Re: Patch to Deluxe 1.95 Available!
 

I downloaded the patch and was allowed to patch my existing 1.95 - but couldn't find anything different. The startmenu problem still exisits. So I would assume the extra Kb represents something that prevents the Steam version from being messed up etc.

Playing Mods in SE4 v1.95
 

What is needed to play a modded game if you patched SE4 to version v1.95 (or have downloaded v1.95)?

I suppose (after reading news at Space Empires Net) that the Mod launcher is not working anymore, because of the new menu-screen...

Is it still possible to play a modded game editing the path.txt file?

Re: Playing Mods in SE4 v1.95
 

It must be...
Otherwise all steam users would be missing out on 95% of the game by not having mods to play.

Re: Playing Mods in SE4 v1.95
 

The problem is loading mods that have a Pictures\Game\Dialogs folder but no StartMenu.bmp folder inside. To load them, you need to copy the stock one into the mod's folder. This has nothing to do specifically with the mod launcher, however. You can launch mods from the mod launcher or by editing path.txt after you copy the file over.

Loading old savegames seems to result in a data file error. You can still load them from within the game no problem, however. New savegames created in 1.95 can be loaded from the mod launcher just fine.

Re: Playing Mods in SE4 v1.95
 

The STM has an intrum patch out. You can download it and install it to get the Star Trek Mod to work.

Playing Mods in SE4 v1.95
 

So, it seems that if a mod don't "mod" the Pictures/Game/Dialogs folder (the unmodded game is used) the mod will be loaded OK editing the path.txt file AND you can load mods using the mod launcher. This is good news!

I saw ths STM patch somewhere but I can`t find it now. Is it the Deluxe CD owners patch listed in the STM site (a 8 mb aprox. download)? Or is it another file?

Thanks!

By the way, what is it all this fuss about "steam users"?

Re: Playing Mods in SE4 v1.95
 

You can find the fix here:
http://www.spaceempires.net/home/ftopict-1218.html

You can also just copy startmenu.bmp from the pictures/game/dialog folder to the pictures/game/dialog folder of the Star Trek Mod too. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif

There is no real 'fuss' about steam owners. I suppose that some of the steam-version buyers tried to apply the 1.95 patch (which was for the regular version) which might have caused them problems... so SFI removed the patch download temporarily until last night and a new appeared... which I assumed prevents the steam-version from being patched.

Re: Playing Mods in SE4 v1.95
 

The intrum patch was posted a couple of days ago and ONLY address the 1.95 missing startmenu issue. It contains no other update info.

You can find it by scrolling down the list of topics. It was posted a couple of days ago so its still on the main page of topics. If not go to SE.net and grap it from the Star Trek Forum there.