Timeline

BattleTech mod that helps ground the campaign into the timeline of the universe.

v1.4.0 and higher requires modtek v3 or higher

• Pops up a timeline selection event or uses the default starting data (set in SimGameConstants)
• Allows for limiting mechs to an appearance date by using MinAppearanceDate in the MechDef
  • "MinAppearanceDate" : "3025-06-28T00:00:00Z", is used by the Hatchetman in vanilla 1.4
• Displays the date in the event popup and in the game timeline
• Allows for any RequirementDef to contain tags of format timeline_{year}_{month}_{day} or timeline_{year}_{month} or timeline_{year}
  • RequiredTag date has passed
  • ExcludedTag date has not passed

Requires

ModTek -- installation guide here.

Credits

• Zathoth for the AddYearToTimeline mod that served as initial inspiration
• HBS for making a great game

Future Plans

• Add tags to the company/game to allow for time to unlock content (events/mechs/etc.)
• Allow for star systems to change over time based on the BattleTech universe