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Optionally, some kind of image editor like Photoshop, GIMP or may be needed if you want custom art assets like Holoscreen images or a unique title card. csv files used in itemCollections for FP rewards. ConverseTek - For creating custom conversations on the Argo with your crew.

jsons (a fancy txt file with rules, almost everything in HBS BT is run by.

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You will also need the following free tools: txt files and converting them in to fully qualified contract.

Event Editor - For editing Argo Events like 'The Last Cup' or 'Happy Accidents' (FFF Burgers).

Flashpoint Editor - For editing FPs and their associated Milestone Sets.

HBS has graciously included a set of editors in the game here: Once you have an idea and how the players choices will affect that idea, you can get to work actually building something. The earlier the split, or the more splits you make, the more work that needs to be done with missions, conversations, rewards, tag tracking and anything else that makes one branch different than another. If you make a five mission FP with an initial 'A or B' branch, that's ten missions to construct. If you make an initial split like 'Joint Venture' the missions are on two separate branches for the entire FP.

Doubly so if you have more than one FP Decision point. However, the choices you want the players to make, and where those decisions are, will greatly impact the amount of work that needs to be done.

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Now, you don't need to have a branching choice in your FP, you could just as easily make a full FP with nothing but a single mission and conversation around it, or 4 missions with no conversation or choices. Second thing is that Flashpoints are about making a decision.

'I want to tell the story about that one time Darius and Sumire got stuck on a frozen world and we had to go rescue them from ice pirates'.

'I want to make a few low difficulty FPs for the early game'.

'I want to make a challenging set of missions based around a planetary invasion'.

Keep this idea in mind as kind of a 'mission statement' or anchor that will shape how you form things from the choices the player can make to the kinds of missions you use. So, take all this with a grain of salt, I've barely scratched the surface of this beast.įirst thing is 'Why?' Why are you trying to make a FP? Is it to create a challenge? To tell a story? To give players a fun experience? For the challenge of creating something? The reason why you are doing this should be thought about at every stage of the process. I'm sure something in here will be wrong or not quite correct, and something I think isn't possible probably is. I've only been able to hack this all together with experimentation, a lot of help from other modders and asking questions to HBS staff when they had the time to assist on Discord. I'm sure with more people diving in and experimenting in ways I haven't, we'd be able to tell ever greater stories and expand the experiences possible with BATTLETECH.Īlso, I know nothing. I've only just got started pioneering the process. I want to encourage everyone to try and make their own FPs. It might take you a while to get it done, but others like manage to put them out incredibly fast. One thing I want to say at the start, writing these Flashpoints is a lot of fun. The second post will cover advanced topics like spawning requirements, complex Event Results, failure Milestones and contextual conversation options.

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I will cover the basics of the FP system and how to get them loaded in to the game via ModTek.

Looking to tell your own story in BATTLETECH? This thread is a guide on how to craft a story in to a Flashpoint (FP) using ModTek and other free tools.

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