[Ship][AE] Mantis Frigate

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[Ship][AE] Mantis Frigate

Postby PR0T05T33L » Sun Aug 27, 2017 12:47 pm

Mantis Frigate Type A - 'Ire of Coronatus'
This modified Mantis warship carries a large pirate crew led by the young Hyman Coronatus and a massive artillery laser flak cannon, but not much else.
Despite the odds, the crew of the 'Ire of Coronatus' is confident they can survive. Or perhaps, they're just very, very foolish.

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Mantis Frigate Type B - GFS 'Confusa Say'
Coming soon... hopefully...

Mantis Frigate Type C - 'Slayer Nebulosus'
Coming soon...

Credits
Thanks to sleepz8 for the artillery weapon art! Check out the original version here!

Downloads
Type A v1.1 - Adjusted artillery radius, replaced Burst Laser Mk II with Burst Laser Mk I
Type A v1.0
Replaces Mantis A, does not require any other mods
If a download link doesn't work, let me know! The best way to contact me is through Reddit.

Known Issues
None yet, but if anything pops up, let me know.

To-Do
Type A - Better miniship image and 3 new rival gang events
Type B - Hull image, gib images and miniship image
Type C - Hull image, gib images and miniship image
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Re: [Ship][AE] Mantis Frigate

Postby Arfy » Mon Aug 28, 2017 4:21 am

Just as a heads up, use mediafire or dropbox as a downloader.

Edit: Also, the mini-ship image isnt that bad, it's a common thing for most modders to shrink ships like that.

Edit Edit: It appears the Burst Laser I (in the image) has been replaced with a Burst II when playing with the actual ship. Can't tell if intentional or not.

In the blueprints the tag <name>LASER_MANTIS_ARTILLERY</name> is not needed at all.
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Re: [Ship][AE] Mantis Frigate

Postby PR0T05T33L » Mon Aug 28, 2017 5:04 am

Arfy wrote:Just as a heads up, use mediafire or dropbox as a downloader.
I'd rather use Google Drive, because I already have it and as far as I'm aware, both Mediafire and Dropbox delete your account if you don't check in on it regularly.

Arfy wrote:Edit Edit: It appears the Burst Laser I (in the image) has been replaced with a Burst II when playing with the actual ship. Can't tell if intentional or not.
I've just updated the preview images.
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Re: [Ship][AE] Mantis Frigate

Postby Arfy » Mon Aug 28, 2017 5:18 am

I did a run all the way to Sector 5 on hard(a pretty quick run, like my usual runs) and sometimes went rough through some rough patches, but it's like all of my runs.

But onto more important matters;

This ship plays a lot like the Federation A, since you'll be dispatching ships faster then your artillery can fire.
The thing about the artillery however, I feel like the radius of it is a tad too small; a radius of 35 is smaller then a 2x2 room. Making it a 9 damage, deathly accurate laser. Toning down the damage also might balance it more.

But still, gratz on releasing your first ship.
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Re: [Ship][AE] Mantis Frigate

Postby PR0T05T33L » Mon Aug 28, 2017 5:36 am

Arfy wrote:This ship plays a lot like the Federation A, since you'll be dispatching ships faster then your artillery can fire.
The thing about the artillery however, I feel like the radius of it is a tad too small; a radius of 35 is smaller then a 2x2 room. Making it a 9 damage, deathly accurate laser. Toning down the damage also might balance it more.
I'll adjust the radius and replace the Burst Laser II in the next version.

Arfy wrote:But still, gratz on releasing your first ship.
Thanks for checking it out!
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Re: [Ship][AE] Mantis Frigate

Postby BrenTenkage » Mon Aug 28, 2017 6:53 am

when ya do the fixes I'll play the ship ^_^
I make a lot of lets plays of FTL, I also use mods I find on this site http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL ... 06hca_PXuX
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Re: [Ship][AE] Mantis Frigate

Postby PR0T05T33L » Mon Aug 28, 2017 7:36 am

Type A v1.1 is uploaded! I changed the artillery weapon's radius from 35 to 50; hopefully, that won't make it too inaccurate. The Burst Laser has been replaced and a few bits of XML here and there have been changed.

In the background, progress on the Type C is going decently well.
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Re: [Ship][AE] Mantis Frigate

Postby BrenTenkage » Mon Aug 28, 2017 7:48 am

PR0T05T33L wrote:Type A v1.1 is uploaded! I changed the artillery weapon's radius from 35 to 50; hopefully, that won't make it too inaccurate. The Burst Laser has been replaced and a few bits of XML here and there have been changed.

In the background, progress on the Type C is going decently well.


Just one thing before I do a recording tommorow

How do I pronounce your name, Protosteel?
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Re: [Ship][AE] Mantis Frigate

Postby PR0T05T33L » Mon Aug 28, 2017 7:59 am

BrenTenkage wrote:How do I pronounce your name, Protosteel?
Pro-toe-steel.
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Re: [Ship][AE] Mantis Frigate

Postby BrenTenkage » Mon Aug 28, 2017 8:01 am

PR0T05T33L wrote:
BrenTenkage wrote:How do I pronounce your name, Protosteel?
Pro-toe-steel.


right thanks man ^_^ and check out my vids if ya want, I pretty much do daily vids and at least 1 FTL vid a day
I make a lot of lets plays of FTL, I also use mods I find on this site http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL ... 06hca_PXuX
I am also a modder as well, here is my mod hub viewtopic.php?f=11&t=32269