rjord2021 -> Star Trek (10/5/2018 2:21:53 AM)
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Adding in a new research tree for Star Trek is a complex process....but saying that it is well under way. The hardest part of the entire process is working out what to put where and how to get it working with Distant Worlds Universe. To do this I am using a huge amount of reference material which allows me to add in the components and resources required to build a starship. For example when you construct a starship the first step is always to construct the hull and skeletal structure which is used as the frame for which the rest of the starship is added to. The question then has to be asked : "What resources do I need to build a starship Hull? Steel? Gold? Plastic?" Well some of those may be on the ship making drink cups, food trays,etc but what we need are the actual resources. To build the hull you need to have access to the following: Duranium Duritanium Polyalloy Polyduranium Titranium and of course we also need Tetraburnium. Wait...none of those materials exists in Distant Worlds Universe! Ok...I have to add those in. Then I look at things like the Strucural Integrity Field, Transporters, Weapons and of course the Warp Engines. Can I build the warp engines using the 5 materials listed above? No ..... apparently warp engines need a matter / antimatter reactor to work and for that I need to have deuterium and the well known (to Star Trek fans anyway) much loved Dilithium Crystals. Oh great...more to add. By the way, with these mods I am creating you don't find warp drive or hyperdrive in ancient ruins... you need to research it. And with Dilithium it was discovered by the Federation when a planetary scan was taken of a moon around Jupiter. Howeve Dilithium is highly used resource and will be found on more than a few planets. Research is still required to know how to use dilithium crystals to make a warp capable ship. My aim is to have a new way of playing Distant Worlds Universe with new tech and new components with the plan to use all of these to eventually move the mod over to Distant Worlds Universe 2.
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