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Compatibility

MegaMod is not compatible with any other mods nor are they compatible with MegaMod. MegaMod is completely independant from Core UQM, HD-Mod, HD-Remix, Crazy Mod, Balance Mod, Extended, or any other mods. As such MegaMod has its own set of packages and add-ons.
For example the HD-Mod add-on package hires4x.zip is not compatible with MegaMod as MegaMod has its own HD package currently named mm-0.8.4-hd.uqm.
And as MegaMod is not compatible with any other mods, refrain from installing it over any existing UQM installations.
All current MegaMod compatible add-ons and content can be found on the main website's Releases page: SourceForge

Content Installation

For these examples I will be using the HD content package but this works for any of the content packages. To start, download the HD content package on the Download page and make note of where you downloaded it.

Windows

You will only need to install content separately when not using the Windows installer

Copy the mm-0.8.4-hd-content.uqm file to your addons directory. Which by default is

C:\Games\The Ur-Quan Masters MegaMod\content\addons\

After that you can load the MegaMod and opt to use the HD content in the setup menu within the graphics options.

macOS

Right click on the MegaMod app and select Show Package Contents
Navigate to Contents -> Resources -> content -> addons
Move or copy the mm-0.8.4-hd-content.uqm file into the addons folder.

After that you can load the MegaMod and opt to use the HD content in the setup menu within the graphics options.

GNU/Linux

To be honest I don't know of a decent, safe, and streamlined way to do this.

The Setup Menu

This is a rundown on all the options that aren't in Vanilla UQM.

Graphics: Toggles between original and HD graphics.
Resolution: Scales the graphics of Original and HD graphics to the selected resolution.
Disclaimer: When switching to HD graphics for the first time make sure to choose 'Default' resolution.
Custom Resolution: A text entry field that lets you input a custom resolution.
Display Mode: Choose between windowed, exclusive fullscreen (changes the display resolution to fit game resolution), or borderless full screen (stretches the game to the display resolution [SDL2 only]).
Gamma Correction: Adjusts the gamma of the screen.

Platform UI

Choose between DOS, 3DO, or UQM to change the UI scaling to match your option of choice.

DOS has an aspect ratio 16:10 (320x200/1280x800) and form fits the UI to look just like the DOS version.
3DO has an aspect ratio of 4:3 and adds padding to all sides and compensates the viewing area to match the look and feel of the 3DO version.
UQM uses the full 4:3 aspect ratio just like vanilla UQM.

DOS Side Menu

Shows DOS-style ship selection menu in the shipyard while in 3DO or UQM UI modes.

Flagship Engine Color

Switch between the Green (PC) variant or Red (3DO) variant engined Flagship.

Screen Transitions

Allows the user to switch between Stepped zooming and Crossfade for various screen transitions. Stepped is the method used in the original PC version of SC2, while Crossfade is what is used in the 3DO version of SC2. There is no performance difference between the two although the Stepped method has instantaneous transition.

Oscilloscope Style

Choose between PC or 3DO oscilloscope display during conversations.

HyperSpace Color

Choose between PC or 3DO HyperSpace color

Planet Style: Allows the user to choose between either PC or 3DO styled planets. PC planets seem to have more contrast and color than the 3DO planets. Only works when Textured Planets is disabled.
Star Background: Lets you choose between PC, 3DO, UQM, or HD-mod star backgrounds in interplanetary. Only useful when not using a Custom Seed.
Stats Display: Choose scan stats style between DOS text, 3DO pictograms, Project 6014 styled DOS text, or Project 6014 styled 3DO pictograms.
Scanning Style: Choose between PC style static scan where nodes pop up seemingly at random or 3DO style which sweeps down the planet map revealing nodes in order.
Sphere Style: Choose between DOS, 3DO, or UQM styled planet spheres on the scan screen.
Sphere Scan Overlay: Choose to have the spinning sphere shown during scan to be colored or plain.
Lander View Style: Choose between PC or 3DO lander views. For PC the lander viewport is at the bottom-right of the screen with the lander details to the left of the planet map. For 3DO the lander viewport is above the planet map with the lander details at the bottom-right of the screen.

Date Format: Allows you to choose between popular date formats for the date display in-game.
Custom Border: Enables a custom UI overlay based on Clay's "sc2redo" mock-up.
Show Whole Fuel Value: When enabled shows you the full fuel value in decimal format.
Fuel Range Indicators: Choose between default fuel range, an extra dotted circle that shows fuel range at the destination, an extra ellipse that depicts the point of no return from Sol, or all fuel range indicators at once.
Sphere Colors: Gives SOI on the StarMap distinct color variations to make it easier to distinguish them (Useful for StarSeed mode).
HD Animations: HD-only: Enables animated HD-mod HyperSpace stars, gravity wells, Hyper/QuasiSpace portals, and solar system suns.
Shipyard Captain Names: Shows the individual ship captain names above the ships in the shipyard.
Game Over Cutscenes: Enables/disables game over cutscenes.
Alternate Orz Font: Turn on/off the alternate font for untranslated Orz text.

Non-Stop Oscilloscope: Enable the conversation oscilloscope to switch to music when nobody is talking (When speech is enabled).
Show Nebulae: Shows pre-rendered nebulae on the background of solar systems and the encounter screen when enabled.
Nebulae Brightness: A slider that adjusts the opacity of the pre-rendered nebulae.
Orbiting Planets: Planets/moons will orbit around their respective parental body.
Textured Planets: Planets/moons will be fully textured in solar system view so you can identify what they are before scanning.
Unscaled View: HD-only: Orbit lines and background stars aren't scaled up.
NPC Ship Orientation: Turn on/off whether NPC ships face their direction of travel.
Hazard Colors: Enables colored text on the scan screen based on the severity of the hazard.
Planet Map Textures: Switch between 3DO or UQM planet textures and node locations (minerals and bios). Added bonus when set to 3DO is that the node locations are identical to the PC version as well. Only when using the default custom seed (16807).
Show Lander Upgrades: Displays the Lander upgrades on the lander sprites during planetside.

Volasaurus' Remixes: Toggles on or off remixes made by Volasaurus. Only applicable if you have the package installed.
Interplanetary Alien Ambience: This option enables music that plays when you are in the orbit of a star within an alien race's Sphere of Influence. Now has a "No Spoilers" & "Spoilers" option so that music themes will only play if the SOI is visible on the StarMap or when you're in a solar system with a known homeworld.
Music Resume: Resumes music from where it last left off. 5 Minutes option keeps tabs on each piece of music and resets it to the beginning if it hasn't been active within 5 minutes. Indefinite resumes the music no matter when it last was heard.

Control Display: Change the on-screen control display between Keyboard, Xbox, or Playstation 4 controls. Make sure that when you choose Xbox or PS4 display to change the Bottom Player layout accordingly.

Skip Intro: Skips the logo screen, game intro, and if you have the 3DO videos installed it skips the "attract" Crystal Dynamics video.
Partial Pickup: Minerals that are bigger than the remaining limit of the Lander's hold will be partially picked up, leaving the rest on the planet surface. Also Biological data will not be picked up if the data is larger than the remaining limit of the Lander's hold.
Scatter Elements: Upon lander explosion, will scatter a percentage of elements from within the lander's cargo hold on to the planet's surface. Scattered elements are not persistent if you leave orbit and come back.
In-Game Help Menus: Enables/disables on-screen helpers for mineral worth while landing and StarMap keys while on the StarMap.
Smart Auto-Pilot: Enables Auto-Pilot to find the shortest distance outside of the current solar system. Also shows Auto-Pilot destination and distance to destination.

Advanced Auto-Pilot

Finds the cheapest route (fuel-wise) through HyperSpace or QuasiSpace and pilots the ship for you on that route.

Show Visited Stars

When enabled stars that you have visited will be dimmed and their names will be encapsulated by parenthesis.

Super-Melee Ship Descriptions

Show Star Control 1-styled short ship descriptions at the bottom of the main Super-Melee menu while picking a ship for your fleet.

Ship Storage Queue

Ships can be stored at the StarBase and retrieved later. Gifted ships are sent directly to the StarBase when they can't join the fleet.

To store a ship you select the ship you want stored (as if you're refilling the crew or scuttling it), hit the TAB key and the crew amount for that ship will become bracketed, then press Enter to store it.
To retrieve a stored ship select an empty ship slot (as if you're buying a ship), and hit the TAB key to switch to the stored ship list, then pick a stored ship and press Enter.

Difficulty: Toggles between Normal, Easy, and Hard difficulties with a 4th option to pick difficulty when starting a new game.
Extended Lore: Enables extra lore provided by 0xDEC0DE's UQM-Extended mod plus a few suggested by Tarp from the Alliance Discord server.
Nomad Mode: Enables a survival version of the gameplay where you do not have access to the Earth Starbase.
Slaughter Mode: Enables the ability to affect select alien race's Sphere of Influence by destroying their ships in battle. WARNING: Affected SOI persists in saved games even when disabled.
Fleet Point System: Limits the amount of ships in your fleet based on Melee values. Max points for each difficulty are 60 (Normal), 90 (Easy), 30 (Hard) plus additional points equal 2x each allied race's ship value (Easy 3x, Hard 1x).

StarMap Seeding

Choose the type of seeding you'd like for a New Game.

Prime: This is the default option and is the original game in all its glory.
Planets: The old Custom Seed that shuffled planet order, planet type, number of planets, moon type, and number of moons. Locations noted in the script do not change.
MRQ: Stands for Melnorme, Rainbow, and QuasiSpace. Essentially the Planets option but also with shuffled locations for the Melnorme, Rainbow Worlds, and QuasiSpace portal exits.
StarSeed: Shuffles the entire StarMap with prejudice. Starting location, alien locations, devices/curiosities locations, star types, star colors, and natural QS portal are all shuffled along with the Planets and MRQ changes. The script is updated for the new locations with and without voices. Voiced dialogue uses a default robot voice to supplant the changed info.

Ship Seeding

Aliens are assigned ships from three classes of ships based on the Custom Seed.

Custom Seed

Only applicable to the StarMap/Ship Seeding options, change the seed you'd like for a New Game. (Hard Mode shuffles any new seed chosen that's not the default).

Devices

A submenu that allows you to individually add or remove devices from a New Game or loaded save.

Upgrades

A submenu that allows you to individually add or remove ship module and lander upgrades.

Kohr-Stahp

When enabled this option stops the Kohr-Ah from moving during the Death March event.

Kohr-Ah DeCleansing

When enabled this option pushes the Death March 100 years into the future. Does not work if the Death March is in progress, use Kohr-Stahp or Time Dilation as an alternative.

God Modes

4 options with varying degrees of "God Mode".

Disabled
Infinite weapon energy (refills instantly when weapons are fired)
No damage/Infinite health
Infinite weapon energy & no damage/infinite health

Does not work against non-AI opponents.

Time Dilation

Speeds up or slows down the flow of time. The slow option makes time move 6 times slower while the fast option moves time 5 times faster.

Bubble Warp: Instantaneously travel to any point on the StarMap if you have enough fuel.
Head Start: Gives you one radioactive, the Moon base in your devices, Fwiffo in your fleet, and gets rid of the Ur-Quan probe drone to start the game quickly.
Unlock Ships: While enabled this option gives you the ability to build any ship in the ShipYard.
Infinite R.U.: While enabled you will have infinite Resource Units.
Infinite Fuel: While enabled you will have infinite fuel.
Infinite Credits: While enabled gives you virtually infinite Melnorme Credits.
No HyperSpace Encounters: Does what it says on the tin, when enabled you will encounter nobody in HyperSpace.
No Melee Obstacles: When enabled this option removes the planet and asteroids in Super Melee. Local play only.

Default Gamepad Controls

While this shows more of an Xbox layout the PlayStation layout is the same. In fact most controllers are supported unless they're not in the gamecontrollerdb.txt (Which resides in the content directory inside the installation folder).
If you have a controller that doesn't seem to be working you can first try updating the gamecontrollerdb.txt from the SDL_GameControllerDB GitHub page.
If that fails there are tools provided on that GitHub page which should allow you to get the correct mapping for your controller and add it to the gamecontrollerdb.txt file.

Menu Controls
Action	Button	Alternate
Up	D-Pad Up	LS Up
Down	D-Pad Down	LS Down
Left	D-Pad Left	LS Left
Right	D-Pad Right	LS Right
Select	A
Cancel	B
Special	X
Pause	Start
Exit	Select

Shipyard Controls
Action	Button	Alt
Fill Crew x1	D-Pad Up	LS Up
Remove Crew x1	D-Pad Down	LS Down
Remove Crew x10	D-Pad Left	LS Left
Fill Crew x10	D-Pad Right	LS Right
Fill All Crew	RB
Remove All Crew	LB
Store/Retrieve Ship	LT

Outfit Controls
Action	Button	Alt
Fill Fuel x1	D-Pad Up	LS Up
Remove Fuel x1	D-Pad Down	LS Down
Remove Fuel x10	D-Pad Left	LS Left
Fill Fuel x10	D-Pad Right	LS Right
Fill All Fuel	RB
Remove All Fuel	LB

StarMap Controls
Action	Button
Zoom-In	RB
Zoom-Out	LB
Star Search	LB + RB
Search -> Next Star	LT
Increase Cursor Speed	Hold LT
Change Map	Y
Add/Remove Star Marker	X

Flight Controls
Action	Button	Alt 1	Alt 2	Alt 3
Thrust	D-Pad Up	LS Up	A	RT
Turn Left	D-Pad Left	LS Left
Turn Right	D-Pad Right	LS Right
Primary Weapon	X	RB
Secondary Weapon	B	LB
Emergency Escape	Y

Lander Controls
Action	Alt 1	Alt 2	Alt 3	Alt 4
Thrust	D-Pad Up	LS Up	A	RT
Turn Left	D-Pad Left	LS Left
Turn Right	D-Pad Right	LS Right
Weapon	X	RB
Return to Ship	B	Y	LB

Changes

!!! SPOILER ALERT !!!

The tabs contained herein have spoilers that can possibly ruin the experience for beginners

You have been warned!
Proceed at your own risk.

Keep time running while orbiting a planet & during a landing excursion
Allow VUX to warp in close in Melee for the main game
The Kohr-Ah Death March happens one year earlier
Melnorme tech will increase in price as you buy more
Melnorme fuel cost upped to 10 credits per unit
All Spathi escorts flee when they slave shield themselves
Starting crew is 31 to account for the epilogue story
Amount of Thraddash to defeat is 30 to become allied
Crew Cost is minimally reduced when the Shofixti are revived
Slylandro Probes dodge projectiles
Mineral worth for Exotics is brought down to 16
Slylandro Probes will orbit Rainbow Worlds, their numbers increase if left unchecked and will eventually vanish once you complete their quest
New game will have a random custom seed if the set, loaded, or commandline seed isn't the default.
Rainbow World and Bio credit value cut in half
SIS: Weapon slots 2 & 3 take double energy
SIS: Auto tracking costs double energy
Evil Ones are now more dangerous, they can move and take 5 shots to can them. They are also worth 5 bio-units.
Melnorme tech catalog spread out between the 9 Supergiants (No tech upgrades in Hyperspace)
Reduced viability of the Druuge/Melnorme fuel exploit
If player kills Tanaka they do not get a second chance with Katana
Portal Spawner costs 20 whole units of fuel
Selling more than 10 crew to the Druuge guarantees a price hike in crew cost and the immediate disapproval of the Commander
Can only build two of any ship
Tanaka's Scout has full maneuvreability and main weapon system (Bomb still disabled)
Limit the amount of crew one can buy, in total, to 1900 and lock the player out of buying crew until they revive the Shofixti (with graphical counter in the ShipYard)
Harder encounters at the Chmmr homeworld, Sun Device, Aqua Helix, Ur-Quan wreck, and Syreen vault
Druuge sell the Rosy Sphere on second deal
No help before the final battle if the Pkunk are absorbed before triggering the Yehat rebellion
Make the Sa-Matra battle more difficult
Cut reinforcements in half where applicable
Quasispace portal Hyperspace coordinates are not revealed after traveling through them
Defeating Ilwrath at Chmmr homeworld now takes you into orbit
The natural QuasiSpace portal is delayed by one year

The Kohr-Ah Death March is delayed by two years
Double mineral worth
Fwiffo starts with a full crew compliment
Amount of Thraddash to defeat is 15 to become allied
Tune down the battle difficulty to Weak Cyborg
Start with two landers
Rainbow World credit value doubled
Add a couple more fusion thrusters and turning jets for new game
Keep the Emergency Escape Warp Unit enabled after Chmmr Bomb installation
Portal Spawner costs 5 whole units of fuel
Player starts with 43.38 units of fuel (The difference between a full tank and the amount of fuel it takes to travel from Vela to Sol)
Player starts with an extra 2500 R.U.
Limit to the amount of crew to sell to the Druuge before crew cost hike is 200
Commander will tell you about the Melnorme and ZFP earlier than usual

Utwig and Supox now give gift ships on a calendar similar to the Yehat and Pkunk (which now use standardized functions)
Added missing Supox rumors to neutral (but helpful) Supox dialog
Druuge SOI revealed when Supox tell you to look for Ultron parts there
Apply unused Melnorme dialog when filling tanks to their full capacity
The Ur-Quan's Talking Pet now uses an alternate color palette
The Kzer-Za have their classic baton back on comm screens
Admiral ZEX has an alternate uniform and more medals, differing him from other VUX
Added small chance of weather and tectonic hazards to level 2
Ships exploding in Super Melee do not lose all velocity
Added ability to open up a HyperSpace portal in QuasiSpace to go right back to where you opened up the initial QuasiSpace portal
The Kohr-Ah lose a tiny fraction of their SOI when the Supox and Utwig attack them.
The Melnorme will now disappear once the Death March starts
The Kohr-Ah will now respond to HyperSpace broadcasts during their Death March
Show the Sa-Matra as a planet on the penultimate battle screen
Use the Sa-Matra as a planet for the penultimate battle
Talk to Kohr-Ah when at the Sa-Matra during Death March
Allies will not chase you if you get close to their ships
No longer possible to encounter random Ur-Quan ships in the Zoq-Fot-Pik home system, like their dialogs say (Bugzilla Bug #759)
Add a "dead" slave-shielded world and starbase in Gamma Ophiuchi (033.3 : 091.6)
Destroyed Ur-Quan(*) / Kohr-Ah(+) starbases
- Beta Reticuli (702.0 : 529.1)
- Metis (570.8 : 460.4)
- Gamma Cancri (500.6 : 501.1)
- Alpha Lentilis (462.5 : 600.0)
- Theta Chamaeleonis (514.5 : 695.8)
- Antares (647.9 : 754.1)
The Syreen will have a Sphere of Influence at the completion of their Vault Quest
The Chmmr will have a Sphere of Influence once you help them complete their Process
Defunct Mother-Ark @ Delta Virginis IV
Stripped Precursor Starbase @ Alpha Centauri
Ruins and lore on Algol IV to match with the lore as told by the Melnorme
Add a Spathi erected monument to the peaceful negotiatons of colonization between them and the Mmrnmhrm on Beta Herculis II
The Thraddash will survive the Ilwrath war if you are allied with them. And they will let you take the AquaHelix peacefully
Starting crew is 31 to account for the epilogue story
New Androsynth excavation site on Alpha Lalande 1
Show gas giant type on the scan screen (I.E. Blue Gas Giant)
Charon, the moon of Pluto, is now explorable
Charon generates previously unused element "Charon Dust"
Unzervalt now has a single moon as per the intro artwork
Show Sa-Matra in background during penultimate battle
Set Zex's Beauty free upon the planet after it devours Zex
Ability to fill Syreen crew to max in the Shipyard
New Precursor artifact on Alpha Apodis 4
Added the ability to tell the Ilwrath to GTFO of any star system in their SOI via Hyperwave Broadcaster a maximum of 5 times before they wise-up and attack you
Made Beta Arae (933.3:093.7) an Orange Super Giant (Because there are no Orange Super Giants normally)
"Pop" Gamma Ophiuchi's slave shield on Arilou destruction
"Pop" Spathiwa's slave shield and generate 3-4 ruins on Orz destruction
Gave the Chmmr and Syreen ruined planets and StarBases when "cleansed"
New lander reports for the Syreen and Chmmr when they are cleansed by the Kohr-Ah
Changed the size and location of the Chmmr SOI to be more logical (Combined Chenjesu & Mmrnmhrm SOI size and location)
Enable Sa-Matra sound effects

New message report for the Earth Starbase when you try to dock
Player will no longer "pick up" the base on Luna
Emergency Warp Unit activated without needing to visit the Starbase
Add a starbase around Kyabetsu that will give the player a max of two Scouts at a time after their quest is completed
Give player two extra jets and thrusters so as to not be completely outmatched in speed
Make Probes spawn at a reasonable rate so as to not annoy the player
When allied, Spathi ships can join your fleet when asked for a max of 3 ships in your fleet at a time.
Player starts with 20 more units of fuel

New message report for the Earth Starbase when you try to dock
Player will no longer "pick up" the base on Luna
Add a starbase around Kyabetsu that will give the player a max of two Scouts at a time after their quest is completed

Contributors

Me (JHGuitarFreak), SlightlyIntelligentMonkey, Volasaurus, Ala-lala, Kruzenshtern, Taleden, Jordan Lo, Tarponpet, and King Duncan.

The main menu music for the MegaMod is brought to you by...

Saibuster A.K.A. Itamar.Levy: https://s3.amazonaws.com/starcontrol/files/fan/music/Various/saibuster-hyprespace.mp3
Mark Vera A.K.A. Jouni Airaksinen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsSc7x-p4zw
Rush AX: https://s3.amazonaws.com/starcontrol/files/fan/music/Rush/HSpace%20Rush%20MIX.mp3

And the default Super Melee menu music is by Flashira Nakirov.

Licenses

The content for this project is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 unless otherwise stated by a license file inside a package or add-on.

The source code for this project is licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.