Adds 15 new factions: the Order of Sacred Rose, Kerrigan's Zerg Swarm, North Sea Alliance, Al Falah, American Reclamation Corporation, House Atreides, Black Heart Kabal, Slavic Federation, People's African Union, Pan-Asian Cooperative, Kavithan Protectorate, Chungsu, Fatherland Empire, Tau Empire, and Blood Ravens to the game.
I also merged my mod with blackarchon's SMAC factions mod and made some changes.
Adds 15 new factions: the Order of Sacred Rose, Kerrigan's Zerg Swarm, North Sea Alliance, Al Falah, American Reclamation Corporation, House Atreides, Black Heart Kabal, Slavic Federation, People's African Union, Pan-Asian Cooperative, Kavithan Protectorate, Chungsu, Fatherland Empire, Tau Empire, and Blood Ravens to the game.
I also merged my mod with blackarchon's SMAC factions mod and made some changes.
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Changelog v1.4 - Current Release===================
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General
Added Tau Empire and Blood Ravens Chapter factions from Warhammer 40k
Added Fatherland Empire from Youjo Senki
Replaced blurry image of Daoming (Pan-Asian Cooperative), Duncan (North Sea Alliance), Arshia (Al Falah)
Tau Empire
Greater Good: +2 more morale
Great Strength, Great Strike: -33% less cost and upkeep for orbital bombardment and EMP satellite uplinks
Ar'Ka Space Cannon: 3 free EMP beam
Initial Strike Force: -15% less growth
Blood Ravens
Steel Rain Tactic: 3 free Drop Pod
The greatest of the Emperor of Mankind's warriors: +25% more power
Suffer not the xeno to live: +50% more power against Messari units
Preferred not to make use of static defenses: +75% more cost for all defensive buildings
Limited numbers: -20% less growth
Scout Marines: Begins game with Colonial Trooper equipped with SWS Headhunter weapon
Begins with High Velocity Projectiles researched
Fatherland Empire
Internal Mobilization Strategy: +25% more power for units inside own borders, and -25% less power for units outside own borders
Rapid Response Mage Wing: Aerial units have +25% more movement
Death from Above: Aerial units have +50% more power
Containment net against the Empire: +50% worse prices
Overextended Military: +10% more cost for military units
Spartans
Increased aggressiveness from 0.60 to 0.65
Changed dialogue in CondemnAccepted
Added standingMultiplier sub to ARC, Noxium, Univ, Togra
Added standingMultiplier add to Imperium, Blood Ravens
Hive
Added standingMultiplier sub to Believers
Believers
Added standingMultiplier sub to Hive, Cult, Carektakers, Usurpers, Kerrigan Zergs, Sacred Rose, Tau Empire, Blood Ravens
University
Changed standingMultiplier add from 0.2 to 0.4 to Cyborgs
Added standingMultiplier sub to Gaians, Cult, Kavithan Protectorate, Sacred Rose, Divine Ascension
Added standingMultiplier add to Togra
Peacekeepers
Added standingMultiplier sub to Spartans, Solar Dynasty, Imperium, Fatherland Empire
Added standingMultiplier add to Gaians, Peoples African Union
Morgan
Added standingMultiplier add to ARC, Noxium
Added standingMultiplier sub to Cult, Drones
Gaians
Changed dialogue in PeaceRejected
Added standingMultiplier add to Kavithan Protectorate, Terra Salvum
Drones
Increased aggressiveness from 0.40 to 0.60
Slighty edited dialogue in FirstContact, AcceptOpenBordersTerminated, DemandWarDeclarationOnThirdParty0, TradingPactTerminated
Changed dialogue in TerminateAlliance, WarAccepted
Added standingMultiplier sub to Hive, Morgan, University
Pirates
Increased aggressiveness from 0.55 to 0.65
Slightly edited dialogue AcceptPeaceOfferToThirdParty0
Changed dialogue in Insult2
Added standingMultiplier sub to University, Data Angels, Togra
Added standingMultiplier add to Imperium, Blood Ravens
Data Angels
Added add standingMultiplier sub to Believes, ARC, Noxium
Cyborgs
Changed standingMultiplier add from 0.2 to 0.4 to University
Added standingMultiplier sub to Kavithan Protectorate, Sacred Rose, Divine Ascension
Added standingMultiplier add to Togra
Cult
Added standingMultiplier sub to Usurpers, Solar Dynasty
Caretakers
Changed standingMultiplier sub from 0.25 to 1.0 to Usurpers
Fixed typo in Condemn
Added standing sub to Usurpers
Added standingMultiplier sub to Drones, ARC, Noxium, Kerrigan Zergs
Added standingMultiplier add to Cult
Usurpers
Increased aggressiveness from 0.70 to 0.75
Changed standingMultiplier sub from 0.25 to 1.0 to Caretakers
Added standing sub to Caretakers
Removed standingMultiplier to sub Morgan, Peacekeepers, Data Angels
Added standingMultiplier sub to Gaians, Cult, Kavithan Protectorate, Terra Salvum
ARC
Added standingMultiplier sub to Slavic Federation, Pan-Asian Cooperative
Added standingMultiplier add to Noxium
Slavic Federation
Changed dialogue in TerminateNonAggressionPact, OfferResearchPact
Added standingMultiplier sub to Pan-Asian Cooperative
Pan-Asian Cooperative
Changed faction ability: Reduced upkeep for formers from 25 to 10
Peoples African Union
Changed faction ability: increased bonus from -10% to -20% less cost for colonizers
Added standingMultiplier add to Gaians, Terra Salvum
Added standingMultiplier sub to Noxium, Solar Dynasty
Chungsu
Added standingMultiplier sub to Kerrigan Zergs, Cult, Cyborg, Tau Empire
Sacred Rose
Expanded faction desc
Changed dialogue in WarAccepted, AcceptSanctionsAgainstThirdParty1, RejectSanctionsAgainstThirdParty1, AcceptSanctionsAgainstThirdParty0, RejectSanctionsAgainstThirdParty0, RejectPeaceOfferToThirdParty1, RejectPeaceOfferToThirdParty0, AllianceTerminated, ResearchPactRejected, TerminateResearchPact, NonAggressionPactRejected, TerminateNonAggressionPact, GiftRejected0, DemandSanctionsAgainstThirdParty0, TerminateAlliance, AcceptPeaceOfferToThirdParty1, ResearchPactTerminated, ResearchPactAccepted, PeaceRejected, OfferPeace, OfferResearchPact, OfferAlliance, Greet1, Greet1, Greet2, DemandWithdrawal, Condemn, AllianceRejected, AllianceAccepted, TributeAccepted0, GiftAccepted0, OfferGift0, RejectSurrender, AcceptSurrender, AcceptPeaceOfferToThirdParty0
Slightly edited dialogue in DemandTribute0, Praise
Added standingMultiplier sub to Tau Empire, Divine Ascension, Kerrigan Zergs, Blood Ravens
Added standing sub
Black Heart Kabal
Added standingMultiplier sub to Blood Ravens
Added standingMultiplier add to Tau Empire
Kerrigan Zergs
Added standingMultiplier sub to Blood Ravens
House Atreides
Changed faction ability: added new bonus Fremen Allies: Infantry units have +50% more movement
Added standingMultiplier add to North Sea Alliance, Kavithan Protectorate, Fatherland Empire
Added standingMultiplier sub to Cyborgs
Imperium
Added standingMultiplier add to Spartans, Pirates, Blood Ravens
Solar Dynasty
Changed standingMultiplier sub from 0.1 to 0.2 to Terra Salvum
Added standingMultiplier sub to Gaians, Cult, Kavithan Protectorate
Togra
Changed standingMultiplier sub from 0.1 to 0.2 to Divine Ascension
Added standingMultiplier add to University, Cyborgs
Divine Ascension
Changed standingMultiplier sub from 0.1 to 0.2 to Togra
Added standingMultiplier sub to University, Cyborgs
Terra Salvum
Changed standingMultiplier sub from 0.1 to 0.2 to Solar Dynasty, Imperium
Added standingMultiplier add to Gaians, Cult, Kavithan Protectorate
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Future plans:======================================
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Continue editing SMAC factions diplomacy lines.
Might add new techs and buildings from SMAC or rename vanilla techs to SMAC appropriate ones.
Might rebalance and change SMAC factions.
Might rebalance and change my factions.
Add localization in other languages.
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Installation:======================================
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Download and extract this file to the following path: "C:\Users\<your_username>\AppData\Roaming\Proxy Studios\Pandora Beta" (or "C:\Users\<your_username>\AppData\Roaming\Proxy Studios\Pandora" if you aren't using Pandora Beta)
Note: You won't be able to see this folder with the Windows default settings - you have to enable "show hidden files" before.
Pro tip: Hit <Windows>+R on your keyboard, then enter "%appdata%" and press Enter - this will get you faster to "C:\Users\<your_username>\AppData\Roaming\"!
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Crashes Help:======================================
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Add Pandora.exe, PandoraServer.exe, autorun.exe to the exception list of your antivirus.
Run Pandora.exe, PandoraServer.exe, autorun.exe as an administrator.
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Credits:===========================================
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pandora.fandom.com for modding information
alphacentauri.fandom.com for factions desc.
alphacentauri2.info/wiki for examples on SMAC factions diplomacy lines.
blackarchon, Monaldinio for SMAC factions mod, installation instructions.
mp3cut.net/change-volume for amplify audio.
zyro.com for image upscaling.
Windows Movie Maker, online-video-cutter.com, ezgif.com, cloudconvert.com for converting images for the game.
Notes: Compatible with Xilmi ai mod. I highly recommended it! You can find it on Pandora: First Contact - Discussions - pinned thread - Suggested Mods/Community Patch on Steam
