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| ====== Star Trek: The Argas Effect ====== | ====== Star Trek: The Argas Effect ====== |
| The Argas Effect is a [[..:gaming_theory:modification|mod]] for [[star_trek_-_voyager_elite_force|Star Trek: Voyager Elite Force]], in which you play the role of Captain James T. Kirk aboard the USS Enterprise, whose entire crew mysteriously dies. This marks the beginning of a single player campaign, in which you try and find out what happened. | The Argas Effect is a [[..:gaming_theory:modification|mod]] for [[..:games:star_trek_-_voyager_elite_force|Star Trek: Voyager Elite Force]], in which you play the role of Captain James T. Kirk aboard the USS Enterprise, whose entire crew mysteriously dies. This marks the beginning of a single player campaign, in which you try and find out what happened. |
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| Originally four acts were planned, but at the moment (2021-07-17) there are only two acts finished. The mod will not run nativly under Linux or MacOS, as it uses Windows DLL files. However it might be possible to run it with Wine or similar tools under other Systems than Windows. | Originally four acts were planned, but at the moment (2021-07-17) there are only two acts finished. The mod will not run nativly under Linux or MacOS, as it uses Windows DLL files. However it might be possible to run it with Wine or similar tools under other Systems than Windows. |
| ===== Installation ===== | ===== Installation ===== |
| For a long time there was only the first part finished, while parts 2 to 4 were still missing. Since the release of act 2, the installation has gotten a bit more complicated. With the following steps you can install the mod successfully: | For a long time there was only the first part finished, while parts 2 to 4 were still missing. Since the release of act 2, the installation has gotten a bit more complicated. With the following steps you can install the mod successfully: |
| - Copy a clean install of EF to a new folder. (See [[star_trek_-_voyager_elite_force#Installation|manual Installation of EF]] on the subject, if required.) | - Copy a clean install of EF to a new folder. (See [[..:games:star_trek_-_voyager_elite_force#Installation|manual Installation of EF]] on the subject, if required.) |
| - Rename this folder appropriately (for example ''C:\Program Files (x86)\Raven\Star Trek Voyager Elite Force Argas''). | - Rename this folder appropriately (for example ''C:\Program Files (x86)\Raven\Star Trek Voyager Elite Force Argas''). |
| - Run the ''setup.exe'' that installs Act 1 of the mod. Direct it at the above folder path during the installation process. | - Run the ''setup.exe'' that installs Act 1 of the mod. Direct it at the above folder path during the installation process. |
| - Copy the ''TOSUniformPak.pk3'' into the folder that the mod creates. In the example this would be ''C:\Program Files (x86)\Raven\Star Trek Voyager Elite Force Argas\Tos4-1''. | - Copy the ''TOSUniformPak.pk3'' into the folder that the mod creates. In the example this would be ''C:\Program Files (x86)\Raven\Star Trek Voyager Elite Force Argas\Tos4-1''. |
| - Extract the contents of ''ArgasEffect_Act2.zip'' to the ''C:\Program Files (x86)\Raven\Star Trek Voyager Elite Force Argas\'' folder (adapt the path fitting your folder's name). | - Extract the contents of ''ArgasEffect_Act2.zip'' to the ''C:\Program Files (x86)\Raven\Star Trek Voyager Elite Force Argas\'' folder (adapt the path fitting your folder's name). |
| - Open the ''efconfig.cfg'' file, either placed in ''<nowiki>C:\Users\<Username>\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files (x86)\Raven\Star Trek Voyager Elite Force Argas\BaseEF</nowiki>'' or in the freshly created installation folder (depends on whether you have writing permissions to the EF folder as a user or not, see also [[star_trek_-_voyager_elite_force#location_of_the_config_files_mods_maps|Location of the config files/mods/maps]] on the details). | - Open the ''efconfig.cfg'' file, either placed in ''<nowiki>C:\Users\<Username>\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files (x86)\Raven\Star Trek Voyager Elite Force Argas\BaseEF</nowiki>'' or in the freshly created installation folder (depends on whether you have writing permissions to the EF folder as a user or not, see also [[..:games:star_trek_-_voyager_elite_force#location_of_the_config_files_mods_maps|Location of the config files/mods/maps]] or [[..:game_tech:virtual_store|Virtual Store]] on more details). |
| - Search that file for ''com_hunkMegs'' and increase it to ''64''. (''512'' would be a good value, but the mod only requires 64). | - Search that file for ''com_hunkMegs'' and increase it to ''64''. (''512'' would be a good value, but the mod only requires 64). |
| - Then save the config file. | - Then save the config file. |
| * [[https://www.moddb.com/mods/star-trek-the-argas-effect|The Argas Effect on Mod DB]] | * [[https://www.moddb.com/mods/star-trek-the-argas-effect|The Argas Effect on Mod DB]] |
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