New to S.E. IV & problems patching

[Fyron]

The best mod list is on the Wiki... PBW doesn't necessarily have every mod it supports available in the download library (especially larger mods).

http://wiki.spaceempires.net/index.php/Mods_(SEIV)

[capnq]

If you plan to play solo games, the TDM-ModPack is highly recommended.

For the purposes of the PBW site, v1.94 and v1.95 are functionally equivalent; any game listed as using v1.94 can be played with v1.95.

Even if PBW doesn't directly support a mod, it can still be used to automate turn collection and distribution.

[dogscoff]

Allow me to plug some of my stuff too:

The neoexpansion pack and proportional response pack will add prettiness to your modded games without changing gameplay or default files at all:

http://www.dogscoff.plus.com/files/Neoexpansion1_40.zip
http://www.dogscoff.plus.com/files/P...alResponse.zip

[PsychoTechFreak]

dogscoff said:
Allow me to plug some of my stuff too:

The neoexpansion pack and proportional response pack will add prettiness to your modded games without changing gameplay or default files at all:

http://www.dogscoff.plus.com/files/Neoexpansion1_40.zip
http://www.dogscoff.plus.com/files/P...alResponse.zip

That's news to me also... thank you!

I'd recommend to start with TDM too, it is like stock game with improved AI. After that:
DevNull 1.80
AST (StarTrek)
Proportions (very different) or AICampaign
... the list goes on and on.

[MarkL]

dogscoff said:
Allow me to plug some of my stuff too:

The neoexpansion pack and proportional response pack will add prettiness to your modded games without changing gameplay or default files at all:

http://www.dogscoff.plus.com/files/Neoexpansion1_40.zip
http://www.dogscoff.plus.com/files/P...alResponse.zip

Thanks for the links for these, they sound good mods to begin with.

Cheers MarkL

PS.
I have noticed that different sites all seem to have different patches. To avoid the patch compatability problems I noticed that the Armchair General site has a very big V 1.4 patch to patch any version up to that level, but oddly no V 1.5

[Fyron]

1.4? 1.5? Did you mean 1.94 and 1.95? The latest version of SE4 is 1.95, available on the main SE sites: Malfador.com, SEnet, spaceempires5.com, etc.

You can check the version of your SE4 install by opening the History.txt file in your SE4 folder. The latest version in this change log is the version of the game you have.

If you bought SEIV Deluxe, it will already be at 1.93 or 1.94, and you will not need the gigantic 1.94 patch. You just need to apply the 1.95 patch:

Patch 1.95

If, on the other hand, you have SE4 classic (1.02 was the release version, IIRC), or SE4 Gold (1.60), you will need to first apply patch 1.94, which brings those up to spec with the new MP3 based music system introduced in Deluxe:

Patch 1.94

Once you have such an installation patched to 1.94, you can apply the 1.95 patch from above.

[MarkL]

Thanks for the reply Fyron,

I have not logged in for a few days, away with work.
I have checked the history file o a fresh installation and it is 1.93. for some reason it will note accept the 1.94 patch only the 1.95 patch, but it seems to run ok so I guess I do not have to worry. I have the SEIV Deluxe version box. Even has a nice little manual, rare these days.

Cheers MarkL.