.com.unity Forums - hi...a couple of comments on learning and mods

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>also i'd love to see a good walkthrough for a typical game, especially a really good tutorial.<hr></blockquote>I don't think that the game and/or AIs are predictable enough to have a game walkthrough work well.
If you were to post a savegame every ten turns, and get suggestions on how to proceed from the forum goers, that might be good.
<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>can anyone suggest the best mod to download and where?<hr></blockquote>Heh. Everybody will have their own opinion on this.

I like to say that the best mod is the one you've made yourself. That would be mainly because you will have tweaked it to match your vision of how the future should be.

A more appropriate question might be "Which are the biggest mods out there", or most popular, or something.

One thing I'm sure everybody can agree on is that TDM is a must.
Not a mod, per se, but since it is limited to improving and adding AIs, it is compatible with just about all the mods, and provides a great improvement in your opposition.

Pirates & Nomads is mine. Vast changes to the most important parts of SE4, and gobs of littler changes.
The biggest of the big are:
- Pirate and Nomad races, which do not require planets to survive.
- Quasi-Newtonian propulsion. No more Battleships moving at the same speed as an escort with only 6 engines. Very different, and will demolish many of your preconcieved ideas on required techs & strategies. Takes a bit of time to get used to.
- Armor vs Shields vs Phased Shields. You now have a choice! Armor becomes stronger than shields in hitpoints, but becomes progressively harder to repair. Normal shields are stronger than Phased. Is your opponent armed with Phased weapons? Do you feel lucky?
- Resource balancing. Minerals are no longer the ulitmate resource. Radioactives are just as important, and are linked to power-hungry systems like engines and shields. Organics are slightly boosted in importance as well.
- Racial tech crossovers. Like the Organic armor, but also the Crystalline? Get both! Every pair has something special.
- More Racial Techs! Living ships, Tiny race, Expanded automation, and more.

I'm sure the other members will chip in on the other major mods; I'm tired.

If you've got an idea for something you'd like, try the search function (link is right below the post new message buttons), and you're likely to find out all about it.