Mask's "Battlestation" patch

[Texas_Fett]

I've loaded the Golan 3 card by Eville Jedi/EW as well as the new model. I have yet to encounter it, but I can see how it would be a tad...unbalancing if allowed to move about like a capital ship. After seeing the "Battlestation" patch, I quickly downloaded it, but I have a question about it that I'd like to have answered before I try it out.

 

Since it makes it so the specified ship slot cannot be moved either in the tactical or strategic maps, how does this affect it when it's built? Can you still build it on one system and send it to another, whereupon it cannot be moved, or must it be built in the same system in which it is deployed?

 

Any clarification would be appreciated. Thanks!

[the_mask]

Well, after it's built it stays put, period

But you can set the destination to where it will be built in the ship-build window in the game, either by righ-clicking, or clicking and dragging your mouse pointer to the target planet.

I don't know what the values on the EJ card are, but I set mine to be able to hold its own against two ISD2s for a while. That makes it indeed interesting

[Texas_Fett]

That's what I needed to know! I was just afraid that I'd build one in the Rim, set it to be delivered to a vital system in the Core in the 'build window', and then not be able to get it there.

 

On an unrelated note, I attempted to load your new "galaxy background" picture for the tactical view. Your instructions were simple enough, but I received an error message saying that it was unable to rename the resource and could not save the .dll. Any clue what I'm doing wrong?

 

Once again, many thanks Mask!

[the_mask]

No prob, did you rename the .bin file to the correct name, 5030.bin, if I recall correctly.

Did the logfile of the Model importer say that about renaming the resource or did you try to import it with ResHacker ?

[Texas_Fett]

D'OH! No, I didn't rename it. I'll give it a shot.

 

As for the logfile, I neglected to check it. I'll run it again and see what it says. However, the error message I received was when I tried to manually load everything with Reshack.

[Texas_Fett]

Hmm...no luck. I even replaced the updated tactical.dll with the one from the cd and started over. Now, comparing the _logfile's, it appears that the MC-90, MC-80b_v2, and the Home1 models didn't load; just their textures. However, when I attempt to manually load the models in the 301 file, I get the error message that it 'cannot rename the original file' and that the save is aborted. Interestingly enough, I CAN load the Dauntless model using the Model Loader program.

 

Oh, and the galaxy background didn't work, either. Same problem. Perhaps my computer just hates me.

[Texas_Fett]

Oh...my...GAWD!!!

 

Thanks to the solutions Mask sent me, I finally got it all working! The new galaxy background...the MC90...YES!!

 

Let me just say that anyone who doesn't take the time to customize Rebellion with a few of the models and such on this site is really missing out. Even if all you do is upgrade a few models and change the background, it gives the game a much-needed breath of fresh air. Combined with all the options available with RebEd and ResHack, you're talking about a truly incredible resurrection of the game. Not that this is anything new to the regulars here, right?

 

Great job, Mask, and all those involved in the new models, programs, cards, etc! I can't thank y'all enough!

 

But enough brown-nosing...

[the_mask]

Well, thanks, I guess