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Modding DoW: SoulStorm

Discussion in 'Strategy and Simulation' started by GarfunkeL, Mar 31, 2012.

  1. GarfunkeL Racism Expert

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    I'm looking for a mod that would fix the campaign in DoW:SS. Basically I don't want to have SM, IG and SoB fight each other. In addition, it would be great if the AI could be improved or at least randomized - having to fight on the same skirmish map several times isn't that much fun when the AI always starts at the same base location and goes through the same motions.

    I know that in a skirmish game it's entirely possible to have several factions team up and I think you can have up to 8 races in a single map - hence why it's so strange that the three Imperium of Man factions are forced to fight each other. Oh well, at least some of the maps have two identical enemy factions against the player which slightly helps with the challenge - but I would really love to see is SM, IG and SoB team up on a huge map against five enemy factions - whether they are all Orkz or not doesn't matter.

    I've googled around a bit but it seems that most mods are either for MP unit balancing (fine and good) or then add a bunch of new factions and titans and other stuff that I'm not really interested in and which probably ruins the 'basic' game.
     
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  2. DakaSha Self-Ejected

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    I thought that there was an AI mod for soulstorm that basiaclly creates the best skirmish AI for any RTs..
    Dawn of Skirmish

    It whipped my ass over and over and over although that doesnt mean shit considering i suck at RTS gamesand lost interest quickly.
    Anyways that mod really is regarded as one of the best RTS AI's out there
     
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  3. spectre Arcane

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    I don't think it's possible to fix the campaign with modding. To many things are hardcoded (besides, you would basically have to redo the whole thing from scratch, I almost forgot how big a turd it is).
     
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  4. GarfunkeL Racism Expert

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    I'll look into that Dawn of Skirmish thing, if it works with the campaign it sounds lovely. I suck at RTS's too so that tells you all you need to know about the vanilla skirmish AI. The few scripted maps - one for each faction - are way more difficult, naturally.

    That sucks spectre and I was afraid of it. Oh well, SoB will rule the system then.
     
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