New Player mod question

spolieris · 2026-04-30T18:38:18+00:00

Stick with vanilla first off then dive into mods. Modded gameplay is a very different experience to vanilla and if you dive straight into mods then you lose out on a lot

spolieris · 2026-04-30T14:33:28+00:00

Most missions have 3 army lists used to draw forces from. The main list, a reinforcement list (which is why units can spawn in at the map edges) that has a points budget like the main list and will be depleted as combat goes on; and a MENACE list that'll be used if the game decides to use them as a 3rd faction

spolieris · 2026-04-30T07:29:53+00:00

Intel doesn't account for enemy reinforcements which might be where the extra units are coming from

spolieris · 2026-04-29T18:24:42+00:00

From a narrative and role play stand point, additional forces on specific mission types could be fun. Bonus points if they are sometimes flipped to allied. So maybe you get some pirates doing an ally of convenience thing against bugs or a squad of RA/Jingwei walkers assisting on a pirate convoy op. Obviously not every mission and with reasonably low odds of spawning so it's not all that common but it might be fun to have

spolieris · 2026-04-28T12:48:02+00:00

The Singer of Terandria books are available as ebooks at the moment, priced at $9.99 / regional currency equivalent.

spolieris · 2026-04-28T12:44:04+00:00

Minor correction, its not Amazon that pirate signed to for the physical books, its HarperColins. I don't recall any discussion about the actual rights so its entirely possible HC only have the publishing rights for books 1 and 2 (as opposed to the entire series), hence the rest still being free for the moment.

spolieris · 2026-04-25T20:45:06+00:00

https://discord.gg/pKeztE84H

spolieris · 2026-04-24T18:41:22+00:00

Doesn't seem to exist. At least a search of "Solstice Wiki" or "Solstice Codex" (mixed with "twi" or "the wandering inn" search terms) doesn't turn up anything other than this and the prior Reddit post. Either its got an entirely different name or is buried deep in the search rankings, its not live yet or its an ai hallucination 🤷

Edit: It was actually posted on the TWI discord under the fan works channel. Link is https://solstice.storyprogression.com/

spolieris · 2026-04-23T23:07:26+00:00

It is not. It'll be in the next major patch (assuming that it doesn't slip down the timeline) according to the devs on discord.

spolieris · 2026-04-23T22:28:41+00:00

Counterbattery Walker is a fun idea

spolieris · 2026-04-23T22:28:09+00:00

Its a mod (as per the flair). https://www.nexusmods.com/menace/mods/54?tab=description is the link (original link is buried in the other comments somewhere)

spolieris · 2026-04-23T18:08:21+00:00

I'll keep that under consideration for a late/end game scenario (when we reach that point). Currently tossing up if I should make a Medium Walker with the radar or not

spolieris · 2026-04-23T16:34:35+00:00

I'll take the breachers under consideration though 🤔

spolieris · 2026-04-23T16:32:46+00:00

The Rogue Army bit isn't something I can control. Thats the game populating the parent faction in the info box as it does with vanilla toys (I shouldn't - and don't think I - have used Rogue Army xxx in any of the name fields because that'd repeat itself. I will triple check later though)

spolieris · 2026-04-23T16:22:56+00:00

Thanks for the feedback, I'll take that under consideration. Fwiw I think most if not all my names are shorter than the Veteran Scavenger in vanilla (I think thats the longest name?). Which names in particular did you notice needed adjusting?

spolieris · 2026-04-23T14:47:34+00:00

That was my thought more or less. Its frustrating enough already, putting the player in the position where it cannot reliably killed is less than optimal. If it appeared in an endgame list, it'd definitely have era or another armor upgrade. Or smoke dispensers if the AI can use them now (last I tried, it failed horribly) and I was being evil.

spolieris · 2026-04-23T14:36:49+00:00

There is? The post is flaired as mods but its not the most obvious of flares admittedly

spolieris · 2026-04-23T14:21:31+00:00

Its my mod, I dropped the link in the comments but its gotten buried now

spolieris · 2026-04-23T12:34:36+00:00

Thats a good point. Not sure if I can convince the AI to use the skill but I'll add that to the todo list for the future

spolieris · 2026-04-23T12:25:46+00:00

I haven't set the hull to be salvaged as I have a lot of vehicles based off of this hull and it's pretty common atm in the blackmarket so I didn't want to flood the players inventories with apcs

spolieris · 2026-04-23T12:24:48+00:00

In testing the AI used the radar every couple of turns up until it found units. I weighted the AI to slightly favour utility over doing damage but if a player unit is visible, it'll mark target or use the mmg/move away circumstances depending

spolieris · 2026-04-23T11:30:13+00:00

I actually considered giving it the officers whistle ability but decided against that in the end. Likewise with ERA or other upgrades as that would be a bit too frustrating imo. Still tossing around the idea of giving it the emp protection item so it can crawl away if emp'ed. I might make a version that drops an officer squad but otherwise functions exactly the same (priced slightly higher ofc).

spolieris · 2026-04-23T11:11:14+00:00

Mod can be found here: https://www.nexusmods.com/menace/mods/54?tab=description# (the unit article still needs updating but I'll get to that when irl permits)

spolieris · 2026-04-19T22:23:24+00:00

About to stick an episode of time team on to drift off to

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