Best Mod for solo play?

oleg · #1 February 6th, 2003, 07:03 PM

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Originally posted by NAV:

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Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
[qb] Peter is currently up to v2.53 and we all look forward to his updates.

Proportions 2.53? I can only find 2.51. How can I get something newer and shinier?

PvK posted a link in some other thread but not on his website. Named "Proportions" I think.

PvK · #2 February 6th, 2003, 07:40 PM

Yes I posted a link to 2.5.3 beta on that thread on Monday. I am going to try to post a new release Version today though which should be better and be good to upgrade existing games (addresses Fryon's complaints about upgrading 2.4.2->2.5).

As for improved realism, that's one of the major goals of Proportions... or at least, to make fit better my own ideas of what would be more realistic and interesting. Not all players would agree, and discussion about that would be best for a different thread (if we even want to devote time to that).

PvK

NAV · #3 February 6th, 2003, 08:21 PM

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Originally posted by geoschmo:

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Originally posted by NAV:
There are over 7500000 people that may have a copy of early Versions of Proportions.

This is quite obviously a mistype. Not sure what number you were trying to put here but I feel pretty safe in saying it's going to be a number less than the total number of people that have bought SE4 and SE4 Gold, not more.

Geoschmo

Opps, your right... But it is still thousands.
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From Shrapnelgames Press Release...

Dralasite · #4 February 6th, 2003, 10:13 PM

if SEIV only cost 10 cents...quite a deal, but Shrapnel might not be doing as well

I didn't realize P&N had AI support, I need to check it out!

Fyron · #5 February 6th, 2003, 10:15 PM

I did not say that Proportions was a bad mod, only that it does not really make the game more realistic. The only way to do that would be to eliminate the ability to travel to other star systems in less than 4-6 centuries, and the ability to make colonies out of your race's home system, period. In reality, space empires are impossible.

I'm with PvK, this should probably not clutter up this thread.

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I didn't realize P&N had AI support, I need to check it out!

Almost all "finished" mods out there have AI support.

[ February 06, 2003, 20:16: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

Rollo · #6 February 7th, 2003, 01:24 AM

I will no use this thread to plug the Devnull Mod

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PvK · #7 February 7th, 2003, 01:49 AM

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Originally posted by PvK:
Yes I posted a link to 2.5.3 beta on that thread on Monday. I am going to try to post a new release Version today though which should be better and be good to upgrade existing games (addresses Fryon's complaints about upgrading 2.4.2->2.5).
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I just removed the beta link, and posted the new Versions (2.5.2 and 2.5.3).

Fryon, I know some people assess the realism of a game by its most unrealistic element, but the existance of warp points seems like an odd item to focus on, since it's a sci-fi "what if" inherent in the scenario. You can always start a game with no warp points, and/or disable warp manipulation tech in the game startup... Not that that's on-topic in this thread.

PvK