26, 2003, 10:42:25 am »
Downloaded last night and used model viewer to scan through models.  Nice choices.  In fact your choices are so in line with mine it'll save me a lot of work substituting to fit my tastes.

Great work.  Looking forward to playing and exploring the changes from 3.0.  

TOCXOBearslayer

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #10 on: September 26, 2003, 11:07:26 am »
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The thing that distinguishes the federation SCS from the CVA is the A-20. That's something apparently for the future it seems.  




Yeah, the shiplist is great.  Now the fighterlist needs work.

CptCastrin

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #11 on: September 26, 2003, 11:29:55 am »
Excelent work FS! Willyou be updating the links at SFCx?

Also a note of warning to all: StormSeason II is not using this shiplist and as far as I know we will not be changing to it mid campaign. The final call on that is CaptJeff's however and so if the situation should change all will be informed asap.

Great work FS, I'm DL'ing it now.  

   

CptCastrin

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #12 on: September 26, 2003, 11:40:34 am »
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The thing that distinguishes the federation SCS from the CVA is the A-20. That's something apparently for the future it seems.  




Yeah, the shiplist is great.  Now the fighterlist needs work.  




Already been done ... mostly. Mog did it a while back but it's not been tested fully (as far as I know). Contact Mog for a copy and try it out. Note that it's a bit dated and probably doesn't include any new fighters from ADB suppliments.

I'm hopeful that maybe we can put out an addon to the OP+ shiplist that will include this fighter list but right now that's just an idea in my head.  

   

Dogmatix!

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #13 on: September 26, 2003, 11:42:42 am »
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It definitely goes a long way to distinguishing a F-CVA+ from an F-SCS in SFC terms, eh?


It will be interesting to see how this pans out in D2 terms.  That's always such a messy business, anyway...lol.  The new MNV probably won't be m,uch of an impact since we rarely see BBs in D2 campaigns anyway...but a 20-fighter SCS could potentially see the light of day.
 





The thing that distinguishes the federation SCS from the CVA is the A-20. That's something apparently for the future it seems.  





Well, sure....but I was more talking about "in terms of SFC" where heretofore, the F-CVA+ and F-SCS have pretty much been identical, have they not?

762

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #14 on: September 26, 2003, 12:43:47 pm »
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The thing that distinguishes the federation SCS from the CVA is the A-20. That's something apparently for the future it seems.  




Yeah, the shiplist is great.  Now the fighterlist needs work.  




Agreed, the 2 BPV Killerbees pretty much nix flying Hydran on GSA, with a few exceptions.

Klingon Fanatic

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #15 on: September 26, 2003, 02:13:19 pm »
Firesoul, thank you and congradulations for putting out another fine master work.

I am not complaining but as a 56ker, It took me 2 tries and over 7 hours to get the mod.

I am missing 6 ships that I can tell:

ZCVA
ZBB
ZDW
ZHDW
ZPOL

PSLV

Where might I procure these ships to complete my copy of you mod?

Qapla!

KF

FireSoul

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #16 on: September 26, 2003, 02:22:54 pm »
Quote:

Firesoul, thank you and congradulations for putting out another fine master work.

I am not complaining but as a 56ker, It took me 2 tries and over 7 hours to get the mod.

I am missing 6 ships that I can tell:

ZCVA
ZBB
ZDW
ZHDW
ZPOL

PSLV

Where might I procure these ships to complete my copy of you mod?

Qapla!

KF  





Uhh.. What do you mean, "missing"? You didn't download the complete file?

FireSoul

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #17 on: September 26, 2003, 02:24:51 pm »
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The thing that distinguishes the federation SCS from the CVA is the A-20. That's something apparently for the future it seems.  




Yeah, the shiplist is great.  Now the fighterlist needs work.  




Agreed, the 2 BPV Killerbees pretty much nix flying Hydran on GSA, with a few exceptions.  




How so? The fighter upgrades will actually be CHEAPER. It comes down to the same thing when upgrading the fighters.
Why is a 2 BPV killerbee.I wrong when identical fighters from other races are wroth 2 BPV?

The_Infiltrator

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #18 on: September 26, 2003, 06:51:11 pm »
Huh?

What that does is add 8 bpv to the ranger, 6 to the horseman, 4 to the lancer, etc, etc. Already for GSA these ships have a BPV above their value since these fighters are always changed, as they are useless. As for cheaper - I don't know what you mean. When you buy fighters, they're the same cost, always. There's no "upgrade" discount. Therefore, this represents a surcharge that adds nothing to the combat value of the ship. The Overlord in no way is a 192 BPV ship. It's either 180 (without fighters) or 240 (with fighters). Or that's the way I think of it anyway.

On another topic, you've said previously that you don't really have any interest in working on a fighterlist. If I were to do so, and submit it to you, would you possibly be interested in hosting it? I'd like to take a crack at it, using a "Taldren" style with a SFB base.  

Durin

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #19 on: September 26, 2003, 07:14:16 pm »
Thanks for the  mod  I think its awsome.  

FireSoul

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #20 on: September 26, 2003, 09:03:28 pm »
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Huh?

What that does is add 8 bpv to the ranger, 6 to the horseman, 4 to the lancer, etc, etc. Already for GSA these ships have a BPV above their value since these fighters are always changed, as they are useless. As for cheaper - I don't know what you mean. When you buy fighters, they're the same cost, always. There's no "upgrade" discount. Therefore, this represents a surcharge that adds nothing to the combat value of the ship. The Overlord in no way is a 192 BPV ship. It's either 180 (without fighters) or 240 (with fighters). Or that's the way I think of it anyway.





You're wrong. (Don't take it personally)
The "upgrade" discount, as you called it, is there. The base fighter costs 1 BPV move, but there's now 1 BPV less difference with the next type of fighter chosen. A ship with hornet.IIIs will cost the same either way.

Trust me, I checked.


Fresh experiment:
Stock 25412:
H-RN+: 119 BPV. --- Equipped with 8 Hornet.IIIs: 167 BPV

OP+ 3.1:
H-RN+: 127 BPV. --- Equipped with 8 Hornet.IIIs: 167 BPV



Check it yourself.
-- Luc
« Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 06:00:00 pm by FireSoul »

FireSoul

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #21 on: September 26, 2003, 09:07:41 pm »
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On another topic, you've said previously that you don't really have any interest in working on a fighterlist. If I were to do so, and submit it to you, would you possibly be interested in hosting it? I'd like to take a crack at it, using a "Taldren" style with a SFB base.  






Uhm.. Taldren style, in this case, means Taldren fighters to me. If the offensive PLaD worked well, I would have looked at SFB-like fighters, but it's not the case.

Sorry.. I think I'll stick with this ftrlist.

Julin Eurthyr

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #22 on: September 27, 2003, 11:53:55 am »
Firesoul:

Off to check out the ISC carriers now.  Thank you for keeping everything in mind, I'll let you know how my tests go...

Klingon Fanatic

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #23 on: September 27, 2003, 05:59:48 pm »
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Firesoul, thank you and congradulations for putting out another fine master work.

I am not complaining but as a 56ker, It took me 2 tries and over 7 hours to get the mod.

I am missing 6 ships that I can tell:

ZCVA
ZBB
ZDW
ZHDW
ZPOL

PSLV

Where might I procure these ships to complete my copy of you mod?

Qapla!

KF  





Uhh.. What do you mean, "missing"? You didn't download the complete file?  




It appears that I have the entire Mod WITH MODELS except for the above models.  I have EMPTY folders for them.

I wanted this mod SO BAD the night I down loaded this that I ignored the signs of pneumonia that I was starting to have. It turns out I have lower left lung pneumonia and I apologize for not replying sooner. I have yet to play this, as I have been required to rest. I hope to as early as tomorrow with substitute models. I think I know who's Mirak models you are using and If I am correct I have them somewhere.

Best wishes,

KF
« Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 06:00:00 pm by Klingon Fanatic »

FireSoul

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #24 on: September 27, 2003, 09:18:23 pm »
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Firesoul, thank you and congradulations for putting out another fine master work.

I am not complaining but as a 56ker, It took me 2 tries and over 7 hours to get the mod.

I am missing 6 ships that I can tell:

ZCVA
ZBB
ZDW
ZHDW
ZPOL

PSLV

Where might I procure these ships to complete my copy of you mod?

Qapla!

KF  





Uhh.. What do you mean, "missing"? You didn't download the complete file?  




It appears that I have the entire Mod WITH MODELS except for the above models.  I have EMPTY folders for them.

I wanted this mod SO BAD the night I down loaded this that I ignored the signs of pneumonia that I was starting to have. It turns out I have lower left lung pneumonia and I apologize for not replying sooner. I have yet to play this, as I have been required to rest. I hope to as early as tomorrow with substitute models. I think I know who's Mirak models you are using and If I am correct I have them somewhere.

Best wishes,

KF  





Ok.. Let's see, In order:

ZCVA: copied from stock ZCV.
  - copy assets/models/zcv to opplus/models/zcva. Rename ZCV.mod and ZCV_brk.mod to ZCVA.mod and ZCVA_brk.mod, respectively. This allowed for a stock model to appear different due to a size difference, and eases model separation.

ZBB: copied from stock ZDN.
  - see above for instructions.

ZPOL: copied from ZFF

ZDW: copied from ZDD

ZHDW: copied from ZDD

PSLV: copied from stock ZFA



Did you do something to your stock models that made these copy-from models go missing?

-- Luc

FireSoul

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #25 on: September 27, 2003, 09:20:06 pm »
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On another topic, you've said previously that you don't really have any interest in working on a fighterlist. If I were to do so, and submit it to you, would you possibly be interested in hosting it? I'd like to take a crack at it, using a "Taldren" style with a SFB base.  






Uhm.. Taldren style, in this case, means Taldren fighters to me. If the offensive PLaD worked well, I would have looked at SFB-like fighters, but it's not the case.

Sorry.. I think I'll stick with this ftrlist.  





Woah. I guess I misunderstood.
You want me to HOST something..

.. uhh.. I could do that, but I don't tend to give access to my server to people these days..

The_Infiltrator

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #26 on: September 27, 2003, 10:42:59 pm »
What I mean is I e-mail it to you and you put it up.  

The Postman

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #27 on: September 28, 2003, 12:01:12 pm »
I just found the PSLV model missing from assets/models folder and I found a copy in the opplus folder. Are they =? Should I just copy and paste one from the other? Anyway, great job and Thank You.  

FireSoul

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #28 on: September 28, 2003, 12:38:52 pm »
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I just found the PSLV model missing from assets/models folder and I found a copy in the opplus folder. Are they =? Should I just copy and paste one from the other? Anyway, great job and Thank You.  




That's the thing. The OP+ installer copies it from assets/models/ and gives it a different size (usually). I don't know why it's missing from your stock folder.  

CptCastrin

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #29 on: October 19, 2003, 11:22:15 am »
Bump, big time.  

Jim

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #30 on: October 19, 2003, 08:22:13 pm »
Hey guy, thanks again!  Excellent work!

Jim

Fluf

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #31 on: October 21, 2003, 12:18:29 pm »
Great work FS.  Now that SS2 is done, I will begin going over this list.

One thing though

 
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  F-SCS and H-MNV now have 20 fighters. (30 in SFB)
 




What happened to the Z-SCS.  This ship should have 12 fighters and 6 mech links from SFB- thus translating to 24 fighters following the 2/3rds rule.  Please take a look at this ship. Dizzy arcs need to go FAL/FAR following standard Mirak changes from previous list.

DH123

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #32 on: October 21, 2003, 05:04:08 pm »
I think Maverick found a boo-boo . . .

http://208.57.228.4/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=UBB2&Number=195501&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1

BTW, have the non-X MIRV ships been Play-tested at all?  

Rob Cole

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #33 on: October 21, 2003, 07:36:11 pm »
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I think Maverick found a boo-boo . . .

http://208.57.228.4/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=UBB2&Number=195501&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1

BTW, have the non-X MIRV ships been Play-tested at all?  




Well I just killed a C-10K with one of the HWD's with MIRV's..In skrimmish mode at admiral level....it was easy.

FireSoul

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #34 on: October 22, 2003, 12:59:30 am »
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I think Maverick found a boo-boo . . .

http://208.57.228.4/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=UBB2&Number=195501&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1

BTW, have the non-X MIRV ships been Play-tested at all?  





I figured that if I made money off of this, I'd playtest it with selected players.
Oh, it's free?


I played with it with a couple of guys. The Miraks/Kzinti are now (except for a couple of errors) up to par to their real threat.

VelvetAcidChrist

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #35 on: October 22, 2003, 01:23:14 am »
well and i found a error in bpv translation -the ccx-m is 150+ bpv although the normal ccx is 230+ (sotrry i dont recall correct bpv) but instead of being 20 bpv higher its 100 bpv lower .

FireSoul

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #36 on: October 22, 2003, 08:58:14 am »
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well and i found a error in bpv translation -the ccx-m is 150+ bpv although the normal ccx is 230+ (sotrry i dont recall correct bpv) but instead of being 20 bpv higher its 100 bpv lower .  




thanks.
So, so far, it's the Z-DWDm and the Z-CCXm. The errors are starting to pile up.



BTW, mind using the error correction thread for this?

DH123

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #37 on: October 22, 2003, 09:22:24 am »
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I played with it with a couple of guys. The Miraks/Kzinti are now (except for a couple of errors) up to par to their real threat.  




Is this on an even BPV level that they are up to par?  I'm a D2 player where full-loadouts are the norm and what is balanced in an even-BPV GSA fight is rarely balanced in D2.  
« Last Edit: October 22, 2003, 09:23:14 am by DH123 »

FireSoul

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #38 on: October 22, 2003, 10:52:19 am »
Folks mainly focusing on D2 servers are always complaining about the shiplist. This is not a serious D2-oriented shiplist, even tho it could be used as such in a pinch.

DH123

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #39 on: October 22, 2003, 11:44:29 am »
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Folks mainly focusing on D2 servers are always complaining about the shiplist. This is not a serious D2-oriented shiplist, even tho it could be used as such in a pinch.  




I guess you are right, we should stop trying to shove a square peg into a round hole.

Great for GSA though.   Once again, than you for all the hard work, it is appreciated.  

762

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #40 on: October 22, 2003, 12:29:18 pm »
Getting back to the Hydran fighters FS...

The issue is  that on GSA upgrading your fighters is not usually worth the money as it puts you against a bigger hull class.

Take the SUI for example. At 161 it's a decent ship even though the Killerbees will probably never leave the hangar. Bumping it to 167 makes it a real stretch. If you upgrade to useable fighters it has to go up against BCH's and light DN's. No way Jose.

OV, same thing, except you are then firmly in the DN range.

Gone are the days when the Hydrans had a relatively inexpensive fighter we could upgrade to. The cheapest useable fighter is now the Yellowjacket-II which is just pricey enough to put the mothership out of competition with what it will be facing.

(In the olden days we had a 2-hellbore Hornet-I, which was a bit OTT at its price. Unfortunately it was over-nerfed by getting both a price bump AND removing one of the hellbores. Oddly enough it was made the same price as the Yellow-II which is faster, carries a gatling, and has the same hitpoints.)

There are a few ships on the list worth upgrading fighters for but in the 160-200 range the 2 BPV Killerbee really hurts.

DH123

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #41 on: October 22, 2003, 01:56:49 pm »
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Getting back to the Hydran fighters FS...

The issue is  that on GSA upgrading your fighters is not usually worth the money as it puts you against a bigger hull class.

Take the SUI for example. At 161 it's a decent ship even though the Killerbees will probably never leave the hangar. Bumping it to 167 makes it a real stretch. If you upgrade to useable fighters it has to go up against BCH's and light DN's. No way Jose.

OV, same thing, except you are then firmly in the DN range.

Gone are the days when the Hydrans had a relatively inexpensive fighter we could upgrade to. The cheapest useable fighter is now the Yellowjacket-II which is just pricey enough to put the mothership out of competition with what it will be facing.

(In the olden days we had a 2-hellbore Hornet-I, which was a bit OTT at its price. Unfortunately it was over-nerfed by getting both a price bump AND removing one of the hellbores. Oddly enough it was made the same price as the Yellow-II which is faster, carries a gatling, and has the same hitpoints.)

There are a few ships on the list worth upgrading fighters for but in the 160-200 range the 2 BPV Killerbee really hurts.  




Could this be solved by making Admin Shuttles the default fighters?  

Corbomite

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #42 on: October 22, 2003, 01:58:25 pm »
Quote:

Quote:

Getting back to the Hydran fighters FS...

The issue is  that on GSA upgrading your fighters is not usually worth the money as it puts you against a bigger hull class.

Take the SUI for example. At 161 it's a decent ship even though the Killerbees will probably never leave the hangar. Bumping it to 167 makes it a real stretch. If you upgrade to useable fighters it has to go up against BCH's and light DN's. No way Jose.

OV, same thing, except you are then firmly in the DN range.

Gone are the days when the Hydrans had a relatively inexpensive fighter we could upgrade to. The cheapest useable fighter is now the Yellowjacket-II which is just pricey enough to put the mothership out of competition with what it will be facing.

(In the olden days we had a 2-hellbore Hornet-I, which was a bit OTT at its price. Unfortunately it was over-nerfed by getting both a price bump AND removing one of the hellbores. Oddly enough it was made the same price as the Yellow-II which is faster, carries a gatling, and has the same hitpoints.)

There are a few ships on the list worth upgrading fighters for but in the 160-200 range the 2 BPV Killerbee really hurts.  




Could this be solved by making Admin Shuttles the default fighters?  




No.

FireSoul

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #43 on: October 22, 2003, 02:07:48 pm »
Quote:

Getting back to the Hydran fighters FS...

The issue is  that on GSA upgrading your fighters is not usually worth the money as it puts you against a bigger hull class.

Take the SUI for example. At 161 it's a decent ship even though the Killerbees will probably never leave the hangar. Bumping it to 167 makes it a real stretch. If you upgrade to useable fighters it has to go up against BCH's and light DN's. No way Jose.

OV, same thing, except you are then firmly in the DN range.

Gone are the days when the Hydrans had a relatively inexpensive fighter we could upgrade to. The cheapest useable fighter is now the Yellowjacket-II which is just pricey enough to put the mothership out of competition with what it will be facing.

(In the olden days we had a 2-hellbore Hornet-I, which was a bit OTT at its price. Unfortunately it was over-nerfed by getting both a price bump AND removing one of the hellbores. Oddly enough it was made the same price as the Yellow-II which is faster, carries a gatling, and has the same hitpoints.)

There are a few ships on the list worth upgrading fighters for but in the 160-200 range the 2 BPV Killerbee really hurts.  





It doesn't change the fact that BPV represents how well a ship fights.. not how much a ship costs. Sure, stock Hydrans will have a harder time, but upgrading them will cost less, and it comes out to the same. If anything, I've leveled the playing field.

762

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #44 on: October 22, 2003, 09:49:31 pm »
Didn't really read my post I see.  

It DOES NOT come out the same because NOT ALL HYDRAN SHIPS ARE WORTH UPGRADING ON GSA.

Try flying Hydran at 200 late and see what I mean !!!!

Strafer

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #45 on: October 22, 2003, 11:15:35 pm »
Are you saying you'll be flying Hydran Late 200 with stock KillerBees.I? Cuz that's the only thing that makes sense.
 

762

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #46 on: October 22, 2003, 11:46:46 pm »
165
170
175
190
195
200
...probably a lot more I'm not thinking of

Any of those will be flown with at least one group of stock Killerbees, which now costs you an extra 3-6 BPV for the priviledge.

Why? Because the cheapest fighter worth upgrading to costs 4 BPV per fighter, and YOU CAN'T ALWAYS AFFORD IT.

165 is totally fubared - both the SUI and CHC are now priced right out of it.

Why don't you go add 3-6 BPV to each ship in the Fed list and see how they react?????
« Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 06:00:00 pm by 762 »

FireSoul

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #47 on: October 23, 2003, 04:20:00 am »
I stand behind my changes. However, there's a solution that could be applied to Hydrans, since they are unique in this case.

Hydrans have fighters, but these fighters are not optional. Why not? Why not make versions of casual carriers without fighters? 100% SFB legal, and would open up the choices in Hydrans where BPV is involved. This is like saying that Lyrans MUST buy their PFs.
Note: Hydran  Full Carriers wouldn't get this new variant with this solution. Hydran DNs are usually full carriers, each and every time, so they are exempt too.

For example, the current H-SUI has 6 fighters and costs 167 BPV. A "H-SUIn" would have 0 fighters, and cost 155.



Remember: BPV is how well a ship fights, not how much it costs to build. There's no reason why the Hydran stock fighters which are identical to all other stock fighters should cost less. However, I don't have a problem in removing forced BPV costs for something that is usually optional in SFB.

-- Luc

762

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #48 on: October 23, 2003, 08:34:54 am »
An even better solution!

Will we see this in OP+ 3.2?

FireSoul

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #49 on: October 23, 2003, 01:01:08 pm »
Quote:

An even better solution!

Will we see this in OP+ 3.2?  




Probably. I haven't had the urge to work on any 3.2 version yet.  

FireSoul

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OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #50 on: September 25, 2003, 01:44:11 pm »
The next revision of the OP+ Project mod is ready. Like with OP+ 3.0, there are 2 installers: with or without models.

Homepage, with all information you may need:
 http://klingon.stasis.ca/OP_plusrefit/

With Models, 57mb download:
 http://klingon.stasis.ca/OP_plusrefit/opplus_31_models.exe

Without models, 260kb download:
 http://klingon.stasis.ca/OP_plusrefit/opplus_31_no_models.exe



There really isn't much else for me to add .. except.. well..

Quote:


The original SFC:OP shiplist has 2370 ship entries.
The OP Plus Refit shiplist has 4140 ship entries.





... and...


    CHANGES FROM OP+ 3.0 to 3.1
    ---------------------------

    - models, models, and more models.

    - Various fixes to both ships and models. Some models even caused CTDs.

    - F-SCS and H-MNV now have 20 fighters. (30 in SFB)

    - ISC carriers have been regulated by the 2/3rds rule applied to all other
    added carriers to the game. The BPVs have been reduced. HOWEVER, the ISC
    fighters now get 20% more armor.

    - non-X2 MIRV loadout variants added where requirements met.

    - ISC PPD ships have PPD mountpoint splits, where possible.

    - L-PFE reduced to 3 disruptors. BPV now 50.

    - Romulan Modular Dreadnoughts have been fleshed out.

 

 
« Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 06:00:00 pm by FireSoul »

Kehakoul

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #51 on: September 25, 2003, 04:01:25 pm »
Exellent!!:)

CM.E.Kehakoul_XC  

AdmiralFrey_XC

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #52 on: September 25, 2003, 04:08:51 pm »
Another fantastic job - I'm for trying the ISC carriers like this.

Way ta go, Firesoul !
 

Dogmatix!

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #53 on: September 25, 2003, 05:14:53 pm »
Cool fish!


I might not get to check it out until after SS2 (though I may apply it to my laptop copy of the game since i'll find it hard to wait that long), but I definiotely look forward to it.  


F-SCS and H-MNVs with 20 fighters!?  



I'll try to steer clear!  oof...dat am scary.



 

FireSoul

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #54 on: September 25, 2003, 05:27:38 pm »
Quote:

Cool fish!


I might not get to check it out until after SS2 (though I may apply it to my laptop copy of the game since i'll find it hard to wait that long), but I definiotely look forward to it.  


F-SCS and H-MNVs with 20 fighters!?  

I'll try to steer clear!  oof...dat am scary.
 




well.. Yeah.
The F-SCS has 24 fighters and 6 Mechlinks for Heavy Fighters. saying that it has 30 is easy to do, so doing 2/3 conversion to SFC is also easy. The H-MNV was also an obvious correction, since it's got 30 fighters in SFB.

Dogmatix!

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #55 on: September 25, 2003, 06:03:29 pm »
It definitely goes a long way to distinguishing a F-CVA+ from an F-SCS in SFC terms, eh?


It will be interesting to see how this pans out in D2 terms.  That's always such a messy business, anyway...lol.  The new MNV probably won't be m,uch of an impact since we rarely see BBs in D2 campaigns anyway...but a 20-fighter SCS could potentially see the light of day.
 

IndyShark

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #56 on: September 25, 2003, 07:52:00 pm »
FS, I have downloaded the 3.1 shiplist and can't get the exe file to install. Can you check the file without models please?

The_Infiltrator

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #57 on: September 25, 2003, 08:39:45 pm »
Quote:

It definitely goes a long way to distinguishing a F-CVA+ from an F-SCS in SFC terms, eh?


It will be interesting to see how this pans out in D2 terms.  That's always such a messy business, anyway...lol.  The new MNV probably won't be m,uch of an impact since we rarely see BBs in D2 campaigns anyway...but a 20-fighter SCS could potentially see the light of day.
 





The thing that distinguishes the federation SCS from the CVA is the A-20. That's something apparently for the future it seems.

Rhaz

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #58 on: September 25, 2003, 10:11:12 pm »
d/ling now!

Mr. Hypergol

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #59 on: September 26, 2003, 10:42:25 am »
Downloaded last night and used model viewer to scan through models.  Nice choices.  In fact your choices are so in line with mine it'll save me a lot of work substituting to fit my tastes.

Great work.  Looking forward to playing and exploring the changes from 3.0.  

TOCXOBearslayer

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #60 on: September 26, 2003, 11:07:26 am »
Quote:

The thing that distinguishes the federation SCS from the CVA is the A-20. That's something apparently for the future it seems.  




Yeah, the shiplist is great.  Now the fighterlist needs work.

CptCastrin

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #61 on: September 26, 2003, 11:29:55 am »
Excelent work FS! Willyou be updating the links at SFCx?

Also a note of warning to all: StormSeason II is not using this shiplist and as far as I know we will not be changing to it mid campaign. The final call on that is CaptJeff's however and so if the situation should change all will be informed asap.

Great work FS, I'm DL'ing it now.  

   

CptCastrin

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #62 on: September 26, 2003, 11:40:34 am »
Quote:

Quote:

The thing that distinguishes the federation SCS from the CVA is the A-20. That's something apparently for the future it seems.  




Yeah, the shiplist is great.  Now the fighterlist needs work.  




Already been done ... mostly. Mog did it a while back but it's not been tested fully (as far as I know). Contact Mog for a copy and try it out. Note that it's a bit dated and probably doesn't include any new fighters from ADB suppliments.

I'm hopeful that maybe we can put out an addon to the OP+ shiplist that will include this fighter list but right now that's just an idea in my head.  

   

Dogmatix!

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #63 on: September 26, 2003, 11:42:42 am »
Quote:

Quote:

It definitely goes a long way to distinguishing a F-CVA+ from an F-SCS in SFC terms, eh?


It will be interesting to see how this pans out in D2 terms.  That's always such a messy business, anyway...lol.  The new MNV probably won't be m,uch of an impact since we rarely see BBs in D2 campaigns anyway...but a 20-fighter SCS could potentially see the light of day.
 





The thing that distinguishes the federation SCS from the CVA is the A-20. That's something apparently for the future it seems.  





Well, sure....but I was more talking about "in terms of SFC" where heretofore, the F-CVA+ and F-SCS have pretty much been identical, have they not?

762

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #64 on: September 26, 2003, 12:43:47 pm »
Quote:

Quote:

The thing that distinguishes the federation SCS from the CVA is the A-20. That's something apparently for the future it seems.  




Yeah, the shiplist is great.  Now the fighterlist needs work.  




Agreed, the 2 BPV Killerbees pretty much nix flying Hydran on GSA, with a few exceptions.

Klingon Fanatic

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #65 on: September 26, 2003, 02:13:19 pm »
Firesoul, thank you and congradulations for putting out another fine master work.

I am not complaining but as a 56ker, It took me 2 tries and over 7 hours to get the mod.

I am missing 6 ships that I can tell:

ZCVA
ZBB
ZDW
ZHDW
ZPOL

PSLV

Where might I procure these ships to complete my copy of you mod?

Qapla!

KF

FireSoul

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #66 on: September 26, 2003, 02:22:54 pm »
Quote:

Firesoul, thank you and congradulations for putting out another fine master work.

I am not complaining but as a 56ker, It took me 2 tries and over 7 hours to get the mod.

I am missing 6 ships that I can tell:

ZCVA
ZBB
ZDW
ZHDW
ZPOL

PSLV

Where might I procure these ships to complete my copy of you mod?

Qapla!

KF  





Uhh.. What do you mean, "missing"? You didn't download the complete file?

FireSoul

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #67 on: September 26, 2003, 02:24:51 pm »
Quote:

Quote:

Quote:

The thing that distinguishes the federation SCS from the CVA is the A-20. That's something apparently for the future it seems.  




Yeah, the shiplist is great.  Now the fighterlist needs work.  




Agreed, the 2 BPV Killerbees pretty much nix flying Hydran on GSA, with a few exceptions.  




How so? The fighter upgrades will actually be CHEAPER. It comes down to the same thing when upgrading the fighters.
Why is a 2 BPV killerbee.I wrong when identical fighters from other races are wroth 2 BPV?

The_Infiltrator

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #68 on: September 26, 2003, 06:51:11 pm »
Huh?

What that does is add 8 bpv to the ranger, 6 to the horseman, 4 to the lancer, etc, etc. Already for GSA these ships have a BPV above their value since these fighters are always changed, as they are useless. As for cheaper - I don't know what you mean. When you buy fighters, they're the same cost, always. There's no "upgrade" discount. Therefore, this represents a surcharge that adds nothing to the combat value of the ship. The Overlord in no way is a 192 BPV ship. It's either 180 (without fighters) or 240 (with fighters). Or that's the way I think of it anyway.

On another topic, you've said previously that you don't really have any interest in working on a fighterlist. If I were to do so, and submit it to you, would you possibly be interested in hosting it? I'd like to take a crack at it, using a "Taldren" style with a SFB base.  

Durin

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #69 on: September 26, 2003, 07:14:16 pm »
Thanks for the  mod  I think its awsome.  

FireSoul

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #70 on: September 26, 2003, 09:03:28 pm »
Quote:

Huh?

What that does is add 8 bpv to the ranger, 6 to the horseman, 4 to the lancer, etc, etc. Already for GSA these ships have a BPV above their value since these fighters are always changed, as they are useless. As for cheaper - I don't know what you mean. When you buy fighters, they're the same cost, always. There's no "upgrade" discount. Therefore, this represents a surcharge that adds nothing to the combat value of the ship. The Overlord in no way is a 192 BPV ship. It's either 180 (without fighters) or 240 (with fighters). Or that's the way I think of it anyway.





You're wrong. (Don't take it personally)
The "upgrade" discount, as you called it, is there. The base fighter costs 1 BPV move, but there's now 1 BPV less difference with the next type of fighter chosen. A ship with hornet.IIIs will cost the same either way.

Trust me, I checked.


Fresh experiment:
Stock 25412:
H-RN+: 119 BPV. --- Equipped with 8 Hornet.IIIs: 167 BPV

OP+ 3.1:
H-RN+: 127 BPV. --- Equipped with 8 Hornet.IIIs: 167 BPV



Check it yourself.
-- Luc
« Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 06:00:00 pm by FireSoul »

FireSoul

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #71 on: September 26, 2003, 09:07:41 pm »
Quote:


On another topic, you've said previously that you don't really have any interest in working on a fighterlist. If I were to do so, and submit it to you, would you possibly be interested in hosting it? I'd like to take a crack at it, using a "Taldren" style with a SFB base.  






Uhm.. Taldren style, in this case, means Taldren fighters to me. If the offensive PLaD worked well, I would have looked at SFB-like fighters, but it's not the case.

Sorry.. I think I'll stick with this ftrlist.

Julin Eurthyr

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #72 on: September 27, 2003, 11:53:55 am »
Firesoul:

Off to check out the ISC carriers now.  Thank you for keeping everything in mind, I'll let you know how my tests go...

Klingon Fanatic

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #73 on: September 27, 2003, 05:59:48 pm »
Quote:

Quote:

Firesoul, thank you and congradulations for putting out another fine master work.

I am not complaining but as a 56ker, It took me 2 tries and over 7 hours to get the mod.

I am missing 6 ships that I can tell:

ZCVA
ZBB
ZDW
ZHDW
ZPOL

PSLV

Where might I procure these ships to complete my copy of you mod?

Qapla!

KF  





Uhh.. What do you mean, "missing"? You didn't download the complete file?  




It appears that I have the entire Mod WITH MODELS except for the above models.  I have EMPTY folders for them.

I wanted this mod SO BAD the night I down loaded this that I ignored the signs of pneumonia that I was starting to have. It turns out I have lower left lung pneumonia and I apologize for not replying sooner. I have yet to play this, as I have been required to rest. I hope to as early as tomorrow with substitute models. I think I know who's Mirak models you are using and If I am correct I have them somewhere.

Best wishes,

KF
« Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 06:00:00 pm by Klingon Fanatic »

FireSoul

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #74 on: September 27, 2003, 09:18:23 pm »
Quote:

Quote:

Quote:

Firesoul, thank you and congradulations for putting out another fine master work.

I am not complaining but as a 56ker, It took me 2 tries and over 7 hours to get the mod.

I am missing 6 ships that I can tell:

ZCVA
ZBB
ZDW
ZHDW
ZPOL

PSLV

Where might I procure these ships to complete my copy of you mod?

Qapla!

KF  





Uhh.. What do you mean, "missing"? You didn't download the complete file?  




It appears that I have the entire Mod WITH MODELS except for the above models.  I have EMPTY folders for them.

I wanted this mod SO BAD the night I down loaded this that I ignored the signs of pneumonia that I was starting to have. It turns out I have lower left lung pneumonia and I apologize for not replying sooner. I have yet to play this, as I have been required to rest. I hope to as early as tomorrow with substitute models. I think I know who's Mirak models you are using and If I am correct I have them somewhere.

Best wishes,

KF  





Ok.. Let's see, In order:

ZCVA: copied from stock ZCV.
  - copy assets/models/zcv to opplus/models/zcva. Rename ZCV.mod and ZCV_brk.mod to ZCVA.mod and ZCVA_brk.mod, respectively. This allowed for a stock model to appear different due to a size difference, and eases model separation.

ZBB: copied from stock ZDN.
  - see above for instructions.

ZPOL: copied from ZFF

ZDW: copied from ZDD

ZHDW: copied from ZDD

PSLV: copied from stock ZFA



Did you do something to your stock models that made these copy-from models go missing?

-- Luc

FireSoul

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #75 on: September 27, 2003, 09:20:06 pm »
Quote:

Quote:


On another topic, you've said previously that you don't really have any interest in working on a fighterlist. If I were to do so, and submit it to you, would you possibly be interested in hosting it? I'd like to take a crack at it, using a "Taldren" style with a SFB base.  






Uhm.. Taldren style, in this case, means Taldren fighters to me. If the offensive PLaD worked well, I would have looked at SFB-like fighters, but it's not the case.

Sorry.. I think I'll stick with this ftrlist.  





Woah. I guess I misunderstood.
You want me to HOST something..

.. uhh.. I could do that, but I don't tend to give access to my server to people these days..

The_Infiltrator

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #76 on: September 27, 2003, 10:42:59 pm »
What I mean is I e-mail it to you and you put it up.  

The Postman

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #77 on: September 28, 2003, 12:01:12 pm »
I just found the PSLV model missing from assets/models folder and I found a copy in the opplus folder. Are they =? Should I just copy and paste one from the other? Anyway, great job and Thank You.  

FireSoul

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #78 on: September 28, 2003, 12:38:52 pm »
Quote:

I just found the PSLV model missing from assets/models folder and I found a copy in the opplus folder. Are they =? Should I just copy and paste one from the other? Anyway, great job and Thank You.  




That's the thing. The OP+ installer copies it from assets/models/ and gives it a different size (usually). I don't know why it's missing from your stock folder.  

CptCastrin

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #79 on: October 19, 2003, 11:22:15 am »
Bump, big time.  

Jim

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #80 on: October 19, 2003, 08:22:13 pm »
Hey guy, thanks again!  Excellent work!

Jim

Fluf

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #81 on: October 21, 2003, 12:18:29 pm »
Great work FS.  Now that SS2 is done, I will begin going over this list.

One thing though

 
Quote:

  F-SCS and H-MNV now have 20 fighters. (30 in SFB)
 




What happened to the Z-SCS.  This ship should have 12 fighters and 6 mech links from SFB- thus translating to 24 fighters following the 2/3rds rule.  Please take a look at this ship. Dizzy arcs need to go FAL/FAR following standard Mirak changes from previous list.

DH123

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #82 on: October 21, 2003, 05:04:08 pm »
I think Maverick found a boo-boo . . .

http://208.57.228.4/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=UBB2&Number=195501&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1

BTW, have the non-X MIRV ships been Play-tested at all?  

Rob Cole

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #83 on: October 21, 2003, 07:36:11 pm »
Quote:

I think Maverick found a boo-boo . . .

http://208.57.228.4/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=UBB2&Number=195501&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1

BTW, have the non-X MIRV ships been Play-tested at all?  




Well I just killed a C-10K with one of the HWD's with MIRV's..In skrimmish mode at admiral level....it was easy.

FireSoul

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #84 on: October 22, 2003, 12:59:30 am »
Quote:

I think Maverick found a boo-boo . . .

http://208.57.228.4/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=UBB2&Number=195501&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1

BTW, have the non-X MIRV ships been Play-tested at all?  





I figured that if I made money off of this, I'd playtest it with selected players.
Oh, it's free?


I played with it with a couple of guys. The Miraks/Kzinti are now (except for a couple of errors) up to par to their real threat.

VelvetAcidChrist

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #85 on: October 22, 2003, 01:23:14 am »
well and i found a error in bpv translation -the ccx-m is 150+ bpv although the normal ccx is 230+ (sotrry i dont recall correct bpv) but instead of being 20 bpv higher its 100 bpv lower .

FireSoul

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #86 on: October 22, 2003, 08:58:14 am »
Quote:

well and i found a error in bpv translation -the ccx-m is 150+ bpv although the normal ccx is 230+ (sotrry i dont recall correct bpv) but instead of being 20 bpv higher its 100 bpv lower .  




thanks.
So, so far, it's the Z-DWDm and the Z-CCXm. The errors are starting to pile up.



BTW, mind using the error correction thread for this?

DH123

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #87 on: October 22, 2003, 09:22:24 am »
Quote:



I played with it with a couple of guys. The Miraks/Kzinti are now (except for a couple of errors) up to par to their real threat.  




Is this on an even BPV level that they are up to par?  I'm a D2 player where full-loadouts are the norm and what is balanced in an even-BPV GSA fight is rarely balanced in D2.  
« Last Edit: October 22, 2003, 09:23:14 am by DH123 »

FireSoul

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #88 on: October 22, 2003, 10:52:19 am »
Folks mainly focusing on D2 servers are always complaining about the shiplist. This is not a serious D2-oriented shiplist, even tho it could be used as such in a pinch.

DH123

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #89 on: October 22, 2003, 11:44:29 am »
Quote:

Folks mainly focusing on D2 servers are always complaining about the shiplist. This is not a serious D2-oriented shiplist, even tho it could be used as such in a pinch.  




I guess you are right, we should stop trying to shove a square peg into a round hole.

Great for GSA though.   Once again, than you for all the hard work, it is appreciated.  

762

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #90 on: October 22, 2003, 12:29:18 pm »
Getting back to the Hydran fighters FS...

The issue is  that on GSA upgrading your fighters is not usually worth the money as it puts you against a bigger hull class.

Take the SUI for example. At 161 it's a decent ship even though the Killerbees will probably never leave the hangar. Bumping it to 167 makes it a real stretch. If you upgrade to useable fighters it has to go up against BCH's and light DN's. No way Jose.

OV, same thing, except you are then firmly in the DN range.

Gone are the days when the Hydrans had a relatively inexpensive fighter we could upgrade to. The cheapest useable fighter is now the Yellowjacket-II which is just pricey enough to put the mothership out of competition with what it will be facing.

(In the olden days we had a 2-hellbore Hornet-I, which was a bit OTT at its price. Unfortunately it was over-nerfed by getting both a price bump AND removing one of the hellbores. Oddly enough it was made the same price as the Yellow-II which is faster, carries a gatling, and has the same hitpoints.)

There are a few ships on the list worth upgrading fighters for but in the 160-200 range the 2 BPV Killerbee really hurts.

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #91 on: October 22, 2003, 01:56:49 pm »
Quote:

Getting back to the Hydran fighters FS...

The issue is  that on GSA upgrading your fighters is not usually worth the money as it puts you against a bigger hull class.

Take the SUI for example. At 161 it's a decent ship even though the Killerbees will probably never leave the hangar. Bumping it to 167 makes it a real stretch. If you upgrade to useable fighters it has to go up against BCH's and light DN's. No way Jose.

OV, same thing, except you are then firmly in the DN range.

Gone are the days when the Hydrans had a relatively inexpensive fighter we could upgrade to. The cheapest useable fighter is now the Yellowjacket-II which is just pricey enough to put the mothership out of competition with what it will be facing.

(In the olden days we had a 2-hellbore Hornet-I, which was a bit OTT at its price. Unfortunately it was over-nerfed by getting both a price bump AND removing one of the hellbores. Oddly enough it was made the same price as the Yellow-II which is faster, carries a gatling, and has the same hitpoints.)

There are a few ships on the list worth upgrading fighters for but in the 160-200 range the 2 BPV Killerbee really hurts.  




Could this be solved by making Admin Shuttles the default fighters?  

Corbomite

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #92 on: October 22, 2003, 01:58:25 pm »
Quote:

Quote:

Getting back to the Hydran fighters FS...

The issue is  that on GSA upgrading your fighters is not usually worth the money as it puts you against a bigger hull class.

Take the SUI for example. At 161 it's a decent ship even though the Killerbees will probably never leave the hangar. Bumping it to 167 makes it a real stretch. If you upgrade to useable fighters it has to go up against BCH's and light DN's. No way Jose.

OV, same thing, except you are then firmly in the DN range.

Gone are the days when the Hydrans had a relatively inexpensive fighter we could upgrade to. The cheapest useable fighter is now the Yellowjacket-II which is just pricey enough to put the mothership out of competition with what it will be facing.

(In the olden days we had a 2-hellbore Hornet-I, which was a bit OTT at its price. Unfortunately it was over-nerfed by getting both a price bump AND removing one of the hellbores. Oddly enough it was made the same price as the Yellow-II which is faster, carries a gatling, and has the same hitpoints.)

There are a few ships on the list worth upgrading fighters for but in the 160-200 range the 2 BPV Killerbee really hurts.  




Could this be solved by making Admin Shuttles the default fighters?  




No.

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #93 on: October 22, 2003, 02:07:48 pm »
Quote:

Getting back to the Hydran fighters FS...

The issue is  that on GSA upgrading your fighters is not usually worth the money as it puts you against a bigger hull class.

Take the SUI for example. At 161 it's a decent ship even though the Killerbees will probably never leave the hangar. Bumping it to 167 makes it a real stretch. If you upgrade to useable fighters it has to go up against BCH's and light DN's. No way Jose.

OV, same thing, except you are then firmly in the DN range.

Gone are the days when the Hydrans had a relatively inexpensive fighter we could upgrade to. The cheapest useable fighter is now the Yellowjacket-II which is just pricey enough to put the mothership out of competition with what it will be facing.

(In the olden days we had a 2-hellbore Hornet-I, which was a bit OTT at its price. Unfortunately it was over-nerfed by getting both a price bump AND removing one of the hellbores. Oddly enough it was made the same price as the Yellow-II which is faster, carries a gatling, and has the same hitpoints.)

There are a few ships on the list worth upgrading fighters for but in the 160-200 range the 2 BPV Killerbee really hurts.  





It doesn't change the fact that BPV represents how well a ship fights.. not how much a ship costs. Sure, stock Hydrans will have a harder time, but upgrading them will cost less, and it comes out to the same. If anything, I've leveled the playing field.

762

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #94 on: October 22, 2003, 09:49:31 pm »
Didn't really read my post I see.  

It DOES NOT come out the same because NOT ALL HYDRAN SHIPS ARE WORTH UPGRADING ON GSA.

Try flying Hydran at 200 late and see what I mean !!!!

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #95 on: October 22, 2003, 11:15:35 pm »
Are you saying you'll be flying Hydran Late 200 with stock KillerBees.I? Cuz that's the only thing that makes sense.
 

762

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #96 on: October 22, 2003, 11:46:46 pm »
165
170
175
190
195
200
...probably a lot more I'm not thinking of

Any of those will be flown with at least one group of stock Killerbees, which now costs you an extra 3-6 BPV for the priviledge.

Why? Because the cheapest fighter worth upgrading to costs 4 BPV per fighter, and YOU CAN'T ALWAYS AFFORD IT.

165 is totally fubared - both the SUI and CHC are now priced right out of it.

Why don't you go add 3-6 BPV to each ship in the Fed list and see how they react?????
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FireSoul

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #97 on: October 23, 2003, 04:20:00 am »
I stand behind my changes. However, there's a solution that could be applied to Hydrans, since they are unique in this case.

Hydrans have fighters, but these fighters are not optional. Why not? Why not make versions of casual carriers without fighters? 100% SFB legal, and would open up the choices in Hydrans where BPV is involved. This is like saying that Lyrans MUST buy their PFs.
Note: Hydran  Full Carriers wouldn't get this new variant with this solution. Hydran DNs are usually full carriers, each and every time, so they are exempt too.

For example, the current H-SUI has 6 fighters and costs 167 BPV. A "H-SUIn" would have 0 fighters, and cost 155.



Remember: BPV is how well a ship fights, not how much it costs to build. There's no reason why the Hydran stock fighters which are identical to all other stock fighters should cost less. However, I don't have a problem in removing forced BPV costs for something that is usually optional in SFB.

-- Luc

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #98 on: October 23, 2003, 08:34:54 am »
An even better solution!

Will we see this in OP+ 3.2?

FireSoul

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Re: OP+ 3.1 -- Ready for the world to fear
« Reply #99 on: October 23, 2003, 01:01:08 pm »
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An even better solution!

Will we see this in OP+ 3.2?  




Probably. I haven't had the urge to work on any 3.2 version yet.