[Litcube]

Hello again, gentlemen.

Here's what I figure. I figure that SE5 doesn't cut it. Regardless of its current state, there's fundamental design concepts I just can't agree with. Unnecessary 3D and real-time combat.

I still love SE IV, and have never been a multi-player of the game; single only. So I think I'm going to go ahead and do something I planned to do for years: Create a simple-technology mod designed at keeping the armoury and colony technologies simple enough that even the AI won't get confused, thus creating a challenging experience for the single-player game.

If you've read this far, I'd like some refresh on something. DavidG's Modder tool, specifically. I've been to SpaceEmpires.net and downloaded the Modder tool, but I do seem to recall he released an unofficial patch/modification/update to *just* the .exe to fix something simple.

Are all these tools up to date? Specifically the AI research tool, the SE4 Modder, and the image packs?