A squad of almost relic-worthy mechs, consisting of Old-Earth World War 2 technology. Even though their old age, they still pack quite a punch.
Original idea: tob260
Creation: Truelch
Download
Latest version: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... sp=sharing
You can also find it on Github: https://github.com/FloranDev2/ItB-WotP
Squad
Howitzer Mech (KV-2 'AT-ST')
The KV-2 Mech, official designation “AT-ST”, probably designed by a crazy Old-earth designer named Sergei, is very straight forward when it comes to destroying its foes. It wields a 152 mm howitzer, originally designed to bust through bunkers. Nowadays it's used to bust through the toughest vek the hive can spawn, dealing massive damage in the process, especially to larger Vek. Even with its high age, its armor can withstand heavy beating, allowing it to hold its position. However, its age doesn’t only come with advantages. Due to it being a very old prototype, with, at the time, even less developed type of movement system, the mech suffers from very low movement capabilities. Position it well, so that you can use its massive armament to obliterate any enemy, that dares to cross your path.
Heavy Bomber Mech (Pe-8)
The Pe-8 heavy bomber can wreck havoc among the enemy with explosions & fire (not the Youtube channel). It carries big payload of 500 kilogram bombs, which deal considerable amount of damage, and which can be upgraded to be filled with additional napalm, setting struck tiles ablaze. It also carries one FAB-5000 5 ton bomb, which can vaporize anything in its splash zone, however must be used with care, otherwise it might cause unwanted collateral damage. Sadly, the Archive engineers haven’t found a way to reduce its destructive capabilities on allied machinery… yet.
Support Mech (M22 Locust)
M22 is a great utility mech, it can zip around the battlefield while supporting its team by using its very outdated, yet useful cannon able of shooting canister rounds, which can push the enemy, and smoke rounds, which can smoke up enemies to mess up their plans. Both of the shells can be upgraded to deal damage, while retaining their properties. Due to its small size, it can maneuver through smoke, but is prone to drowning. Use this mech wisely and with care, and it will serve you well.
The M6 Gun is a weapon that has two fire modes: Push and Smoke. To change mode, arm your weapon (by clicking on it) and a sub menu will appear on the right:
Achievements
I won't spoil you the achievements, but here are their icons:
Squad achievements:
Global achievements:
Showcase
narD made a show case (version 1.0.2): https://youtu.be/MjNbZJvy6n0
Credits
Thanks a lot for the Discord community that helps a lot with feedback!
Special thanks to:
Lemonymous for the huge amount of help, knowledge, debug, the documentation you provided in addition to the various libraries that I stol... I mean took from you
tosx for your help and mod expertise
narD also for sharing your code and show casing the mod
ALPHA (and Lemonymous) for helping me to set up FMW.
NamesAreHard (and Lemonymous again!) for helping me on the non massive warning script and the shop.
Protostar909 for the help for the custom menu.
Protostar909, ,̶'̶,̶|̶'̶,̶'̶_̶ (loss), Machin and R30hedron for your feedbacks on the balance and design.
R30hedron (again!) and Djinn for your feedback on the KV-2 sprite.
and of course kartoFlane for the modloader!!!
(I hope I forgot nobody!)
Versions
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Changelog
Version 2.1.4:
- Fixed issue where Big Shots achievement could be triggered by environment kill if the last Mech used was the Howitzer Mech
- Cleaning stuff (removing remaining code referring to the Cryo Mech (was working on the sprites for another modders' mod))
- Removed fake M6 Gun and all code related to it, causing the shop to sell this weapon
Version 2.1.3:
- Added FAB-500 and FAB-5000 (nuke!) animations
- Fixed Pe8 broken and water broken sprites
- Fixed M10T Howitzer's upgrade description
- Polished FAB-5000 reload mechanic, can choose with the old version and tutorials adapts depending on the version
Version 2.1.2:
- Added options (Howitzer's piercing icon, FAB-5000 version, ...)
- Fixed achievements kill count logic
- FMW fixes (now vers 8.4.1)
Version 2.0.2:
- Achievements and custom background work again!
- Added some units and missions from other mods to the global achievements
Version 2.0.1:
- Made the old FAB-5000 reloading system work. But might fail with Conservative skill.
Version 2.0.0:
- Pre-release of the updated for AE.
Version 1.1.2:
- Imported Lemonymous' modified FMW lib
Version 1.1.1:
- FAB-5000 text fixed (thx rotterdxm! ;))
Version 1.1.0:
Balance changes:
- FAB-500 first upgrade's cost increased from 1 to 2
- FAB-5000 cannot be used if it was used the previous mission
Custom menu!
- When you complete all the achievements (both squad and global achievements of this squad), you can enable a custom menu. (you enable / disable it inside the mod config and restart the game)
Quality of Life improvements / Tooltips
- Changed the KV-2’s weapon description (adding remaining HP mention). Also states the max range.
- Made the KV-2 shot twice on the same target to show that its damage decreases.
Sprites' improvements:
- Improved KV-2 sprite (higher / thinner turret)
- Created an original icon for the FAB-500 (at last!)
Version 1.0.2:
- Updated FMW to version 8.2
Version 1.0.1:
- Removed unused and deprecated files
Version 1.0.1:
- Some fixes for Pe-8 and KV-2 achievements
