Custom ship sets

[Alneyan]

SEIV might pick an already used shipset to fill in the gaps. It happened to me once in the NGC3 game, and two Empires were sharing the same shipset. It was the proper shipset for one of these, and a random shipset for the other one. This shipset is only present once in my directory, so the problem isn't here. A random oddity I gather.

[Grandpa Kim]

Just to clarify:

The downloaded shipset must be installed in its own folder within the Pictures/Races folder. If you are playing a mod, the Pictures/Races folder must be within that mod.

If you are on PBW look for the shipsets with the blue lettering just below each player's empire name. This is a direct download link for that ship set and makes the download as painless as possible.

Check the path within the zipped file. IE. If it is simply /abc race , then just install as I said above. If it is Pictures/Races/abc race then install directly into your SEIV folder (or appropriate mod).


One trick I learned by accident. If you don't like the random shipset you are seeing, just run the movement log. When it's done, it will randomly select another ship set.

[Fyron]

Actually... if there is no Races folder in a mod, it will use the default folder for them, so you do not need one. It is a good idea to keep it for those mods that require modified AI files if you ever want to play a single player game though.

Also, if you have the shipset installed in the default folder, just create an empty folder in the mod's Races folder with the same name, and SE4 will be able to use them perfectly.