Using Fleet Operations models/backgrounds/effects in Stock A

posted on September 22nd, 2011, 9:34 am

Hi guys,

Just discovered FO, looks absolutely amazing. However, I'd love to be able to use the FO models in stock A2, while waiting for a version of FO that actually has a campaign. Are there any mods out there that don't modify stock A2, beyond putting it in the FO engine and replacing the models? I know about Classic A2, but that doesn't seem to change any models.

Thanks in advance!

posted on September 22nd, 2011, 9:38 am

welcome to the forums! 
yes, here you'll get some info: Star Trek Armada II: Fleet Operations - Star Trek Armada II Import

[Smurf83]

posted on September 22nd, 2011, 9:58 am

Last edited by Smurf83 on September 22nd, 2011, 10:23 am, edited 1 time in total.

Thanks DOCa Cola, really quick and friendly response

Yeah, I'm currently using STA2 Import (hooray for widescreen!). I'm just trying to make it look as beautiful as FO, without success. I was hoping that someone would've already done the hard work for me, and made a mod that replaced the STA2 Import stock models with FO ones.

Incidentally, I tried playing around with importing FO models into STA2 Import. I replaced fbattle.sod with the Fleet Ops sovereign, and chucked the textures in. That's definitely imported the model, but it still doesn't seem to look as good as it does in FO vanilla. Is there something I'm missing? The pure-FO version just seems to look darker with more defined lighting, if that makes sense.

Thanks again!

EDIT: Never mind, I'm starting to play around with the map editor a bit, and things are looking up!

posted on September 22nd, 2011, 11:14 am

yes, i made the same observation as you, when fiddling with a stock armada 2 mod. the boring lighting on stock maps is probably the culprit.

posted on September 22nd, 2011, 12:24 pm

yes, i made the same observation as you, when fiddling with a stock armada 2 mod. the boring lighting on stock maps is probably the culprit.

Yes one of the mistakes that the original A2 Devs made, was to not take advantage of the lighting on maps that the engine provided.

posted on September 22nd, 2011, 3:16 pm

Blade is semi-working on a revamp of the Stock textures etc, but it's also a concept mod that changes a lot of features.

If you are just looking to replace the in-game content, perhaps the Armada II Upgrade Project would be of interest
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It's not FO stuff, but it definitely makes A2 look nicer certainly