Anyone seen a mod thats lets you play with a Shadow Cat?

[Ender0656]

I know this is a long shot but for nostalgia reasons I'm hunting for a mod that lets you have a Shadow Cat. Anyone have any ideas?

[Incunabulum]

Dude, that's a Clan mech. No, there are no mods adding in clan mechs.

[Ender0656]

Originally posted by Incunabulum:

Dude, that's a Clan mech. No, there are no mods adding in clan mechs.

Why is that? I last played Mechwarrior 4 Mercenaries and got this game on a whim. Loved it so far buit was hoping to trying out my favorite mech from back then. Do the timelines not mesh or something?

[Chaosbroker]

This is 3025, the clan invasion didn't start till 3048 for memory.

[JustaGamer]

Originally posted by Ender0656:

Loved it so far buit was hoping to trying out my favorite mech from back then. Do the timelines not mesh or something?

Pretty much, you also won't find Cougar, Nova Cat, Vulture, Mad Cat, Daishi (the more memorable clan mech from Meachwarrior 4). They seemly don't exist in the time line.

[Jonen]

Originally posted by Chaosbroker:

This is 3025, the clan invasion didn't start till 3048 for memory.

This is also the reason Gauss rifles is lostech, the game takes place pretty close to the low point of the Inner Sphere's tech availability - more stuff start becoming available after 3025, though it takes a while to filter out to the periphery.

[esilva9]

im not sure but lore wise the new avalon institute of science that federated suns had were making the big pushes to reintroduce lostech back in production. it would awesome if they make a dlc campaign where the merc company is hired to hunt down specific components for research

[esilva9]

im not sure but lore wise the new avalon institute of science that federated suns had were making the big pushes to reintroduce lostech back in production. it would awesome if they make a dlc campaign where the merc company is hired to hunt down specific components for research

[Schnittertm]

Originally posted by Raven2015:

Originally posted by Ender0656:

Loved it so far buit was hoping to trying out my favorite mech from back then. Do the timelines not mesh or something?

Pretty much, you also won't find Cougar, Nova Cat, Vulture, Mad Cat, Daishi (the more memorable clan mech from Meachwarrior 4). They seemly don't exist in the time line.

They do exist, however, the Clans are still beyond the periphery of the Inner Sphere and therefore won't be seen or available there.

The Clans themselves are, at least according to the Technical Readout 3050, first encountered on 13th of August 3049 on The Rock in the Oberon Confederation, in a battle against Mad Cat mechs.

We are around the year 3025 in this game.

Originally posted by esilva9:

im not sure but lore wise the new avalon institute of science that federated suns had were making the big pushes to reintroduce lostech back in production. it would awesome if they make a dlc campaign where the merc company is hired to hunt down specific components for research

Only from 3028 on, after Grayson Death Carlyle and his Gary Death Legion got through the betrayal on Helm, where they found a Star League cache (the reason a Com Star Preceptor initiated the plot against the GDL) and downloaded at least the data core stored there. Grayson decided to share this information by spreading copies of the data core to all the major faction in the Inner Sphere.

[Zombie101]

If you want Clan weapons mod them in.

[unclecid]

HBS plans to expand folowwing the timelines major points. So eventually the clans will get here.

[Mistfox]

More like you go to them rather than they come to you. You're bordering Davion space, the invasion came in through Lyran/Combine space. You're on the opposite side, somewhere beyond Liao territory and the Clans never got that far.

[tmaura]

Originally posted by unclecid:

HBS plans to expand folowwing the timelines major points. So eventually the clans will get here.

i hope you are right about this i do like the clan mechs

[Sentinel174]

Would be a nice easter egg, if such "future" mechs would go with the campaign timeline und beeing purchasable if you reach that date of production. Im nearly 20 Years (1015 Weeks) in action now.

[wesnef]

Originally posted by Schnittertm:

The Clans themselves are, at least according to the Technical Readout 3050, first encountered on 13th of August 3049 on The Rock in the Oberon Confederation, in a battle against Mad Cat mechs.

We are around the year 3025 in this game.

Plus, they came in from the north edge of the Inner Sphere map, we're on the south edge. It was probably a long damn time before actual Clan stuff (as opposed to 'rediscovered' Inner Sphere lostech) made it down to the southern Periphery.

[graystripe]

actually, mad cat aka timber wolf is already out at 2945

http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Timber_Wolf_(Mad_Cat)

also, the current game is based off from 3022 to 3025 where the "3rd succession wars" ends in 3025.

http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Timeline

this is the map which encompasses inner sphere and the rimward periphery.

http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Aurigan_Reach

this is everything about aurigan coalition.

http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Aurigan_Coalition

it existed from 2910 to 3025.

it is stated that the campaign is occurring in the inner sphere itself for this game.

"In a map published by Harebrained Schemes during the Kickstarter campaign, the Inner Sphere is depicted as an area of space stretching between 400 and 600 Light-years away from Earth in every direction. It is divided between five major states, each tied to a noble house, and four minor states. Each major state borders Earth and expands outward, while the minor states occupy small areas on the outside edge of the map known as The Periphery."

The game takes place during the 3025 Succession Wars Era

The game takes place in the peripheral realm of the Aurigan Reach. The Reach is governed by the Aurigan Coalition which is made up of several independent systems led by noble houses in accordance with the standard Inner Sphere feudal system. The Reach lies between the peripheral realms of the Taurian Concordat and the Magistracy of Canopus, and bordering the Inner Sphere Successor State of the Capellan Confederation. Much of the Aurigan Reach is made up of former holdings from the Taurians, Magistracy, and Capellans, though the three realms abandoned many of the systems for defensibility reasons. After their abandonment, the Reach systems became unified under Arano family and began consolidating and expanding, incorporating not only the abandoned planets into the Aurigan Coalition, but even annexing border planets from their neighbors.