Exotic Mechs (formerly Exotic Inner Sphere Mechs) (YAML)

PSA: THIS VERSION OF THE MOD IS RENAMED 'EXOTIC MECHS', AS CLAN MECHS ARE MAKING AN APPEARANCE. THE MOD REQUIREMENTS HAVE CHANGED, AND THE 'YET ANOTHER CLAN WEAPON' MOD WILL BE REQUIRED.

The goal of this project is to introduce little-known mech chassis from BattleTech cannon into MW5, new chassis inspired by BattleTech canon, and some melee variants for mechs that don’t have them. These mechs are essentially feature complete, with 30+ paintjobs, breakable body parts, generous amounts of hardpoints, and multiple variants (including unique hero mechs). Some mechs in this pack use some body parts (legs) from existing mechs (so credit to Piranha Games where appropriate), and recently some mechs have been donated to the mod by other creators (see mech descriptions below for details). These collaborators save me huge amounts of time with their contributions.

Collaborators:

Shade (Hollander and Hollander II model)

BrianBanzai (Crockett model)

xalibur75 (some of the mech UI preview pics)

Support the Mod Development on Patreon: patreon.com/IR0NPENGUIN

My patreon is extremely basic at the moment and does not feature any perks. I do spend money on subscriptions for programs needed to develop the mod, so donations will help offset this.

The mechs in this mod were selected because I think they will add something unique to the game, as both enemies for the player to fight and/or as customizable chassis in the mechlab. This mod will continue to receive updates for the foreseeable future, but since every mech takes several months to finish, I do not take requests for mechs. There will also be very limited additions of new equipment / weapons to the mod, but this is not a

focus of the mod. These will be based off the tabletop, but sometimes rebalanced to ensure viability in MW5.

Required mods: YetAnother Mechlab, Yet Another Weapon.

Recommended Mods: Extra Employers 2 (some mechs may only spawn with factions like ComStar or WOB, which are not in the base game)

OR 'The Known Universe', which is a more detailed mod that also adds in new factions.

Spawn control - Allows toggling off spawns of unwanted mechs or variants from my mod.

Potential mod conflicts: Mod no longer overrides the Jenner hardpoint (HPS) file, so no known conflict with other YAML compatible mods.

New Mech Chassis in the Mod:

Bombard (BBD), 50 tons: Built as a slow, trundling heavy weapons platform, the Bombard was designed to surprise and overwhelm opponents with its absurd firepower in the arenas of Solaris VII. Falling short in most metrics besides firepower, the Bombard is an uncommon sight on the battlefield. Its massive alpha strike should be feared by any that wander too close, but it is easily felled due to its reliance on an XL engine.

Spawns very rarely with House Steiner and Davion, intro d