Species 8472 Pack 05 (Collector and Transmuter):

Hello:
I am Chiletrek and this mod contains my version of the Species 8472 collectorer and transmuter.

Species 8472 is a powerful presence in the game, but it is always one of the most neglected races, still it is between the races with the best quality of stock models and textures; but after this many years since the game first came out, all races began having updates on their models and now I wanted to try and give Species 8472 some new models and, in this way, to update them a bit.

All new models have a different more accurate scaling, so don't be alarmed if you find the new models are too small (compared to the stock ones), but they are still bigger than their actual canon sizes.


Things I made:

1) New models and texture to replace the stock Species 8472 Collector and Transmuter. Both ships been released together as they were remade together and they are both necessary to accomplish the vital task of resource gathering.

2) New buildbuttons, wireframes, Admiral's Log pics and ODFs.

3) This Read me.


Installation Instructions:

Before anything, you should make a backup of your files since they will edited and/or replaced. The file that will receive a big editing will be gui_global.spr, so try to have a backup of it before editing it, so it will be easier to revert to a previous state.

1) Unzip the contents of this file on a temporary folder.

2) Open your Star Trek Armada II folder.

3) Copy .sod files from this "SOD" folder and paste them in your SOD folder located in the main game directory.

4) Copy 8472_collector.bmp and 8472_transmuter.bmp and paste them in your bitmapsAdmiralsLogShipImages folder.

5) Copy the content of the "ships" folder and paste them in your odfships folder. Replace if asked, these two files are the ships' main odf files.

6) Copy all .tga files of the "RGB" folder and paste them in your TexturesRGB folder.

6a) This pack come with alternate textures, with the same colour of the Battleship and Frigate (the canon bioships).

If you want to have the alternate version instead of the recoloured version, copy all tga files from the "RGB (alt)" folder in your TexturesRGB folder and remove all the (alt) from the texture file names.

6b) The files called 8472_collectorCT-512.tga and 8472_transmuterCT-512.tga are lower resolution versions of the texture files (512x512), copy these ones and rename them to 8472_collectorCT.tga and 8472_transmuterCT.tga if you have lags ingame or if don't want/can't use the higher resolution one (1024x1024).

The same goes for the alternate versions of the texture files.

7) Open your Sprites folder and open gui_global.spr with Notepad.

8) Search for: #8472 Wireframes
@reference=128

9) Paste these lines:

8472_collectorw1 8472_collectorwire 40 0 40 40
8472_collectorw2 8472_collectorwire 0 40 40 40
8472_collectorw3 8472_collectorwire 40 40 40 40
8472_collectorw4 8472_collectorwire 80 0 40 40
8472_collectorw5 8472_collectorwire 0 0 40 40

8472_transmuterw1 8472_transmuterwire 40 0 40 40
8472_transmuterw2 8472_transmuterwire 0 40 40 40
8472_transmuterw3 8472_transmuterwire 40 40 40 40
8472_transmuterw4 8472_transmuterwire 80 0 40 40
8472_transmuterw5 8472_transmuterwire 0 0 40 40

if you cannot fine the @reference=128 line, you can add it, this will allow for the correct visualization of the new wireframes.

10) Now Search for:

8472_collectorw1 8472wireframe02 0 96 48 48
8472_collectorw2 8472wireframe02 48 96 48 48
8472_collectorw3 8472wireframe02 96 96 48 48
8472_collectorw4 8472wireframe02 144 96 48 48
8472_collectorw5 8472wireframe02 192 96 48 48

8472_transmuterw1 8472wireframe02 0 192 48 48
8472_transmuterw2 8472wireframe02 48 192 48 48
8472_transmuterw3 8472wireframe02 96 192 48 48
8472_transmuterw4 8472wireframe02 144 192 48 48
8472_transmuterw5 8472wireframe02 192 192 48 48

below the @reference=256 and erase them, this will allow the use of the new wireframes instead of the original ones.

11) The build buttons are new designs using Yacuzza's 8472 button template from the Twilight Mod, the will replace stock buttons but they don't need new codes.

MS3d files are present in this SOD folder, if someone wants to take a look at them ;) .

12) Pheewwww, Finally, you are ready to enjoy this mod, I'm sorry to make such long read me but it was neccesary to try to avoid problems.


Credits:

1) Gene Roddenberry: For creating the Star Trek saga. Thank you very much!

2) Activision and Mad-Doc Software: For making the game.

3) Yacuzza for allowing me to use his Species 8472 button template from the Twilight Mod.

4) My friends, who have been quite insistent with me so I can begin releasing new modding materials XD .

5) Chiletrek (me!): Made the new models and textures.

6) You: For taking your time to take a look at my mod :)


Contact:

Any doubts, questions or suggestions, you can E-mail me at: astro_nejiro at hotmail.com
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I am not responsible for any type of damage, either for virus or for the use of this MOD.

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Copyright notices:

Star Trek, Star Trek Armada II, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: The Next Generation,
Star Trek: Voyager (and the various logo devices used in them) are copyright Paramount Pictures, as are the characters, related images, and sound from the productions.