my mod concept. opinions

[jonesie85two]

JONESIE'S ENHANCEMENT MOD v1.2b

I have been moding Bitrh of the Federation for years now. initially using DCER's Ultimate Editor just to change the names of ships and buildings to "imitate" other species.

the i learnt (slowly) how to modify BOTF in-depth including extreme hex-editing. i then produced a mod called jonesies legacy/beginning mod. It worked perfectly for me but not on anybody else's machines unfortunately.


2 months ago i came back to the community and realized with such happiness that monumental break-throughs have been made!

i decided to go back to the drawing board and include as many of these new break-throughs as possible in my new mod.



the Concept was to concentrate on Generic Enhancement to slow down the progression of the game in a balanced manner. however i seem to have spent alot of time adding as many new ships as possible! anyway, i would like your opinion and/or suggestions

Changes:-

MAJOR RACES:-

New race specific buildings added (dominion structures renamed).

- Cardassian
- Federation
- Dominion
- Klingon
- Romulan

MINOR RACES:-

All minors have different specific structures. 27 Minors have buildable ships each ship has an upgrade available once they have reached the correct level of development.

Breen, Andorian, Hurq, Baku, Coridan, Bajoran, Sona, Hirogen, Betazoid, Kazon, Kobali, Krenim, Sikarian, Ocompans, Mikhal, Marquis, Orions, 8472, Talosians, Ferengi, Vidiians, Talarians, Tamarians, Trill, Denobulans, Vulcans, Xindi and Zakdorn.

GRAPHIC CHANGES:-

- Terratory tile images changed.
- make-shift dominion interface implemented (no-where near as good as udmIII's version).

STAT CHANGES:-

- In-Game text edited.
- Lexicon edited.
- beginning tech start, only home system colonized.
- Major empires home system adjusted.
- Races info extensively modified.
- Major tolerances adjusted.
- Minor race attitudes adjusted.
- All home systems have 255 default population.
- Raised the total planet populations by a little.

SHIPS:-

I have replaced all original BOTF ships with mostly ships from the udm ship pack but i have used many other vessels from the other ship packs.

- All majors have,
3 Scouts
2 Destroyers
2 Heavy Destroyers
2 Cruiser
2 Strike Cruisers (Federation have Medium Cruisers)
2 Heavy Cruisers
1 Tactical Cruiser
2 Battleships
1 Dreadnaught
2 Troop Transports
2 Colony Ships
2 Outposts
1 Starbase (very powerful)

(Federation Heavy Escort has been removed for which i shall stand trial for at a later date)

CARDASSIAN

- Scout I-III - Brinook UDM
- Destroyer I-II - Sartan UDM
- Heavy Destroyer I-II - Hideki UDM
- Cruiser I-II - Ranol DR.BREEN
- Heavy Cruiser I - Gildron UDM
- Heavy Cruiser II - Keldon UDM
- Strike Cruiser I - Voricador UDM
- Strike Cruiser II - Kulinor UDM
- Battleship I-II - Galor UDM
- Tactical Cruiser - Legate UDM
- Dreadnaught - Hutet UDM
- Transport + Colony - Groumall UDM
- Outpost + Starbase - Nor UDM

FEDERATION

- Scout I - NX-01
- Scout II - Norway UDM
- Scout III - Nova Ship pack 1 (Thunderchero)
- Destroyer I - Miranda UDM
- Destroyer II - Miranda Refit UDM
- Heavy Destroyer I - Centaur UDM
- Heavy Destroyer II - Defiant UDM
- Cruiser I - Constitution Ship Pack 1 (Dafedz)
- Cruiser II - Constit.. refit UDM
- Medium Cruiser I - Excelsior UDM
- Medium Cruiser II - Akira UDM
- Heavy Cruiser I - Nebula UDM
- Heavy Cruiser II - Intrepid UDM
- Tactical Cruiser - Prometheus UDM
- Battleship I - Ambassador UDM
- Battleship II - Galaxy UDM
- Dreadnaught - Sovereign UDM
- Transport + Colony - Liberator UDM
- Outpost + Starbase - Spacedock UDM

DOMINION

- Scout I-III - Sigma-Scout Ship-pack 1 (Siggi)
- Destroyer I - Netel DR.BREEN
- Destroyer II - Lambda UDM
- Heavy Destroyer I-II - Iota UDM
- Cruiser I-II - Alpha UDM
- Strike Cruiser I - Beta UDM
- Strike Cruiser II - Psi UDM
- Heavy Cruiser I - Dominion T-15 Voltrons Ship Pack
- Heavy Cruiser II - Dominion C-17 Voltrons Ship Pack
- Tactical Cruiser - Zeta UDM
- Battleship I-II - Theta UDM
- Dreadnaught - Gamma UDM
- Transport + Colony - Kappa UDM
- Outpost + Starbase - Ulitma UDM

KLINGON

- Scout I - Rapter Ship pack 1 (Jigglypuff)
- Scout II-III - Mave'q UDM
- Destroyer I - Maq'Migh UDM
- Destroyer II - B'rel UDM
- Heavy Destroyer I-II - Nethak Ship Pack 1 (Thunderchero)
- Battle Cruiser I - Vutpa Voltrons Ship pack
- Battle Cruiser II - k't'inga UDM
- Strike Cruiser I - K'Vort'Cha UDM
- Strike Cruiser II - Suq'Jagh UDM
- Heavy Cruiser I-II - k'vort UDM
- Tactical Cruiser - Bird of Death Ship pack 1 (Thunderchero)
- Battleship I - Lu'spet Voltrons ship pack
- Battleship II - Vorcha UDM
- Dreadnaught - Negh'Var DR.BREEN
- Transport + Colony - LiWl UDM
- Outpost + Starbase - TyGokor UDM

ROMULAN

- Scout I-III - D'Renet Ship pack 1 (Jigglypuff)
- Destroyer I-II - P'Liath UDM
- Heavy Destroyer I-II - K'mrinn UDM
- Cruiser I - Venetor Voltrons Ship pack
- Cruiser II - K'reihmn'Sai UDM
- Strike Cruiser I - V'harfeh UDM
- Strike Cruiser II - T'Hawril UDM
- Heavy Cruiser I - V'voronir Ship pack 1 (Dafedz)
- Heavy Cruiser II - V'Norexon UDM
- Tactical Cruiser - Shadow Voltrons Ship pack
- Battleship I - D'Renedex Ship pack 1 (Dafedz)
- Battleship II - D'Deridex UDM
- Dreadnaught - Scimitar UDM
- Transport + Colony - D'Retex UDM
- Outpost + Starbase - Mandukar UDM

MINOR RACE

I know that many of these vessels arent cannon tre ships or typical ships the minors would have used but i though it best not to duplicate.

- Breen - Tykk UDM
- Abdorian - Kumari UDM
- Hurq - Tau UDM
- Baku - Botchok UDM
- Coridan - Ah'kal UDM
- Bajoran - Fighter ucw (Thunderchero)
- Sona - Gall'a UDM
- Hirogen - Netel DR.BREEN
- Betazed - Savonigar UDM
- Kazon - warship UCW (Thunderchero)
- Kobali - Lotan UDM
- Krenim Imperia - warship UCW (Thunderchero
)- Sikarian - Warship UCW (Thunderchero)
- Mikhal - Yridian UDM
- Marquis - Condor UDM
- Orion - Maymora UDM
- 8472 - Bioship UDM
- Ferengi - D'Kora UDM
- Viddia - Netel DR.BREEN
- Tellerites - Lotan UDM
- Tholia - Loskene UDM
- Talarian - Talarian UCW (Thunderchero)
- Tamarian - Tamarian UDM
- Trill - Talarian UCW (Thunderchero)
- Denobular - Condor UDM
- Vulcan - Surak C-Cruiser Ship pack 1 (Jigglypuff)
- Xindi - Ibix UDM


Also i intended to change minor races to make them a more prominent through out the game.

[jonesie85two]

this mod was made for my personal use only. i do not have any permissons to 'republish' any of the materials. i hope none of tghe original authors are angry with me and i am sorry if i have broken forum policy.

i do not intend to release this mod. i just spent so long working on it that i just wanted to brag a bit :-)

[DCER]

Well done, looks like a lot of work went into it.

I see you haven't edited tech research points requirements to slow down research?

[jonesie85two]

I know. lol... of all things, i forgot to do that!

im playing through a full game im writing down what ive done wrong or could do better.

thanks for the suggestion :-)