MP real warfare mods...can they be reduced to just one?

[Mad Cat]

There are several of these reality based mods out there and all are MP. Has anyone ever tried creating a reality mod that can be used with any mod? Is it even possible? It seems to me that one good real warfare mod would be plenty if this could be accomplished. Then maybe some of the intrepid and talented modelers, mappers, and code modders could be tempted to create some more new SP bonus missions or campaigns that could also be dual purpose.

There are some ten versions of BTRH and German Soldiers Mod each. There is the Real Warfare Mod and even a couple or more versions of the STO Realism Mod. How many of these types of mods are really needed anyways?

I'm no modder. Shoot, I'm barely competent enough to operate a comp. But it seems like there should be a way of creating just one really good MP reality warfare mod that could be used in conjunction with nearly all other mods thus allowing vehicles and equipment from those mods to be used in the MP games without the need to create various versions of the same old MP mods to do it. There is the Random Mission Generator mod after all which obviously took some ingenious tinkering.

[Albus]

sorry but i dont understand that you want...

You want a base mod , that other modders can create campaigns , single or multiplayer add-ons? :laser:

[Mad Cat]

Yes, an MP/SP base mod, that's it exactly. I got the idea from the SoE RWM and Direct Engagement mods which have expansion SP mods that can be played with them. Both of these mods have expansion missions that can be played with the base mod. I want to know if it's possible to create one MP/SP base mod that all other bonus mission mods can be played with in either game mode regardless of their origins. BTRH being the most popular it would be a perfect candidate for something like this. It has already shown it can be used as a base mod with its beta upgrades. This way instead of the modders having to create more follow up versions of the same old mod adding equipment, maps and iota changes to gameplay you'd just need to create mods or maps you want to play in either game mode(preferably both) and activate it along with the base mod. If this is possible then it could expand both MP and SP game play modes and make it much easier to add maps and equipment without the need to upgrade the base mod.

I suppose the idea would be something that the BTRH or German Soldiers mod teams might be more familiar with but if anyone would like to take on such a challenge, well, who knows where that would go ...

[Albus]

well may be that is possible....

[Mad Cat]

If something like this could be made for Soldiers then FoW and FoW2 might possibly follow. Maybe it might mean something as simple as changing all the effects in the original game to have the same effects as one of the more popular MP mods but leaving all the mod use capabilities in place. Since I don't MP I'm not at all sure whether maps and equipment from SP bonus mission mods can be used in MP or not. I may be whistlin' in the wind for no good effect. I just don't see why so much time and effort is used on adding maps and equipment into various versions of BTRH and GSM if a better way is possible. I guess that's what I'm really getting at. Is it possible to relieve the necessity of revising these mods and allow any mod with whatever maps and equipment is in them to be used in either mode?

I'm just looking for more materials to be played in SP mode to be honest. I've seen some of the bonus mission maps and equipment added to the big MP mods but little in the way of reciprocation with SP missions. I'm quite envious of the MPers. I love this game but my ability to play MP is curtailed by a physical disfunction of only having one good hand. Noone really likes to play with players who plink along at a pace that kills in real time :P. SP allows people like myself and others to play at our own pace. We'd just like to be included too when some of the new maps and equipment is implemented.