Currently supported SE5 mods on PBW

[geoschmo]

I've added support for three SE5 mods to PBW. Balance Mod, Golden Eclipse, and Gritty Galaxy.

There are currently no command line options to select a mod version for SE5. However, the savegame file itself retains a pointer to the mod folder used when the game was created. So as long as the host machine has the mod data and has the folder named the same it will work by simply calling the savegame file on the command line.

Because of this it is not technically neccesary to add a mod version name on PBW to get the mod to work, simply placing the mod folder in the gamestyles directory on the server will do. But I have added version names as well to eliminate confusion and to give the users a consistant look to what they are used to. Actually you could select any SE5 mod version or even SE5 stock when you create the game on PBW and as long as you used the mod when you created the first turn and the mod folder is named the same as we have on PBW it wil work.

If you select a mod version and start your game and find that your players cannot upload their .plr files it is because we didn't set the version up right and it's looking for the Se4 format for the .plr file. DO NOT rename your .plr files or SE5 will reject them and the computer will take your turn for you. Contact the Admins and we will correct the problem.

There is also currently no way to change mod folders for an SE5 game once it has started. You can change the mod by modifying the data files inside the folder, but not the folder name itself. Because of this on PBW once a game has begun you cannot switch mods unless every game running on the server using that mod changes. This means if a new version of the mod is released, everybody using that mod will have to upgrade at the same time, or noone can.

If you need a special case mod where you can make changes without affecting other games on PBW, let me know BEFORE YOU START THE GAME. We can setup a special mod for your game with a different folder name and you can modify your folder name to match. As long as all the players and the PBW server have the same folder name it will work. But this has to be setup before you create the first turn.

Geoschmo