"Commando; You have been selected from the 2nd Ranger Division of the Engineering Corps because of your outstanding excellence in improvisational skill tests. The biter infestation has spread to our immediate vicinity and we are lacking a functioning geostationary artillery sattellite to keep 'em back. We've got the ammuntion, but we need a gun! Your mission is to drop into the abandoned industrial district, fight your way to Ares Shipping Outpost, retrieve the heavy artillery, and send it into geostationary orbit. Shipping logs indicate that there is a large inventory of rocket components that was left in the shipping railyard. Use them to complete the mission! An automated adjutant will be accompanying you on your mission. Godspeed Commando and good luck!!!"
As far as I know, there haven't been many player-made scenarios (I only found this one but it's very outdated- viewtopic.php?f=36&t=17009&p=157642&hil ... io#p157642). A big part of why I decided to make this was so that I could inspire some other players to make their own scenarios. I'd love to see a campaign/scenario library as vast and diverse as the modding library, so if you have some imagination and decide to make one, please post it!!!
The download is at the bottom of the page. Godspeed Commando!!
---Notes---
To play the scenario, put the unzipped file in one of the following folders. There is no difference in playability between the two locations. Some folders may be hidden so make sure to check "Hidden Items" under "View" on the file explorer toolbar.
C:\Users\"Your name"\AppData\Roaming\Factorio\scenarios (It will show up under "User Scenarios" in Scenarios)
C:\Steam\steamapps\common\Factorio\data\base\scenarios (It will show up under "Mod Scenarios" in Scenarios)
(I have Windows 10 so I'm not sure where it would go for other operating systems.)
Estimated play time: 3-5 hours depending on skill level and rushing (It's most comparable to level 2-New Hope; the scenario with the trains)
Don't pick up the iron chest in Ares Shipping Outpost before you complete the required research!!!
Don't lose any rail wagons with rocket parts OR the artillery turret!! You only get one shot!!
Take out the small surrounding biter bases early before they get too difficult to deal with later, the enemies evolve as you progress through the scenario.
Feel free to open the "Control" file and modify anything (Biter evolution, starting items, limited tech, etc.).
English only! Sorry! Insert more language files in the locale folder to play in your language.
If you do end up doing a full playthrough and don't mind answering a few questions, please do. (It'll make any future scenarios a lot better.
)-How long did it take you to finish?
-Enemies- too hard/easy?
-Starting base- too much/little structure in the starting base to let players build their own base?
-Features- some things you didn't use or felt like it was missing?
-Bugs- any ways to cheat past the objectives that make the game play trivial?
-Was the scenario fun?
I have a few more ideas for other scenarios in the future. Some features I'd like to add...
-Multiplayer campaigns
-receiving shipments of resources from allies
-fortifying a mine and holding out against the biters until evac arrives
-fortifying along an enemy railway to stop shipments from going through
