Bigger Galaxies?

[Fyron]

malthaussen said:
Thanks. Given that my internet connection is dialup, I don't think I'll be doing many 30 mb downloads anytime soon, but adjusting the number of systems will be easy.

-- Mal

You could download the JPEG version. It is only 8.5 MBs. It requires converting the jpeg system images back to bitmap, as in the included instructions, however. This is easy if you have a program capable of batch conversions.

Of course, you still have to download the Planet Pack of the Image Mod to play with FQM Deluxe, which is another 6 MBs...

Alternatively, you could get FQM Standard, which is practically the same mod except that it does not use any custom system or planet images. It is only 1.2 MBs in size.

[NullAshton]

Hoth is a planet on Star Wars, first heard of in the movie Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. It was the location of the Rebel's secret base, that is before it was found out and anniliated.

[Fyron]

Also, note that FQM includes a system names file with over 40,000 names in it. There is a "real stars" file included as well, which I believe is a listing of all of the named stars as of some point in time when I found the list. I have attached this list to this post. You will need to rename this to just SystemNames.txt to use it in-game, of course.

[malthaussen]

Fyonn: you take all the fyonn out of life. Seriously, though, good work on the star list. It would save lots of work for people who want a "real" science fiction atmosphere to their SE4 games.

-- Mal

[Atrocities]

You can try to BT the FQM D.... Read about it at HERE

[Fyron]

malthaussen said:
Fyonn: you take all the fyonn out of life. Seriously, though, good work on the star list. It would save lots of work for people who want a "real" science fiction atmosphere to their SE4 games.

I did not make the list, but I forgot to write down where I found it...

[malthaussen]

Ah, Hoth is Hodr. I wonder who changed the spelling? The only Hoth I know of is "Pappy" Hoth, the German panzer general.

I was wondering if the FQM standard was useable without the image mod, it is good to know that it is. Since it has been over a year since I played SE4, I want to fool around with the standard version a bit before modding too extensively. Seems like whatever programs I get (Baldur's Gate, Jagged Alliance 2, Age of Wonders, etc...), I always get bogged down in mods.

-- Mal

[Suicide Junkie]

malthaussen said:
I was wondering if the FQM standard was useable without the image mod, it is good to know that it is. Since it has been over a year since I played SE4, I want to fool around with the standard version a bit before modding too extensively.
-- Mal

The imagemod isn't a mod, per se.

Its just a graphics extension that will come in handy (and is usually required) whenever you DO download any mods.

There is an imagemodmod available, though, if you want the stock game with fancier facility pictures and weapon animations.

[malthaussen]

Although it hasn't got anything to do with the game, this site: http://www.astro.uiuc.edu/projects/sow/sowlist.html is a very intertesting place to learn about stars...

-- Mal