raids
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Post by raids on Feb 15, 2020 21:19:11 GMT -5
Hi all.
Once again I find myself returning to Hardwar, this time on Win 10.
Ok so I've just got the game installed and running perfectly, patched to UIM06. However I'm noticing some differences in gameplay from when I last played. I now have starshells instead of fuel and if I remember correctly the Narcotron used to manufacture plastics and explosives in my old version.
Is there another patch I should be using?
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Post by shrekken on Feb 16, 2020 14:05:51 GMT -5
Sounds to me like you had modded something. The narcotron makes illegal substances, not plastics and explosives (check out downtown chemicals for those) and starshells have always been there. The fuel thing sounds like it was modded too...
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Post by techno on Feb 16, 2020 14:34:45 GMT -5
The version you were using was hardwar enhanced (also known as hardwar e) a heavily modified version of beta4 and uim.6.Enhanced changed starshells into afterburner fuel and added a new piece of manufacturing module called the chemical processor that allowed you to make plastics out of chemicals and explosives out of chemicals and plastics.The narcotron in enhanced also produced alcohol along with narcotics.
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raids
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Post by raids on Feb 17, 2020 1:15:07 GMT -5
Thanks for the replies guys.
You're right Techno, I realized it was a Hardwar Enhanced mod after I'd posted, but it was so long ago I couldn't remember which. I remember a flurry of activity around the time of Ian Martin's patches with Max, Smurph and a few others posting mods and updates almost every other day it seemed. It was a really exciting time for Hardwar fans.
I checked out Pilots link in his signature to try to jog my memory. It's a great archive and there's so many different files there. However since I couldn't recall what files I needed it didn't really help me.
I've since poked around some boxes of old cables and games and found all my Hardwar stuff backed up on a thumb drive so I've got it all up and running now. Police are spawning and I can rename my hangars. With afterburner fuel, upgraded targeting info and also the Police moth display showing wanted levels HardwarE is pretty awesome.
It might be an idea to sticky a link to a zip file of the final HardwarE and the HardwarE Option Selector (for enabling/disabling the different upgrades), along with some installation instructions. Having this easily available would be really cool for newer players to check out. I know the modded economy got kinda messed up but one of the checkboxes on the HardwarE Option Selector disables this. Just a thought.
Anyway guys, thanks again for replying.
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