NOTE: other features from previous versions are already included in X3FL
Installing:
Install via Plugin Manager
NPC Ship Marines:- Adds marines on board NPC ships. In the standard game, not all ships will have defending marines, this will add them making boarding more challenging
You can configure how many ships will have marines on board from the Configuration Menu.
You also need to activate this option in the Artifical Life Settings menu.
Once enabled, it'll take abit of time for the marines to get added
Boarding Transporter Extension:- This is a new upgrade for your ship that links to the Transporter Device.
You can purchase it from all good Split Equipment Dock.
Once installed on your ship, you can assign a hotkey to use. The device can only be used on the ship your currently flying.
You can only activate the device when the shields are low and you are within 1KM of the target.
Once activated, it will take time to complete, with the current progress being displayed as a subtitle. Once it reaches 100%, the marines will be on board and will start to fight through the decks to the core
The time it takes depends on your marines mechanical skill, the top 3 will be used.
During the boarding process, you must remain within 1km of the target ship and keep thier shields down. If you stray too far, or the shields raise too high, the process will stall and start to reverse if you leave it too long.
If you do no resume after it reaches below 0%, the marines will be beamed into obvlivion and the process will fail.
You will have visual information displayed for the whole process.
