TDM-ModPack patch needed?

Elmo · #1 April 10th, 2002, 08:13 PM

Is one needed now that the Gold patch is out or are we good to go? Thanks.

Dracus · #2 April 10th, 2002, 08:25 PM

If you are refering to the TDM pack with all the sci-fi races in it?
One is being worked on. Everyone is shooting for sometime next week.

As for the one that is on the cd. I have no answer for that, but if I rememeber correctly the updates in the patch did not change any of the AI files any, so the current tdm should still work.

[ 10 April 2002: Message edited by: Dracus ]

Tampa_Gamer · #3 April 10th, 2002, 08:29 PM

The one included on the CD (Version 3.00) should work fine with the 1.67 gold patch. But Dracus is correct, we are in the process of preparing a patch for release (hopefully) next week.

-TG

[ 10 April 2002: Message edited by: Tampa_Gamer ]

Elmo · #4 April 10th, 2002, 08:39 PM

Thanks guys.

Sinapus · #5 April 10th, 2002, 09:21 PM

Judging from the notes for the patch, it looks like the TDM races should work fine with it, it's just that they won't be setup to use the changes in Construction_Vehicles.txt and that units file.

So get the patch if you want 20000k ships and units and wait for the TDM patch to come out so those races can take advantages of the newer AI scripting features.

Krakenup · #6 April 11th, 2002, 04:54 PM

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Originally posted by Tampa_Gamer:
The one included on the CD (Version 3.00) should work fine with the 1.67 gold patch. But Dracus is correct, we are in the process of preparing a patch for release (hopefully) next week.

-TG

Great, but there is one possible problem. The TDM-ModPack contains a Data folder with the .txt files, some of which were changed in the 1.67 patch. If you are using TDM, wouldn't you need to update those files in the mod folder to use the new files?

Also, I hate to be picky, but it looks like most of the changes in these files include misspellings of the word nebula. This is a space game, astral phenomena should at least be spelled/used correctly. The singular form is nebula; the plural is either nebulae or nebulas depending on whether or not you had Latin in high school. "A nebulae" and "nebulaes" are not correct.

Mysterial · #7 April 11th, 2002, 05:52 PM

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Originally posted by Krakenup:

Great, but there is one possible problem. The TDM-ModPack contains a Data folder with the .txt files, some of which were changed in the 1.67 patch. If you are using TDM, wouldn't you need to update those files in the mod folder to use the new files?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but AFAIK the only data file the TDM-Modpack actually changes is Settings.txt, which wasn't changed in the patch. So you should be able to just overwrite the rest with new Versions. Or at least I did and it seems to be working ok.

Krsqk · #8 April 11th, 2002, 08:17 PM

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So get the patch if you want 20000k ships and units...

20,000,000 ships and units!?!? Wow, that should give some great end-game fleet battles!

Dracus · #9 April 11th, 2002, 09:14 PM

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Originally posted by Krsqk:

20,000,000 ships and units!?!? Wow, that should give some great end-game fleet battles!

It is only 20,000 ships and 20,000 units.
I have yet to reach 6000 so I do not know what will happen at 20K. But you should see my mine fields.

Tampa_Gamer · #10 April 11th, 2002, 09:32 PM

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Originally posted by Mysterial:

Correct me if I'm wrong, but AFAIK the only data file the TDM-Modpack actually changes is Settings.txt, which wasn't changed in the patch. So you should be able to just overwrite the rest with new Versions. Or at least I did and it seems to be working ok.

And also the fleets.txt file was amended to add numerous race-specific fleets. But you are correct, we don't modify any of the files except for that, so a simple copy/paste of the \Data directory (with those two exceptions) should work.