I dont think it needs much of an explanation... If it were my creation I'd simply say every time a maraz goes into an enemy system it realeases a swarm of robotic probes that attach to orbiting debris in the hope to be used as planetary bombardment projectiles.

the concept and execution rock.

ds

I'm planning on using the muzzle effect to make the Marza look like its generating a magnetic field of some sort. I might also be able to move the weapon point on the mesh file to somewhere inside the planet so the asteroids don't have to go through the Marza.

Glad everyone is liking the concept so far though. I'll try to polish it up.

From a lore perspective, the Marza could simply distribute nanotechnology builder bots that attach to spacerocks and then use the asteroid's material to first build a powerful engine on them, and then phase them into local space on a collision course with the planet when summoned. The imprecise phase field this process generates would kill any normal crew, so they can't use similar teleportation capabilities on their own ships.

Lost - you continue to impress, guy.

I also checked out the game files to see how they did the little "elevator" structures on the planet, hoping they could be used to create a glowing crater that lasts quite a while and rotates with it. Doesn't look like it can, unfortunately - there's no "rotate with planet" switch so I'm thinking it's hard-coded somewhere.

-- Retro

Well HammerSun had fun with orbiting moons for his mod, so there is something there that can be done I think with regard to this something can be done.



And yes, a new version for our explosive pleasure would be nice. Watch out though, Blizzard can be nasty when it comes to their stuff, especially anything that has to do with something that is theirs and theirs alone. Like the phrase "When its done."

Got a problem with this mod.
I download it and put it in the mod folder, I run the game and tries to enable the mod. The game freezes for about five seconds before you can hear a "windows error-sound" and SoaSE creates a minidump and crashes directly after. I use 1.04 and no other mods so I don't have any clue about what's going on here, help would be wonderful

When's the next version tho?

Does this work online?

Ello, I've added a new video to my original post again. Alternatively, you can also click here to visit youtube and take a look at it.

Hope it doesn't suck.
Feedback is appreciated.

Congratulations. You've now made kitchen sinks one of the scariest damn things in the Sins universe.


That's excellent, Lost. I'd suggest you please reduce the saturation of the Marza muzzle flash, as it's a bit overpowering. Further, UEF does have a point with the purple hue on initial contact - pure white with a touch of yellow, maybe, fading to darker orange later?

-- Retro

At first i thought it would be better in orange/red, but then i realized that the strong magnetic fields would cause disortions, making it like that color. and the comet's icy, so its blue like that as well. So

Bloody hell, this looks excellent! The only two suggestions I have are to remove/change the flash when the nukes hit, it looks good with the asteroids but a bit out of place with the slower missiles. An idea that would make the Marza's sieging even cooler would be to have the explosion create a long lasting dustcloud over the area. Can't wait to see what you do next!

It wouldn't let me move the "bomb" point off of the ship mesh to do that.
As far as explaining the projectile passing through the ship... a wizard did it.



I'm still trying to figure out a way to add some clouding graphics without jacking up the particle count on the effect. Clouds probably won't make it into this version though.


Thanks, and keep the feedback coming please.