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https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/194429923/star-trek-axanar

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http://www.moddb.com/mods/sacrifice-of-angels-2/downloads/soa2-073r-full

New UIs (not totally finished), tons of new sounds, ability additions and enhancements, Nor model, NPC HQs can now be captured, lots of new icons (some need finishing), and lots more...

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Culture boosts are specific research modifiers, not ability based.  You could tie abilities to the culture research, but they wouldn't fire based on culture.

That's what I figured after looking at the GameInfo file for half and hour to an hour.

This was me after a few years of dealing with the GameInfo folder....

you should try figuring out HOW to update mods you do not have between versions  of the expansions (and even between expansions), then for the final act, try to figure out how to make a utility for creating translations of the game when you only speak ONE language.

the results could end up with a VERY messy explosion from brain overload.

harpo

I also noticed the inclusion of some of the music from The Undiscovered Country. Well done. I always thought it was underrated. 

Gul Dukat has posted an informative play video of SOA2 on Youtube.

Watch it!

I chose the music in the early days of the mod to be trekish, but more "dark" for the federation being as they were at WAR. It is kind of hard to be bright, cheerful, and bubbly like the root beer Quark so fondly compares to the Federation if you are at freaking WAR, and enemy's beset you on all fronts, and this is before the Borg show up.....

The TMP soundtrack (Mainly the V'ger themes) fit that to a tee. For the other factions i wanted something similar, but recognizable. I was going to use Jerry Goldsmith (the composer for most of the trek movies, and TMP series) themes from other non-trek movies like "The ghost in the darkness" for some of the klingons music. My plan was to use as much music from Jerry Goldsmith as possible that fit with the factions. If that failed then use from the various star trek games like Starfleet Command. If that failed then look elsewhere.

What i did NOT want was the main Star Trek theme (in its several variations) relentlessly playing over, and over, and over again. It's nice, but it can get real old real quick. If you noticed in the early releases of the mod i omitted it altogether. We use as much music from the trek movies, and tv series as possible. If we use "other" music. this was my plan.

The Klingons, On top of their canon themes would have used a lot of tribal music, or warrior themes.

The Romulans. Really didnt have much canon music that made them stand out. So i would have used roman empire, or greek themes.

The Dominion, DS9 music didnt do them any justice. They are the "Space Nazi's". So they would have been themed appropriately

The Borg, Self explanatory. Cybernetic Doom!! I think Fisto did a good job with their themes.

I'm cool with the music in the mod as it is now. I saw some retard on ModDB post that the music was "crap".. Psys reply was perfect. "So music from the Trek movies, and series is "crap"?". I refrained from putting my 2 cents in, because the page would have exploded.

As far as "underrated" music.. Trek VI is kinda underrated. Though its not Jerry Goldsmith it is pretty good, and fits the "deep mystery who dunnit" theme of trek VI.

Trek V IMO its music was great. Despite the movie itself being total shit (though Into Darkness took its place as the worst trek movie).

Do not underestimate some of the music from the TV series too. Especially TNG, because it was all Goldsmith.

Mostly for taking over the NPC starbases (HQs) and being able to use their ships. Other races that dont have an HQ, like Maquis, is up in the air still. Maybe not actually adding some of their ships to your fleet,but sending the odd raid out to your eneimies, like proxy war, or just a research bonus that fits that race. Open to ideas, just needed to get a release out, I needed a break.

EDIT: Basically, each random can have different NPC races, so if you dont encounter that race, dont bother with the research, just focus on colonized planets that have a HQ which is what was sending the raids out against you. EG, you get raids by Ferengi, find their planet, bomb the hell out of it, take it over, the SB will flip to yours, do the research to get them to build the odd ship for you to add to the fleet.

Do the SOA pre made maps have the NPC's?

Nit pic here ..but FED tech tree highlighter is great, except its green, and so is the flowing back-round.

A lovely Captains GOLD 

would be perfect. lol