The Galactic Invasion 2: Replacement Player Needed

[mastermindkar]

I only need the adamant mod, right? Would it cause problems if I downloaded any others?

[douglas]

mastermindkar said:
I only need the adamant mod, right? Would it cause problems if I downloaded any others?

You need the ImageMod as well. Install the ImageMod in the appropriate places in the stock pictures directory. Many mods use it for extra artwork, but you only need one copy regardless of how many mods you have installed.

As long as you install mods properly, they won't conflict. Never ever overwrite the stock datafiles with a mod, excepting only the ImageMod. Install each mod in its own folder within the Space Empires folder. You don't have to worry about this with the Adamant Mod installers, however, as they automatically put everything in a new subfolder of wherever you point them to. When installing the Adamant Mod, you can just give it the root SEIV directory and it will take care of the rest. For other mods, it depends on the mod and the method of installation, but each mod should end up in a separate folder. To play a mod, you can either edit path.txt manually or use the Mod Launcher program, which I believe comes on the SEIV Gold CD.

[mastermindkar]

Sounds simple. On the other hand, you're talking to the man who once accidently deleted his own commmand prompt file.

[douglas]

Good. Now head on over to PBW, register, find the game "The Galactic Invasion 2" in the list and apply to join. This goes for you too, luke_slovakian. Neither of you has applied for the game yet.

Then you'll have to wait for Covertjaguar to approve you, and then you'll be able to upload your empire files. Once that's all done, we either need to wait for two more players, or we could decide that four normal races per monster race is enough.

[douglas]

luke_slovakian said:
Hey i'll join i never played adamant mod but guessing it will be fun:-p. Hey btw welcome to the threads mastermindkar. Hope u like the gmae

Just one spot left, and you still haven't signed up on PBW. Hurry up. It's "The Galactic Invasion 2", alphabetized by "The" on PBW. Once you join and everyone uploads their empires, we can start.

[mastermindkar]

PBWs on the fritz. But for when its working, how do you upload an empire?

Also, Are the forced proceation facilities really supposed to cause 16% unhappiness per turn? You'd think they could find volunteers for that sort of thing...

[mastermindkar]

P.S. Does storage specialists still increaes the number of facilities per planet?

[douglas]

For uploading an empire, go to the new game screen in the appropriate mod, set the racial points limit to the correct value, and create your empire. Make sure your empire is selected and click "Save to File". Create a new empire file and name it whatever you like. Then, close SEIV and go to PBW. Go to the specific game screen and click the "Send Empire File" button at the top (it looks like the Load Cargo button in SEIV). Where it asks for the empire file, browse to the Empires directory within the mod folder and look for something with the name you specified with .emp tacked on. The empire password field is strictly for PBW's records and will only be divulged to a replacement player if you happen to quit. The Shipset used entry is to help other players find your shipset if you're not using a stock one, and to help prevent duplicate shipsets by letting players check what shipsets are already claimed.

In Adamant, Advanced Storage Techniques is actually a special racial tech that gives you 25% better cargo facilities and cargo bays. The Subterranean trait is what gives you more facility space.

[mastermindkar]

I finally understand what those "ast" cargo bays I have are. Thanks Douglas.

[douglas]

If somebody manages to get a fleet that close to one of my homeworlds, either I'm already losing or I made a big mistake.