Re: Balance Mod
 

Bah, hoped it would just leave a 'mark' or something about where the fleet was and how big it was. Aaron definitely needs to look into that.

Balance Mod Update
 

Greetings!

I've posted v1.00 of the Balance Mod for download at my site:
http://www.captainkwok.net/balancemod.php

Note that this version is not compatible with any v0.9X games - so you'll need to start a new game.

Some big changes in this version included extensions to the ship and engine tech tree, along with a change in the propulsion system. Essentially each engine now provides a varying amount of movement points instead of a standard amount with movement bonuses for higher tech engines.

On the AI front there was a big fix with starting techs (the AI hasn't been picking their starting techs for some time now - maybe since v95!?) so that should certainly help AI performance.

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1. Fixed - AI players were not selecting starting technology
2. Added - Small Crystalline Armor
3. Added - Small Organic Armor
4. Fixed - Error in tech requirement for Environmental Studies cultural achievement
5. Fixed - Error in tech requirement for Temporal Space Yard
6. Changed - Plague Bombs are now only a single entry
7. Fixed - Range was incorrect for Plague Bomb
8. Fixed - The Massive Base Mount had an incorrect amount for its accuracy bonus
9. Changed - Tweaked hull costs for some vehicle types
10. Changed - Increased damage amount for Alloy Burner Missile
11. Changed - Quantum Reactors now provide more supplies per level and their cost reduced slightly
12. Changed - Revised entire engine system
13. Changed - Increased number of tech levels for larger ships (Cruiser &gt; Baseship)
14. Changed - Reduced the regeneration rate for Organic Armor
15. Changed - Increased Ripper Beam to 11 levels
16. Changed - Increased Plasma Missile to 11 levels
17. Changed - Slightly increased seeker speeds
18. Added - Defense Modifiers to seeker weapons descriptions
19. Fixed - Error in Boarding Combat defense modifier
20. Changed - Reduced the maximum time it takes for Atmospheric Modification Plant to change the atmosphere
21. Changed - Increased amount of damage required to kill 1M population
22. Changed - Increased values for starting tech points
23. Fixed - AI wasn't adding Basic Sensors to their satellites
24. Changed - Racial trait sensors (Temporal, Psychic) reduced in cost
25. Fixed - A number of typos
26. Updated - Updated AI research pathing
27. Updated - AI Scripts
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Re: Balance Mod Update
 

Starting new game http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Re: Balance Mod Update
 

Mr Kwok , tried to install v1.00 , got message " bad CRCbd99ac16 { should be db90a6bcb } " odviously did not take , what should I do ?

Re: Balance Mod Update
 

That sounds yucky. You can try to re-download since it might have been corrupted... and also check to make sure you installed it in the right directory etc.

Re: Balance Mod Update
 

Captain Kwok , tried downloading again same message came up - with further digging - problem came up between , eee-main-script-csf and eee-setup-script-cfs , also a warning message " size of extracted file { 776572} does not match the uncompressed size { 776556 } recorded in the zip. file " maybe this helps finding the cause ?

Re: Balance Mod Update
 

thats an AI file...
if it lets you unzip it compleatly without those files then you should be ok, I'll download it later and see if I get the same problem.

Re: Balance Mod Update
 

Working fine here.

Re: Balance Mod Update
 

It installed fine for me, but I no longer have the reduced flag size.

Re: Balance Mod Update
 

There's a few Alliance Flags that haven't been changed in size. Did you happen to choose one of those?