Mod: Black Dust

[Sikawtic]

Black Dust
by SiKawticPaladin

UPDATE: 12/29/04 - SD helped me pinpoint the problem, so the elite's spell will be fixed soon (by later tonight) AND he was generous enough to host it as well. Gogo StealthyDeath!

UPDATE: ??/??/?? - Must find new host, as old one is too slow and buggy, and alas, the Elite's spell doesn't work, I'll keep you updated.

UPDATE: ??/??/?? - Elite and Basalisk are in the first demo which is available now!

I've got a new idea for a new mod, most likely only adding 7 or so units, 2 terran, 2 protoss, and 3 zerg.

Demo Download: Clicketh! (http://www.stealthydeath.reacticore.com/downloads/Black%20Dust.zip)



New units:

Zerg:
Basalisk, Behemoth, Shade

Terran:
Elite, Rhino

Protoss:
Seraph, Lightbringer


Specifics:

Zerg Basalisk

Health: 90
Armor: 0
Attack: 10+2
Abilities: Has a 20% chance of paralyzing biologic units.
Requirements: 100 minerals, 100 gas, 2 supply, evolution aspect, evolves from hydra.
Info: The first sign of the new anomaly, The basalisks was incorporated into the zerg swarm after they were discovored upon the opening of the crypt. There genetics were used to form a hydralisk hybrid. They look identical to the hydralisk, but are stronger, and have the ability to paralyze their enemies.

Zerg Behemoth

Info: The "ultralisk" of the Black Races, their genetics were mixed with the overlord's ability to detect and carry units, and the guardian's ability to fire high-damage biological weapons. They are truly a force to be reckoned with.

Zerg Shade

Info: Coming Soon.

Terran Elite

Health: 60
Armor: 2
Attack: 20+2
Abilities: Cloaking, Flechette Grenade (Requires Heavy Artillery, researchable at the physics lab).
Requirements: 125 minerals, 200 gas, 2 supply, ghost requirements, built at barracks.
Info: In response to the coming of the zerg and protoss, a group of militia seperated themselves from the politics of the terran confederacy in order to devote their lives to training to become the best that is humanly possible. They use explosive tipped rounds, and carry a salvo of Flechette Grenades.

Terran Rhino

Info: The elite's customized tank, it is faster, tougher, and can shoot air units. All in all, the Rhino is definitely a worthy counterpart to the standard tank.

Protoss Seraph

Info: These strange warriors turned up shortly after the Basalisk was taken into the zerg brood. They were the keepers of the foul Black Races, and are now bound to the task of restoring order.

Protoss Lightbringer

Info: The best of the Seraph's, hand picked at young ages. They must have fast reflexes, a sound mind, good tactics, and many other attributes to even be considered to join this small group of top-notch Black Race fighters. They can use Healing, Restoration, and Psionic Storm.

*Note: Stats may change as needed.

[Hawthorne]

Rhino????
Let me guess a remake of that Warcraft 3 unit from the Orcs ?
If not please tell me what it's gonna be causeI'm just visualising a rhino with a rider on it's back...
:)

[Sikawtic]

Rhino - A tank ^_^

EDIT: Added info for the Rhino, and I also added some specifics for the Basalisk, which will most likely change with testing.

EDIT: Added specifics for the Elite.

[Sikawtic]

Update:

I've gotten the Basalisk completed, and am almost complete with the Elite, however, I've ran across some problems which I am currently trying to fix.

Once I fix the problem(s) I'll see if I can get up a pre-beta release ^_^

[Sikawtic]

Yay! triple post... gosh you guys are making me look bad...

Anywayz, I added a link to the mp compatible mod in the first post. It has fully functional Basalisks, and Elites in it. Enjoy.

Yours Truly,
-SK

EDIT:
nvm

[Dark_Soul74]

Seems fun. :D

Tell me if you need any help.

[Sikawtic]

After testing last night... we noticed that the Elite cannot shoot his grenade ... the funny thing is he CAN in single player mode... anybody have any idea what can cause this?

[stealthey]

Well, i cant tell you because whenever i click "Clicketh!" it just refreshes the page. Find a new host man, because i cant dl it <.<

EDIT: And, whenever i right click and "save as" it gives me an empty archive.:shiftyl:

[Sikawtic]

Do you got msn or something? I can wire it over.

[stealthey]

Nah, i dont have any messanger. Well, should i pm u my e-mail so u can do it that way?

[Sikawtic]

sure ^_^

[Basan]

Black Dust
by SiKawticPaladin

I've got a new idea for a new mod, most likely only adding 7 or so units, 2 terran, 2 protoss, and 3 zerg.

Download: Clicketh! (http://&quot;http://www.freewebs.com/sikawticom/downloads/blackdust.zip&quot;)


New units:

Zerg:
Basalisk, Behemoth, Shade

Terran:
Elite, Rhino

Protoss:
Seraph, Lightbringer

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*Note: Stats may change as needed. EDIT: Added info for the Rhino, and I also added some specifics for the Basalisk, which will most likely change with testing. Update:

I've gotten the Basalisk completed, and am almost complete with the Elite, however, I've ran across some problems which I am currently trying to fix.

...
^_^ Just wondering from where those names poped out... :rolleyes: *And shrugs face*

...

EDIT:
Can't edit first post until we get our old layout back... so heres the link
Download: Clicketh! (http://&quot;http://www.freewebs.com/sikawticom/downloads/blackdust.zip&quot;) Well, i cant tell you because whenever i click "Clicketh!" it just refreshes the page. Find a new host man, because i cant dl it.

EDIT: And, whenever i right click and "save as" it gives me an empty archive.:shiftyl: Do you got msn or something? I can wire it over. Nah, i dont have any messanger. Well, should i pm u my e-mail so u can do it that way? sure ^_^
Same technical issues here. Can I do the same? Count with a PM of mine shortly. ;)

Just too curious to know what have you been up to lately... And I want to give ya a small token of my esteem, even though X-mas has passed. *Gets bat to offer Sikawtic, through the larger ending edge*

[Sikawtic]

The names come from various places, Rhino from GTA, Elite because... they are elites, shade because they are just shadows, basalisk from mythology, Behemoth from FF, Seraph from my head (possibly the bible), and lightbringer from magic: the gathering ^_^

And for all you having troubles (2) I've sent you the file (it's 'zipped' in a zip within an mpq because... gmail won't let you send exe's) and am trying to find a host for it to avoid further problems.

[stealthey]

Yep. This mod sucks because IT DOESN'T EVEN DO ANYTHING. Nothing is changed in game. I can't build elite's at the barracks, and I also can't make basalisks from hydras. No additional buttons appear. I give the mod a 0/10 for not changing anything.

Sorry if you took this as a flame

[Sikawtic]

WTF.. herm... maybe I didn't add in the right files in teh one i gave you guys...

Did it change anything for you Basan?

[Basan]

Lucky for you I'm alone at the office today (fixing a PC with virus)... Gonna check the mail and test try it. :)

Add: I guess that the file names are already correct and the only stuff we need to do is place'em inside the SC directory.

Great... So far it points out some patch compatibility. It seems that I've got v1.11a and it needs v1.11b. Searchin' in Blizz's pages for it. :shiftyl: *Mumbles improper words*

Edit add: Foiled again. Folks dropping by at the office... I've seen a new button in Hydras called evolution as well (similar to Lurks), but couldn't see if it works (had to kill BW before that upgrade ended). Maybe it does work... ;)

[stealthey]

Nope. Noting appears for me, and the .exe and .mpq are in the starcraft directory. WTF IS GOING ON!

[Basan]

The names come from various places, Rhino from GTA, Elite because... they are elites, shade because they are just shadows, basalisk from mythology, Behemoth from FF, Seraph from my head (possibly the bible), and lightbringer from magic: the gathering ^_^
Basilisk and behemoth are from the mithology.
Seraph is another way to call angels... just don't recall if fallen ones or simply angels. :confused:

But you must have in mind that Basalisk, Seraph, Rhino, Elite are all similar to some of our WB's members. :)

Nope. Noting appears for me, and the .exe and .mpq are in the starcraft directory. WTF IS GOING ON!
Sometimes the mails attachments get wierd and need to be extracted by right clickin'.
But if you're using an app that fetches your e-mail from different POP servers, just reecheck that mail and deattach (if that term exists) again the *.mpq file that came with it, into some place inside your HD. Afterall, Sikawtic send that same mail to me too. It should've worked. :concern:
Now open it with WinMPQ and extract the *.zip file into whereever you want. Open it and drag the files within to your SC directory.
After that made, then comes the tricky part, double click on the *.exe created there and play it. *Glances at Stealthey wickedly*

If it still doesn't work, just tell us and I'll send you the file received (or we, for that matter). ;)

Edit add: The Hydras morph started but I couldn't see it's final stages... The fellas came back from lunch. *Curses*

[Nahotnoj]

Woo. I just checked it out, and I love the basalisk's attack. ^_^. Although It didn't look like much until i saw it in action since it has the same graphics as the hydra. I haven't checked out Terran yet, but I will soon... good job with what you've done so far.

[stealthey]

Basilisk and behemoth are from the mithology.
Seraph is another way to call angels... just don't recall if fallen ones or simply angels. :confused:

But you must have in mind that Basalisk, Seraph, Rhino, Elite are all similar to some of our WB's members. :)


Sometimes the mails attachments get wierd and need to be extracted by right clickin'.
But if you're using an app that fetches your e-mail from different POP servers, just reecheck that mail and deattach (if that term exists) again the *.mpq file that came with it, into some place inside your HD. Afterall, Sikawtic send that same mail to me too. It should've worked. :concern:
Now open it with WinMPQ and extract the *.zip file into whereever you want. Open it and drag the files within to your SC directory.
After that made, then comes the tricky part, double click on the *.exe created there and play it. *Glances at Stealthey wickedly*

If it still doesn't work, just tell us and I'll send you the file received (or we, for that matter). ;)

Edit add: The Hydras morph started but I couldn't see it's final stages... The fellas came back from lunch. *Curses*
Err dude, Gmail wont let him send .exe's, so he sent a .mpq which doesn't work.

[Basan]

Err dude, Gmail wont let him send .exe's, so he sent a .mpq which doesn't work.

What I've said is that I've received the same mail as you and it works for me. So you prob'ly screwed somwhere along the way (from receiveing the mail 'till using the mod). Recheck your steps, please.

Give us an alternative e-mail and I'll send it myself, if it's still messed up. Any preferences from the file type (*.rar, *.zip or *.mpq)? :)

[Sikawtic]

You have to open it... with winMPQ, then extract the files to where you want them...

[stealthey]

I FINALLY got it to work!!!! Alright, the basalisk's attack is cool, the spines then malestorm, but the elite's flechette grenade doesn't work... did anyone else experience this?

[Sikawtic]

I did... it worked for me fine in SP, but it wouldn't work in MP... is it not working for you at all?

Herm...

EDIT: Ok, I re mpq-ed it, and now the spell seems to work just fine... so once i can get a good host I'll put the new one up, and see how you guys fair with it.

EDIT2: I can't figure out why the spell won't work, so for now I'm moving onto the next unit, the Protoss Seraph.

[Basan]

I FINALLY got it to work!!!! Alright, the basalisk's attack is cool, the spines then malestorm, but the elite's flechette grenade doesn't work... did anyone else experience this?
I did... it worked for me fine in SP, but it wouldn't work in MP... is it not working for you at all?

Herm...

EDIT: Ok, I re mpq-ed it, and now the spell seems to work just fine... so once i can get a good host I'll put the new one up, and see how you guys fair with it.

EDIT2: I can't figure out why the spell won't work, so for now I'm moving onto the next unit, the Protoss Seraph.
The Basalisks are just fine against Marine and Tank pushes, provided you give some support to'em (Lurks, 'Lings or even Mutas). Against Mech units, they suck.

I'll do some serious testing when at home, tonight to see the other modded units but so far it seems balanced enough. ;)

[Sikawtic]

You are correct, the Basalisk is only good against Biological units, but even without their spell, they are stronger than hydralisks ^_^. Another thing you should know, is that they work best (because of their cost) as support units, 3 or 4 per group is sufficient enough ^_^

[stealthey]

SO.... How's the mod coming along?

[Sikawtic]

Got the elites spell to work, but will prolly modify it a bit. otherwise on hold for a couple days.

[stealthey]

Hmm, ok. I hope it finishes soon, but is not hasted.

[Basan]

Hmm, ok. I hope it finishes soon, but is not hasted.
Eh, I still have a link in my CP area of mod testing that went down to an hibernate state. It's a couple of months now, but still waiting for it (patiently). ;)
I don't even know if it will get finished... so we must wait.

Edit add: Sorry fellas for not being present in this thread lately but my time didn't allowed me much testin'. :cry:

[stealthey]

Basan, link please?

[Basan]

As per request:

- Thread 1 (http://www.warboards.org/showthread.php?t=4543)
- Thread 2 (http://www.warboards.org/showthread.php?t=5590)

My advice is just try the one Akuma made... It was very appealing and somewhat balanced if I remember it right. ;)
The other I believe has just passed into another stage (aka version).
I also tested out more mods, like the Future Now, but I haven't got the time to link or search it. And this one as too passed into another higher version. Altough I prefer one of the oldest around (in my PC).
If you have troubles when dl'ing the files to run these mods, drop me a line or two (PM style) and I'll send the files (e-mail) whenever I can. :)

[stealthey]

Mhm. whatever, ive seen mod #1 and played the latest versions before.

As for #2. the link isnt working.

[Basan]

Mhm. whatever, ive seen mod #1 and played the latest versions before.

As for #2. the link isnt working.
Wtf? :o Both work for me... now for the files inside, that's another complete different story. ;)

Btw, here's the link of Akuma's mod testing (http://www.warboards.org/showthread.php?t=3768). I've got the initial links mixed... in those days, had too many free time to test'em (SC mods). *Slips away quietly* :shiftyl:

[stealthey]

Alright.. this thread was on page 3, but how is it coming along?

[Sikawtic]

I've temporarily put it on hold. I purchased HL2... and that saps a lot of my time, as does runescape :(

[stealthey]

Aww, thats not cool... when do you think you will start making it again? This mod seems too good..