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		Hello, 
I bought the original Space Empires IV a while ago and recently started replaying it with the TDM Mod pack.
 
I have just ordered the Gold Version. Will this have anything extra in it other than it being compatable - hopefully      - with the numerous newer Mod packs? 
 
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		Yes.  Gold and the various patches for it add quite a few much better features. 
My personal favorite is the multi-add feature.  Select multiple planets click multi-add and you can add something to all of their construction ques all at once.      
Several other nice features that help alot as well.  Nothing I remember off the top of my head atm but I remember thinking they were very nice once I upgraded.      
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
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		Well, in a sense it is not "new mods are compatible" - they can only EXIST with Gold. Proportions mod for example. MM put many extra features into Gold by our request     
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
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		And there will be one more patch for Gold, hopefully sometime around Christmas! Man, Aaron's so nice, still supporting a game after this long!     
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
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		Tons of stuff! See the patch history.txt file. A lot of it is subtle but makes a huge difference, such as having a stationary (or otherwise, random) player move or fire first in tactical combat, instead of pre-Gold's "use the player number order", which meant Player #1 always fired first when fleets started out in range. But, tons - read the pages and pages of history.txt. 
 
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