Re: Best Mod for solo play?
 

Omega_Prime
Fyron's Quadrant Mod (FQM) is great. It generates a greater variety of quadrants.
Just occurred to me. Which Version of the FQM is the most "AI Friendly"?
I'm sure you have seen reference to the TDM Mod pack and the Image mods. Both are well worth installing.

Re: Best Mod for solo play?
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">There are over 7500000 people that may have a copy of early Versions of Proportions. Thousands of which play it probably every week and receive enjoyment from it. I am one of them. With every new Version release, Peter von Kleinsmid the creator of Proportions has made advancements in the AI abilities. Peter is currently up to v2.53 and we all look forward to his updates.

I am with you Oleg. Proportions concepts do add more realism to the base SE4 game.

[ February 06, 2003, 14:08: Message edited by: NAV ]

Re: Best Mod for solo play?
 

I really enjoy Proportions and AST. I play TDM, too, but the AIs are a bit out of date. Once they get the new TDM update out of beta, it will be a "must" as well. Side note, I think the AST mod incorporates the FQM mod as well as several others.

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif This is quite obviously a mistype. Not sure what number you were trying to put here but I feel pretty safe in saying it's going to be a number less than the total number of people that have bought SE4 and SE4 Gold, not more. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Geoschmo

[ February 06, 2003, 16:14: Message edited by: geoschmo ]

Re: Best Mod for solo play?
 

I'd have to reccommend trying Pirates & Nomads http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

P&N V3.1b The latest solo capable gold Version.

You can also add any AI that was designed for the unmodded game by using this AI Patcher (link) to convert them from regular to P&N.
That includes TDM AIs. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Note that playing as a "Normal" will mean the game is no harder than normal, but you will get lots of toys to play with.
Playing as a Pirate or Nomad race is where the big challenges come in http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif Don't expect to conquer the universe, think of it as more of an RPG, where you and your party go exploring the universe while fighting off the hordes of Orcs and Phong and finding treasure. But mainly just trying to make a living in a hostile universe http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Re: Best Mod for solo play?
 

[quote]Originally posted by NAV:

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Originally posted by Imperator Fyron: [qb] Peter is currently up to v2.53 and we all look forward to his updates.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Proportions 2.53? I can only find 2.51. How can I get something newer and shinier?

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[quote]Originally posted by solops:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by NAV:

Quote:

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron: [qb] Peter is currently up to v2.53 and we all look forward to his updates.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Proportions 2.53? I can only find 2.51. How can I get something newer and shinier?</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">PvK posted a link in some other thread but not on his website. Named "Proportions" I think.

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Yes I posted a link to 2.5.3 beta on that thread on Monday. I am going to try to post a new release Version today though which should be better and be good to upgrade existing games (addresses Fryon's complaints about upgrading 2.4.2->2.5).

As for improved realism, that's one of the major goals of Proportions... or at least, to make fit better my own ideas of what would be more realistic and interesting. Not all players would agree, and discussion about that would be best for a different thread (if we even want to devote time to that).

PvK

Re: Best Mod for solo play?
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif This is quite obviously a mistype. Not sure what number you were trying to put here but I feel pretty safe in saying it's going to be a number less than the total number of people that have bought SE4 and SE4 Gold, not more. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Geoschmo</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Opps, your right... But it is still thousands.
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http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif if SEIV only cost 10 cents...quite a deal, but Shrapnel might not be doing as well

I didn't realize P&N had AI support, I need to check it out!