STM installing?

Col. Mustard · #1 July 28th, 2004, 02:12 AM

Hello all.

I am completly new to modding SE4 gold, and just started plating the game a few days ago. Soo, I downloaded STM V1.7.5, and installed it into a folder called "star trek mod" in my SE4 directory, and then read the readme. It says somthing about needing image packs? I was wondering, what else do I need, besides V1.7.5FULL installed to run the startrek mod properly. Thanks in advance!

Raging Deadstar · #2 July 28th, 2004, 02:20 AM

The Image Packs refferred to there are most likely the Image Mod.

http://imagemodserver.mine.nu/other/MM/SE4/imagemod/

Thats the link

Col. Mustard · #3 July 28th, 2004, 02:26 AM

So I put the bmp's I download there in the star trek mod directory, or in the original SE4 directory? Also, some of the files names don't match (The ones I am suposed to replace the other ones with do not have the same names. So they old ones don't get replaced, the foler they were in just gets more crowded.). Is this right? Also, thats it then? I don't need anything else? Just the image mod right? (Wow, this board is active! lol) (On seccond thought... I am a bit confused... Which 'image mods' do I download? And where do I put them? Hmm... There wouldn't happen to be anyone willing to kind of... 'walk' me through doing this would there? [MSN chat = karatekid88@bellsouth.net])

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Col. Mustard · #4 July 28th, 2004, 03:24 AM

Hmm... Let me weed out some of the jibberish in that Last post; Can somone help me? Either by MSN, or email, or here, whatever. (When I try to start up SE4, it now has a bunch of errors that look similar to this:

Quote:

Unknown Value "AI tag 02" for ability 3 type in record "federation caption 1".

Suicide Junkie · #5 July 28th, 2004, 03:43 AM

You need to patch se4 to the latest Version.
http://www.shrapnelgames.com/downloa...patchgold4.exe

The imagemod packs only need to overwrite the minis (planets.bmp, or components.bmp, etc) the individual portraits will be unique.

Which packs you need depend on the mod, but you might as well get them all now so you're set for any mod.

The imagemod packs are designed to be placed over your original image folders.
They DONT change any of the original images, just add on to the number you have.
And by placing them in over the original images ALL the mods can use them and you only ever need one copy.

Col. Mustard · #6 July 28th, 2004, 03:52 AM

Thank you.

I will try that now. Hopfully, it will work.

Atrocities · #7 July 28th, 2004, 04:10 AM

It sounds like you have correctly installed the mod.

Update your SEIV installation to 1.91 as SJ has instructed and the AI tag error will go away.

Place the Planets, Components, Facilities, Combat image mod files into your BASE SEIV Pictures directory in their respective folders. You will only be asked to over right the Facilities.BMP, Components.BMP, Planets.BMP, and Combat.BMP in each of those folders.

The reason for this is simple. Those BMP are the minis and if you compare them to the original ones you will see that the new ones are much much larger than the old ones.

Also I strongly recommend that you download the latest FQM mod from www.spaceempires.net and install that mod. That way if you get any errors that a back ground image is missing, namely Nebula5 or other, you can copy the FQM Stellor images from the FQM mod into the Star Trek Mod folder and take care of the problem. Also there is an on going thread discussing the Star Trek Mod.

Please feel free to post in that thread if you run accrossed any bugs or have any more questions.

I like to keep them all gathered in one location even if it makes finding info a tad hard. At least its all in the same thread.

http://www.shrapnelgames.com/cgi-bin...;f=23;t=009375

There are a few tips in order to make the game run faster. Turn off MINES, and Adv Ship Construction, and Shuttles. This will increase your turn time significantly.

Also the Dominion race has new updated ship images. You can download them from http://www.astmod.com/nasy/Dominion/Dominion.htm DO NOT USE THE AI FILES. Just use the images.

[ July 28, 2004, 05:23: Message edited by: Atrocities ]

Col. Mustard · #8 July 28th, 2004, 04:29 AM

K. Thanks. It works. (BTW, your updated images link is down.)

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Atrocities · #9 July 28th, 2004, 06:23 AM

Try it now, I had a period at the end of the address and that screwed it up. Remember, only use the BMP images, NOT THE AI.

Col. Mustard · #10 July 28th, 2004, 06:14 PM

Yeah, I noticed that. I got it. So, you say just delete everything but the images, and then put the images in the.... What folder?

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