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Old July 10th, 2001, 02:34 AM

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Default Re: Space Monsters!!!

Well good news! I got permission to use the shipset (and sound files!), so I'm now in the process of making 3 Versions:
1) Stock SE4
2) TDM
3) P&N


Suicide Junkie... your offer of the AI patcher is great! you'll save me a ton of work, changing all those AI_General files was a bit daunting...

Here's The Info:
All exisiting empires need to have: "Civilized Race" (without the quotes)
This will open racialtech area 10, for 0 points...
P.s., all tech areas with racialtech # set to 0 are changed to 10 for this mod.

If you could make 2 Versions, one for se4/tdm and 1 for P&N, I would be very thankful...
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Old July 10th, 2001, 03:46 AM
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Default Re: Space Monsters!!!

Now, all of the AIs that are run through the patcher will get the civilized trait, so if you want one or two to be monsters, be sure not to patch those ones.

Hmmm. Looking back, I don't see an official name for the mod.
I've called it "Trachmyr's Space Monsters v1.0".

If you have a quick description of your mod for the readme, I can copy it from the forum.

Also, I have your mod listed as "supported but untested", so if it works great, tell me so I can update that.


quote:
If you could make 2 Versions, one for se4/tdm and 1 for P&N, I would be very thankful...
I'm more than willing to have any number of Versions, of any number of mods, supported by the patcher.
Now that I have the serious code done (read/write files, analyse lines), almost any mod can be added in less than 5 minutes.
Typing up the help entries takes up most of the time now .

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-<Download V1.6>-
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-<SJ's Latest AI Patcher Version>-
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Old July 10th, 2001, 04:01 AM

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Default Re: Space Monsters!!!

Well, as a lot of the mod comes from others... I don't want to put my name on it. Let's Call it SPACE-MONSTERS v1.0


Again, thanks a bunch... When I start the P&N Version I'll let you know...
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Old July 10th, 2001, 04:13 AM
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Changes done.

Do you have a description for the mod? Three or four lines for the readme, just so players can be sure they're using the right patch on their mod.
(This could be different for different Versions)

The uploaded files are just for updating my sig links, don't worry about the duplicate patcher zip.

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-<Download V2.0>-
-<Download V1.6>-
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-<SJs latest AI Patcher>-
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Old July 10th, 2001, 04:42 AM

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Let's See... How about:

This Mod adds the most dreaded creatures in all known space... the Giant Ether Squids. These foul beast rampage through the galaxy infesting worlds with their larval spawn and feeding on unsuspecting ships. They said space was empty, they were wrong... for monsters lurk in it's darkness.

You Might want to call the patcher: SJsAI_MonsterPatcher v1.0

P.s. Just for clarification, this patcher is for Stock SE4/TDM NOT P&N, correct? Hopefully, Space Monsters can be made a permanent feature of the next P&N Version, thus no seperate patcher would be needed to add Space Monsters to P&N.
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Default Re: Space Monsters!!!

Just Re-updating the links with the latest changes (only affects the readme, not the EXE)

quote:
You Might want to call the patcher: SJsAI_MonsterPatcher v1.0

P.s. Just for clarification, this patcher is for Stock SE4/TDM NOT P&N, correct? Hopefully, Space Monsters can be made a permanent feature of the next P&N Version, thus no seperate patcher would be needed to add Space Monsters to P&N.
Since I have to include modified AIs for P&N v2.0 anyways, when I add the Space Monsters, the monster AI would just be bundled in. The AIPatcher is just for adding extra AIs that I haven't dealt with yet.

The AI patcher is one program for all mods.
You use a pull-down menu to select anything other than the default P&N v2.0, and it will patch any classic SE4 AI into the mod of your choice.

There are currently four settings in the patcher, PiratesMod, P&Nv1.2+, P&N v2.0, and SpaceMonsters v1.0.
All of these mods are serviced by the one (and only) AIPatcher.exe

Click "Mode", then the mod of your choice.
The next time you hit "patch AI", it will do the changes required by the mod you have selected.

Sorry for the long-winded spew above .
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-<Download V2.0>-
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-<SJs latest AI Patcher>-
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Old July 10th, 2001, 07:02 AM

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Hey just started using it... it's VERY helpful (Now if you could only get it to generate .emp files ).

Sorry bout the "dumb" suggestions, I hadn't tinkered with it yet, didn't know it was an all n' one kinda program.

Well, again thank-you... it'll save me a good deal of time.
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