Water Planets Mod
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This is a simple mod for Space Empires V that adds in water planets, and the ability to colonize them, along with a few other details.
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Overview
Water Planets
Two of the textures for Rock planets have been turned into Water planets. There also is the new tech area of Water Planet Colonization, as well as the corresponding Water Planet Colony. Water planets are also incapable of holding no atmosphere, because under an airless condition, the water would either vaporize or freeze, it would not be able to stay liquid without an atmosphere. Also, a couple of the built-in empires are edited to live on Water planets, since their type is Aquatic. The Norak are one of these.
Alternate Racials
There are a few other options I added in for race creation. These are a single government, a single racial trait, and a single society type. I plan to add more in later.
The government is a Plutocracy, the rule of the rich. It has increased trade and resource collection, but decreased population assimilation, research, and intelligence gathering.
The society type is Sadists, those who take joy in the pain of others. It increases intel gathering, and weapon chance to hit and damage, but decreases trade, research, happiness, and loyalty.
The racial trait is No Moral Code. These are people who have no conscience. It increases research and intel gathering, as well as resource collection, but, due to the fact that they work their people to death, it decreases reproduction by 20%. This number might have to be changed after some more serious testing.
Small Facilities
Has anyone ever noticed that when you use a race with Advanced Storage Techniques, it always leaves your planets with a few hundred kT of facility space left? That's always bugged me, so I added in small versions of facilities to use it. These are exactly 1/10 the size, cost, and capability of the bigger ones, which I left intact. They are: Mineral Miner, Organics Farm, Radioactives Extraction, Monolith, Research, Intelligence, and all 4 storage facilities.
Also, the Monolith facility has been nerfed slightly.
Naming
Finally, it has one bonus feature included: In Data/DesignNames, there is a file "DesignNames_TREKFED.TXT". This is a DesignName file that has every single name used by the Federation in Star Trek. I enjoy using it.
And... it seems I left my Orz design names in there as well. These are in the style of the Orz from Star Control 2. Look them up.
Credits
This mod was primarily created by Daniel Barnhart, aka Gaeamil. Main site
Conceptual and balance help given by Darth_Cloaked_Guy. Main Site
ANY AND ALL BUGS should be reported to Daniel Barnhart at aescudal@lycos.com.
External Links
I apologize that the file is big, but I wasn't sure what I could leave out and still keep it in the game. It includes Pictures, Data, and Empires.
