The Crystalline Family Mod for Star Trek Armada II: Author Slider17

Summary:
I thought this would be a cool mod for the game, and after making the first one, I remembered the three bears story... heh, so here’s the Crystalline Entity ship pack...

Features:
4 stages of growth
Crew drain for feeding
Planetary assault beam
Crystalline Plasma weapon

This zip should include the following files:

Readme.txt
(copy these to ..sod)
crystalline0.sod
crystalline1.sod
crystalline2.sod
crystalline3.sod
(copy these to ..odf/ships)
crystalline0.odf
crystalline1.odf
crystalline2.odf
crystalline3.odf
(copy these to ..odf/special_weapons)
gcrewkill.odf
gentityplasma.odf
gcedrain.odf
crewkill.odf
cedrain.odf
entityplasma.odf
(copy these to ..Textures/RGB)
crystalline1.tga
crystalline2.tga
crystalline3.tga
centitywire.tga
gbentity0.tga
gbentity1.tga
gbentity2.tga
gbentity3.tga
gbecplas.tga
gbcebeam.tga
ceplasma.tga

That's it for the file list, now to install:

1. Open tech1.tt with notepad and add the following:

crystalline0.odf 0
crystalline1.odf 0
crystalline2.odf 0
crystalline3.odf 0
gentityplasma.odf 0
gcedrain.odf 0
gcrewkill.odf 0

2. Now open the gui_global.spr file and copy these lines:

# General Buttons
@reference=64

b_crystalline0 gbcentity0 0 0 64 64
b_crystalline1 gbcentity1 0 0 64 64
b_crystalline2 gbcentity2 0 0 64 64
b_crystalline3 gbcentity3 0 0 64 64

# Special weapon buttons
@reference=64

b_gcedrain gbcebeam 0 0 64 64
b_gentityplasma gbceplas 0 0 64 64

# Ship Wireframes
@reference=256

crystalline0w1 centitywire 0 0 128 128
crystalline2w1 centitywire 128 0 128 128
crystalline1w1 centitywire 0 128 128 128
crystalline3w1 centitywire 128 128 128 128

3. Next open weapons.spr file and add the following:

@reference=256
# Crystalline Plasma Cannon
crystaltorp CEplasma 0 0 128 128 @anim=tex2x2

4. Then you can add it as a starting unit, or put it in the map editor, etc...

For example, open species8472.odf in the .../odf/other folder and add:
standardUnits5 = "crystalline3.odf" // Crystalline Entity


If you want to contact me:

slider17@geocities.com


Legal Disclaimer:
Although the rest is by me, the stock texture, Wultrinm.tga was used, and came included with the game Star Trek Armada 2, which is a copyright/trademark of Paramount and/or parent corporations. This material was not intended for profit nor was any infringement of intellectual property intended. The author assumes no responsibility for the possession of, use of, or effects from this material. Nor do I mind redistribution of this file in its original form.