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Mod List
With all the mods out, I think we need to have a complete list availible for easy access by new players. If you want, would you please post your completed mods and mods in progress links here with a brief discription. Thanks
AST Mod Site Atrocities Star Trek Mod AST Mod v 1.5. This mod is a star trek conVersion for Space Empires IV that uses SEIV technology and systems in conjunction with custom technology. There are 20 main Star Trek Races, and 20 Neutral Star Trek Races. The mod also uses several other mods including the Fyron Q-mod, Image Mod, Mount Mod, and parts of other mods. [ February 02, 2003, 18:14: Message edited by: Atrocities ] |
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Fyron's Quadrant Mod (Standard)
This mod makes alterations to the system types in SEIV. It adds many more moons in orbit of planets, and many of these moons will have random atmospheres. Also, solar systems now generally have an asteroid belt in them, which is more realistic. To use the new systems, simply create a quadrant. The basic quadrants are also included for convenience. They are labeled as "Classic" quadrants. The files modified in this mod are only used when the map or savegame is created. So, the game host of a PBEM or PBW game could create a map using it, and the players would not have to have the mod installed. http://galileo.spaceports.com/~kazharii/fqm/ Fyron's Quadrant Mod Deluxe This mod makes alterations to the system types in SEIV. It adds many more moons in orbit of planets, and many of these moons will have random atmospheres. Also, solar systems now generally have an asteroid belt in them, which is more realistic. There are many new planets, stars, etc. that have been added from the Image Mod. The Image Mod is required to play this mod. http://galileo.spaceports.com/~kazharii/fqm/ Ultimate Strategies Mod This mod makes alterations to the strategies and formations in SEIV Gold. The goal is to expand upon the strategic choices available to the player. Because formations are controlled by a data file and not changeable from within the game, this mod will allow PBW and PBEM Users to play otherwise normal games with custom formations. This mod also modifies the DefaultColonyTypes and DefaultDesignTypes files, to create more variety in the default selections. http://galileo.spaceports.com/~kazharii/usm/ Adamant Mod Mod under development. The basic premis of the mod is that you can choose to be one of three major types of races: Physical, Organic, Magical. Physical races are just like normal SE4 races. They research and employ technologies, such as Shields, Anti-Proton Beams and Master Computers. Their defenses are balanced between shields and armor. Organic races depend upon genetic manipulation and forced evolution. There ships are living, crew-less entities. Their armor is stronger than their shielding. Magical races research and use magical spells instead of normal technologies. They exist at quasi-medieval level of technology. They use magicaly enchanted ships that can travel through the Astral Plane (outer space) to get to other worlds. Their shields are stronger than their armor. http://galileo.spaceports.com/~kazharii/adamant/ |
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http://www.invirtuo.cc/phpwiki/index.php/AST http://www.invirtuo.cc/phpwiki/index.php/FQM (I'm working on the others) |
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The Art of War mod is in the early stages of development. Geo put it best in the modinfo.txt file:
"The Art of War mod was inspired by a Shrapnel games forum discussion about whether it was more important in SEIV to master the science of what techs to use, or the Art of War and strategy aspects of the game. "I am attempting to do three things with this mod. First I want to lessen the impact of the various racial traits, and techs that modify combat to hit and avoid getting hit. In the stock game slight imbalances between opponents in these areas can result in hugely disproportionate combat results. "Secondly, I want to try to extend the life of some of the weapons and other tech (Including smaller ship hulls) that become obsolete too early in the game in my opinion. "Finally I want to try and introduce more "Guns or Butter" choices in the game. Areas where decisions need to be made between military and economic strength. "One decision I made early on that will make this mod somewhat unique is that I will not allow myself to become limited by what the AI can or cannot handle. I will make no effort myself to optimize the AI for use in this mod. Others are free to do so if they wish, but I will not even attempt it. This may result in the mod being only useable for multiplayer SEIV. If that is the case, I can live with that." Check out these threads for more info: The AoW mod discussion thread The AoW Alpha tester thread |
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Hypermaze
A map mod by capnq which adds hyperspace systems. A Hypermaze quadrant has fewer colonizable systems than normal, and most of the non-colonizable systems are hyperspace zones. Space-time is less stable in hyperspace, causing random ship movement and occasional damage, and visibility is obscured in the same way as in nebulae. Hypermaze is a good mod to use if you enjoy exploring the map. Supply usage becomes more important, because you cannot predict exactly how long it will take to cross hyperspace systems. AI empires handle this mod better than capnq expected them to, performing about as well as they do in a standard Ancient quadrant. The "full" Version of the mod includes custom backgrounds for hyperspace; there is also a "lite" Version without the custom graphics. Both Versions include instructions for making your own hyperspace backgrounds. The Gold Versions of Hypermaze and HypermazeLite are in the Extras folder of the Gold CD. The pre-Gold Version of HypermazeLite is available in Shrapnel's New Scenario/Mod Forum in the SE IV Classic Mods (pre-Gold) thread {link}. The pre-Gold Version of Hypermaze is available in the Space Empires IV Data/Sound/Graphic thread (see December 3, 2001) {link}. |
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Devnull Mod Gold
The Devnull Mod is a collection and amalgamation of many mods and ideas from various authors. It is a comprehensive mod with changes to almost all data files. Originally compiled by Devnullicus, it was revived for SE4 Gold by Geoschmo and Rollo. some of the many features include:</font>
Have fun, Rollo [ January 21, 2003, 23:59: Message edited by: Rollo ] |
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MountMod-AJC v5.1 for SE4 Gold Version 1.84
updated 02/05/2003 (actually I didnt have to make changes, it works in the latest Version just fine)... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1031531970.zip HISTORY-- v5.1 1. Added intro screen v5 1. Fixed description of computer mounts to remove old antivirus description. 2. Added colony module. (Idea is that nanobots allow colonies to leave with less equipment and supplies which reduces the size and cost of the colony module). General Mod Information: MountMod-AJC.zip- Is for new games started in Version 1.78. Whats in this Mod: Mount Modification for Base game. No technology changes. However technology will have to be researched to discover the new mounts. Ships become much tougher in this mod. I compensated by incorporating miniturization into all of the advanced weapon mounts and increasing the damage dealt. To look at the mod look at the CompEnhancement.txt file. This file can be found in: Space Empires IV\MountMod-AJC\Data\CompEnhancement.txt Note: Shield Generator mounts come in two types, the first level will only require you to research level 3 shields before the 1st generation shield mounts come into play for bases, 400+ KT ships and 200+ KT weapon platforms. Each mount type has unique tech requirements. The technology requirements for the new mounts are spread throughout the tech tree. Here is a breakdown of the tech levels that are required to activate the various stages of the new mounts. TECH & TECH LEVELS -Advanced Military Science -1,2,3,4,5,6 -Physics -2,3 -Computers -2,3,4,5,6 -Applied Research -2,3 -Propulsion -6 -Stellar Harnessing -5 -Shields -3,6 -Armor -6 -Point Defense -5 -Colonization -1 (Gs,Ic & Rk) List of New Mounts: 2 x Shield mounts, Armor mount, improved weapon mounts, Point Def Mount, Engine/Solar Sail Mounts, seeker mount, Hardened Computers, miniturization of components, improved basic weapons (using mounts), colony module. [ February 06, 2003, 00:20: Message edited by: AJC ] |
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Pirates And Nomads
See: http://www.shrapnelgames.com/cgi-bin...&f=23&t=001696 As the title hints at, this mod introduces two new economic models to the game, The Pirate, and The Nomadic. Both of the new models do not include planet colonization tech, and are focused on space-based infrastructure. They are given tiny spaceyards which can fit on escort sized ships, and boarding parties as starting technologies. - Pirate races are geared towards stealth and ship capture. Able to hide in plain sight as Civilians, they can move through your lines undetected to strike any lightly defended targets. Income is gained by the use or scrapping of captured ships, facilities and bases, plus the occasional slave labour camp. Another reccommended source of income is to negotiate a trade alliance with a regular race, and do some privateering for them in exchange for the resources. - Nomadic races are given maintenance reducing components and two bonus levels in fighter tech, so that they are capable of supporting hundreds of ships on a budget of only a few thousand resources per turn. Reccommended sources of income are piracy, merchandising, and alliances. There are additional, minor features to explore on your own. The other major features of this mod were designed to increase the flexibility and variation of designs. - QNP Quasi-Newtonian Propulsion first appeared in P&N, and allows players to add as many engines to their designs as they see fit. Larger hulls need more engines, since Speed = Thrust / Mass (True newtonian would be Acceleration = Thrust / Mass, but QNP is closer than standard SE4's Speed = Thrust system) Adding more engines means you sacrifice weapons, defenses and auxiliary abilities. Thus, at some point, unique to the design's job, the player's tech level and mood, and possibly the enemy's designs will all factor into the final speed of the ship. For example, scouts can be given close to 30 speed, while military interceptors get 10, and siege warships move only 5. - Supplies as a resource Supplies are a rare commodity in this PBW Version of P&N. Resupply Depots and Quantum reactors have been removed from the game, so the construction and maintenance of Solar Power Stations will be critical to your success. Bases have been modified, and now have finite supplies as well they will either need to have a solar panel and a star, or timely visits by a supply ship. Laying siege to a base is possible, now, and a fleet with specialized orders could potentially induce the base to expend all of its munitions over the course of a few feints, thus leaving it defenseless for the final assault. Supplies in this case are modelled as physical supplies. Energy supplies are modelled as radioactives cost instead. Thus, lasers and other pure-energy weapons will be very expensive to maintain, but can be fired continuously without consequences. Shells, Torpedoes, and Missiles are all super-heavy supply point sappers. Nuclear Bombardment missiles can cost you up to 400 supplies per shot. This is balanced by the fact that very little energy is required, and thus they are dirt cheap to add and maintain. Gunboats can be expected in much greater numbers than Beamers, but will be forced to stay close to their resupply points. - Defenses Defense balancing and widening. Shields and Armor now have their own unique advantages and disadvantages, and which is best depends on the situation at hand. Armor wins out for Hitpoints per KT, and build cost in an isolated slugging match, but comes in a distant second for maintenance and during campaigns. This can be seen in the fact that the best armor comes in 1kt components, and thus can consume horrific amounts of time and money in the repair yard afterwards as repair bays struggle with hundreds of components worth of damage. Shields, on the other hand, recover instantly after battle, and the ships can continue to press an advantage. In addition, phased shields are mixed in with the regular shields instead of being researched completely afterwards. Phased shields are slightly weaker that normal shields per research point spent, but phased weapons have been altered accordingly. Options are widened with specialty defenses for everything from ion cannons to null space. Includes armored engines, Buckytube Gel, and Tachyon Dampers. - Weapons Weapons have been prodded and tweaked to improve the range of useful types. APBs are slightly weaker, Torpedoes are given a homing ability to make up for their lack of raw firepower (+15% to +25% accuracy), and Graviton Hellbores skip armor. Phased Polaron Beams have been completely reworked, and Phased weapon research now gives you alternate Versions of the beams, torpedoes and missiles already researched with shield skipping ability and reduced damage. - Units Units no longer have specialized weapons and shields available for them. Instead, they use "small" through "micro" mounted ship weapons. More abilities are opened up to units, and tech availability is smoother. Researching smaller weapons and troop weapons will provide the mounts, rather than the weapons. - Racial Traits and Techs A sixth major racial trait has been added; Gravitic Manipulation, which gives more powerful engines, faster missile upgrades, and various other components. A number of minor racial traits have been added as well; Tiny Race, Expanded Automation, Living Ships, PackRats, and Gun Nuts. All of the Major racial techs also have crossover advantages. Things such as BioCrystal Armor, Temporal Cloning Vats, Spirit Crew Quarters, and more. There are a few racial disadvantages available as well; naturalists reduces the facility space available on your planets, and endemic wastefulness increases the supply use of all ships. - Settings.txt The classic 700kb of Population Modifiers have been brought back to P&N for this PBW Version. With it, all population modifiers are smooth, and rates change in 1% increments as population grows. Planets start with 10% of their normal production rate, and add 1% for every 25M people on the planet. Resource production follows a sine curve from 1% to 225%, rapidly rising to the maximum value as population approaches about 500M people. It then slowly falls off to 100% as the population rises to 2 billion. Ground combat is reduced to 1 round per turn, allowing large, entrenched forces grind away for potentially years on homeworld class worlds, while reinforcements have time to arrive from both sides of the conflict, for troop-vs-troop action! Militia will be seen in much greater numbers, and although their attack power is greatly reduced, they are tough to finish off due to their numbers and defensive tactics. A number of changes to characteristics costs have been made; those most commonly used traits are increased in cost, while the unpopular ones are reduced. Maintenance reduction has been corrected, so that purchasing "+20% maintenance reduction" means you pay 20% less, for 80% of normal, rather than subtracting 20 from the base maintenance of 25, giving a total cost per turn of only 20% normal. - Other Changes For this PBW Version, the mine system has been reworked. There is no longer any such thing as a minesweeper component. The only way to clear mines is to grit your teeth and take the hits. Mine damage and per-sector limits have been reduced accordingly, although with tech, the damage can be dramatically increased for an even more dramatic increase in cost. Training Facilities have also been removed. Instead there are training components, so that you must pay maintenance on them each turn. Costs rise faster than the training amount Squared, so planning ahead and budgeting for training is important. Players are expected to use retroseries in order to build training facilities within a reasonable amount of time. [ January 23, 2003, 04:50: Message edited by: Suicide Junkie ] |
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The TDM-ModPack
This "Mod" pack does not contain any modified tech trees, new components or facilities, just a major overhaul to the AI files to get the most of the current Version of SE4. It also adds a lot of new shipsets complete with the latest AIs. TDM-ModPack Site |
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A working link for AJC's mount mod: Click me! Click me!
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