Newbies Q: Which Mods?

[Tampa_Gamer]

Zenbudo- that is exactly why we have not included any tech/component mods in our AI Mod Packs (at least not until we are much further down the patch road). One of our main goals is to create and modify AI opponents that will offer a good challenge. Believe me, it takes tons of time to properly test, and even then you do not catch everything. . .

[ratster]

Some more newbie questions here-

Do these mods generally "add" races/tech/A.I/ships, etc or "overwrite" the existing data? Or a little of both?

[pathfinder]

depends on the mod rat..

the MODPACK by Mephisto, Tampa_Gamer, Daynarr, et al fixes/enhances some of the AI files but also gives one several new shipsets/races...

some of the others give new components, others enhance/fix certain AI files.

most of the authors have readme files with the mod, so mebbe read that before applying whatever mod(s) you d/l.

and always backup whatever is being changed/fixed...

[God Emperor]

My mod has been tested quite extensively and does help the AI quite a bit.
My mod has two parts;
1) modified AI_Research files which fix faults - the only preference thing I have included is to get the AI to research DUC's up to level 3 early on,
2) modified AI_Design Creation and Tech Area files to add more point defence to AI ships to make them less susceptible to missile attacks.
The two mods can be used separately but together make a significant difference to ship to ship combat.
I would advise anyone looking to beef up the AI's ship to ship fighting ability to use my entire mod (but, if you dont like my PD mod, you can simply just use the AI_Research files alone).

[pathfinder]

and an excellent mod it is.. I use it, along with modpack and sundevils anger/politics mod...

[God Emperor]

Pathfinder - many thanks.
I too use mod pack and Sundevils mod...

[Poliorcetes]

I have mephisto's mod, but I'm not clear on how to activate it. Its in the game directory under the Mod folder but I don't know how to "run" it.