[Asmala]

Originally posted by oleg:
The very idea of this mod is to balance the stock SE, so yes, it must be compatible with old savegames. Just small tweaks here and there.

I think it wouldn't be sensible to maintain compatibility with existing savegames. Even if the patch technically supports older savegames it would be very unfair towards players to have the game Version changed in the middle of the game. For example if the PPB research cost is raised to 20k and one player has just researched it completely and other player is starting to research it, you can imagine how unfair it would be.

Originally posted by Andres:
Component family does not affect the AI at all. It is only used to determine what components are shown when you select "show only latest". Changing some would make for example normal shields be shown making design easier because you would not have to toggle that option all the time.

Changing different component families to normal and phased shields was exactly what was in my mind

Originally posted by Andres:
Changing weapon family may be interesting, allowing modders to make different designs using WMG and RB, but would screw current AI.

And that was the other thing which I'd have liked to change

Sir Whiskers: I think those all are great ideas if they won't screw up the AI.