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Are we getting Quickcam for 1.6.1? e: Is the unmodded AI less dumb in 1.6.1? It seems like enemies work harder to get rear shots, and gang up more on my more vulnerable mechs a little better, but that might just be my imagination. On the other hand I just had an enemy Locust decide to melee my undamaged Centurion, who I promptly punched into 1,000,000 bits, so lol whelp sean10mm fucked around with this message at 14:29 on Jun 11, 2019 |
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They also added a “visited” marker so you know where you have been. Unrelated: I feel like shops tend to have more consistent mech parts this time around. I was able to buy another vindi over two planets.
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Jun 11, 2019 14:32
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It'd be nice if we could change history and just ignore some of the ludicrous, dumb stuff that happens a few decades down the line, yeah. And I agree, I feel like they'd need to realign the entire combat system to make Clan tech fit in. The current AI would also not work, because Clanners are dumbasses with dumb rules.
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Jun 11, 2019 15:07
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Is it really better to go for salvage, at least in the early game? In three missions I can get more than enough credits to get the parts for a medium mech.
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Jun 11, 2019 15:37
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I remember reading in this thread that someone who was doing some super hard mode thing that all money all the time is way better early on and just buy what you need.
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Jun 11, 2019 15:40
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Beer4TheBeerGod posted:Is it really better to go for salvage, at least in the early game? In three missions I can get more than enough credits to get the parts for a medium mech. Early on do a couple to pay the bills then slowly scootch over to 2/8 then 3/14. Always do 3/14 for the Assassinate missions though in case it's not a truck and you get that lucky headshot.
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Jun 11, 2019 15:42
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Beer4TheBeerGod posted:Is it really better to go for salvage, at least in the early game? Definitely not early on, when you're doing 0.5-1.0 skull missions, and all the salvage is Locusts and poo poo. Missions under 2 skulls are unlikely to give you parts for mech models you actually want for salvage. MAYBE a 1.5 skull assassination mission or battle can get you medium parts if the RNG is nice to you. My ballpark number is 2 skull and up I start going for more salvage in general, and max salvage for assassination missions.
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Jun 11, 2019 15:45
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RBA Starblade posted:Early on do a couple to pay the bills then slowly scootch over to 2/8 then 3/14. Normally it's 3/14 for salvage, but I had one mission that was 4/20 (lol), and I have no idea how the hell it happened. I want more missions like that where I can fill up a dropship with battlefield debris.
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Jun 11, 2019 16:38
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sean10mm posted:Are we getting Quickcam for 1.6.1? QuickCam 1.5 works just fine in 1.6.1 and doesn't need an update. Camera functions added or edited in 1.6 are related to camera hights for Urban biome, but nothing about timing. The stock AI is better, each large DLC related update seems to roll in some AI improvements. The in between updates don't seem to warrant that.
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Extended 3025 updated yesterday and it's been a blast. On my first mission out a pilot got shot in the head with a PPC and lived with needing 23 days in the hospital. I played a Convoy Ambush mission, against a medical team, that gave me -2 med tech points for a total of 32 days. I promptly dismissed them and hired a fresh face. I like to imagine we convinced them to go to the medical facilities downwell and just left I'm not sure if those -2 med tech points, were a part of 1.6 / UW or from EX3025 but the idea of repercussions for taking missions is rad
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Jun 11, 2019 17:54
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Amechwarrior posted:QuickCam 1.5 works just fine in 1.6.1 and doesn't need an update. Camera functions added or edited in 1.6 are related to camera hights for Urban biome, but nothing about timing. Nice!
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I R SMART LIKE ROCK posted:Extended 3025 updated yesterday and it's been a blast. On my first mission out a pilot got shot in the head with a PPC and lived with needing 23 days in the hospital. I played a Convoy Ambush mission, against a medical team, that gave me -2 med tech points for a total of 32 days. I promptly dismissed them and hired a fresh face. I like to imagine we convinced them to go to the medical facilities downwell and just left That's Justin Kase's MASH mission mod. He's also on the BTX3025 team, and on cFixes with me. I'll let him know more of that could be used. I think those little touches are what brings the game out of just feeling like each mission is an instanced encounter.
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Yeah it made the situation live and got me to make decisions based around it. Yeah, thanks for doing that, this stuff leads to a more dynamic feeling to a campaign
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So is there a list of recommended mods that are updated? Vanilla isn't really keeping my attention.
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Redeye Flight posted:It'd be nice if we could change history and just ignore some of the ludicrous, dumb stuff that happens a few decades down the line, yeah. They don't need to do anything to combat system for Clan Tech, they just need to balance Clan tech so it's not straight massive upgrades 100% of the time, all the way down. They already did that with dual heatsinks - it'd be just as easy to do it with Clan Tech.
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Jun 11, 2019 20:14
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Beer4TheBeerGod posted:So is there a list of recommended mods that are updated? Vanilla isn't really keeping my attention. What sort of experience are you looking for vanilla+ or total revamp?
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I R SMART LIKE ROCK posted:What sort of experience are you looking for vanilla+ or total revamp? Whatever folks think is fun. I'm flexible.
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Beer4TheBeerGod posted:So is there a list of recommended mods that are updated? Vanilla isn't really keeping my attention. Seconding this. I put this game aside for a patch period, and I could use a list of 'make the game playable/better ' stuff. Is ini hacking all the movement speeds still a thing? Are there still essential camera-usability mods? What about models/store mechs (unseen?) Any recommended 'make the game more varied and funner' ones? What's 3025 extended? You know, all that stuff. Help.
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I'll list ones that say they've been updated:
I've played both of these before and they are fun in different ways. I personally wanted to do vanilla+ this run to see how UW felt with more stuff There's also these but they aren't updated yet:
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TheParadigm posted:Seconding this. I make QuickCam, my original settings are now mostly stock as of 1.5 or so! HBS as integrated all but one or two settings in the default CombatGameConstants with just a little delay for new players. You can use QuickCam to take the short delays to zero, and I fixed a little issue with the camera moving faster. However it's no longer what I'd call mandatory, just a little speed perk if your already familiar with the game. I hope HBS continues to add in QoL mods like color LoS and dotted IDF lines of fire. MechSpin would be another one that should be stock.
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Anybody tried bfix 2.9.14? How much difference does it make to performance?
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Beer4TheBeerGod posted:Is it really better to go for salvage, at least in the early game? In three missions I can get more than enough credits to get the parts for a medium mech. Go all-in on cold hard cash for your first couple of missions. Paying the bills is the least interesting/fun part of this game and that's priority #1 until you can start reliably downing enemy mechs with no fuss. Upgrade your mechlab first, the faster you can have your mechs repaired/refit the better. Once you've got a good cash base go all-in on salvage, eventually you'll hit a spot where you'll be fully assembling 'something' after every mission and selling those off will be your best source of cash flow.
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TheParadigm posted:Seconding this. you can json edit anything you feel like, movespeed or otherwise. Essentially the full complete selection of PGI's mechs are also available, although half of those are obviously clan models. Critical QoL mods are: Firing line improvements ( https://www.nexusmods.com/battletech/mods/135 ) or if it gets updated (it's not, yet) https://www.nexusmods.com/battletech/mods/242?tab=posts&BH=0 Battletech performance fix has good speedups as well as compatibility support for un-updated mech packs (HBS removed shader code from the mech asset bundles and centralized it outside, to cut down on size and complexity, so pre 1.6 mechpacks need to be updated. Or you can have this mod). https://github.com/m22spencer/BattletechPerformanceFix/releases/tag/2.9.1 Melee mover: lets you choose which facing to melee attack from, assuming you have enough movement available https://www.nexusmods.com/battletech/mods/226 Or, really, a lot of the stuff in here: https://github.com/BattletechModders Pilot health popup is great, etc
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DatonKallandor posted:They don't need to do anything to combat system for Clan Tech, they just need to balance Clan tech so it's not straight massive upgrades 100% of the time, all the way down. They already did that with dual heatsinks - it'd be just as easy to do it with Clan Tech. Honestly just keeping DHS they way they work now would go a LOOOONG way to unfucking clantech - have the integral HS in the engine be SHS and then have the add-ons be DHS. It would make the designs run really hot and make them the high risk/ high reward style that the clans were always described as epitomizing.
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Thank you for all the answers. Illl go through em in ab it! Last I remember from ages ago was a manual edit/mod that changes the amount of difficulty / the amount of missions generated / flags for difficuly hikes removed from story (argo flags?) I like the idea of not being forced into assault mechs for every mission, and there being lots more choice. Is there a mod that does that out of the box, or is it still a 'roll your own' choice? There was also one big one that added like, conflict and factions that fight each other - like in a way that influenced mission variety and things - was this a mod or a main game update/dlc? that sounded really appealing to play with.
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Cyrano4747 posted:Honestly just keeping DHS they way they work now would go a LOOOONG way to unfucking clantech - have the integral HS in the engine be SHS and then have the add-ons be DHS. It would make the designs run really hot and make them the high risk/ high reward style that the clans were always described as epitomizing. I'd change the Clan weapons so they empthasize what Clans are supposedly about - pilot skill and duelling. High ammo consumption for the ammo using weapons (don't care about logistics in ritualized combat), accuracy penalties in exchange for higher damage per heat (don't need weapons that are easy to aim, Clan Pilots are supposed to be high skill), generally hotter running (because Clans have easy access to DHS) and no/shorter minimum ranges (beacuse Clanners hate supporting from range, they wanna get in there and duel). Also, I'd give Clan pilots different skill trees that emphasize they have a different mindset. Sensor Lock to help your lance shoot better? Not very Clanlike. A Skill line that improves melee? Clans hate and suck at melee. And yeah, obviously keep the current implementation of DHS, because it's extremely good and works.
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And Tyler Too! posted:Go all-in on cold hard cash for your first couple of missions. Paying the bills is the least interesting/fun part of this game and that's priority #1 until you can start reliably downing enemy mechs with no fuss. Upgrade your mechlab first, the faster you can have your mechs repaired/refit the better. Once you've got a good cash base go all-in on salvage, eventually you'll hit a spot where you'll be fully assembling 'something' after every mission and selling those off will be your best source of cash flow. I just found a fully-built King Crab in a shop after one of the storyline missions. 11,500,000 c-bills. Curses, I only have about 5 million cash on hand. *goes through inventory dumping the hundreds of medium lasers, LRM launchers, heat sinks, jump jets, etc* (also selling a pile of 50-and-lower-tonners I'll never have use for) King Crab purchased. People who don't do max salvage beyond ~2 skull missions or so are bonkers. Deuce fucked around with this message at 01:35 on Jun 12, 2019 |
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Cash rewards are a trap. Always go full salvage.
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wiegieman posted:Cash rewards are a trap. Always go full salvage. I thought we were talking about credit cards for a brief moment when I forgot what thread I was in.
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The problem is that you save up your points to trade in towards that sweet King Crab, then you find out there are black out tonnages and restrictions on how many you can roll over annually and at best you're getting a Locust with a broken foot actuator that smells like stale beer.
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Artificer posted:I thought we were talking about credit cards for a brief moment when I forgot what thread I was in. 0%apr for two years and a free Jenner with a new account.
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Hadn’t played since before the first expansion and forgot how much I liked the game and hated the load times. Had to reload a previous save on the way to the Prototype flashpoint since I was only carrying 2 mechs that met the tonnage requirements and wanted them ready when I got there. Then I got fairly wrecked on the 2nd mission since in my rush to do my first flashpoint I didn’t really optimize my medium mechs and gently caress that Mega SRM vehicle.
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Actually, the load times have been annoying me too. Is it purely a hard drive speed issue or would having more RAM help, because I've been meaning to upgrade from 8GB to 16 anyway.
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sean10mm posted:Anybody tried bfix 2.9.14? How much difference does it make to performance? This cuts down my loadtimes massively and I don't even have modded units. However, if you are not using modded units, in the settings.json turn the "GhostBlipOverride": false, or else you will lose the orange silhouettes on contact. He did something to make 1.5 assetbundle mods work, but at the cost of losing the silhouettes. Fair trade given you can't really load your modded saves if you play with modded units.
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Got an entire Cataphract out of a 2.5 skull assassination mission haha
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How much does the thread agree with the reviews of the DLC saying they're overpriced? It does seem steep as hell that £15 isn't even getting me a new campaign, I dunno if I'm being a dick saying that though. I keep thinking of getting them then balking, even at the sales prices.
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Taear posted:How much does the thread agree with the reviews of the DLC saying they're overpriced? It really, really improves the career mode to the point that it’s really the game after you beat the campaign once. If you’re on the fence I’d say it’s worth it at the sales price.
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Cyrano4747 posted:It really, really improves the career mode to the point that it’s really the game after you beat the campaign once. If you’re on the fence I’d say it’s worth it at the sales price.  Without the DLCs, career mode is just an  sandbox with nothing but randomly generated generic missions, and the "real game" is the Arano Restoration campaign. Once you've run that into the ground it's kind of... all there is.With the two DLCs, campaign mode contains like 28 of the flashpoint mini-campaigns in it or something, plus all the other little improvements and additions. It's a lot of non-random content, but you can do it in whatever order and at whatever pace you feel like. I think a lot of the bad reviews are people playing for half an hour and declaring it poo poo before they even got to the new DLC content.
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