New tech mod plan

[Phoenix-D]

(Yes, I'm going to continue bumping this thread with updates)

OK, progress. Components.txt- almost finished, just need the decoys. Facilites.txt- finished. techareas.txt- finished. airesearch default.txt-finished.

I also modded the Happyness types a bit, made neutral into Xenophobic and added a seperate Neutral type. Also changed the defaultstratagies.txt to make a little more sense (ex: why the **** is the secondary stratagy for Maximum range.. POINT BLANK? )

I also found a little problem with the family numbers. See, every time I've added a new item, I just stick 999 on the end. But SE4 doesn't like it when that number goes over 65535; it barfs saying "unable to load components.txt" without giving a specific error. Very aggrivating to track down, that.

I should have a beta Version of this mod up later.

Phoenix-D

[Suicide Junkie]

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What ELSE does the AI research automatticly?

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Probably SM if it feels cut off from the rest of the universe.

[Phoenix-D]

Makes sense. Hopefully it has the brains to pick the right tech area..

BTW, whoever made the mod picker- VERY nice utility. Saves a lot of pain going back and forth

EDIT: More foibles. SE4 does NOT like typos. I accidently put "q" rather than "2" for an entry in components.txt.. barfed, no error message given other than unable to load.

Tip: Se4 interprets two empty lines as the end of the file. Good to isolate sections of the file (to troubleshoot) without actually needing to remove them.

Phoenix-D

[This message has been edited by Phoenix-D (edited 26 August 2001).]

[capnq]

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What ELSE does the AI research automatticly?Probably SM if it feels cut off from the rest of the universe.

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One of the AI "states" is "Not Connected". The AI's research file should have the neccessary techs listed under that state.

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Cap'n Q

The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the
human mind to correlate all of its contents. We live on a placid
island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was
not meant that we should go far. -- HP Lovecraft, "The Call of Cthulhu"

[Phoenix-D]

It's here. Beta 1. This uses the standard SE4 propulsion system; I'll make changes to that later. Also, no changes to intel for this Version.

My email is in the readme if you find any problems.

Enjoy

Phoenix-D

[This message has been edited by Phoenix-D (edited 26 August 2001).]

[Phoenix-D]

Beta 2. Added the Decoys, made some bug fixes and balance changes to the Point-defense weapons.

Phoenix-D

[This message has been edited by Phoenix-D (edited 01 September 2001).]

[Matryx]

Phoenix : glad you like my utility
By the way, I have to say that this work you have been doing is amazing This modularisation of all the tech levels and so on is great.
Can't wait for the next Version

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