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This is a Warhammer 40k total conversion for OpenXcom, based on an earlier space marine mod by Ryskeliini. As Force Commander for the Imperium of Man on a planet beseiged by Chaos, you must find a way to end the Warp Storm and purge your world!
By Ryskeliini, bulletdesigner, ohartenstein23, and many contributors from the OXC forums
Installation and Update Instructions Video: Youtu.be
Installation:
Download and install OpenXcom Extended (OXCE), version 5.6.3 or later, by Meridian and Yankes
Run OXCE after copying the UFO files to generate the user/mods folder
Download the 40k files, and unzip into the mods folder
Run OXCE, go to Options > Mods and select "40k" from the drop-down menu at the top
(Optional) If the Music is playing the UFO soundtrack, check Options > Audio > Music Format, and set it to "Auto" or "OGG" if it isn't one of those.
(Optional) Turn on the Stat Strings mod under Options > Mods
(Optional) Turn on the Chapter Change mod under Options > Mods to change the look of your Space Marines to the Imperial Fists or the Blood Angels Chapters
Reduced Download Install:
If you already have the mod Version 022, want a smaller download, and are comfortable manually moving some files within the mod folder, pick the 40k_noANIMS_023.zip download.
Follow the instructions for Updating below, but when you remove the previous version, keep the folders 40k/Resources/ANIMS and 40k/SOUND.
After putting the updated 40k folder into user/mods, put the folders you kept from the previous version into the same places in the new version.
If the game doesn't work correctly after this, try the full download/update.
Updating:
Save any current campaign in the Geoscape. Loading a Battlescape save from a previous version is more likely to cause bugs and crashes, and is not recommended.
Remove the previous version's 40k folders from your OXCE mods folder.
Download the new version's files and unzip into the mods folder. Your previous saves should be compatible if made during the Geoscape.
Credits:
Big props to Ryskeliini for the space marine stuff and Dixone for the help
Used a lot of maps from Terrainpack so special thanks to Hobbes also so help on side
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Update 03-09-2019
- Fixed missing traitor guard flamer and cultists sometimes having no weapons
- Fixed certain IG missions crashing due to bad regions definitions
- Fixed stray pixels on stubber hand sprites
- Fixed crash in basescape due to missing single Droppod sprites in Blood Angels and Imperial Fists mods
- Fixed Commissar's inspire ability damaging armor
- Codex cleanup for craft weapons and auxiliary units
- Added labels to all craft weapon slots
- Chaos weapons don't prevent base facility pieces from exploding in base defenses
- Orks have Killa Kans to defend their bases
- Orbital Bombardment manufacturing now requires Naval Communications to be unlocked
- Updated minimap sprites for all terrains to better match the tile sprites
- Removed some pillars in hangar facility's maps to make them more accessible to large units in base defense
- Re-translated altitude strings for craft to match both air and ground craft
- Ground-based player craft cannot directly attack high-altitude enemy craft, but doesn't affect hunter-killer interceptions
- Updated Chaos Dreadnought/Plasma sprite
Guard Content
- Added Advanced Sentinel variants with extra armor
- Standard Sentinels now have an open-top sprite and other graphics
Update 02-07-2019
- Added an article that explains Strategy choice that pops up at beginning of the game
- New, harder final mission
- Separate final mission for the Marines' Chaos Path
- Added a "Hangar" mission to test out crafts' deployment
- Autopistols, Autoguns, and Heavy Stubbers now damage a small amount of armor
- Added a stomp melee attack for Sentinels
- Enemy turrets and some heavy weapons soldiers can now shoot at targets spotted by other enemies
- Enemy armor no longer scales with difficulty
- Traitor Guard and Chaos Cultists no longer spawn on typical Chaos Craft
- Traitor Guard and Chaos Cultists have their own separate sets of weapons
- Added a flamer and grenade launcher for the Traitor Guard
- Added Chaos heavy stubbers, shotguns, and sniper rifles
- Changed the Chaos Priest to be an assassin (sprites to come later maybe?). High Priest remains as-is.
- Map for Razorback in the battlescape
- New sprites for some terror unit weapons
- More ambient sounds
- Minor cosmetic and terrain fixes
- Fixed smoke grenades being counted as tainted artifacts
- Fixed crash on wrong sprites for base facilities
- Fixed typo on IG missions causing crash
- Fixed some crashes and 0-cost new bases related to the globe rework
- Blood Angels chapter change mod now available
- Updates to Imperial Fists mod
Update 02-05-2019
- Fixed missing strings
- Removed extra mission happening at the start of the game
- Fixed regions not properly covery the globe
- Fixed a crash related to a bad unit definition in the new month 1 terror races
- Added a codex article for the Stubber
- Fixed craft scan data showing up as chaos base scan data in debriefing screens
- Added back mission regions accidentally removed by globe update
- Fixed upper levels of the cathedral map being inaccessible
- Added Codex articles and scan data for Ork Waggons and Fightas
- Ork Waggons and Traitor Guard Chimeras show damage on being shot down
- Reduced reactions and accuracy for the Ork Waggon turrets
- Combat knives now properly train both melee and reactions
- Fixed crash with Ork Waggon items being outside of the map
- Increased aimed shot TU cost on the Lascannon and Hell-Hammer Lascannon
- Fixed Cultist Church having wrong ambient sound
- Added new inventory sprite for Genestealers
- Fixed Boltpistol Frag ammo using the wrong hit sound
- Fixed crash related to Inquisition mission script
Guard Content
- Fixed crash with Scion armor inventory sprite
- New Icons in Codex for IG armors
- Added Tanith Lasgun, Long-Las, Camo Armor, and Medic Camo Armor by Lord Flasheart
- Added two missions related to obtaining the Tanith gear
Marine Content
- Updated tilesets for Chaos Path Thunderhawks
- Enhanced Terminator sprites
- Fixed Tactical Strategy not granting Chapter Purity
Update 12-04-2019
- Updated text colors for New Research and New Manufacturing menus
- Changed bolts and heavy auto shells to do less armor damage but have some armor piercing
- Fixed bolts having too low stun damage
- Increased damage and range on Heavy Bolters to better match lore
- Bumped up damage on Assault Cannons and Autocannons to match Heavy Bolter changes
- Changed Storm Bolters and Assault Bike Bollters to use the (0-100% roll)x2 damage model instead of (0-200% roll) to better represent firing two bolts to the same location
- Increased armor damage of lasgun/laspistol power cells, but still less than version 012-017 levels
- Enemies should make the aimed/snap/auto decision better based on the weapon they're using
- Enemies with weapons that have a max range should prefer to move closer now
- Added max ranges to Meltaguns and Multimeltas to help the AI use it better
- Fixed the INFO section for Blight Rockets causing a crash
- New campaigns now actually start in the year 40k
- Traitor Guard soldiers no longer deploy with laspistols
- Added Traitor Guard Outposts as a new kind of enemy base
- Added a Chimera for the Traitor Guard
- Added an Ork Encampment as a new kind of enemy base
- Added Grots to the Orks' deployments, sprites by b
- Added the Grot Blasta as an Ork weapon
- Fixed Stormravens, Dreadnoughts, and Centurion Warsuits being researchable/manufacturable for the Imperial Guard
- Edited the globe to make it look less like Earth
- Added Codex articles for the rare Bolters, Boltpistols, and Lasguns
- Added a Master Crafted Grav-Gun
- Added some missing Codex strings
- Improved some Codex images
- Fixes for Imperial Fist armors and sprites
- Added a map in the Codex help section for the new globe
Marine Content
- Removed manufacturing of HWP-type dreadnoughts
- Chapter Corruption now grants corrupted marines as a new soldier type, but prevents recruiting loyalist marines and manufacture of loyalist armors
- Added a transformation from loyalist marine to corrupted marine
- Added armors for corrupted marines to correspond to the loyalist variants
- Added a Chaos Thunderhawk Transport
- Added a Chaos Shrine as a base facility
- Added new base sprites for each type of Thunderhawk Transport
Guard Content
- Increased cost of Psykers and Stormtroopers to 2 honor badges
- Increased number of badges granted by Psyker and Stormtrooper research from 3 to 4
- Fixed Veteran Guardsmen losing their rank after being promoted to veteran
- Fixed not being able to research Autocannons for the battlescape
- Fixed Sentinel/Missile being too weak against lasers and incendiary weapons
- Fixed Mounted Weapons being too weak against lasers while taking no stun or smoke damage
- Added Chaos Autopistols and Autoguns
- Added Stubbers and Chaos Stubbers
- Changed Riot missions to use Stubbers and Chaos Autoguns instead of Imperial Autoguns
- Fixed one standing direction of Commissar not having black boots
- Added boots to Ogryn battlescape sprites, fixed arms clipping over arms for Ogryn Carapace and Bullgryn armors
- Hellguns and Hotshot Volley Guns now have infinite instead of recharging ammo
- Added cosmetic variants of Advanced Carapace armors for Storm Troopers, sprites by Bait4Fate
- Added new missions for supporting the PDF or Space Marines assaulting a Chaos Outpost
This is an add-on mod for the Imperial Guard campaign to test switching the Mounted Lascannon/Autocannon heavy weapons from 2x2 armors for soldiers to 1x1 auxiliary units that are crewed by your soldiers. When turning on the mod, you'll have the option to use the heavy weapons in either manner, as armor or as a unit, in order to compare them side-by-side.
If you are playing as the IG, please try this out and send us feedback!
Update 08-02-2019
- More string cleanup and editing by TheDeparted
- Spellcheck by IvanDogovich
- New sprites for lasgun/laspistol power cells
- Added Lucius, Voss, and Vostroya Pattern Lasguns to the list of randomized weapons in ruins maps
- Separated rare lasgun map blocks from rare bolter/boltpistol map blocks
- Fixed the auto-equip function breaking how "charge" deployments like droppods or grav drops work
- Fixed the craft tilesets being set on fire too easily
- Fixed race appearances by mission type
- Fixed mission scripts that would generate an extra mission per month
- Fixed LOFTemps in the Grav Drop deployments that would allow spotting of units
- Armor repair (Support Servitor and Techmarine Servo Arms) now automatically repairs the side with the most armor missing by percentage, no matter the side you use the ability from
- Built-in/special weapons should now show properly on the INFO screen for armors
- Added codex text for the Lascannon and made it exclusive to Marines Strategies
- Added a script for crewed weapons emplacements and a codex article to explain it
- Warmap tileset more real
- Fuel map depot more real
General balance changes:
- Reduced the armor damage for standard lasgun and laspistol clips
- Rebalanced plasma weapons to fill more of an anti-heavy infantry role
- Plasma pistols have reduced range and clip size but much more power
- Plasma rifles have increased power but reduced clip size
- Heavy plasma now has a small AoE radius that drops off quickly, and increased range and clip size
- All plasma weapons are more rare and expensive
- Added Chaos Boltpistols, and replaced some equips that had plasma pistols with them
- Heavy Bolter has increased clip sizes, faster auto and snap shots, and an increased kneeling bonus
- Increased the cost of heavy bolter ammo and missiles
- Reduced the cost of krak grenades slightly
- Reduced incendiary damage modifiers for large (2x2) units all-around
- Reduced dreadnought susceptibility to laser weapons
- Set resource costs of MC Bolter Ammo to match the clipSize
- Increased the adamantium cost of lascannon manufacturing
- Added an adamantium cost to manufacturing meltaguns
- Added adamantium costs to manufacturing craft weapons
- Reduced the points penalty for losing Guardsmen
Marine Content
- Techmarine now has both hands free
- Crozius Arcanum now can melee attack
- Sorcerer staff with snap shot
- Eldar light with snap shot
- Apothecary narthecium with melee attack
- Support Stormtalon weapons have fixed movement and more TUs/energy
- Stormeagle map, comes with 10 crew and 2 pilots
- Chapter Heraldry in Codex (simple yet)
Guard Content
- The Long-Las now changes color slightly when loaded with the hotshot ammunition
- The Marauder now requires researching Warp Drives and Power Sources
- Psykers now require High-tier Requisitions
- Updated Commissar sprites
- Added a High-tier Requistion research for the IG endgame
- Added the Gorgon superheavy APC
- Added stims to guard medics
- Added missing storage size and sell price to handheld autocannon
- Added a guard variant of the handheld lascannon, changed the mounted variant to use the new ammunition but with lower reload cost
- Removed ability for sentinels and mounted weapons to kneel
Update 17-01-2019
- Added Accatran Pattern Lasguns to the list of randomized weapons in ruins maps
- Fixed explosions being able to propagate through the front of Chimeras
- Changed Chimera on outpost map
Marine Content
- Imperial Fist sub-mod
- Signal Armor Correction
- keepCraftAfterFailedMission for Thunderhawk transport
Guard Content
- New sprites for Tauros Lascannon Turret, corpse sprite for Tauros Grenade Launcher Turret
- Added a new recurring mission to rescue stranded PDF Forces from their downed Valkyrie
- Added a new map for the PDF Outpost Defense to give the mission some variety
- Small tweaks to the first PDF Outpost Defense Map
- Pushed back appearance of Raptors and Traitor Marines on PDF Outpost defense
Update 10-01-2019
- Statstrings moved to auxiliary mod, turn on and off by activating/deactivating the mod from the options menu
- Testing new script to change overweight penalty to remove energy instead of TUs
- Added an assistance article to provide a short explanation of the new mechanics
- Terminator weapons retain the TU penalty in addition to the new energy penalty when overweight
- Guard Heavy Bolter no longer removes energy on kneeling
- Corrected and edited many of the mod's strings (credit to TheDeparted)
Marine Content
- Updating geoscape markers for Stormraven
- Updating Craft image for Stormraven
- Scout Armor color corrections
- Small fixes
- Inquisition Full arc
- Grey Knights
Guard Content
- Fixed morale gain from executing traitors, broken due to last version's update
- Changed Craft Quad Autocannon again to differentiate it from the (renamed) Marine's Craft Assault Cannon
- Added the Marauder Destroyer as a mid-tier fire support interceptor.
- Added Sanctioned Psykers as a late-game soldier type, with a number of different disciplines and abilities based on choice of armor.
- Added hand-held autocannons.
- Added the first of a set of monthly missions, an outpost defense after you've completed training.
- Added the script that forces hits on the front armor as long as the shooter is in within diagonally in front of the target to the mounted weapon armors.
- Added an article to explain how to execute traitors with Commissars.
- Added articles to explain Officer and Veteran promotions.
- Added deployed bipod sprites for Heavy Stubber when kneeling
- New article images for Craft Multilaser, Quad Lascannon, and Quad Autocannon
Update 11-12-2018
- Guard merged (now available on this download)
- Removed requirement of using a corpse for the dreadnought transformation
- Krak missiles for missile launcher now have a small AoE radius and do explosive damage, but reduced power
- Added krak grenades
- Removed non-soldier versions of assault bike and dreadnoughts
- Rebalanced unit vision
- Some string cleanup
- Mission 7
For Guard:
- Increased quad-linked autocannon damage to match the airborne version, reduced range to compensate
For Marines:
- 3 new armors for each strategy
- Armors are by layers now (so everyone can mod and create their own chapter)
- Resources are linked by chapter (so everyone can mod and create their own chapter)
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Hi, I've recently installed this mod as per the instructions in the video (OXCE, patch, mod) but for some reason when I start a game with the 40k mod activated, the globe looks really weird, with continents all merging into each other. This doesn't happen when the mod isn't activated and it continues to be an issue even if I install an earlier version. Do you know what the issue might be as I am having a hard time trying to find a solution?
Hello! I recently found this mod and I love it very much! But I was wondering if I'm playing it wrong because I can't seem to progress further from the very start of the game, Marines/Guards mostly lack strengths to carry good weapons and their accuracies are very horrible too; I at least thought Marines would be somewhat better. Many of the battles include enemies with tanks yet my team doesn't have very many means of fighting them.
I'm very sorry about the newbie rant, but I was just wondering if I was playing it wrong and if there were any set ways of playing at the start of the game.
The two things I find most important are heavy weapons and abusing line of site. Read the codex article on heavy weapons - the penalty isn't the same as in vanilla, so going overweight doesn't matter as much. Scout out an enemy position, then use a unit with a sniper rifle/missile launcher/heavy bolter/etc. that's either far enough back or behind enough smoke to not be seen to shoot the target. If it doesn't die, hide your scout in cover until next turn and repeat.
Tanks require a bit more care but similar strategy - many missiles, or use las weapons to chew away the armor. Make sure you take cover to not get shot!
Also remember that losing a few soldiers isn't the end of a campaign, winning every mission isn't necessary, and that you can retreat if you don't think you can beat something
Hey, I just installed mod and have played whit scouts for few mouths so do I get tactical marines anyday or is that choice you make at the start, so you play only whit thous?
You get Tactical Marines by equipping your marines in MK7 Tactical Armor, something you need to research and manufacture. If you selected the Tactical Strategy at the beginning of the game, it will be easier to research the Tactical Armor.
I hope someone makes a sub mod that adds a bit of the raiding and shipping as the piratez kind and you get to play as the dark eldar tortureing a world...*Dark eldar maniac laughing intensifies
Thanks, but I don't think this is really necessary since OXCE is already supported on Arch, and the mod itself doesn't need any modification to run on different operating systems.
I discussed with WorMzy to add OXCE support since the compilation process is exactly the same as for OpenXcom. But after adding a package we are able to automatically apply your mod to OS without manual steps.
Probably is a good way to make it more native, but all you have to do is copy the mods folder to where your version is stored on your system. I did this on Android.
For the 021 release, OXCE 5.5 is sufficient, the message you may be getting on start-up or activating the 40k mod for not having 5.5.1 can be ignored if you have the latest release of OXCE.
If you want the message to go away, edit the file 40k/metadata.yml to say the required version is 5.5 instead.
I realized the dogfight UFO/ship sprites are missing, because those require custom art made, along with a lot of chaos weapons & tech. I wish I was in a position to supply those arts, but alas, I have to put food on the kitchen table.
Hi, really enjoyed (and enjoying) the mod! I've finished an Imperial Guard run and thoroughly enjoyed it! Though now that I'm starting a marines run I'm a bit confused as to how to get dreadnaughts as I can't find 'revive fallen brothers' in my soldiers tab (and being able to manufacture dreadnaught armour)
Congrats on completing an IG campaign, it's not an easy feat! The "Revive Fallen Brother" should show up in the drop-down menu in the lower-left of the soldiers screen, where you'd promote Guardsmen to Officers or Veterans.
If you can manufacture dreadnought armor but don't have the transformation option, then you should check whether you're on the latest released version (020). If you are, then send me your save either as a pastebin link, on our discord server, or however you feel comfortable sharing the save file.
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Hi, I've recently installed this mod as per the instructions in the video (OXCE, patch, mod) but for some reason when I start a game with the 40k mod activated, the globe looks really weird, with continents all merging into each other. This doesn't happen when the mod isn't activated and it continues to be an issue even if I install an earlier version. Do you know what the issue might be as I am having a hard time trying to find a solution?
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We changed the globe since the planet isn't supposed to be Earth but a generic Earth-like planet.
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Hello! I recently found this mod and I love it very much! But I was wondering if I'm playing it wrong because I can't seem to progress further from the very start of the game, Marines/Guards mostly lack strengths to carry good weapons and their accuracies are very horrible too; I at least thought Marines would be somewhat better. Many of the battles include enemies with tanks yet my team doesn't have very many means of fighting them.
I'm very sorry about the newbie rant, but I was just wondering if I was playing it wrong and if there were any set ways of playing at the start of the game.
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The two things I find most important are heavy weapons and abusing line of site. Read the codex article on heavy weapons - the penalty isn't the same as in vanilla, so going overweight doesn't matter as much. Scout out an enemy position, then use a unit with a sniper rifle/missile launcher/heavy bolter/etc. that's either far enough back or behind enough smoke to not be seen to shoot the target. If it doesn't die, hide your scout in cover until next turn and repeat.
Tanks require a bit more care but similar strategy - many missiles, or use las weapons to chew away the armor. Make sure you take cover to not get shot!
Also remember that losing a few soldiers isn't the end of a campaign, winning every mission isn't necessary, and that you can retreat if you don't think you can beat something
1
Hey, I just installed mod and have played whit scouts for few mouths so do I get tactical marines anyday or is that choice you make at the start, so you play only whit thous?
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You get Tactical Marines by equipping your marines in MK7 Tactical Armor, something you need to research and manufacture. If you selected the Tactical Strategy at the beginning of the game, it will be easier to research the Tactical Armor.
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I hope someone makes a sub mod that adds a bit of the raiding and shipping as the piratez kind and you get to play as the dark eldar tortureing a world...*Dark eldar maniac laughing intensifies
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That would be quite the large sub-mod, to the point I'd recommend just making a new conversion and borrowing resources from this one.
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I hope we get a Carcharodon chapter.
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The mod is quite well done..good work!
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Hi, I added ArchLinux support for you mod. Please take a look here:
Aur.archlinux.org
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Thanks, but I don't think this is really necessary since OXCE is already supported on Arch, and the mod itself doesn't need any modification to run on different operating systems.
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I discussed with WorMzy to add OXCE support since the compilation process is exactly the same as for OpenXcom. But after adding a package we are able to automatically apply your mod to OS without manual steps.
0
Probably is a good way to make it more native, but all you have to do is copy the mods folder to where your version is stored on your system. I did this on Android.
1
For the 021 release, OXCE 5.5 is sufficient, the message you may be getting on start-up or activating the 40k mod for not having 5.5.1 can be ignored if you have the latest release of OXCE.
If you want the message to go away, edit the file 40k/metadata.yml to say the required version is 5.5 instead.
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I realized the dogfight UFO/ship sprites are missing, because those require custom art made, along with a lot of chaos weapons & tech. I wish I was in a position to supply those arts, but alas, I have to put food on the kitchen table.
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Which ones are missing? We generally don't release a new UFO or Craft unless we have all the sprites it needs.
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Amazing mod! I wish all the art were done. :D
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Hi, really enjoyed (and enjoying) the mod! I've finished an Imperial Guard run and thoroughly enjoyed it! Though now that I'm starting a marines run I'm a bit confused as to how to get dreadnaughts as I can't find 'revive fallen brothers' in my soldiers tab (and being able to manufacture dreadnaught armour)
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Congrats on completing an IG campaign, it's not an easy feat! The "Revive Fallen Brother" should show up in the drop-down menu in the lower-left of the soldiers screen, where you'd promote Guardsmen to Officers or Veterans.
If you can manufacture dreadnought armor but don't have the transformation option, then you should check whether you're on the latest released version (020). If you are, then send me your save either as a pastebin link, on our discord server, or however you feel comfortable sharing the save file.
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