Rav's Babylon 5 mod test

Blatant plagiarism

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Thought I was over b5 but obviously not!

I've put together a mod that is hopefully neat enough for anyone interested to enjoy. The main priority was to have the ai using the extra models but still keep user ship designs intact. All the material used can be found in the metaverse library - all I've done is rename lots of models and edit lots of ship configs. If I can't work out decent names for all the stars and planets I reckon some should be called Coplann, Vorlone and Robalis. The file at the bottom contains all of the currently released models - about 40.

I was a victim of the 'one more turn' bug and there are heaps of things I've already fixed in the time it's taken me to find somewhere to upload a copy.... anyhow....

Earth Alliance, terran ai and hull style
Centauri Republic, drengin ai and hull style
Minbari Federation, altarian ai and hull style
Vorlon Empire, iconian ai and torian hull style
Shadows, thalan ai and yor hull style

The only one I significantly tweaked the alignment for was the Shadows. Here are some screenshots to try and justify the 20mb download.


Centauri getting frisky.


Battlecrab behind you!


Ahem.


Earth Alliance guarding Vorlon freigters.

Known issues:
-the logos don't have a transparent background
-the minbari need more ships (using the Vree Xill as their cargo and the Brakiri Cruiser as their large)
-some of the ai designed ships have annoyingly placed jewelery
-lots of things, this is a beta mod for a beta patch

I'm sure there are already easier ways to do this and the next patch will probably break everything, but for anyone keen: Link

New version - test 2
Download and screenshot further down the thread.

EDIT: removed two oversized screenshots and corrected some spelling.
EDIT: new version
modding
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Omg! 'Plagarism' is spelt 'plagiarism', and 'ad' really means 'and'!

No idea why the word wrap is funny.

Ok, now bedtime.
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Ahk, and this should be in the modding forum, and 'brake' really means 'break'.

Really, really, really bedtime now.
WindowBlinds - Free yourself of the default settings, customize your desktop.
Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Dude I have a "decent" shadows portrait that I use when I play. How do I get it to you?

Google found this in 1 second!:
http://www.code7r.org/inquiz/images/shadow1.jpg

http://www.code7r.org/inquiz/images/shadow2.jpg

http://www.code7r.org/inquiz/images/shadow3.jpg

OR USE MR. MORDEN, Because nobeody actually talks to the Sahdows directly!:

http://www.code7r.org/inquiz/images/morden1.gif

http://www.code7r.org/inquiz/images/morden5.jpg
Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
What of Zathrus? The true mover and shaker of the whole plot. I would love to see a race of Zathrus(es, Ie??). Sometimes I talk peace, sometimes I talk war, sometimes I talk to walls but with you I talk to and makes me sad so war.

Duh
Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top


What of Zathrus? The true mover and shaker of the whole plot. I would love to see a race of Zathrus(es, Ie??). Sometimes I talk peace, sometimes I talk war, sometimes I talk to walls but with you I talk to and makes me sad so war.

Duh


AMBASSADOR SINCLAIR: "Do you understand, Zathras?"

ZATHRAS: "Yes....no. Zathras good at DOINGS, not so much understandings"


I'm watching the whole series again....love Netflix!
Reply #6 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
nice work.

as for Star Names, there werent that many actually named in the series beside the homeworlds like: Proxima (EA), Orion (EA), Io (EA), Taralenn (Minbari), Ragesh (Centauri), Epsilon (neutral, great maschine), Coreana (Neutral, where Sheridan owned the Shadows + Vorlons and later on died) and a couple more I cant remember. ^^

edit: if there were more "real" Minbari Ship-Designs Id convert them for GC2 in a heartbeat. Iam not fond of fake/fan-made ships though ^^
Reply #7 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Other star names mentioned in the series are Gorash, Davo (both Centauri), Zagros (Drazi), Shi, Dross, Zok (all Narn), Janos (don't remember whom that one belongs to)... there are also a bunch of colony names on the screen in one episode (forget the name of it) during one of Ivanova's broadcasts.
Reply #8 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Thanks for the star names guys!

At work now but once home I hope to post a readme of what I've already done in preparation for a proper release after the 1.2 patch. I read through Cari's modding guide again (Link) and have hopefully picked up some finesse.

Races not part of B5 will now not show up anywhere - except the custom race. Was thinking that the default custom race could be the Technomages as they would have access to all hull designs right? Perfect for the sixth hull style I have enabled and that uses all of the hulls. It's a pity that six hull styles seems to be the limit.

Playing with shipcfgs and trying to work out which ones the ai calls so that they have a nice distribution of ships for hull styles with multiple designs of the same size. Jewelery doesn't seem to be a problem with the version I am testing but if it is then there is always the invisible jewelery mod in the library.

Anyway, would love to hear from anyone who has tried the test mod.
Reply #9 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
looks good man am downloading it now, nothing is sexier than a battlecrab

except maybe a narn heavy cruiser? model converters listening?

the six hull styles max thing will become a problem when more races models are available, is this something stardock are planning on changing for the final 1.2 patch? i heard that you can make more styles and use them as long as you make the raceconfig files readonly, but you cant select the extra styles in the race config screens

i know this is only a test thing but a list of included hulls might encourage more testing...
Reply #10 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Got really sidetracked and don't want to post another mod test till I am sure that I haven't broken anything.

@Gollum: I know about that readonly thing but it seems a pretty ugly fix

Hulls included in the mod are:

Earth Alliance
cargo: ea freighter
huge: ef nova, ef warlock, ef omega
large: ef hyperion, ia victory
medium: ef olympus, ia whitestar
small: ef thunderbolt
tiny: ef aurora

Centauri Republic
cargo: cr brezebel, cr constructor
huge: cr octurian, cr secundus
large: cr vorchan
medium: cr destroyer, cr covran destroyer, cr scarab
small: cr sentri
tiny: cr ritan, cr rutarian

Minbari Federation
cargo: vree xill
huge: mf sharlin
large: brakiri avioki
medium: mf tinashi
small: mf lintira
tiny: mf nial

Vorlon Empire
cargo: ve constructor
huge: ve huge0, ve huge1, ve planetkiller
large: ve large0, ve large1
medium: ve medium0, ve medium1
small: ve small
tiny: ve tiny

Shadows
cargo: ss cargo
huge: ss huge0, ss huge1
large: ss battlecrab
medium: ss shadowscout
small: ss shadowfighter
tiny: ss shadowfighter

Can't find names for most of the Shadow and Vorlon ships - are there any?
Reply #11 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/

They have miniatures, they call the categorized ships Vorlon Heavy Cruiser, Vorlon Light Cruiser .. etc. I always liked the Vorlon presence.
Reply #13 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Hey Rav8, have you released this mod yet for the public to download or is it still in beta form. If its been released where can I download it from, I checked the library and I coudnt find it.
Thanks!
P.s. nevermind just saw the link button, downloading started.
Reply #14 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
http://www.b5tech.com < Has names etc and a lot of background Info on all B5 stuff. its a pretty cool site
Reply #15 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Alas my DVD set is up in Kansas City with my brother. Also don't forget, there are the sub races that could show up too. I guess I will have to rattle his cage on the 4th to get them back.
Reply #16 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Babylon 5 - test 2

Might be a very short test depending on when the final 1.2 patch is released... but...

Here is a description: Link

Here is the 23mb mod: Link

And a nice screenshot:


Known issues:
* some invisible components without thumbnails... don't have thumbnails
* still looking for a nice portrait of Morden (and the Eyes or something for the Shadow's logo?)
Reply #17 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
The collectible card game does have at least one portrait representing the shadows ....

Such as:
http://b5ccg.mahasamatman.com/Promo/Gallery/ShadowContact.JPG

http://b5ccg.mahasamatman.com/Promo/Gallery/MrxMorden.JPG

Let me know once you've seen these so I know if this is what you were looking for. Thanks!
Reply #19 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Thanks for the picture links Slipstream Pursuit and Skyjack, I think I've got Shadow pics sorted now. Unless something critical is broken I wont post another version till the 1.2 patch is released.
Reply #20 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Greetings,

I am working on the B5 logos, the non-transparent ones offended my sense of aesthetics.
One thing that i noticed is that the logo designs as they are are bad for GC2. So i re-designed the logos so that they work. I finished the Narn logo and will be posting it to the library soon and then youll see what ive done.

Im glad to help in any way that i can since i love B5.

Yours truly,
Star Dagger
Reply #21 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
offended my sense of aesthetics

I know exactly what you mean - I've been playing with "magic wand" tools but my graphic skills are pretty much limited to mspaint. All contributions are most welcome, I'll steal whatever you upload!

A small website about the mod can be found at: Link

Writing a proper credits, including the original model authors, is on my to do list I promise
Reply #22 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Love your mod, good completation of everyones hard work convertin these models over to GAL Civ2. Now we just need some one to bust out some narn ships.
Reply #23 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Greetings,

OK, uploading now. Mind you that graphics can be a real pain in the rear thruster, it took me two days of work to make the logos. Hope you like them

Glory to the Narns!

Yours in Plasma,
Star Dagger