Is there a mod to get LESS Mechvariants ?

[GrottenoIm]

Hi there,

i know this is not a common question but i´m looking for a mod to get only the TRO-Variants in the game.
I don´t want a Wolverine with a large laser, a Wolverine has an AC5, a Med-Laser and a SRM6 !

Is there some kind of mod to change the vanilla-mechlist without adding anything new to the game ?

regards
Grottenolm

 

[Jade_Rook]

I don't think anyone has made a mod for that. Should be able to just remove some entries from the VersionManifest.csv file to stop them from appearing. Will probably cause some issues with flashpoints or the campaign if it calls for a specific mech which you have removed. Fixing that would be more extensive and beyond my knowledge.

Almost all of the variants included are canon mechs. The Wolverine with the large laser is the WVR-6K. It is a standard Kuritan variant. http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Wolverine_(BattleMech)

The only mechs I know of which are not canon are the new Hatchetman variant with missile hardpoints, the Urbanmech with a PPC, and the Atlas II (they had to make some adjustments for gear they wasn't included at release). There are also a few character specific variants in the campaign and flashpoints, but those are customized mechs.

 

[unclecid]

what do you mean by TRO variants?
all the mechs in vanilla ARE from the various TROs (except for a couple of HBS customs and one of those is story specific)
also the 6K and 6M are almost as common as the 6R.

and AFAIK there are no mods to remove mechs.

however i believe you could always blacklist everything you dont like.
that might work

 

[Jade_Rook]

Adding the Blacklist tag would probably be easier than editing the VersionManifest and less likely to cause problems.

 

[GrottenoIm]

I know that all the mechs are canon, but back in the days of tabletop we only played with the base variants. The only exception was my 3025-Steiner-Banshee

About that "VersionManifest"... naaaaaaaaaaah, i don´t think i will mess up a file with over 10k of lines. I don´t even know where to start the changing.

But thanks for the help anyway.

 

[unclecid]

Everyones TT experience is different
Mine?
We played with whatever was available at that time lore wise . Whether with mini's or printed cardboard or something similar.

 

[Mongo101]

@unclecid

So did we in the 80's...Hell, I remember using the pieces form Axis and Aliies to represent hovercraft, apc's , and both regular and irregular grunts

 

[Justin Kase]

If you just want an old time 3025 TRO list, many of these variants were in there.

What I would recommend. If you only want Vanilla models, is to grab the JK Variants mod (shameless plug) and disable the VariantsCAB folder.

Then you would need to go into the JK_variantsCampaign folder and adjust each mechdef you dont want to appear with a "BLACKLISTED" tag.

I will tell you that all the HBS 'mechs are lore and have been for a long long time (other than the Hatchetman 3X). Even the SuburbanMech traces its roots back to BattleTechnology.