Differences between Old and Gold
 

Hello,

I bought the original Space Empires IV a while ago and recently started replaying it with the TDM Mod pack.

I have just ordered the Gold Version. Will this have anything extra in it other than it being compatable - hopefully http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif - with the numerous newer Mod packs?

Cheers!

Re: Differences between Old and Gold
 

Yes. Gold and the various patches for it add quite a few much better features.

My personal favorite is the multi-add feature. Select multiple planets click multi-add and you can add something to all of their construction ques all at once. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Several other nice features that help alot as well. Nothing I remember off the top of my head atm but I remember thinking they were very nice once I upgraded. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Re: Differences between Old and Gold
 

Well, in a sense it is not "new mods are compatible" - they can only EXIST with Gold. Proportions mod for example. MM put many extra features into Gold by our request http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Re: Differences between Old and Gold
 

And there will be one more patch for Gold, hopefully sometime around Christmas! Man, Aaron's so nice, still supporting a game after this long! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon6.gif

Re: Differences between Old and Gold
 

Tons of stuff! See the patch history.txt file. A lot of it is subtle but makes a huge difference, such as having a stationary (or otherwise, random) player move or fire first in tactical combat, instead of pre-Gold's "use the player number order", which meant Player #1 always fired first when fleets started out in range. But, tons - read the pages and pages of history.txt.

PvK

Re: Differences between Old and Gold
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">On conre. It means SE was so BUGGY it needs two years and one more patch to get it right. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Yes, yes, yes, I'm just kidding, MM was more then forthcomming, BUT few imbalances still exists. Torpedoes against PPB anyone http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Re: Differences between Old and Gold
 

I don't know what you are talking about! My torpedoes will ownz joo... or something like that. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

But really... What is a torpedoe? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Re: Differences between Old and Gold
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Torpedoe is a manifestation of your manhood http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

Would you wage it against my PPB http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/confused.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon6.gif

[ November 06, 2003, 22:52: Message edited by: oleg ]

Re: Differences between Old and Gold
 

A torpedo is a coherent mass of anti-matter (or quantum... anti-matter?) held together loosely by electromagnetic forces, until it impacts something. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Re: Differences between Old and Gold
 

Or just similar to today's torpedoes: a rocket (for use in space) with a antimatter or quantum warhead.

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One of the big things about Gold was the ability to make Drones.
The mounts are way more flexible now, and all of the mounts that do not apply to some particular hull don't show up in the list when designing with that hull.

[ November 07, 2003, 00:21: Message edited by: Suicide Junkie ]