FEDERATION PULSAR CLASS LONG RANGE SCIENCE VESSEL, WEAPONS POD VARIAN,T AND PULSAR X REFIT V1.0

WARNING:
WHILE THE ZIP IS ORGANIZED INTO FOLDERS YOU WILL BE VERY VERY DISAPPOINTED IF YOU TRY TO EXTRACT THE ZIP DIRECTLY INTO YOUR ARMADA 2 FOLDER. SO DON'T DO IT.

CHANGES:
THIS PACK DOES NOT REQUIRE EITHER OF THE PREVIOUS PULSAR CLASS DOWNLOADS.

CREDITS:
Original Mesh: Lord_Trekie (ME)
Revised Current Mesh: Major A Payne, Lord_Trekie
Mesh Edits for Weapons Pod Version and "X" Version: Lord_Trekie
Textures (From P81's SFC Nova): Pneumonic 81
Texture Alpha Channel: Chiletrek
Texture Edits: Lord_Trekie
ODFs, BuildButtons, and Admirals Log Pics: Lord_Trekie
Wireframes: Chiletrek
Star Trek: Gene Roddenberry
Armada 2: Activison & Mad-Doc

INSTALLATION:
1) Unzip the contents of the file into a temporary directory.
2) Open the folder C:\Activision\Star Trek Armada 2\Bitmaps\Admirals Log\Ship Images and copy fpulsar.bmp, fpulsarr.bmp, and fpulsarx.bmp there
3) Open the folder C:\Activision\Star Trek Armada 2\ODF\Ships and copy fpulsar.odf, fpulsarr.odf, and fpulsarx.odf into it.
4) Open the folder C:\Activision\Star Trek Armada 2\ODF\Special_weapons and copy fpulsarupg.odf and fpulsarrupg.odf there.
5) Open the folder C:\Activision\Star Trek Armada 2\SOD and place the fpulsar.sod, fpulsarr.sod, and fpulsarx.sod file there.
6) Finally open C:\Activision\Star Trek Armada 2\Textures\RGB and paste pulsar_1.tga, pulsar_2.tga, pulsar_3.tga, pulsar_4.tga, gbfpuslar.tga, and wirePulsar.tga there.
7) Next to add the ship to your game, open C:\Activision\Star Trek Armada 2\ODF\Stations\fyard.odf with a text editor, scroll down until you see:

//Construction Parameters
buildItem0 = "fscout"
buildItem1 = "fdestroy2"
buildItem2 = "fdestroy"
buildItem3 = "fcolony"
buildItem4 = "fcruise1"
buildItem5 = "fcruise3"
buildItem6 = "fassault"
buildItem7 = "fcruise2"

add buildItem8 = "fpulsar" right below buildItem7 = "fcruise2"
then buildItem9 = "fpulsarr" below that if you want the refit immediatly bulidable
and buildItem10 = "fpulsarx" below that if you want the X refit immediatly buildable

8) Next to get the buildbuttons and wireframes to appear, open C:\Activision\Star Trek Armada 2\Sprites\gui_global.spr, scroll down to the scetion titled Federation buildbuttons, add this line right below @reference=512:

b_fpulsar gbfpulsar 0 0 64 64
b_fpulsarr gbfpulsarr 0 0 64 64
b_fpulsarx gbfpulsarx 0 0 64 64

b_fpulsarupg gbfpulsarr 0 0 64 64
b_fpulsarrupg gbfpulsarx 0 0 64 64


for the wireframes scroll down some more until you find # federation wire frames, with @reference=256 right below it, then add this below that line:

fpulsarw1 wirePulsar 256 256 256 256
fpulsarrw1 wirePulsarr 256 256 256 256
fpulsarxw1 wirePulsarx 256 256 256 256

9) The final step is to add the Pulsar and variants to your techtree. Open the C:\Activision\Star Trek Armada 2\techtrees\ folder and then open the techtree you want to add the ship too (I reccomend tech1.tt and fulltech.tt)

Anywhere in the file (tech1.tt or fulltech.tt) add these lines:

fpulsar.odf 0 //Pulsar Class
fpulsarr.odf 0 //Pulsar Class Weapons Refit
fpulsarx.odf 0 //Pulsar Class X Refit

fpulsarupg.odf 0 //Upgrades Pulsar to Pulsar Weapons Refit
fpulsarrupg.odf 0 //upgrades Pulsar Weapons Refit to Pulsar "X" Refit

10) If you followed these easy steps then you should now have the Pulsar class and it's variants in your Armada 2 game. Enjoy.

CONTACT:

If there are any problems with this ship mod please feel free to e-mail me at starwart12588 at yahoo.com

Remember I am not responsible for any damage this mod may cause you or your computer.

REDISTRUBUTION:

Please feel free to redistribute this mod as long as this readme file is included. Please do not alter any the fies included in the zip without my permission.

COPYRIGHT:

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

Star Trek Armada 2 is copyrighted to Activision and Maddoc. Star Trek, and all the various Series, images, refernces, and Movies are copyrighted to CBS Paramount. 3D model (aka mesh) designed by me, Lord_Trekie and Major A Payne. No infringement intended. All rights reserved. These files are provided freely for private use only and may not be sold without license under international law.