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Terran Cruisers (mod moved to Nexus)

This mod is compatible with X4 version 6.x


+++ ATTENTION +++
This mod is currently only continued on Nexus by "ace91134 & Rothank" due to Simon's hiatus.

***NEXUS version 1.53***
- new ship: Kagoshima (missile destroyer)
- Kagawa reclassified as XL battleship
- Fixed an issue with the game softlocking in the blueprint menu
- minor fixes

--> NEXUS LINK: <--
https://www.nexusmods.com/x4foundations/mods/1143

--> VRO version <--
https://www.nexusmods.com/x4foundations/mods/1144
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-due to docking capacity rebalance: players who have savegames with S ships loaded into modded ships are advised to load the savegame in 5.10 with the previous version of the mod, undock the ships, save, updated the game and TC mod to 6.0 and load the game then. Otherwise the ships will be lost/stuck. Miyagi and Akita are exceptions to this (they retained 40 docking capacity).


This mod aims to add a new class of ships to the game - cruisers. Cruisers are meant to provide the player with a middle-ground between destroyers and battleships. They are fast and durable but lack the powerful forward weaponry of other L and XL ships, instead relying on large turrets. They have decent S ships docking capabilities and a large crew component which makes them competent at boarding and mining protection operations.

FOR VRO USERS: use the VRO submod: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2800018886 .

Ships added by the mod:
-Miyagi, Light Cruiser, Terran Protectorate
-Yamagata, Medium Cruiser, Terran Protectorate
-Okayama, Heavy Cruiser, Terran Protectorate
-Kagawa, Battlecruiser, Terran Protectorate
-Nagano, Medium Cruiser, Segaris Pioneers
-Akita, Light Cruiser, Segaris Pioneers

Bonus ships:
-Yokohama, Destroyer, Terran Protectorate
-Kumamoto, Strike Destroyer, Terran Protectorate
-Scabbard, Boarding Frigate, Segaris Pioneers
-Aomori, Freighter, Terran Protectorate
-Shizuoka, Heavy Freighter, Segaris Pioneers
-Fu'kuoka, Armed Freighter, Terran Protectorate
-Hakodate, Mineral Miner, Segaris Pioneers
-Toyama, Gas Miner, Segaris Pioneers


NOTES:
-AI factions should now be able to build some of the ships and employ them in their fleets.
-Player can buy the ships at the terran shipyards and the ship's blueprint at the faction representative.
-The ships were tested for vanillia game only. Might be unbalanced/underpowered for heavily modded games.
-I plan on adding several ships for each faction in this mod, starting with Terran Protectorate and the Segaris Pioneers.

WHAT IS PLANNED:
-Cruisers and carriers for the other factions. The exact composition will be shaped by balancing needs, but an average of 3 per major faction is planned. Some ships will be used by the faction AI and some will be player-owned only due to necessities of game balance.

CREDITS:

An excellent Japanese translation provided by Arkblade.
Big thanks for Shuulo for valuable advice and guidance on modding X4.
Aladinaleks for providing Russian translation.
=EaSy= matou78 for providing French translation.
MrBlair29 for making German translation and contributing to developing the mod.
Darth Imperious for greatly contributing to the mod testing and balancing.
dtaco - for his invaluable help in fixing ships to work in 6.0.

Special thanks to Aurum, Shuulo, UniTrader and others who helped me and advised me during creation of this mod. Also great thanks to BrummBear and Axeface who made the X4 forums tutorials and explanations that allowed me to get started with X4 modding.

PERMISSIONS:
I am giving a general permission, for anyone, to use, modify, use parts of, and publish any 3d meshes I made for this mod in their personal, non-comercial, mod projects for X4, or any other existing or future game made by Egosoft, through steam or otherwise. My only requirement is that appropriate credits are provided. This permission can be used automatically, and there is no need to consult me, unless for reasons going beyond the scope of what is described above. I envision this mod as a personal project meant to give free, additional content to the X-Universe community and this is the spirit in which the above permission is given. It applies to any 3d meshes, made prior or in the future, that are published under this steam mod page.

Version history:
->Moved into discussion->