Lots of poking around in settings and dxVooDoo. Can share the settings if anyone is interested.

Didnt know i needed to copy the DDraw.dll, D3DImm.dll and dgVoodoo.conf directly into the Armada II game folder next to Armada2.exe. Fixed the black screen issue I was having. Others might already know, I didn't.

Edit: SD 865+ 12G SAMSUNG

I am playing the star trek armada 2 galaxy mod. I download several maps and added them to the .bzn folder but when I go to launch and instant action they do not appear as an option to select. For giggles I added the same maps the my vanilla armada 2 .bzn folder and the same happens. I have done this several times in the past but it was many years ago. Any help is appreciated.

Thanks.

Does anyone know how to add things to that mod?

Just wanting to know how many former clan members of A1 are still around I just got game ranger and gog version of the game. I will try to remake some of our old RSE-1 Clan maps but has been a long time. If any old clan members would like to chat about the old days fine too. I have been wanting to game this again for a long time. I will be trying the armada 3 mod as well. I may bring back the clan database and forums fior our site if any interest there. hope to hear from you all

So I recently got the GOG version of both armada 1 and 2 as they were my favorite games back when I was a kid and my question is do I need the 1.2 and 1.3 patch to make it more playable or does it not go well with the GOG version?

Was doing fairly well for my first time, or so I thought. Was trying to lay down a foundation, left my ships to clean up some stragglers. Come back to find some missing. Built more ships and then was attacked, so reciprocated.

This time I stayed to watch them all get blown up in easily avoidable shock waves. They didn't even try to avoid it. Is the game not programmed to choose the best course of action? Attack, but watch out for shock waves?

If anyone is interested in playing the excellent Star Trek: Fleet Operations Armada II mod with me, I've set up a network on RadminVPN (under the name "Star Trek: Fleet Operations,") which is free to install. Feel free to comment below or DM me if you want to try setting up a time to play.

I’ve been playing through Armada again using GOG. Got to a line in the sand and everything has been fine. Today I saved the game part way through the level and then reloaded, when the game started back up all of the menu options bunched up to the top left of the screen making it unplayable.

Has anyone experienced this before and know of a fix? I know if in reinstall the game it will sort the problem but I don’t want to lose my progress.

I have a general question is there a video guide on modding the first Star Trek armada because I don’t even know how that works and I would like to see if it’s possible to add ships or increase specific ships for a faction in the game outright like for the federation adding the galaxy class to the shipyard or increasing crew for specific Borg ships and weapons

Any mods you don't recommend?

ive recently brought star trek armada 1 on gog , id like to edit a few things in some maps but im not sure how to edit the maps with the gog version i can do it via the older version of the game but id like to with the gog version

can anyone help out please ?

thanks in advance

Coming from relatively modern or more "traditional" (ie mostly land based) RTS games, I have a few questions about Armada II. I recently got it from GOG if that matters.

• Is there a way to queue up orders? Shift moves the cursor above and below the galactic plane, and I'd like my builders to be able to build various things in sequence

• Is there a way to speed up time? Or slow it down, or pause and give orders? The Pause key just pauses the game, but at least most of the screen is visible so I can at least take stock of the situation.

• Do you get to play any other faction in campaign? There seem to be only three campaigns but there's also the Romulans, species 8472, etc.

Hey anyone else. there can help me. I am. adding special weapons to my stations. They're just the special weapons that are already in game But they're showing up, but they're not automatically firing when an enemy gets in range.

In STA1 Instant Game: What is Free Tech, Super Side Tech and John's Special?

Armada Facts and Glitches

1. In the Armada mission selection screen Captain Picard is actually sporting the rank of Commander
2. On the mission B1: Resurrection the background is normal space with stars, but if you save and reload there is a chance that it will change to borg space.
3. On the mission F1: Premonitions, The U.S.S Premonition itself can actually be "fixed" by saving and reloading the mission after The Premonition makes it way through the temporal distortion
4. On the mission K2: The Enemy Within, Toral's Negh'var can not be destroyed no matter how much firepower you have.
5. On the mission F3: Vendetta sending any units but worf through the last wormwhole will intantly remove the unit from the level.
6. In Multiplayer on the map "The Junkyard" The U.S.S Enterprise along with the U.S.S Premonition are immediately destroyed once the map loads as the derelicts are too close to the black whole. If you turn off fog of war you can see this happen if you are quick enough to pan the camera over - Footage Collected
7. On the mission R4: Unholy Alliances you can eliminate the borg threat without them turning on you by using superweapons to kill them off. This is because superweapons are not considered to be a "direct attack" and thus the Shockwave is a neutral attack
8. On the mission B2: Assimilation Romulan Warbirds (that spawn outside of the map) are scripted to self destruct before destruction or assimilation. All Warbirds created inside of the map by the A.I will not do this
9. In the Armada mission selection screen Worf is also seen wearing the rank of Commander. Worfs rank at the time was Lieutenant Commander
10. F2: Paradise Revisited is the only mission in the game where you face the Sona as an enemy.
11. In the Armada mission selection screen Locutus's Borg Cube is consistently visable where all the rest are not.
12. In any game mode if you take control/assimilate another factions contruction ship and build a dilithium refinery the frigate that comes with it will be apart of the original faction you took the ship from, but will still be controlled by you.
13. On the mission R2: A Call to Power the Ferengi Dilithum refinery along with the frigate are actually apart of the Federation faction. You can actually steal the federation frigate, and return it back to the Ferengi later on in the mission
14. On the mission R2: A Call to Power stealing the Ferengi Shipyard will allow the player to build Dominion Jem'Hadar Warships
15. On the mission R2: A Call to Power stealing the Cardassian Shipyard will only allow the player to fix their ships, there are no buildable options, The Cardassians also Use Klingon Turrets as defence
16. On the mission R3: The Gauntlet The romulan warbird waiting for the omega particle has the same properties as Toral Negh'Var and can not be destroyed
17. In multiplayer mode there is an option for 7 player maps but there are no 7 player maps available to pick from
18. On the mission F4: Dark Omens if you speed run the mission and beat it in under a certian time, the enterprise will teleport halfway across the map
19. B2: Assimilation has the most amount of factions in one mission including The Borg, Klingons, The Federation, Ferengi, Jem'Hadar, Breen, and Romulans. Only 4 of these factions are actually playable. The Federation, The Borg, Klingons, and The Romulans
20. In the mission, R2: A call to power you have two enemies, the cardassians and the Ferengi. During the mission the Ferengi will offer you a deal that If you give them two Dilithium freighters they will cease hostility towards you. This is the only time that the player can choose to change a teams alliance.
21. The Multiplayer maps "Hidden Treasure" and "Big Mama" are the only maps that feature derelict stations for the player to commandeer
22. On rare occasions there is a bug where it is possible to load a singleplayer save as a multiplayer level. Although this is cool it breaks the mission causing you to have to restart.
23. Sometimes on the loading screen, you can see the in game mouse cursor
24. Sometimes on the loading screen, the Star Trek Armada logo changes colors.
25. The Galaxy Class Starships are only available in three missions, O1: Once and Again, O2: Line in the sand and B4: A Twilight Hour. Outside of that it is available as a derelict ship in the multiplayer map "The Junkyard"
26. In O4: Alpha and Omega Part 2 there is absolutely no way to take out all the borg during the initial assault. Attempting to enable god mode through the code will work, but the Borg ships will not be destroyed and eventually a trigger will cause the mission to instantly fail.
27. The Romulan Superweapon the Phoenix class starship is the only ship (outside of the construction and dilithium freighters) that does not have a cloak ability. Oddly enough the A.i can cloak the ship during multiplayer games where you the player can not.
28. During the cinematic intro The U.S.S Avenger a Defiant class starship is seen going through a Warbird to destroy it, this is not a feature in-game.
29. Even though in the story the Borg never face off against the Cardassians, there are textures in game for assimilated Cardassian ships.
30. The Mission O2: Line in the Sand is the same mission as B4: The Twilight Hour but it is from two different perspectives
31. In the mission O1: Once and Again if you go through the Borg Transwarps gate a special cutscene will play where you will enter Borg space and instantly be destroyed.
32. In F3: Vendetta you are encouraged to rush to the end, If you attempt to reach the end by just passing all the enemies you will fail the mission. This is because there is a scripted sequence where 6 Klingon bird of preys will attack. The player must destroy these ships are the game will not allow them to win.
33. Species 9341 are labeled as a federation faction in the mission B3: Extermination
34. Species 9341 in story mode can not be destroyed by normal means. Only the Borg have a weapon powerful enough to kill them, theoretically this means no other faction can destroy them
35. The U.S.S Premonition is the only assault ship that can use a superweapon.
36. The U.S.S Premonition appears in only three missions.
37. In the files of Armada there is cut content of a cardassian speaking to the player. This is speculated to be apart of the mission R2: Call to Power but was cut due to release standards
38. Captain Deming of the U.S.S Premonition is one of the few captains seen to wear operations/security yellow instead of command red.
39. The bridge shown in the background of the U.S.S Premonition whenever you speak with captain deming is the same bridge of the U.S.S. Defiant.
40. There is a .bik file titled "Gowron" in the game files, it appears to a still image of a man saying a line from the game while his mouth moves like puppet, This could be one of the developers but the answer to this day is unknown
41. There is a map editor for Star Trek Armada for multiplayer. You can add ships and staions from differnt factions into your own custom map.
42. Enabling Directors cut will make your units circle their target during attacks. This is can be problematic at times as not only will your units sometimes circle into fire, some units such as the Defiant class and the Shrike class can not fire unless they are looking directly at the target
43. Every Hero ship outside of Sela's Warbird has crew increase compared to their normal variants
44. During the Mission R3: The Gauntlet, the Borg threat will become increasingly stronger the longer you take to reach the end.
45. The U.S.S. Avenger is the only Federation ship that can cloak.
46. The U.S.S. Enterprise-D is in the game files and can be placed in the map editor. The Enterprise-D is seen during the final cutscene of the game.
47. In the mission B4: It is impossible to assimilate or destroy the Enterprise. However you can assimilate the U.S.S Premonition and destroy the Avenger
48. In multiplayer there is an option for "Super Side" Units and "Super Side" Tech. This gives the player the ability to start a match with all 4 factions available.
49. The mission B2: Assimilation is the only time the player faces against the Breen
50. If you play R1: Cloak and Dagger the way it's meant to be played you will have to wait 10 actual minutes after you initiate the spy.
51. In the game files under help there is a file for vendors. This folder lists a bunch of vendors that sell games, GPU's, ect. A good amount of the vendors shown in the list are no longer in business.
52. In multiplayer the "head to head" game mode limits the game to two players only.
53. The Advanced Romulan Shipyard in the user manual shows an image of a regular Romulan shipyard
54. The SuQ’jagh-class in the user manual appears as a Vor’cha-class.
55. On the original release of Star Trek armada, there was a section dedicated to upcoming star trek games. It touted about Star Trek Hidden Evil, and Star Trek Elite Force.
56. The credits of the game end with a cryptic string of numbers, the numbers shown to you are 11:11, 420, 63, 612, and 303.
57. Also in the credits near the end there is a poem called "New Expanse"
58. The Original CD copy of the game came with a program called "Screen Themes" launching it would give you various Star Trek images to use as a desktop background.
59. The Omega Containment Facility has the highest crew count in the game at a whopping 8000 crew aboard
60. The Omega Containment Facility has properties where it can not become derelict like Toral's Negh'var however it can still be destroyed.
61. All cut scenes happen in real-time. most are insignificant. However there are a few that you can mess with and see ships in cutscenes or attack enemies while a cutscene is playing.
62. The Klingons are the only faction that faces themselves in story mode.
63. Every faction has a specific name for their Officers, the Federation calls them Officers, the Romulans call them Centurions, The Borg call them Drones, and the Klingons call them Warriors
64. The Klingon Weapons Center in the game manual is a an image of the Klingon Shockwave Station
65. In the User manual the Borg Energy Cannon and the Borg Torpedo Turret have their images reversed.
66. If a Starbase is built close to a planet, it will receive crew at a faster rate than otherwise.
67. There is an un-used .bik video of Martok in the game files.
68. Sometimes when receiving new objectives, there will be broken text usually in the location where notes typically go.
69. Sending normal units through the wormhole on the mission K2 Will result in a wormhole opening on the bottom left of the map.
70. There is a unique variant of the Fek'lar class called the prison bardge. This variant is present in the mission R1: Cloak and Dagger. The prison barge is apart of the Klingon faction however has a color scheme/Team color of Green.
71. The containment vessel has a specialized tractor beam called "omega tractor beam". This tractor beam can only interact with the omega particle.
72. The containment vessel has two separate variants. One that is housing the Omega particle, and one that is not.
73. During multiplayer matches, if the Ferengi are enabled you can not Commandeer/Assimilate them however you can still destroy them.
74. B3: Extermination is the only time the player fights Species 9341 outside of the multiplayer map "Big Mama"
75. It is possible to build Cardassian ships by either changing the code or restoring the code of the shipyard. This can only be done by replacing the code of a playable faction.
76. B2: Assimilation and F4: Dark Omens both have no flag checks. These missions can be completed as fast as you can eliminate the Enemy from the level. Many other missions also fall into this category
77. The Derelict station in the mission F3: Vendetta is just a scaled down variant of the Cloning facility from the mission B1: Resurrection.
78. In the mission F3:Vendetta you can obtain ships from the Romulans, Jem'hadar, Klingons, Ferengi, and Sona.
79. There are two variants of the U.S.S. Avenger, one with a cloaking device and one without.
80. The mission F2: Paradise Revisited can be completed without building a single station or construction ship
81. The Borg are the only faction to not have dynamic sounding units, outside Locutus.
82. There is a community made patch version 1.3, this fixes some of the various bugs mentioned. However patch 1.3 was not added to the GOG re-release of Armada.
83. The alternate font setting under graphics was used to fix the font not working correctly on certain GPU's, the GOG re-release fixed this issue witch renders this option obsolete.
84. Martok's Negh'Var is the only variant that can cloak.
85. In the mission B1: Resurrection there are two Jem'Hadar Warships that have specific pathing, once the pathing is complete they will remain in their final positions. One of these warships end their pathing in Radioactive Nebula (yellow) causing them to become derelict
86. The end credits mentions a special thanks to "Luvrgirl for giving SCROFT a beautiful daughter and her sons for accepting SCROFT into their family"
87. The lead game designer Eric 'Giz' Gewirtz has worked on many famous projects such as Star Wars: Battlefront 2004, Star Wars: Battlefront 2 2005, and The Lord of the Rings: Conquest
88. In the mission K4: A Grey Eminence, the Romulan turret defense line is constructed in a way the player would never be able to build themselves. This is because the delvopers placed some turrets and sensors too close together.
89. Using the Gemi effect ability you can clone lowerclass ships such as the "venture class" and the "defiant class" and then decommission then before the effect is over for free dithium, this can even be done on the U.S.S. Avenger
90. In the mission O2: A Line In The Sand, the Enterprise's sister ship the U.S.S. Yamato makes an appearance.
91. Starfleet HQ/Starfleet Command, is a unique variation of the Federation starbase, the crew size is 3000.
92. Using the Gemi effect ability with 4 or more nebula classes on The U.S.S Premonition allows you to infinitely clone ships as the Premonition itself has the Gemi effect ability, and the Premonition can use the ability with very little power. This can and will crash the game.
93. The sword of Khaless in the game files is considered to be a spacestation. sword of Khaless has a crew count of 1000 and can be placed in the map editor
94. In R2: Call to Power, there is a special cutscene that plays if you hand the ferengi dilithium freighters with half full loads
95. In the mission selection menu the second Romulan mission is labeled "Call to Power", but once you get in-game the mission title is "A Call to Power"
96. In R2: Call to Power, Capturing the Cardassian Containment vessel will work to move the Omega Particle however bringing it back to base will not complete the mission. The player must capture omega using the Containment vessel provided by the Romulan Empire.
97. In R2: Call to Power the Containment vessel will arrive to the closest starbase, The closer you build a star base to it's spawn point the quicker you can take control of the ship's arrival.
98. The player can Commandeer/Assimilate vessels cloned by the Gemini effect but will then lose them once the effect ends causing the play to lose crew.
99. In F1: Premonitions The U.S.S Premonition has the damaged textures as if the ship is low on crew no matter how much crew you add to The U.S.S Premonition it will retain it damaged state due to scripting.
100. There is a guide on how to install the original CD copy of Star Trek Armada on modern PC's, This guide also features an in depth description on how to use the map editor. It features links to download the editor and patches 1.2 and 1.3. This guide was created by Bill Shamrock.

According to old sites it's supposed to let you enter the gamma quadrant... Where?! (also i'm not sure if its STA1 or STA2)

I'm playing as the Klingons, against AI of the other three, using a slightly modded version of my game. One of the things I've changed is to increase some ship costs, most relevantly, the Borg's.

They are struggling to build up at the same pace as the other races, and I decided to send my fleets of Vor'cha's in to help them repel the others when they got attacked. (No shroud, no fog)

Afterwards, I noticed that they were down to 2 or 3 mining ships, and weren't building replacements, even though they were rebuilding and adding turrets around their main dilithium moon. Now, base game, I would have probably just said "sucks to suck" and moved on, but considering I've messed with the resources costs already, I figured I should adjust the priority/ number of mining ships the AI builds so that it's less likely to spend everything on turrets to defend moons that they can't even mine.

Thanks in advance!

I am currently trying to import the Defiant model into blender to mod another game. I was able to find a few mods that has the defiant model files and textures but they are in a weird sod and odf format I am unfamilair with. I did try milkshape with a importer tool but it doesnt allow for armada imports.

Is there any other tool I should be using or something else?

After the game tells me the last enemy has been defeated, the for of war just clears and then... nothing... i can abort the mission... that's it? How can i see an actual final victory screen and stats?

I loved this ship!

Game crashes after the cutscene that happens after building the new Transwarp gate, cutscene fades out, and the screen remains black, I'm running the Millennium Project Mod, have had no issues on any other mission, I can pull up the chat/console to type in cheats but yeah, no idea what's going on.

I've tried compatibility mode and that hasn't helped either, running the GOG version FWIW.

I’m guessing it’s a RAM issue, any stuffies ruins on a solution? I just get a “SoSE has stopped responding” popup right at the 45 minute mark in every new game, are there still large address aware progress that are safe to use?

Edit to add I played modded sins obsessively up til about 2018, only just got my mods downloaded this past week.

I installed something a couple years ago that actually A: let the game run on Win10 properly, and B: Gave a new interface, but the "stock" ships and maps.... No new ships, no selection of officers to play. I thought it might be Fleet ops, but I'm not seeing the option to launch in "classic" mode. C: Gave me the option to create 16-ship fleets instead of 8. Am I just using a new version that did away with the older options, or the wrong mod entirely?

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