"Former star league planets" and lostech

[Cavethug]

Spoiler alert.

So I've finished the game, and have pretty much been playing just to find more lostech. I've limited my missions to ones on planets that have "former star league" in the attributes section.

I have had no luck at all in finding a single piece of lostech. I've played missions on planets with the "battlefield" attribute as well. In fact I've played two missions on each type of planet, both were the same mission description which was to go and grab lostech before pirates get to it, and both times no lostech.

I've played a couple other different missions which mention lostech, or cores, and no loctech.

So basically after dozens and dozens of missions, no lostech.

So aside from the castle mission which is part of the storyline, in which you get your highlander with the Gauss Rifle on it, has anyone gotten any lostech at all from a side mission?

At this point if you can get lostech from side missions, it's far far FAR too rare. I mean I have 6 Atlas mechs at this point, so aside from getting double heat sinks, there's no much lostech would do for me, since the only weapons are ER L Lasers, M Pulse lasers, and Gauss Rifles. An AC20 +++ is almost twice as powerful as a Gauss Rifle. So unless you could get +++ versions of the lostech weapons, and it made them crazy strong compared to where they're at now, they're not going to be used on an Atlas, or King Crab. It would be a waste of a hardpoint.

My point is that if lostech does drop, the drop rate needs to be seriously upped, because the weapons are only really useful earlier on, before the game ends. If they don't drop, why not?

[HabeQuiddam]

I got a quest to ambush a convoy carrying weapons including one intact Star League era weapon. I didn't salvage anything but there might be a chance assuming the mission fluff is reflected in the game mechanics. Unfortunately, I don't know how to crack open the game data to look.

Screenshot of mission text[imgur.com]

[Cavethug]

Yes you cannot get lostech from side missions. I checked the data file myself for the lostech gear. It's rarity is all set to 20, so it literally will not drop unless you modify the files. It's a big letdown, but that's just the way it is. I can mod files, but I'm still figuring out how to mod the required files to get the lostech to drop. I've modified the heasink file so the rarity is set to 1, that it's purchasable, yet I can't seem to find it at stores, or in drops. So there must be a folder for missions which sets the drop chance for each piece of gear, and a list of gear that can show in stores. I haven't gone in and actually looked deep enough to find those specific files. So, if someone else has, feel free to share the info. I just haven't had the time to dig into it.

[AuGuR]

Wait for a 3050 dlc to come out? (lols)

[holyburst]

Originally posted by c0dex Unleashed3k:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1372412043

nearly 400 weeks into the game, btw

Pure play or modified save file?

[Coyote]

Originally posted by Harley Quinn:

screen shots or video of a weapon not given in either highlander or atlas 2

When do you get an atlas 2?.... They only gave me a highlander for that fortress mission?

[Major Horrigan]

after the last mission Lady Arano gives you the Atlas she took in the same mission where you got the highlander

[Coyote]

Originally posted by cuadro:

I got a quest to ambush a convoy carrying weapons including one intact Star League era weapon. I didn't salvage anything but there might be a chance assuming the mission fluff is reflected in the game mechanics. Unfortunately, I don't know how to crack open the game data to look.

Screenshot of mission text[imgur.com]

Im pretty sure you can only salvage direct weapons and equipment the enemies are using.. Unless they are firing gauss cannons at you your not going to get them.
There is ONE event that makes me think maybe you can... Exploring moons using the ship.
But that doesnt happen often and i never find anything doing it.

Originally posted by Major Horrigan:

after the last mission Lady Arano gives you the Atlas she took in the same mission where you got the highlander

thank you :)

[Cassius Jaxx]

Originally posted by c0dex Unleashed3k:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1372412043

nearly 400 weeks into the game, btw

2 gauss rifles and a range of 2?? Seems weird.

[Thermidor]

Originally posted by 123 go:

Originally posted by c0dex Unleashed3k:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1372412043

nearly 400 weeks into the game, btw

2 gauss rifles and a range of 2?? Seems weird.

Weird indeed, unless it cant cope with the twin gauss loadout.

[Sir Crashalot]

The Json files show that Lostech cannot be purchased.
The only mechs which have fitted Lostech are the four that are used to escape the cache.

These can easily be changed though if you want.

[Cavethug]

This has now been SETTLED. In the redit interview the devs made, they ADMITTED that you CANNOT get lostech outside of the main storyline. This is straight from a devs mouth. Any claims otherwise are flat out lies by people who have modded the game to make it possible. The Dev also said that LOSTECH WILL BE AVAILABLE OUTSIDE THE MAIN STORY in a future patch. NOT ONLY THAT but they will be giving it a boost, to make lostech more powerful.

[Coyote]

Well. According to the devs themselves there is no lostech outside of story missions... So the people saying otherwise in this thread are plain liars. lol.

[Dogishappy]

Originally posted by Zathras:

ok i checked the files and its look like u cant find lostech without editing the files sry guys.

if i understand correct....
max rarity u can find after regular fight is 5 (ultra rare items). lostech (dhs, gaus, ....) have a rarity of 20.
so never possible that it will drop after normal fight outside of the story.

Where can i find these rarity values so i can adjust them manually?

[Sir Crashalot]

BATTLETECH\Battletech_data\StreamingAssets\data

Then weapon and heatsinks folder.

The rarity is set to 20 and would need to be less than 5.
After that entry there is another, "purchasable : false" would need to be changed to true.


Also by adjusting values on a certain 4 mechs in the mech or chassis folders, you might be able to get them to spawn randomly in missions so you can salvage them.

I am not an expert and am just poking around making assumptions that I haven't tested though. ;)

[Ic4reign]

there are already mods out there to make it purchasable. but unmodded game no chance otherwise than the stuff u get on story...