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Originally posted by dumbluck:
Well, i decided to take the plunge and add some of the mods out there. My question is if they will interfere with each other. so if i use the rage and, say, modpack 1.61, will they use the same files or anything like that, or do i not need to worry about this.
Also, any helpful hints for a newbie modder?
To the first question, the Rage is compatible with the modpack, and should be compatible with most mods because it only adds AI files for the Rage race. It does not change any other data files.
As to getting started, what I did was figure out what I did when I played that seemed to be effective against the AI. Then I came up with a plan for making a race that would a) do as many of those things as possible, and b) as impervious as possible to those things. After that, it became a process of looking at the AI files for some of the stock races and comparing them to the files for the most effective mod races. See what you like and what you dislike from each and try to put together the best combination possible.
It's mostly trial and error, and it takes a lot of time, but it is a lot of fun.