Please help! TDM modpack problem: random shipset assignment?

[geoschmo]

The main thing that the TDM Modpack does is make improvements to the files that control how the stock AI races function in the game. To get this to work, you need to have the TDM modpack being used on the PBW server. You do that by selecting the appropriate Version when you create the game on PBW, or by having us change the Version, which I will do now.

TDM also has somce new races taht aren't par tof the stock races in SE4. To use these you would have had to have teh TDM modpack installed on your PC when you created the first turn. If you didn't do that it's too late to change it now. You will have only stock AI's. But the stock AI's will perform better once I change the PBW Version to the TDM Modpack, whci I will go do now.

After the turn processes using the TDM modpack all the players will need to use the modpack to play their turns.

Geoschmo

[geoschmo]

Merry, are you talking about the Alien Invasion game? Did you want it set to 1.84 plus TDM 3.2 or just 1.78 + TDM 3.2?

And I missed your earlier comment that you did use the TDM when you created teh first turn. So you should have TDM races in the game, they just weren't acting like TDM races cause the game was processing with the stock Version.

Geoschmo

[Merry Jolkar]

We are running 1.78 Gold, and TDM 3.20. I have TDM races as enemy A.I.'s, and all players used 1.78/3.20 to create their own races. The other screwup (which I just bugged you about on your PBW forum -- sorry!) is that I failed to put in the A.I. passwords and I'm not quite clear what I need to do on the site to password protect them, without interfering with the turn?

Thanks, and thank you again for being such an attentive uber host!

[Phoenix-D]

"The other screwup (which I just bugged you about on your PBW forum -- sorry!) is that I failed to put in the A.I. passwords and I'm not quite clear what I need to do on the site to password protect them, without interfering with the turn?"

Did you add them manually, in the game setup screen, or have SE4 pick them randomly?

Phoenix-D

[Merry Jolkar]

I added them manually. We wanted a fun challenge for newbies who have played lots of related games (Stars!) so we opted for Rage, Shadow Alliance, and Dra'Kol. Even with the vanilla A.I., my outgoing Messages to allies are filled, presumably because the Dra'Kol are messing with us. Cant' wait to see the real A.I.'s kick in.
Merry