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October 17th, 2007, 12:09 PM
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Re: New to S.E. IV & problems patching
I would do the tutorial and start with the basic game (maybe with TDM or Expansion packs added) Later, after it gets boring you can switch to the mods. It has not gotten boring to me yet, so I am still on the basic game, but there are a lot of interesting mod and shipsets out there.
Also there are a few "Mod Selectors" that will allow you to choose which mod to run for a game and load the appropreate files. It saves a lot of moving and manual switching.
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October 18th, 2007, 04:49 AM
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Re: New to S.E. IV & problems patching
I started to try to play without doing the tutorial because I thought it was too long. My error.
I have now started and are learning more than when I trying by trial and error.
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October 18th, 2007, 10:15 AM
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General
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Re: New to S.E. IV & problems patching
The tutorial is good for learning the interface, but less good for basic strategy. (For one example, you will never start a normal game with any empty facility slots on your homeworld, the way you do in the tutorial.) Once you've finished the tutorial, I personally recommend dropping that game and starting a fresh one.
I once thought about writing a "better" tutorial myself, but never got around to it.
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December 19th, 2007, 07:10 PM
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First Lieutenant
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Re: New to S.E. IV & problems patching
Mark,
Yeah, what everybody is implying and nobody has said bluntly is that you can patch from v1.93 directly to v1.95 in your situation.
Welcome to the community! I support the above calls for TDM Modpack. It's needed to make the AI more challenging once you learn the game a bit, but it might cause the AI to kick your butt if you install it right away!
I'd suggest you play the game box stock until you're comfortable with the mechanics, and you start finding the stock AI too easy. Then install the TDM modpack, which really just adds a bunch of new AI empires, and makes all the AI empires play in a more challenging fashion. TDM Modpack does not change the game mechanics in any way.
If you find you like stock SE4, or rather stock SE4 with TDM Modpack, you're invited to come play with us at PBW. We have a regular group there that plays stock or near-stock SE4.
And watch out for the RAGE!
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December 21st, 2007, 09:20 PM
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First Lieutenant
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Re: New to S.E. IV & problems patching
Heh, I'm a moron. I didn't notice this thread was 60 days old.
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