Delta Centauri

[TurkeyXIII]

Once upon a time I read a post that suggested it might be cool if a captured techbase allowed the victors the ability to launch ships unique to the faction that built the base. I thought so too, so I made it happen.

Presenting: Delta Centauri core, version 0.1.

I'm going to have to steer clear of those neat little changelogs that apoch and co. produce, because I messed with so many things I don't remember them all. Basically it's MS 1.25 ships and tech tree, but I changed a lot of the stats to match up with CC so I'd know what I'm working with.

Summary:
-Faction perks are tied to ships and equipment, not applied generally to all of one team. This means if you mount rixian guns as bios, you get the full 1.15 damage and 1.2 range perks.
-Capturing an opponent's outpost, tele or ref confers no advantage other than owning an extra base.
-Capturing an opponent's tech base allows access to the ships researched at that base, tech researched at that base, and allows construction of outposts, refineries, teleports and Garrison belonging to the opponent's faction.
-Capturing an opponent's garrison allows access to ships and tech researched at the garrison, and allows construction of all of the opponent's faction bases.
-Most research perks and quirks are still faction dependent.
-Miners and carriers cannot be captured or built by a conquering faction.

Main Differences from CC 03:
-No hvy scouts.
-TT moved to garrison.
-NG missiles moved to garrison. Prerequisites: Hvy bbr, TT.
-NG missiles can be mounted on hvy bbrs and sbs. Arming time 18 seconds, range from stationary: 132m, from 75 m/s: 1032 m.
-Rixian Unity cannot get NG missiles. Instead they can research Lt Troop Transport, a small TT with lt booster.
-Only 1 level of aleph res.
-If a garrison is lost, the team loses access to any tech that was researched there. They also lose their starting figs (if applicable).
-Belters ability to keep enh level tech is tied to their garrison. If they lose it they lose the ability. Similarly if Belters Garrison is captured, the victor can access belters enh tech.

-No figbees or XRM.
-Galvs affect major base sheilds, but aren't very effective. Still cannot damage hull.
-EW Disruptor and LRM killer can damage minor base sheilds, but aren't very effective. Still cannot damage hull.

-SRM EMP added to the prerequisites for HTT.
-PW EMP cannon damage modifier vs minor base shield perked to 0.8 (0.5) and vs major base shield perked to 0.7 (0.0).

-Shipyard still has the 1.25 style tech tree with one base upgrade, and ship tech developments. But who uses SY anyway?

-Major base hitpoints are distributed 2/3 in the shields and 1/3 in the hull, instead of the other way around.
-SRM EMP damage modifier vs major base shields doubled.
-EW Stinger damage modifier vs major base shields doubled; vs major base hull halved. TTK for techbases is the same as CC for all AB weaponry, but stinger versus IC hvy stations take ~50% longer to kill.
-Only 5 factions: Belters, Bios, Gigacorp, IC, rix.


I think that more-or-less covers progress to date. Whaddya think?

Edit: Forgot a few things.

[HSharp]

Sounds like a pretty cool core, lot of emphasis on capping @#(!

Will definately have to try this out sometime.

[notjarvis]

QUOTE (TurkeyXIII @ May 13 2009, 04:25 PM) I think that more-or-less covers progress to date. Whaddya think?

Sounds lotsa fun, if a bit confusing when youve capped bases and have lots of things you could spend on.

have to give it a go...

[FreeBeer]

Interesting. I'll be sure to give it a try when I can.

Question: I know you made an adjustment for Rix (since they don't have missiles). What about TF?

[Andon]

MS 1.25 factions.

So it's Belts, Bios, Giga, IC, and Rix

[sambasti]

I would suggest doing a big ZG type game on this one weekend.

[Makida]

Sounds awesome! The way everything works seems much more 'intuitive,' if that's the right word.

[Dorjan]

QUOTE (girlyboy @ May 13 2009, 07:25 PM) Sounds awesome! The way everything works seems much more 'intuitive,' if that's the right word.

The reason it wasn't done like this in the first place was the ease of using a global modifier.

However I'm all for this core idea!

Go for it man.

[TurkeyXIII]

One and a half months of nose picking and thumb twiddling later, I've stumbled into an alpha version that's slightly less bug-ridden than version 0.1. So with no further ado, allow me to introduce Delta Centauri, version 0.2.

For those who are into walls of text, here's a changelog:
CODEChanges from DC0_1 to DC0_2

*Global
Change: Ammo and fuel icons use the same artwork as CC_05.
Bug fix: All factions use their own garrison on most custom maps. This fixes a bug
where every faction would start with a gigacorp garrison, which messed up
the tech tree. This is only fixed for maps that have Belters Garrison
listed as the starting base for both teams, which includes all those with
an m2xib prefix.

*Belters
Bug fix: Adv scouts now mount prox.
Bug fix: Prox, minepack, boosters, countermeasure and sig cloak upgrades no longer
need a techbase to mount if the development requirements are met.
Change: Adv Figs mount nan in slot 1 instead of slot 2, and can have a second mini
in slot 2. This is the same configuration as CC.
Change: Sfs, asfs and sbs mount nan in slot 1 instead of slot 2, and
mount gatt/dis in slot 2. This is the same configuration as CC.
New: Fig/Bomber. Requires Adv Sup, Adv Fig, Galv, Bombers. Same stats as Adv
Fig Except:
-Mass 71 (64)
-Scan 1000 (800)
-Fuel 5 (15)
-Energy 750 (1500)
-Signature 1.8 (1.2)
-ECM 0.9 (1)
-Cost 250 (0)
-Max thrust 1000 (900)
-Max speed 80.5 (138)
-Rip to large 10 sec (rip to small 7 sec)
-Lead
-Mounts AB missiles
-No galv

*Bios
Bug fix: Adv scouts now mount prox.
Bug fix: Adv scouts now mount hvy cloak.
New: Fig/Bomber. Requires Adv Sup, Adv Fig, Galv, Bombers. Same stats as Adv
Fig Except:
-Mass 34 (27)
-Scan 1150 (920)
-Fuel 6 (16)
-Energy 750 (1500)
-Signature 1.3 (0.87)
-ECM 0.9 (1)
-Cost 250 (0)
-Max thrust 1000 (900)
-Max speed 70 (120)
-Rip to large 10 sec (rip to small 7 sec)
-Lead
-Mounts AB missiles
-No galv
-No prox
-Lt Booster only

*Gigacorp
Bug fix: Adv scouts now mount prox.
Bug fix: Skycap 1 can be mounted after capturing another faction garrison, even if
the research hasn't been done. This brings it into line with other lvl 1
tech that giga doesn't start with.
Change: Lxy int fuel 15 (10).
New: Fig/Bomber. Requires Adv Sup, Adv Fig, Galv, Bombers. Same stats as Adv
Fig Except:
-Mass 40 (36)
-Scan 1000 (800)
-Fuel 4 (14)
-Energy 750 (1500)
-Signature 1.5 (1)
-ECM 0.9 (1)
-Cost 250 (0)
-Max thrust 900 (810)
-Max speed 77 (132)
-Rip to large 10 sec (rip to small 7 sec)
-Lead
-Mounts AB missiles
-No galv
-Lt Booster only

*Iron Coalition
Bug fix: Lt interceptors are lost with the garrison, as per basic figs of other
factions.
Bug fix: Adv scouts now mount prox.
Bug fix: Adv Tac couldn't research sbs without somehow researching stealth
fighters first, now it doesn't need it.
New: Fig/Bomber. Requires Adv Sup, Adv Fig, Galv, Bombers. Same stats as Adv
Fig Except:
-Mass 40 (36)
-Scan 1000 (800)
-Fuel 4 (14)
-Energy 750 (1500)
-Signature 1.76 (1.18)
-ECM 0.9 (1)
-Cost 200 (0)
-Max thrust 1000 (900)
-Max speed 70 (120)
-Rip to large 10 sec (rip to small 7 sec)
-Lead
-Mounts AB missiles
-No galv
-Lt Booster only

*Rixian Unity
Bug fix: Adv scouts now mount prox.
Bug fix: Adv pod fighters now mount prox.
Bug fix: Adv Exp couldn't research htt without somehow getting SRM EMP first, now
it doesn't need it.
Bug fix: Weapons get their range bonus from particle speed instead of lifetime, as
per the range GA.
New: Fig/Bomber. Requires Adv Sup, Adv Fig, Galv, Bombers. Same stats as Adv
Fig Except:
-Mass 40 (36)
-Scan 1000 (800)
-Fuel 4 (14)
-Energy 750 (1500)
-Signature 1.5 (1)
-ECM 0.9 (1)
-Cost 250 (0)
-Max thrust 1000 (1080)
-Max speed 70 (130)
-Rip to large 10 sec (rip to small 7 sec)
-Lead
-Mounts EW Stinger
-No galv
-Lt Booster only


tl;dr: Bug fixes and figbees.

[HSharp]

You could probably get this on Solap (aka ACE Server!!!!)