I never said the mod maker(s) isn't/aren't aloud to rate their mod. I probably should add that.

Also, to those who have changed their rates, please remove the ratings in any/all of your old posts in this topic; it would help a bunch when I'm scoring.

what if you made it bigger, a lot bigger, and have it launch little flying saucers, also resprite it to make it look like the one from Independence Day

(main cannon reminded me of that movie )

5+ For the new sprites 2- for the glitchy death/colliding issues
3+ for actually being overpowered
Anyway the colliding issues is when the turrets actually hit a enemy/allied actor, The turret itself is destroyed then of course the actor gets stuck in it causing the ship itself to gib sometimes otherwise just send it off course, Glitchy Death = If a simple dummy collides with it IT HAS A CHANCE to explode because well I'm not sure why I'm no coder but I think it has something to do with the base craft issues and all soo yea [/Edit] Also the cannon for some reason can stop firing on the third shot otherwise 10th shot not sure why (As in the main cannon)

10/10

Amazing. However, I feel like the shots from the main cannon were ripped from the DS Tech (I forget which weapon); could you possibly make it so that the shot goes a bit slower so we can anticipate the destruction?

As of now, 8.5/10.

@Zoroaster: He says that in the OP.

8.1/10

UPDATE:

I have traced the problem with crashing the game when this unit destroys itself to the fact that DS Force projectiles emit particles into the flying saucer, which would be released all at once when the saucer is destroyed, causing the game to go over the particle limit.

I fixed this by making the saucer fire something else which gibs into DS Force projectiles, a positive side-affect being that the firing-sound of the cannon is now added. However, the reduced number of particles spewed out on death also made the death-effect somewhat less spectacular, but I can just add a few more Emitter-gibs later.

Also, who is in charge of the DSTech mod now? DSMK2 hasn't been around for a while. I modified his teleport delivery system to make the AI's saucer teleport robots into your battered base after firing all of its cannon ammo, but did not include that feature with this version due to not having obtained permission to use the teleporter.

I don't think the DSTech is going to get an update anytime soon unless a new build comes out and I don't think anyone has really taken over DSTech yet although I could be wrong.
Also, just wondering, do the little turrets and the cannon run out of ammo?

Also, sometimes when the bottom small turrets are targeting someone while the main cannon is out, the turrets will friendly fire the main cannon.

Otherwise a 10/10. Pretty awesome.

Also, is it possible to make a slightly bigger version that can release small attack craft like the Protoss Carriers in Starcraft? Or make it an alt fire for the main cannon.

The main cannon has 20 rounds. I can't remember the turret cannons, but I think each has about 6000. They can't be reloaded but you can just return the craft and order a new one with fresh ammo.

I do have in my head mini saucers, aliens, new weapons and stuff like that, which will go with the saucer, but they will require some major investment of effort to become a reality.

Edit: has anyone tried to fight against an AI controlled flying saucer in skirmish yet?

Yes, but for some reason the "Flying Saucer AI" always caused a crash, so I've just been using the plain old "Flying Saucer"
Good fun.

How and when does the crash happens? Also, did you add Flying Saucer AI to an existing Activities, or did you the Activities provided?

I made a mistake when I said that Flying Saucer AI can be added to an existing Activities. Because if the rte with the ini file is loaded before the flying saucer, it will not be able to recognize it and it cause a crash.

I included an Activities.ini in the most recent .rte file that includes the AI controlled saucer.

then i'd ♥♥♥♥ my pants.

Why do I see this mod expanding into a full blown alien race? With transport UFOs, bunker modules and all that junk.

Because you want it to happen, even though there are no signs it will?

it's a bit glitchy in that a dummy landing on it can make it just explode
but it lives up to it's name of over powered, also nice sprite work
9/10