Custom Starbases

I've hammered through 'Search' and haven't found much (actually, I haven't found ANYTHING). I know it's possible, but I just don't know HOW one creates custom starbases. From what I've gathered it's a matter of renaming an existing shipcfg file, but I'm at a loss as to what said naming schema is.

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kryo

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Simply find the Starbase shipcfg files (S0_CultureStarbase0.shipcfg, S0_EconomyStarbase3.shipcfg, etc) in Data\ShipCfg, back them up, and replace them with the shipcfg files of your new designs. There are five 'levels' for each type of starbase that you'll need to replace.

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Odd, didn't see those before...

Okay, next question. The starbases in question are all prefixed with S0 - are you telling me that all this time all races have used the same starbase models and I've never noticed?

If I prefix them with EN_ for my custom appearance they won't work, will they.

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kryo

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All races use the same starbase models, right (colored per race). They do need to be prefixed S0_, I don't believe the game supports any per-race starbase configs.

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I think its rather silly that no one has built any custom Starbase models when its just as easy as makeing a ship model

I'd give it a go, but I'm a programmer, not an artist.

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I find custom starbases to be a bit harder simply because they're less 'organized'. When I make a ship I have an overall design goal and none of that is able to be applied to a starbase, really.

I'd like to just use Omega Shipyards' custom starbases, as they look neat, but they require use of his own retarded version of Kryo's hull mod, and while I like having 'dummy' weapons akin to 'dummy' modules, I really don't need two dozen versions of the USS Enterprise clogging my list of Extras like hair in a bathroom drain.

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