Re: Simple Question
Welcome to the group. I'm also new. I have been playing the demo before, but I just got the full Version, myself. However, the most suggested mods I've seen is Proportions and TDM. However, if you haven't really put in much time into SEIV yet, you may want to work in some games with an unmodded SEIV. Still, before you play the full Version, patch it with the latest patch off the malfador site.
Proportions is a mod I have yet to try, but have read about it. Let's just say that Proportions is practically a whole new game, not just a mod. You install that, you'll have 2 4X games and not 1. The best way to describe it would be that if you tire of playing Space Empires IV, the way it normally plays, or are hankering for a new 4X game with a similar interface, check out Proportions. Aptly named the real short super cliff notes on what it does is change the general physics of the game(taking into consideration the proportions of mass), and Proportionalize your general empire strength based on how far from your homeworld everything is(various settings in the mod is set so that typically happens). It does a lot more, but generally that seems to be the gist. However, just reading up on the Proportions webpage doesn't really give you the full idea of how major a change it is until you play the unmodded game a bit. Once you start to get the gist of how things work in SE4 normally, the readme for the Proportions mod starts to look all the more drastic in terms of game-changing stuff.
Me, I'll probably get some more natural SE4 games (and TDM as I believe that's more of an A.I. upgrade than a total change) in before I mod-launch Proportions as I haven't gotten my fill of the standard SE game yet.
Edit: Since I didn't see the other post already.
As the other poster said, people tend to refer the TDM mod. You don't have to use it right away, though, if you feel that you need to face an easier A.I. to learn the ropes. But people will suggest that as the first mod to use when you feel the A.I. isn't a challenge.
[ March 13, 2003, 16:08: Message edited by: Foiden ]
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