I can't install Borg,Card,Ferg races etc.WHY?

[Cranex]

The races, Borg, Ferg, Dominion, Cardassium for example do not have the *.emp files. The files Borg2000, Borg3000, Borg5000 etc. and I cannot use these races that do not have the empire files.
The CueCappa DOES HAVE the CueCappa2000, CueCappa3000 etc files and loads wonderfully.
HOW DOES ONE USE A RACE WHEN THERE IS NO EMPIRE FILE (OR WHERE IS THE FILE)?

HELP, HELP
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Thanks Atrocities. Got it! Problem solved.
Next!

[This message has been edited by Cranex (edited 10 July 2001).]

[This message has been edited by Cranex (edited 10 July 2001).]

[Deathstalker]

The 'no race portrait' error means that the folder the race is in does not match the file names inside. (ie, the Cardassian folder must have Card for the folder name and Card_whateverfile, for all its files.)

Just make sure the folder and file names match , should work after that (easy, just rename the folder).

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Owen smiled coldly. "It wasn't hers to take. I'm a Deathstalker until I die. And we never forget a slight or an enemy." -Owen Deathstalker.

[Atrocities]

What are you naming the folder that the races are contained in?

Is it the same name as the names of the portraits and other files?

For example, the Cardassians are named CARD, thus the folder holding them MUST BE NAMED CARD as well.

The Ferengi are Ferg

Look at the files, Ferg_Main Ferg_Mini_Pop Ferg_Race_Portrait etc.

The folder that the races are contained in MUST be named the same as the race name in the files. IE "Ferg"

Hope this helps.

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[jimythejap]

ok. so when i go to make a new game i can see the borg face and all. does that mean i get the borg ai ? and what about the borg speech.

and the borg biological description and all. i just don't get how to get the borg as a empire, with the racial traits you people designed.

and how do i install the 1.41 patch? its a .asp file i have no idea what to do with it

[Atrocities]

Try this:

Select the Borg.
Name them accordingly
Name their empire type
Name the Leaders title
Name the leader

Select (at the bottom) USE RACE STYLE
Create the Empire, and start the game.

After the game has started, Click the OPTIONs icon (upper left hand corner Icon)

Then click PLAYERS. Select the borg, and un-check mark it. This will allow you to play the borgs turn.

Process the turn.

You should now be playing as the borg.

Again select the OPTIONS Icon, and click, SAVE EMPIRE. Save the Borg. You can re-check mark the borg under the players option again, and from that point, they should play according to the ESTABLISHED Ai in its Race styles folder. Then again, I could be horribly wrong, and this may not work. But what the hell, its worth a try.

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"We've made too many compromises already, too many retreats! They invade our space and we fall back -- they assimilate entire worlds and we fall back! Not again! The line must be drawn here -- this far, no further! And I will make them pay for what they've done!" -- Captain Picard STNG
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[Atrocities]

well, I tried that, and it went horribly wrong. Oh it worked ok, as the Borg used the AI in its files, but it did not post any information about Race Discription, history, etc....

My recommendations, don't listen to me at this point, I was wrong.

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"We've made too many compromises already, too many retreats! They invade our space and we fall back -- they assimilate entire worlds and we fall back! Not again! The line must be drawn here -- this far, no further! And I will make them pay for what they've done!" -- Captain Picard STNG
New Age Ship Yards