Captain's Choice - Vanilla Shipbuilding Overhaul

Captain’s Choice is not strictly a ship combat mod. It does, however, strongly influence how all ship combat in the game plays out with deep interplay between ship systems. No more useless habs and (fewer) useless structural components!

It is generally designed around two key concepts: Disparity and Modularity.

  Disparity

Class differences between ships have been exaggerated, and in some cases trends have been reversed.

Quality is introduced as a scaling factor for all parts.

A large part of this is designed around Spacefaring Economy - as its tiered pricing makes less sense if all parts perform identically.

  Modularity

Selection of each part is now more important.

Many decorative habs and structural components now serve a purpose, with many parts now having several roles.

It is now possible to build your ships ‘wrong’ in some ways. See below for details.

The main change is that most ship values are now calculated together.

You may recognize this from Apogee or Ship Combat Overhaul, which this mod draws heavy inspiration from.

However, unlike the above, there are a few key changes.

• []Maximum ship speed is significantly faster than vanilla, but not additive like the above.[/]

  []There are also no weapon, shield, or hull rebalances - yet.[/]

  []CC is designed to simply enhance the existing systems.[/]

  Despite the lack of weapon changes, you will find combat playing out rather differently depending on how you build your ship.

  Ship stats now scale heavily off of Class and Quality.

  Class is unchanged - A, B, or C.

  Quality is determined by the Manufacturer, Value and Utility of a part.

  It scales somewhat with level.

  Below are the Class changes, broadly defined.

  Speed and Boost

  All ships are slightly faster. However, Class C ships now boast the highest top speed, with Class A ships having the lowest.

  Class C ships have limited boost without careful building. If built with insufficient engines, they may have none.

  Class A ships offer tremendous boost with great escape potential.

  Maneuverability

  A few thruster values are additive. Most parts with visual thruster effects offer some bonus to strafing (unlocked with rank 1 of the Piloting perk).

  Rocket-style engines (those with no Port or Starboard variant) have significantly less strafing ability. You will have to add side-mounted engines or invest in thrusters if you wish to use these nimbly.

  The Quality changes are across all ship modules.

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