Federation Galaxy-X-EX - Heavily armed version of the standard Galaxy-EX (Expedition) Sub-type.:

Hello:
I am Chiletrek and this mod contains a kitbash I made from a new Galaxy Class variant, the Galaxy-X-EX, by combining elements of the Galaxy-X with the Galaxy-EX (both present in my future pack release).

Things I made:

1) An update of the Galaxy Stardrive's texture to include phaser arrays in the nacelles and ablative armor (present in the Galaxy-Venture version, also in my future pack).
2) New model along with a buildbutton, wireframe, Admiral's Log pic and ODF.
3) This Read me with detailed instructions to make this mod fully playable (for you and the AI).

Installation Instructions:

1) Unzip the contents of this file on a temporary folder.
2) Open your Star Trek Armada II folder.
3) Copy fgalaxy-xex.sod and paste it in your SOD folder.
4) Copy fgalaxy-xex.bmp and paste it in your \bitmaps\AdmiralsLog\ShipImages folder.
5) Copy F_GalaxyVentureHull.tga, F_GalaxyVentureHull_B.tga, fgalaxy-exwire.tga & gbfgalaxyex.tga , and paste them in your \Textures\RGB folder.
6) Copy fgalaxy-xex.odf and paste it in your \odf\ships folder.
7) Copy fxvphas.odf and fxvphaso.odf and paste them in your odf\weapons\phasers folder

8) Open your Sprites folder and open gui_global.spr with Notepad.
9) Search for: # Federation build buttons

@reference=64

10) Paste this line:
b_fgalaxy-xex gbfgalaxyex 0 0 64 64
below the last Federation build button.

11) Now Search for: # Federation wireframes
@reference=128
12) Paste this line:
fgalaxy-xexw1 fgalaxy-exwire 256 256 256 256
below the last Federation wireframe.


- To add the ship to the Advance Shiyard:
16) Go to your odf\stations folder and open fyard2.odf with Notepad, search the Construction Parameters and add: buildItem* = "fgalaxy-xex"
Below the last item build, normally this would be the item number 5, if not, follow a correct numerical sequence to avoid problems ingame.

- Techtree:
17) Open your techtree folder.
18) Open tech1.tt, search the last Federation entry and paste this:
fgalaxy-xex.odf 1 fresear2.odf

and now open fulltech.tt and search the last Federation entry to add this:
fgalaxy-xex.odf 0

That way you'll have this new ship in both Normal Tech and Free tech games.

19) Pheewwww, Finally, you are ready to enjoy this mod, I'm sorry to make such long read me but it was neccesary to avoid problems. Now you are ready to build this new type of Galaxy Class, which is very powerful, very effective to protect your base or resource stations, or to lead your and you allies fleets into victory!.

For maximum enjoyment of the stock textures, you may select all files with _1 & _2 in their filenames and cut them to a safe location for backups. Now that those files aren't present all ships, station and special effect will look better than ever.


Credits:

1) Gene Roddenberry: For creating the Star Trek saga. Thank you very much!
2) Activision and Mad-Doc Software: For making the game.
3) All of my friends, for thei incredible support!
4) You: For taking your time to take a look at my mod :)


Contact:

Any doubts, questions or suggestions, you can E-mail me at: astro_nejiro at hotmail.com
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I am not responsible for any type of damage, either for virus or for the use of this MOD.

Copyright and Distribution Permissions
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THIS PATCH IS NOT MADE, DISTRIBUTED, OR SUPPORTED BY ACTIVISION
TM & (C) ACTIVISION & PARAMOUNT PICTURES.

Copyright notices:

Star Trek, Star Trek Armada II, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: The Next Generation,
Star Trek: Voyager (and the various logo devices used in them) are copyright Paramount Pictures, as are the characters, related images, and sound from the productions.