Frequently Asked Questions for Newbies

[Fyron]

16.1.1 TDM-Modpack: greatly improves the stock AI and adds several new races, but does not change anything else in the game (components, techs, etc.). Created and maintained by Tampa_Gamer, Daynarr, and [K126]Mephisto.

Actually... it changes the Formations.txt file, and quite drastically, too.

16.1.5 Fryon's Quadrant Mod

It is "Fyron," not "Fryon."

[ November 10, 2002, 04:48: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

[Quikngruvn]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
It is "Fyron," not "Fryon."

I can't believe I did that, Fyron. I apologize for that.

[edit] Original message edited for easier cut-and-pasting, and to conceal the evidence. [/edit]

Quikngruvn

[ November 10, 2002, 05:41: Message edited by: Quikngruvn ]

[Fyron]

No problem. I am used to Tesco calling me Fryon. I just thought it would be better in the newbie guide it the proper spelling was used, in case someone wanted to do a search for FQM or something. Fryon might not turn up too many results.

[Ruatha]

Originally posted by mlmbd:
Ruatha,

I've just got to know. Why on earth would you post the entire Table of Contents??

mlmbd

Hi.
Why shouldn't I?
I don't really get what you are meaning

Anyway. Will incorporate the new stuff later this week.

[Arkcon]

Ahhh ... lots of updates and a sticky. Feels good. The waters fine, I'll jump in... I hope people will correct what I;m writing if its totaly wrong. But this question does come up once and a while.

16.# Combining MODs

16.#.1 Always put each mod in its individual subdirectory. If the mod changes a file, the subdirectory will contain a new file. If the mod subdirectory doesn't contain a certain file, SE4 uses the file from the default directory.

16.#.2 Once you've the MODs in their own subdirectory, you can see two MODs side by side.

16.#.3 If they don't modify the same file, it's easy to put them together. Just copy files over. Or create a new mod folder for your merged MOD.

16.#.4 If they do modify the same file, now you have some work to do. The data files are all text. You can cut and paste, but you have to be careful.

16.#.4.1 Definitely create a new folder for your new mod.

16.#.4.2 You have to check if there are redundant items, or incompatible items in the text files for your merged mod, and make some decisions about what to include.

16.#.4.3 Putting extra blank lines between text blocks and at the end of a text file has been known to confuse SE4 and cause it to not load the file.

16.#.4.4 Altering the order of some components has been know to affect the AI's ability to use a component. This is especially true with the colonization techs.

[ November 10, 2002, 13:15: Message edited by: Arkcon ]

[Quikngruvn]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
No problem. I am used to Tesco calling me Fryon.

I don't feel so bad now... but thanks for clueing me in, for the sake of accuracy and so that maybe I won't look like a moron again....

Quikngruvn

[capnq]

Why on earth would you post the entire Table of Contents??

Because this is a FAQ. A good FAQ lists the questions first, then the questions and answers.

If someone has a specific question, they can just read the ToC, then search the page for the number of the appropriate section, rather than skim the whole thing looking for the answer.