HELP! SE4Gold - which EXTRAS to add?
 

just got the Gold in the mail... installed it and added the 1.94(?) patch (latest one I could find, whatever the number)... I then found the 'extras' section of the CD... I DL'd & installed the ModLauncher zip... then the TDM & Pirates/Nomands Mods...

Now I'm totally baffled by what else I should install from this disk (as well as from other sources)...

should I install any of the files that tweek the game itself? ie, weapon mounts, intelligence projects, etc?

will these even have an effect if I play say the TDM mod?

help a brutha out

Re: HELP! SE4Gold - which EXTRAS to add?
 

In general, mods are not compatible with each other and can not be used together. There are a few exceptions, such as FQM, though not many.

Re: HELP! SE4Gold - which EXTRAS to add?
 

Well installing the mod launcher was a good start, next you should get FQM Deluxe and all the image mod packs. Then I would recommend mods like: Invasion!(which you can get from the link in my siggy), Adamant, STM.

Re: HELP! SE4Gold - which EXTRAS to add?
 

after you dl'd the ones on the cd, you need to upgrade the mods to their newest Versions. TDM I believe is up to 3.4 and P&N is up there the same as all the rest. You will need these to play PBW games and also to give you a better game in SP play. Most of the upgrades can be found at spaceempires.net or on some of the other links.

[ June 17, 2004, 02:56: Message edited by: mac5732 ]

Re: HELP! SE4Gold - which EXTRAS to add?
 

Agree with what mac just said: The stuff on the CD is waaaaay out of date. Look up the latest Versions of all the mods, packs and shipsets. I think there's a sticky thread at the top of this forum to help you find them, or you could just go to Fyron's site- that seems to have everything. Check his sig earlier in this thread.

Essential:
-Mod Launcher and/or se4 companion.
-TDM modpack (latest Version).
-As many user races as you can be bothered to download (ALL available races are listed here )

My personal recommendations on top of all that:
-Image mod (unless you're on dialup- huge download)
-FQM
-Adamant and some of the other "new generation" mods.
-Proportions mod
-Devnullmod
-Pirates & Nomads mod
-Neo-expansion pack and proportional response pack (click my banner)

Re: HELP! SE4Gold - which EXTRAS to add?
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I'd stick with the Modlauncher, the SE4 companion is beta and still not very user friendly, the Modlauncher is very straightforward and easy to use.

Re: HELP! SE4Gold - which EXTRAS to add?
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I like to think of Adamant as more of a "mid generation" mod. It has been in beta for some 20 months now. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[ June 17, 2004, 08:55: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

Re: HELP! SE4Gold - which EXTRAS to add?
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I'm sure glad you are not developing a whole game. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

...Back to your regularly scheduled topic...

[ June 17, 2004, 18:05: Message edited by: Ragnarok ]

Re: HELP! SE4Gold - which EXTRAS to add?
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">There are what appears to be 3 pages of links at spaceempires.net that list Image Mod as the beggining of their name... should i DL ALL of them? Is there a single large file I can DL instead of DL'ing all those seperate ones?

On the Races, is it safe to DL & Install every race listed there (the link you provided)? are they all Gold Compatable?

Re: HELP! SE4Gold - which EXTRAS to add?
 

http://imagemod.spaceempires.net/

Download the 5 files labeled as "Full". There is no single download containing all images.

Re: HELP! SE4Gold - which EXTRAS to add?
 

TDM MOD is always the best choice for beginners to se4 - as it does not deviate from se4 and offers a finely tuned AI.


Malfador se4 {MODs} site http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

[ June 18, 2004, 00:16: Message edited by: JLS ]

Re: HELP! SE4Gold - which EXTRAS to add?
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Well, some of them will probably spit some errors at you, yes, but they can be fixed relatively easily. Many of the races listed come without AIs anyway.

We really need to talk someone into writing a doofer that will scan through the races folder and add the necessary lines to bring all AIs up to date.

BTW WhiteHojo, I thought I should tell you that although you don't post very often, you are something of a legend- your "pirates" thread became S_J's "Pirates & Nomads" thread and your name comes up on the forum every time the thread is revived (which still happens, from time to time.) Good to have you back=-)