Is anyone currently working on this? I know there was an attempt early on in stellaris but with the addition of L-clusters and gateways this would be a prime time to make one
Mass Effect Mod?
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There are a few mass effect mods out there, but nothing like an overhaul that you'e probably looking for.
Asari republics adds the Asari as a species with their own unique traits and graphic_culture, as well as pre-set empires.
Then there's that other mod that replaces the model of gateways into mass relays.
Uhm yes... just for the Asari though. It's called "Mass Effect Civilizations - Asari".
There's also one for Systems Alliance.... but they don't have turret locators, thus, looking very odd in combat.
I'm waiting to hear that someone has made an overhaul.
I figure you'd need to... I dunno, restrict Hyperlane travel somehow? And then make the "Gateway Activation" tech become available much earlier, and ramp up the number of Gateways dramatically.
I figure you'd need to... I dunno, restrict Hyperlane travel somehow? And then make the "Gateway Activation" tech become available much earlier, and ramp up the number of Gateways dramatically.
Same here.
Yes, I think hyperlanes / the galactic map would have to be more thoroughly clustered, with perhaps one hyperlane linking neighboring clusters and a Gateway in each cluster. Gateways would have to be (as you suggest) activated immediately, but probably not buildable.
Beyond working out a mechanic for the Citadel and a rework of the Federations to make the Council, modeling most species could be easily handled. Major events from the game history, such as the Genophage, could be handled with some interesting event chains (basically forcing a species-wide genetic change).
The Reapers would probably be best modeled as a modification of the Prethoryn Crisis, taking advantage of the extragalactic fleets and the planetary invasion / purge, but with worlds just being abandoned once the pops are purged. How you'd handle the Crucible... I have one idea. Make it a race against time against the Reapers to build it (with the build cost being contributions from each empire). The empire that contributes the most gets to make the ending choice of ME3 (if you want to allow players to make that choice / not rewrite that part to make it more edifying from an empire's perspective / because many dislike ME3's ending).