How do I get the Star Trek Mod to work? (new at this)...

Knavery · #1 March 13th, 2003, 03:55 AM

Hi all.. This might be the wrong forum, but I'm having problems getting the Star Trek mod to work. I downloaded all of the image packs and the latest patches and overwrote everything. However, there are images missing such as the race images. Can someone tell me in order what to do? Thanks!

Knavery

Fyron · #2 March 13th, 2003, 04:01 AM

Which Star Trek mod? There are several. If it is this one:

http://members.rogers.com/capt-kwok/index.html

then it is not ready for use yet.

If it is the AST mod, located at:

http://www.astmod.com

then check to see if the missing pictures are not named incorrectly. Compare the AST\Pictures\Races\Racename folder with one for a race that works fine. Each file should be named "Racename_XXX.bmp", where XXX is the name of the image. Compare them to a default race folder to see what the correct names are.

Knavery · #3 March 13th, 2003, 04:29 AM

That's strange. I downloaded the AST Mod full Version and the only folder within the race folder is 'Dominion' and there are no pictures in there.

KNavery

Knavery · #4 March 13th, 2003, 04:56 AM

Ok.. I uninstalled SEIV Gold and re-installed. I then applied the 1.84 patch, the AST Complete and then the new patch. There is still only one (Dominion) folder in the pictures directory under races. Is this bugged?

Knavery

Ragnarok · #5 March 13th, 2003, 05:11 AM

No, it's not bugged. You have to download the Addon pack as well with the rest of the races. Go to the AST Mod webpage and on the left side is a link to the AST Add on Mod.
That should be what you want. Hope that helps.

Knavery · #6 March 13th, 2003, 04:28 PM

Here's where I am at thus far...

Ok. For anyone out there using the AST mod, could you explain to me how you install it? I upgraded my SEIV to Version 1.84. I then downloaded and unzipped AST Complete into my SEIV directory. I then downloaded patch 7 of the mod and unzipped that in the SEIV directory. I changed the path.txt file to read from 'none' to 'AST' so it would use the MOD. I don't have the MOD launcher. I then launch SEIV and see the bold title at the bottom that I'm currently using the mod. When I try to start a quick game, I get a bunch of 'value missing' errors. However, when I start a standard new game, it appears to work. It shows the AST race pictures, but is it normal for the original empires names and empire races list to still be present instead of the Star Trek Version when trying to add new? Please let me know as I went through about 2 hours of frustration Last night and am dying to play this MOD. Thanks.

Knavery