[IDEA/QUESTION] Play as enemy ship mod?

[Hamlet7768]

I can't find if there's a mod about this, but I thought this was an interesting idea (how interesting? Well, I kind of created the account to post this, so I'm sure I'll use it later). Is there a mod that allows the player to play as enemy ships? I'm not talking about the flagship, I'm talking things like the generic ships you fight across the game, like "Engi Scout," or "Mantis Fighter," those ships.

[kartoFlane]

Well, I really don't want for this to be like it, but I'll inevitably end up shamelessly advertising my own creation.

There's no such mod ATM, at least as far as I know, but it's very easy to do. With Superluminal, you only have to load the ship that you want to play as, convert it to a player ship, set up its weapons (player ships can't have their weapons defined by sets, like enemy do), give it a name... And you're done, if I haven't forgotten anything. Last step is exporting your creation, loading it with GMM and you're ready to play.

Of course, there's the issue that the ship would be facing upwards, like enemy ships do - but it's nothing too complex, just rotating the ship's graphics 90° clockwise, and moving/resizing the rooms and doors around...

Well, turns out that there actually are quite a few steps, though none of them is overly complicated :E

[Vhati]

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[Hamlet7768]

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Thread: A way to play with more than 9 ships

Time to learn the ropes and customize up an Engi Bomber. Thanks!