Differences between Old and Gold

[Hoplosternum]

Hello,

I bought the original Space Empires IV a while ago and recently started replaying it with the TDM Mod pack.

I have just ordered the Gold Version. Will this have anything extra in it other than it being compatable - hopefully http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif - with the numerous newer Mod packs?

Cheers!

[Cyrien]

Yes. Gold and the various patches for it add quite a few much better features.

My personal favorite is the multi-add feature. Select multiple planets click multi-add and you can add something to all of their construction ques all at once. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Several other nice features that help alot as well. Nothing I remember off the top of my head atm but I remember thinking they were very nice once I upgraded. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

[oleg]

Well, in a sense it is not "new mods are compatible" - they can only EXIST with Gold. Proportions mod for example. MM put many extra features into Gold by our request http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

[Ed Kolis]

And there will be one more patch for Gold, hopefully sometime around Christmas! Man, Aaron's so nice, still supporting a game after this long! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon6.gif

[PvK]

Tons of stuff! See the patch history.txt file. A lot of it is subtle but makes a huge difference, such as having a stationary (or otherwise, random) player move or fire first in tactical combat, instead of pre-Gold's "use the player number order", which meant Player #1 always fired first when fleets started out in range. But, tons - read the pages and pages of history.txt.

PvK

[oleg]

Originally posted by Ed Kolis:
And there will be one more patch for Gold, hopefully sometime around Christmas! Man, Aaron's so nice, still supporting a game after this long! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon6.gif <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">On conre. It means SE was so BUGGY it needs two years and one more patch to get it right. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Yes, yes, yes, I'm just kidding, MM was more then forthcomming, BUT few imbalances still exists. Torpedoes against PPB anyone http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[Cyrien]

I don't know what you are talking about! My torpedoes will ownz joo... or something like that. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

But really... What is a torpedoe? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

[oleg]

Originally posted by Cyrien:
... What is a torpedoe? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Torpedoe is a manifestation of your manhood http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

Would you wage it against my PPB http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/confused.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon6.gif

[ November 06, 2003, 22:52: Message edited by: oleg ]

[Fyron]

A torpedo is a coherent mass of anti-matter (or quantum... anti-matter?) held together loosely by electromagnetic forces, until it impacts something. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

[Suicide Junkie]

Or just similar to today's torpedoes: a rocket (for use in space) with a antimatter or quantum warhead.

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One of the big things about Gold was the ability to make Drones.
The mounts are way more flexible now, and all of the mounts that do not apply to some particular hull don't show up in the list when designing with that hull.

[ November 07, 2003, 00:21: Message edited by: Suicide Junkie ]

[Cyrien]

Sure... I'll put my torps up against your PPBs... but you aren't allowed to use anything else. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

[Fyron]

SJ, I think that would be for the "seeking" variety of torpedo, like Plasma Torpedoes. Or something. They are not well defined. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

[Kamog]

Originally posted by Ed Kolis:
And there will be one more patch for Gold, hopefully sometime around Christmas! Man, Aaron's so nice, still supporting a game after this long! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon6.gif <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">There's going to be one more patch? That's great! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif Can't wait! ...

[Hoplosternum]

Thanks for all the replies. I will go and read the patch history.

Cheers