Modular Station

posted on March 17th, 2006, 11:32 pm

Ok back on topic.
Question: Is it possible
Answer: Yes. Easy. But to find a way for it to have a point, that's the difficult bit.

[The Black Baron]

posted on March 18th, 2006, 12:06 am

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The point is simple: The borg do use such buildings in st universe and so I would like to see them make such buildings in FO

I would join:
- the main base
- all researches
- all yards
- defences
All into one huge building, defences would be done with upgrades to the building. So basically if you'd take that building out it would mean a mortal blow for the borg. I would still give them a small outpost base or something plus some turrets they can build on their own
Make that and an aproximatly canon cube and I change my favorite race to borg in a sec

posted on March 18th, 2006, 2:32 pm

I'm right there with you TBB, something like that would be fab in FO.
Oh don't forget the Transwarp Hub, bigger and more gates.

The Federation and Romulans may be into having a research modular station that has all of everything that they need to research in one station. Everything else can go by itself. The Klingons might have a modular shipyards station to increase their ship building efforts, just a few thoughts... I could be wrong however.

What you think The BlacK BaRoN and ColdDarkParanoia?

posted on March 18th, 2006, 4:03 pm

OK well sorry to burst some of your bubbles but it isnt possible to get a research pod to build ships, try it yourself you get crashes and pods exploding and whatnot, the classlabel just isnt compatable.

The only person who ever got close I think was Elrond and he was trying to use the officers quarters classlabel from A1.

This was possible in A1 however not sure why it isnt still but basically it isnt in A1 pods where alot more versitile.

I would love to see it put in though if they have found away (I am doubtful though) maybe as you can upgrade a starbase with a weapons pod, or have a modular unimatrix or modular shipyards (like utopia planita for the feds)

Bottem line sounds like a good idea but i dont think it is possible

and as for us critisising were not but this is the Feature Request forum if they didnt want to know what we wanted then they wouldnt have a forum for it.

posted on March 18th, 2006, 4:59 pm

The Federation and Romulans may be into having a research modular station that has all of everything that they need to research in one station. Everything else can go by itself. The Klingons might have a modular shipyards station to increase their ship building efforts, just a few thoughts... I could be wrong however.

I dont know, I think feds and roms researches are ok now. Well they seem canon to me this way
I do agree with you on the klingons though

I hope your wrong Crazy Moose But u are right I havent yet seen an A2 mod doing pods that were able to build Well I hope they can pull a rabbit out of their arses for this one

posted on March 18th, 2006, 7:03 pm

I'm right there with you TBB, something like that would be fab in FO.
Oh don't forget the Transwarp Hub, bigger and more gates.

The Federation and Romulans may be into having a research modular station that has all of everything that they need to research in one station. Everything else can go by itself. The Klingons might have a modular shipyards station to increase their ship building efforts, just a few thoughts... I could be wrong however.

What you think The BlacK BaRoN and ColdDarkParanoia?

now that i like! sound very good i i love the idea about the kilingons! i would make them more of a formidable warlike race!

[Ozymandias]

posted on March 19th, 2006, 12:46 pm

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Its not that I havent just not seen it I have tried it myself. but yeah I hope they can pull a rabbit out of their arses too

There are things you can do though thinking about it:

I know you can have modular research stations. Just not modular shipyards.

So you could have a main research hub which researches all three types of research stations and then they research their pods but unfortunatly I am sure that pods cannont build ships.


One Idea of my own for the feds was a yard research station hybrid, so you build the yard and then instead of having to have to build a reasearch station it becomes like an addon at the side of the yard.

Oh and I think but im not sure that research pods can be used as weapons so starbases could have a reasearch option for extra weapons platforms around them say for certain klingon avatars, or any race for that matter

posted on March 19th, 2006, 5:00 pm

would be col if it could, just like homeworld 2

posted on March 19th, 2006, 5:40 pm

Oh and I think but im not sure that research pods can be used as weapons so starbases could have a reasearch option for extra weapons platforms around them say for certain klingon avatars, or any race for that matter

yea im pritty sure you can

posted on March 24th, 2006, 10:10 am

I think you can just tell the research modular station to build a shipyard without making the shipyard a pod. I could be wrong. There should be a few modular stations out there in cyberspace for Armada 2 to find out. I remember an all-in-one station a while back and it was for Federation in Armada 1 sadly.

posted on March 24th, 2006, 3:15 pm

i'm preety sure you can't build a shipyard as a module, so that it is built into or onto a station, but you could originate from the yard and make it look like something else, so in fact the yard is the basis for everything else.

[Atlantis]

posted on March 24th, 2006, 4:29 pm

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You can build ANYTHING as a pod. Shipyards can't build pods though.
The classlabel "pod" means nothing. You can just tell a research station to be able to build a turret, a starbase, anything. Just tell it what to build there, anything, even from the stock stations, and i bet you it will work fine.

posted on March 26th, 2006, 6:45 pm

Modular bases are possible just take ages of modding to make.

[Ozymandias]

posted on March 26th, 2006, 9:17 pm

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Atlantis sorry to say this but your wrong, classlabels mean everything, and the Pod classlabel is one of the scourges of A2 as you CAN NOT make pods shipyards it causes a crash try it yourself if you want but I am possitive that they can't build ships as I have tried it. I have modded A1 and A2 for years now and am currently working on the future tense mod for A1 creating a whole race by myself (I'm the sernaix guy for anyone who's watching FT) so I have some experience.

Modular stations are possible though and the pods can have weapons and research other pods so somethings can be done such as modular weapons platforms and such.

posted on March 26th, 2006, 9:32 pm

were you could keep add more bits on to the weapon platform that you built, i like that, build a weapon platfourm and be able to ugrade it, it would make the damb things worth building! lol