The ever delightful Shiver from over at the UQMF is a master of NetMelee. For quite some time, he has tirelessly toiled away at a Balance Mod for UQM. Why would he do such a thing? Well, according to Shiver himself:
"The balance mod could also be described as "Shiver's Bells and Whistles Mod" at this point because, holy crap, just take a look at the change log. Nevertheless, the focus of this project was to make every ship in the entire melee line-up useful. In order to accomplish this, the various ships were strengthened or weakened so that every last one of them would be moderately effective at a high level of play. This mod is not suited for Star Control's main game, nor melee against the cyborg. Game balance may be the goal of the project, but many adjustments have been made for the sake of aesthetics or continuity. This mod is probably not 100% perfect as of yet, though I am positive that game balance is better than in default Star Control 2. Expect a 1.01 release at some point in the future."The Mod itself consists of some .dlls, an effects zip and a windows .exe. Later on a mac version will be published as well. The location of these files and instructions on how to use them can be found on the Ultronomicon under
Installation Instructions. You should also check out
the Change Log and the
Gameplay Tips. Shivers own topic announcing the release of this mod can be found
here.
This mod is the first major mod of UQM, and Shivers dedication to the NetMelee community is impressive. If you haven't tried NetMelee before, now would certainly be the time to do so.
In related news, those who wish to play vanilla melee can do so on Saturday, it's time for the
March NetMelee Tournament!
