Hey all, I know I'm tempting fate by putting this here but I think it's worth it.
Alright, I'll admit right off the bat that this is Sci-fi... but it's not the kind to develop into a flame war. (PLEASE DON'T SMITE ME O MIGHTY MODERATORS)
I was playing OFP and I relized how cool it would be to release a set of REALISTIC alien units.
Key word: REALISTIC. As in no Phasors or stuff like that. Magnetic based infantry weapons, armored vehicles (maybe mechs?) and Aircraft... make them behave like a actual millitary not some star-trek speicies. I was thinking of useing Sci-fi concepts that have roots in REAL-LIFE technology and physics. (powered armor for example)
But here's the big thing: Don't make them part of a mod, and make them origional. Not aliens that exist in other games, for example. A stand-alone addon pack.
I sugest this for one major reason: No mod I have seen yet has sucessfully relased a pack of aliens of ANY kind. It's one of the few things that have not been accomplished in OFP. I think that the OFPEC moderators could make an exception to the "no Sci-fi" rule just this once?
Of course, if the moderators feel differently I'll gladly let them dismiss this topic... I just hope that you'll hear me out.
-Coldfire
P.S. Don't tell me about the Operation Scifi mod... they seem to primarily deal with specialty addons (Star Wars, for example)