Stupid Newbie Question(s): Yes, I'm the one doing the asking. =)

[Yin]

Lynx: Thanks. Actually, I think I was unclear earlier. I'm doing fine with the pop transports. It's the remote mining ships that run out of space ... unless I'm doing something wrong. But I'll check with your answer to see if I might not be stupidly putting colony stuff on my robo mining ships.

Then again, it seems like robo mining is a non-issue for a while.

[Yin]

This question is for Atrocities or anybody who knows the answer: I have just d/led those great sets into my races folder ... yet the game won't recognize them. What I mean is, when I click 'add existing,' none of the new sets show up ... yet all the folders are in the right place.

Any clues?

[Mark Walton]

You have the race pics in /pictures/races, do you have the .emp files in /empires

[Yin]

I see. It looks like I just can't select them to play as mine? The comp just tried to load up the cards ... but said that 'Bloodthirsty' was not recognized.

Does this mean:
1) Those sets can be loaded for the AI and not the human player?
2) The error message means that set is not ready for 1.49?
3) Can I still play with that set despite the error?

[Yin]

Hmmm. I don't see emp files for these sets, though I know what you are talking about.

[Mark Walton]

"Bloodthirsty" should be a record in /data/Happiness.txt
Check there is a record in there
If there is, then the race you are using must have "Bloodthirsty" spelt wrong, or used in the wrong context

[Mark Walton]

Regarding the .emp files; depends which shipset you have d/l but not all of them have .emps. Most do - check the zip file you d/l'd, make sure it hasn't extracted them somewhere funny