About this mod
Better Vehicles is part of the better series which has no dependencies. This mod will make you re-think everything you know about the "little guys"
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Rebuild / Recode of V.I.P. Vehicle Improvement Project at BattleTech Nexus - Mods and Community (nexusmods.com)
The Better Series is a WIP. Have a request check us out on discord.
The Better Series:
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Better Combat at BattleTech Nexus - Mods and Community (nexusmods.com) (Full Featured all in one mod)
- Better LOS at BattleTech Nexus - Mods and Community (nexusmods.com) - Just Line of Sight Changes (Pretty Colors)
- Better Weapons at BattleTech Nexus - Mods and Community (nexusmods.com) - Damage Variance, Jamming, LBX/Snub Clustering, Range Variance.
- Better Initiative at BattleTech Nexus - Mods and Community (nexusmods.com) - 10 rounds by tonnage, gives turret and vehicles their own Initiative
- Better HUD at BattleTech Nexus - Mods and Community (nexusmods.com) - Improved Heads-Up Display.
- Better Called Shots at BattleTech Nexus - Mods and Community (nexusmods.com) - Call shots show armor, prevent shooting at boss heads, various tweaks
Mods Not Included in Better Combat:
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Better Simulation at BattleTech Nexus - Mods and Community (nexusmods.com) - DropCost, AmmoDropCost, Mech Maintenace by Cost/Ton, Dates
Better Vehicles at BattleTech Nexus - Mods and Community (nexusmods.com) - Upgrades for "the little guys"
Better Performance at BattleTech Nexus - Mods and Community (nexusmods.com) - Faster Better Stronger Temporary includes fixes from BTPF until the new version is stable.
Includes:
APC Turhan, a mid-tier APC with medium armor and above average weapons.
Axel heavy tank sports solid armor and an AC/20 2 Variants.
Behemoth, 100 tons, slow as a glacier and about as easy to stop. 3 Variants.
Brutus, modestly armored for its 75 tons but it packs a wallop. 3 Variants.
Bulldog AC, these variant trades it's large laser for a pair of AC/2.
AC/2 Carrier, essentially a mobile turret this carrier is fragile but can be powerful in open ground.
Heavy LRM Carrier, 80 missiles. You heard me.
Demolisher MG, trades a few tons of armor for several machine guns. This is a questionable decision.
Drillson, very fast, decent weaponry and armor, a solid hovertank.
Harasser, barely armored but blindingly fast. 2 Variants.
Hunter, a light support tank similar to the Striker. 3 Variants.
Ignis, this slow urban infantry support vehicle packs a compliment of flamers. 2 Variants.
Laser Carrier 8 Mlasers on a truck. Crude but effective.
Light SRM Carrier, half the firepower of it's big brother, but on a more mobile platform.
Light LRM Carrier, this field refit of the light srm carrier replaces it's launchers with three LRM10 racks.
Marsden II, The flexible and well armored Marsden proves that the Main Battle Tank concept is still viable in the age of the Battlemech. 2 Variants.
Maxim Transport, a speedy APC armed with assorted missiles and machine guns.
Myrmidon, essentially a smaller cheaper Manticore, PPC and SRM6.
Ontos assault tank, big boy Carrier. 2 variants.
Patton, a relatively fast heavy tank with an AC/10.
Pegasus scout hovertank, don't let the role description fool you, it's quite capable of fighting. 2 Variants.
Pike, a direct fire support unit similar to a Shrek but armed with AC/2.
Po heavy Tank, good armor, above average speed and a reliable AC/10.
Puma, an assault class tank with a wide variety of weapons.
Rhino, an assault class fire support tank.
Rommel, a relatively fast heavy tank with an AC/20, same chassis as the Patton.
Sabaku Kaze, top tier hovertank with an array of short range weapons.
Saladin, essentially an AC/20 bolted to a hover engine. 2 Variants.
Schrek AC, this refit trades the PPCs for AC/5 and machine guns.
Scimitar light, hovertank, highly mobile and well armored for it's weight. 2 Variants.
Scorpion, Mlaser variant.
Tiger T-12, textbook medium tank, autocannon, machine guns and a few missiles.
Vedette, while it's lightly armored for a Medium tank, the Vedette is highly mobile. 2 Variants.
Von Luckner, a heavy tank brawler. 2 Variants.
Zephyr, a hovertank brawler armed with medium lasers and SRM.
Zhukov, a smaller cheaper Demolisher, this tank's twin cannons are "only" AC/10.