I was planning to post my mods for Alien Assault, along with some of those made by others, piece by piece… but in the end I decided that the best way to get everything I had out for others to enjoy was to post my entire Alien Assault folder.
This zipped file contains practically everything I’ve managed to collect since Alien Assault was released ten years ago. The base game fully patched is the starting point, with many custom squads and custom missions added and ready to play. I’ve also set the options to my own preferences, but this can easily be changed (if you can’t start the game because of the resolution I’ve chosen or something, just delete the “options.dat” file in the “data” subfolder and a new one with the default settings will be created).
Many tilesets have been “expanded” by myself, meaning that missing graphics have been copied between most of the default ones so they can be better mixed and matched. I have also included my own tileset mods such as the three new tiles I made based off the old boardgame ‘Space Crusade’ and some other tiles I created/edited. My own custom ‘Rescue Force’ and ‘Death’s Head’ squads are among the many other custom ones included.
IMO, the centerpiece of the mods included here though is the amazing fan-made ‘Aliens’ missions, squads and sounds, enabling you to pit Colonial Marines against Xenomorphs with aesthetics that totally change the feel of the game. For more on this mod, see here. You can download it there too, but it is already included in this package with a few custom tweaks. As well as the original mod missions and squad, I have added several extra modded squads to give you more options based on the movies.
Finally, as well as everything that’s set up and ready to go, I’ve also included a bonus “!resources” subfolder that is just a collection of all the mods, tools, guides and extras that I’ve come across for the game. Some of these – such as certain missions, squads, sound sets and tilesets – will need to be copied to the appropriate folders to use them but it’s all pretty straight forward. The guides are taken from Teardown’s now-defunct forums. Menu replacers are also included if you want to “reskin” the whole game and re-theme it to match several other beloved boardgames with a little work.
Some stuff may take a bit of fiddling around to figure out, but I would rather have included *everything* now for posterity than post things piecemeal with how-tos, etc.
Alien Assault is a fantastic game which has sadly all but faded into obscurity, but hopefully this collection will give it a new lease of life, a new wave of fans, and ensure that the work of the developers – and all the modders and fans who made stuff for it (that was “lost” when Teardown’s forums closed) – is available to future gamers.
Enjoy, and if you can, drop by Teardown’s Facebook page to say “thanks” for such an awesome game all those years ago.
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Banjo’s Alien Assault Mega-Collection
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