It's worth it but keep in mind SWI also requires all the X4 DLCs and that the learning curve is fairly immense. Same with time, it's probably 100 hours in game before you can get to capital ships like this. Also, X4 has a new update pending soon, 7.0 and it will take the SWI modders some time to update for that so be sure to turn off auto updates for X4.
@@SPIRIT-117thank u for your tips! I'll do that, stay at 6.20 and try the mod woth a looot of patient but with hype. Just installed right now, so we will see how its going :P
@@ThisJac If you do the Kuat start it makes it much easier to get into bigger ships, make a few energy stations and miners for passive income/reputstion build and do missions or SETA till you get enough, youre already at +20 with kuat and just need to buy the capital license for 40 mil and you can build an ISD 1 at the Kuat Heavy Shipyard. Theres an ISD 2 but im pretty sure its locked to Ascendancy or Imperial Remnants.
I'd say that the Venator captain needs to be fired for getting into a broadside with an ISD instead of acting as a carrier, but meh, I think he already learned a lesson.
Basically maximum except msaa. However, this is a much older version of the mod, and I do have to say turbo lasers do not look quite as good as in newer version (you can check my channel for some newer uploads if you want to see if it's mod version or settings related)
It's based on faction rep, it's complicated but no you aren't locked into any one faction. There are also smaller sub factions and some of them offer certain ships (like Kuat Drive Yards is a sub faction and they sell ISDs) but not all ships are available from all factions. I belive ISD2s are Imps only Also, as you get bigger (and you need to be big to be able to afford to buy or build ISDs) other factions take more notes of your activities, so probably if you are friendly with the Imps, by the time you can afford ISD2s from the Imps the new republic and rebel alliances will hate you. What start you choose affects standing tho, if you choose something like Imperial pilot start, the NRL and Rebels hate you right off the get go.
in straight ship on ship engaging the ISD is the superior ship while the Venator works best when utilizing its starfighter complement. The captain of the Venator paid the price of being and idiot.
Yes it's a mod and yes it's free, it's not on steam workshop tho due to copyright issues, nexus mods I believe. The mod does require most of X4s dlcs tho, and they are releasing an update soon to update to latest version which will require all the X4 dlcs.
I am so tired of seeing everybody thinking the imperial one would beat a Venator Star destroyer the moment those 400 starfighters destroyed the 72 ties the survivors as well as the Venator would swarm the ISD and the ISD focused on heavy weapons would be unable to defend itself from the sheer number of fighters bombers gunships hell the assault transports the tank carriers could drop ATTEs on the hull of the Star destroyer
This video isn't intended to be a "the ISD1 beats a Venator in a in-universe fight". ISD 1 out DPSes the Venator and has a major advantage in hull HP in this mod, and the AI in X4 does not seem to care to outfit a carrier with a full wing of fighters generally. On top of that it wasn't even a straight 1 on 1, I brought in a pack of Vindicator cruisers as backup in case more came through the gate.
@@SPIRIT-117 no hate and that seems broken for the AI to not fully outfit a Venator carrier bay it would of been terrifying I think to see the main hanger open and just flush say 200 old republic fighters/bombers and a hundred of the death watch fighters all escorting gunships to board you ....is boarding parties a thing my only experience with this game is Cap. Shack on the XPGamers and that was on a older version
@@christerry8462 I don't actually think it's the AI is too dumb to outfit, I think it's the AI doesn't have the resources to. In this campaign I did, the Empire AI faction I was supporting, almost every single one of their ISDs and Quasar carriers had full fighter wings. Fighter wings are resource intensive and factions that don't have a player supporting them are plagued by supply chain issues for nearly the entire game, they just won't build enough of these stations to outfit hundreds of fighters for the attack groups, in addition to the fighters they keep for local patrol (these groups and allocations are separate). Now ofc, you could make friends with both sides, supply both sides, let both sides fight each other and make money off that.... but I'd rather just go to war with anything non Imperial lol. As for a series on X4, I have thought about it. Especially with the new update to SWI that launched like this week. My concern is that an X4 campaign can take upwards of 500 hours easily, and I like to use a handful of console commands in the beginning just to get things rolling, and I'm not sure how well that would go over in a playthrough series. It also sounds pretty daunting to me to make sure I can keep so many video uploads straight, and then I also tend to bounce between games, I might well end up stopping halfway through for a new update for star citizen or something. I probably will upload videos of cool battles or something in my current campaign like I have these ones. My channel isn't monetized, so everything I upload is purely for funsies. That's also why I can upload these videos of X4 with copyrighted star wars music - bc I'm not monetized I don't get taken down/demonitized for copyright claims.
They really don't manuever at all, it takes 3 years to turn and they go about 100m/s in a straight line. You park nose in to maximum gun angles, 15km away and let your guns pulverize anything that comes in range. If you find yourself seriously outgunned, you better hope you have backup close by or you are done for, bc it takes forever to charge travel drive and any damage interrupts that.
love how the smoldering hull of a tie fighter is reporting its under attack lol
this is the best Star Wars experience I ever seen in a game. Just bought the game just for this fkin awesome mod
It's worth it but keep in mind SWI also requires all the X4 DLCs and that the learning curve is fairly immense. Same with time, it's probably 100 hours in game before you can get to capital ships like this.
Also, X4 has a new update pending soon, 7.0 and it will take the SWI modders some time to update for that so be sure to turn off auto updates for X4.
@@SPIRIT-117thank u for your tips! I'll do that, stay at 6.20 and try the mod woth a looot of patient but with hype. Just installed right now, so we will see how its going :P
@@ThisJac If you do the Kuat start it makes it much easier to get into bigger ships, make a few energy stations and miners for passive income/reputstion build and do missions or SETA till you get enough, youre already at +20 with kuat and just need to buy the capital license for 40 mil and you can build an ISD 1 at the Kuat Heavy Shipyard. Theres an ISD 2 but im pretty sure its locked to Ascendancy or Imperial Remnants.
@@mikehawkisb1g gotcha, thank u so much for your help. I'm playing rn and is a fking masterpiece of modding
Do you need any DLCs to play this mod or just the base game?
I'd say that the Venator captain needs to be fired for getting into a broadside with an ISD instead of acting as a carrier, but meh, I think he already learned a lesson.
FOR THE EMPIRE!
What graphic settings are you using? The lasers look so much more vibrant here than they do when I play
Basically maximum except msaa.
However, this is a much older version of the mod, and I do have to say turbo lasers do not look quite as good as in newer version (you can check my channel for some newer uploads if you want to see if it's mod version or settings related)
@@SPIRIT-117 ah okay it's probably the newer mod version, cause that's what I run. Thank you!
So quick question, do you have to go Empire in this mod to get an ISD or can you, say, grab an ISD and go pirate/join the Rebellion?
It's based on faction rep, it's complicated but no you aren't locked into any one faction. There are also smaller sub factions and some of them offer certain ships (like Kuat Drive Yards is a sub faction and they sell ISDs) but not all ships are available from all factions.
I belive ISD2s are Imps only
Also, as you get bigger (and you need to be big to be able to afford to buy or build ISDs) other factions take more notes of your activities, so probably if you are friendly with the Imps, by the time you can afford ISD2s from the Imps the new republic and rebel alliances will hate you.
What start you choose affects standing tho, if you choose something like Imperial pilot start, the NRL and Rebels hate you right off the get go.
for the empire
in straight ship on ship engaging the ISD is the superior ship while the Venator works best when utilizing its starfighter complement. The captain of the Venator paid the price of being and idiot.
Well the captain of the venator is an AI so
nice
Huh. Those gunpits along the ventral superstructure... why aren't they filled with the octuple mounts? Couldn't afford them?
This is an ISD1, the octuple mounts are only available on the ISD2.
Isd1 VS RESOLUTE
This is mod for x4? Is it free?
Yes it's a mod and yes it's free, it's not on steam workshop tho due to copyright issues, nexus mods I believe.
The mod does require most of X4s dlcs tho, and they are releasing an update soon to update to latest version which will require all the X4 dlcs.
I am so tired of seeing everybody thinking the imperial one would beat a Venator Star destroyer the moment those 400 starfighters destroyed the 72 ties the survivors as well as the Venator would swarm the ISD and the ISD focused on heavy weapons would be unable to defend itself from the sheer number of fighters bombers gunships hell the assault transports the tank carriers could drop ATTEs on the hull of the Star destroyer
Regardless good fight love to see this mod is still being worked on
This video isn't intended to be a "the ISD1 beats a Venator in a in-universe fight".
ISD 1 out DPSes the Venator and has a major advantage in hull HP in this mod, and the AI in X4 does not seem to care to outfit a carrier with a full wing of fighters generally.
On top of that it wasn't even a straight 1 on 1, I brought in a pack of Vindicator cruisers as backup in case more came through the gate.
@@SPIRIT-117 no hate and that seems broken for the AI to not fully outfit a Venator carrier bay it would of been terrifying I think to see the main hanger open and just flush say 200 old republic fighters/bombers and a hundred of the death watch fighters all escorting gunships to board you ....is boarding parties a thing my only experience with this game is Cap. Shack on the XPGamers and that was on a older version
@@SPIRIT-117 have you thought of uploading a RP series on X4 SW?
@@christerry8462 I don't actually think it's the AI is too dumb to outfit, I think it's the AI doesn't have the resources to. In this campaign I did, the Empire AI faction I was supporting, almost every single one of their ISDs and Quasar carriers had full fighter wings.
Fighter wings are resource intensive and factions that don't have a player supporting them are plagued by supply chain issues for nearly the entire game, they just won't build enough of these stations to outfit hundreds of fighters for the attack groups, in addition to the fighters they keep for local patrol (these groups and allocations are separate).
Now ofc, you could make friends with both sides, supply both sides, let both sides fight each other and make money off that.... but I'd rather just go to war with anything non Imperial lol.
As for a series on X4, I have thought about it. Especially with the new update to SWI that launched like this week.
My concern is that an X4 campaign can take upwards of 500 hours easily, and I like to use a handful of console commands in the beginning just to get things rolling, and I'm not sure how well that would go over in a playthrough series.
It also sounds pretty daunting to me to make sure I can keep so many video uploads straight, and then I also tend to bounce between games, I might well end up stopping halfway through for a new update for star citizen or something.
I probably will upload videos of cool battles or something in my current campaign like I have these ones.
My channel isn't monetized, so everything I upload is purely for funsies. That's also why I can upload these videos of X4 with copyrighted star wars music - bc I'm not monetized I don't get taken down/demonitized for copyright claims.
X4 got way better
ISD>Venator anyday
I watch a ton of x4 star wars mod videos and no one knows how to maneuver an ISD.
They really don't manuever at all, it takes 3 years to turn and they go about 100m/s in a straight line.
You park nose in to maximum gun angles, 15km away and let your guns pulverize anything that comes in range.
If you find yourself seriously outgunned, you better hope you have backup close by or you are done for, bc it takes forever to charge travel drive and any damage interrupts that.
@@SPIRIT-117 Max speed should be higher considering the lore. Just acceleration/deceleration should be slow.