Additional Ships and Units

[Spike2000]

Is it possible to add units to the game without removing an old one?

Can you then play multiplayer games with these additional units?(assuming, of course that both players have had the exact same changes made)

 

A brief look at the RebEd would suggest you can only replace units and not add new ones. I'm wondering if there's something I missed?

 

I've been playing for ages, against a human opponent now (the AI is just too dumb) and would like to simply add more units to create new strategic options within the game, rather than alter the existing stats for, er, things.

 

Help is appreciated

 

EDIT: Never mind, found something on this forum that answers the question. I'm guessing that adding fighters would mess up the game, as you only have four squadrons to work with, and fighters are placed in these by type. 5 into 4 won't go. Unless you can make B-Wings 'count as' Y-Wings or something, to create mixed squadrons of similar fighters.

 

Oh well.

 

New question, then: What ships do you guys usually replace, and with what? Is there a standard set of replacements that are used to improve the game? Perhaps an idea would be for someone to compile a set of RebEd cards and alterations that still give a balanced game, yet make enough changes for it to be different/more fun.

 

Finally, do the replacement models look better than the originals? If I can't add ships, could I just make all the exising ones look better? (ie a Carrack that looks less like a shoebox).

[Trejiuvanat]

New question, then: What ships do you guys usually replace, and with what? Is there a standard set of replacements that are used to improve the game? Perhaps an idea would be for someone to compile a set of RebEd cards and alterations that still give a balanced game, yet make enough changes for it to be different/more fun.

 

Finally, do the replacement models look better than the originals? If I can't add ships, could I just make all the exising ones look better? (ie a Carrack that looks less like a shoebox).

 

First, Welcome Spike!

 

There isn't a standard replacement set, you can feel free to change whatever ship you'd like. Tips, I'd give you is to make some ships available to both sides, Dreadnaught, Corvettes, Nebulons, Impstars, so that you could free up some slots for new ships.

The new models look very good, Mask did a very good job on them, you really should try them out, (do not forget to download Resource Hacker and Mask's Replacement Program!). There aren't (yet) enough models to replace all the ships, but nask is always releasing new models and surprises, so stay tuned!

You mentioned the idea of a compilation of new ships, fighters, etc. We have such a compilation in progress. It's the Rebellion Reloaded Total Conversion, Ships, fighters, Characters, Interface, everything will be changed, but such a project takes time to complete, but it

will be completed.

[Spike2000]

Thanks for the welcome!

 

The Total Conversion sounds like a great idea (and a lot of work) so good luck to all involved.

 

Meantime I'll be sticking to pretty much the original game with a few "tweaks" using the stuff on here. (For example, Interdictors can now carry a squadron of fighters). Next stop... find some other people to play against!

[the_mask]

Hi Spike,

 

I didn't much like the old Carrack model myself, but the XWA one was looking wrong in my eyes. Stay tuned, cause you never know when that one will be ready to download

[Jahled]

Gosh!

 

After years of refusing to build the Carrack Light Cruiser on account of how boring it looks during the tactical battle, our main man Mask has just uploaded yet another remedy! Woo to you dude, cause you've yet again injected a fresh blast of air into our games.

 

Oh, if anybody is wondering; go now and check out the downloads section...

[the_mask]

Thanks

 

After tweaking the XWA model a bit I found it close enough to the picture to release it. Now it almost looks like the one I remember from the comics.