Time for some actual content: Tartan Patrol Cruiser image - Empire At War Remake: Galactic Civil War mod for Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption
This mod catapults Empire at War into 2077. It maintains the game's design philosophy, while adding new units, better graphics, and deeper gameplay.
The Tartan is a 60 meter long gunship with the weapons of the CLC (customs corvette) and the maneuverability of a fighter. The Customs corvette is now a unbuildable garrison unit, and the Tartan has taken its place as the standard starfighter screener for the Empire. While it only has a fourth of the shields and armor that the CLC has, the Tartan is far smaller, and far more agile. It also has the ability to dogfight.
I decided to severely scale down the Tartan from its canon size of 250 meters to something more realistic looking, judging from the window in front, it seemed ideal as a gunship. Stat wise it is bridging the gap between fighter and corvette. It has 250 shield and 250 hull points while boosting the weaponary of the CLC. Vulnerable to missiles due to their target tracking ability, and 250 base hp is not enough to take more than a few missiles. In short, a pretty good starfighter screener, but vulnerable to heavier weapons.
P.S. The fact that this gunship can get up close in a dogfight will make it significantly more useful than the CLC, even though it technically has the same weapon loadout.
Model and texture by Lucasarts.
As soon as I locate a decent Lancer model it'll replace the Vigil as the premier anti starfighter corvette for the Empire.
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Why? the vigil is so nice, I mean, it could use a small buff to its anti fighter weapons but it’s works wonders against enemy corvets and enemy bombers/gunships
The Vigil is better at hunting corvettes than it is killing fighters. It does both well, but it performs better chasing something it can catch. I would imagine he intends to use the Lancer as a supplement to the Vigil, allowing the Vigil to really shine in it's intended role.
Please dont get rid of the Vigil, it'll take me so long to add it back in with each update
Dont replace the Vigil its ******* awesome
holy crap this looks awesome. nice idea to scale him.
before i buy the game and download the mod, i need to know if the mods works on the steam version or i have to buy the game on Good old games
It works on steam. Install guide is in the articles
I think this is a really bad idea, not only changing a ship so much from its canon specs, but providing better, close-in anti-starfighter capability against the faction whose strategy is already dependant on microing starfighter squadrons...
I've just had to buff this thing 7 times (no really, 7 times) in a row while testing because it was so godaweful.
So far buffed stats are:
Double fire speed for all weapons,
Increase fire arcs,
forward cannon fires 10 projectiles per pulse instead of the already buffed 4 for its other weapons,
doubled turn speed,
increased speed from 3,5 to 4,5,
100 shield points transfered to hull so it doesn't die so fast to missiles,
Cost reduced from 800 to 600.
Trust me the rebels got nothing to worry about.
i'm sorry if i ask you another time, but does the mod work with the steam game version? (sorry for bad english, i'm not english)
Yes it does. Just have to install it using the correct method which should be in the article section.
Sounds more to me like the ship doesn't belong in the role its been given, but I digress.
It is your mod after all, and I really don't wish to complain after so much hard work. However I must say I stopped following most updates after increasing liberties were taken with adding totally irrelevant old republic era ships and rebalances like this.
I like this change, the Tartan always did look a bit weird at its normal size and the Customs corvette always seemed pretty useless.
Huh i guess i never realized the tartan was that small. I do like the ship. Someone put a dazzle paint job on it and it looked great. Actually, isnt that the vong mod? That you help with?
>Model and texture by Lucasarts.
Wait, pure vanilla model and texture without "remaster"?
Only thing new is the scale and engine glow.
I love the Lancer but Vigil lives matter
in my opinion i would rather have 10 vigils over a star destroyer
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