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Originally posted by Osweld:
By the way, will altering the "default" files (strategies, formations, empire titles, ect...) cause any problems in multiplayer?
Have to answer on a case-by-case basis:
1. Strategies. I don't know for sure - I think it might confuse the game if a player has altered their strategy files and expects them to work as they are defined on his computer. The worst this would do, though, is have it so your ships won't really follow the orders you think you are giving them. So, unless someone knows this causes no problems, I would say you should start with the default strategies, and then alter them during play.
OTOH, if you gave the server the same AI strategy file as you are playing with, it should work, but the server will be on PBW, so probably not.
2. Formations. These are per game, so you should have the same ones the game is using, or you will be giving orders that may get mixed up by the host.
3. Empire titles and ship names files. These you can mess with as much as you like on the player side, and the host computer won't care, since it deals in actual names, and those files are just pick lists for players. Only exception is if you use your design minister - it will use the names file on the host computer.
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