Deluxe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[inigma]

false alarm.

[Combat Wombat]

...wow...

[Starhawk]

That was spam

[inigma]

well, at least I can make this thread useful: I'm looking for the best strategies mod, and didn't know which one to incorporate into my games.

Does anyone know if Ultimate Strategies Mod is compatible with 1.91?

Do you have a list of favorite strategies you employ?

And I was wondering if I were to install the Ultimate Strategies Mod, if I could immediately start to use them in my current games?

[Atrocities]

ROFLMFWAO.... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

[Renegade 13]

Good one. As soon as I saw this thread, I had to go to it immediately and skip all others. Too bad it isn't April 1st...

[narf poit chez BOOM]

...Hamburger, by EAT software.

But as that was a small freeware game (Amiga 500), I'm doubtfull anyone will get it.

[inigma]

lol Sep 27, you think it'd be out by now.

[Atrocities]

Official release is by the end of Sept, so we still have a few days left then we can let fly with all the SFI bashing..... Oh to hell with it, let err rip now!

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

*lets one rip, everybody turns green*

[inigma]

HEY, no stinkin' of my threads, 'k, or else my Oraganelle Continuum will MethaneBlast your homeworld.

[NullAshton]

This should be changed to an off-topic thread.

[Combat Wombat]

No because then you will start spamming it with your meaningless posts. Threads like this should be locked, its already past the "oh you got me all excited over deluxe" part

[NullAshton]

My posts have meaning, just takes me several posts to convey them.

EDIT: You know you just bumped me past the 1,500 post limit?

[Wolfman77]

(Gasp)...... He used the edit button?!?!? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

[NullAshton]

Yes, I am capable of using the edit button. I just don't see why you care so much about me posting multiple times in a row, instead of just one big post.

[Fyron]

These spam threads really need to stop... The original post was a funny joke, but lets not degrade this thread into a spam contest... Thanks.

[NullAshton]

Spamola! Fine, we'll stop.

[Flenser]

Only 2 days of September left!
Anyone have an SE4 Gold they wanna sell me for cheap?

[Atrocities]

Flenser said:
Only 2 days of September left!
Anyone have an SE4 Gold they wanna sell me for cheap?



It'll be out soon. Aaron was finallizing things for it and SF last week so its only a matter of a week or so. The nice thing is you can pick up an old version of Classic SEIV on ebay or other, and then update that to deluxe when the patch comes out.

I am still going to buy Deluxe though. I want to do it just to say I did and to finally say to my friends: "SEE, it was sold in a store and has a box! Its a real game!"

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Hello and welcome to the forums. Cheese?

[Makinus]

any ideas of what there will be in the update?

[Ed Kolis]

The only *confirmed* changes are a revamped music system and international translations...

[Baron Munchausen]

We can only hope that he's been reading the "known bugs list"...

[Fyron]

I sent that list in too late for 1.91 patch, and sent it again when I heard about Deluxe. Don't know if he fixed anything, but he has the list (a version or 4 out of date, but he has it).

[Atrocities]

Not holding my breath. I think Deluxe is mostly updated for foriegn languages and not much more.

[Flenser]

(Ordering will be available September 2005)

Lies!!

[Renegade 13]

Hey, its still September. Maybe it'll be released today!

[Wolfman77]

There in CA right? they've got about 15 hours then. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[Baron Munchausen]

The delay might be a good sign, though. If all MM did was add the music system and some language files then it would have been an easy patch to create. If he is actually trying to fix some bugs, then we could understand why the delays. Good things come to those who wait...

[Renegade 13]

Release date now say TBD on Strategy First website...

[Ed Kolis]

A patch from Classic to Gold would be HUGE though, wouldn't it? And take a while to create... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

[Kamog]

Hey, it's October now, where's Deluxe? I was away on a trip for the past week and I was hoping to play it when I get back, and I got home about an hour ago. When they said September, did they say September 2005?

[Renegade 13]

They aren't saying anything at the moment, only TBA. So bet on the next month or two.

[bearclaw]

Ack! The suspense is killing me!!!

[EaX]

As long as there are some bug fixes i think i can wait, at least please fix the message bug!!! its really annoying!!!!

[Kamog]

Well, I guess I'm OK with waiting, but the later it comes out, the less I'm going to be playing it because the day SEV comes out is the day I'm switching to SEV. If Deluxe comes out, say, in December and SEV comes out in February, that's only 2-3 months of playing Deluxe.

Just get SEV out in time and I'll be extremely happy. It doesn't matter that much if Deluxe is late. I want SEV !!

[Flenser]

I don't have a copy of SE4 at all so I would really like a copy now. Post here if you have a copy you have to sell for a reasonable price. PS. I don't consider the $59.90 price from gogamer.com on Amazon to be reasonable. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Iron Giant]

Ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Space-Empires-IV-Gold-Disc-with-user-guide_W0QQitemZ6002776001QQcategoryZ80335QQssPageN ameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

On the other hand, I've been playing SEIV for around 5 years now. Lets think about that for a moment...

SEIV outlasted dozens, DOZENS of games on my hard disk. heck, it outlasted 3 PC's, an Xbox, a gamecube (and dozens of THOSE games too). Not to mention a few dozen books (Scifi, history, social studies) movies, TV shows, DVD's and blah, blah, blah.

Of all the money I have ever spent entertaining myself in the last 5 years, nothing even can hold a candle to the absolute value of SEIV for 49.95. How many games are on your hard disk now, that came out 5 years ago? If this is the type of game you like, I daresay the $50 will fade into meaningless for you real quick.

j/m .02

[Flenser]

good points. Now I want it even worse.

[Renegade 13]

Off topic, but I don't care.

I see a shiny golden birthday cake floating about EaX. Happy birthday EaX!! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Happy birthday EaX!

Have fun assimalating a lot of cake! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

[Kamog]

Species cake 5618.../threads/images/Graemlins/Cake.gif
You will be assimilated
We will add your nutritional and confectionery distinctiveness to our own.
Resistance is futile

Happy birthday! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[EaX]

narf poit chez BOOM said:
Happy birthday EaX!

Have fun assimalating a lot of cake! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif



Its already assimilated into the collective http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif


Species cake 5618...
You will be assimilated
We will add your nutritional and confectionery distinctiveness to our own.
Resistance is futile



We will adapt, we are borg it's in our nature, resistance is futile.

[inigma]

According to SpaceEmpires.net:

Aaron Hall of Malfador Machinations was questioned about the delayed release of the upcoming Space Empires IV Deluxe during a breif visit to the #SpaceEmpires IRC channel on irc.freenode.net earlier today.

When questioned about the missed September deadline, Aaron said, "SE4 Deluxe is on its way. Its working its way through the channels. Malfador There should be a downloadable version available in the next couple of weeks."

Aaron confirmed that the plan to create a patch for all current owners of SE4, both Classic and Gold, was still a go, stating, "I should be working on the big patch next week to get everybody up to SE4 Deluxe level." He further stated that updated mods would not be include in the patch, but they will be included in the full downloadable version of SE4 Deluxe.

Pricing is not yet fixed on the upcoming title.

Posted on Saturday, October 8th @ 7:09 pm GMT by Fyron

[Ed Kolis]

Pricing is not yet fixed? Funny, I could have sworn David Gervais posted at Strategy First that it would be $19.99... but then maybe he was thinking of Starfury...

[inigma]

It's finally here!

http://www.strategyfirst.com/en/games/SE4Deluxe/

[Atrocities]

yes, Fyron already told us. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[PsychoTechFreak]

And where's tha patchy?

[Renegade 13]

Still waiting for it, unfortunately.

[Ed Kolis]

I have been bugging Aaron via email about the patch, and he apparently either he doesn't know that Deluxe has been released, or he's waiting for it to be released in stores as well as online before releasing the patch... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

[Wolfman77]

Malfador's site has been updated, and says a patch is going to be released this week, for both gold and non gold. Also says there were a few more bug fixes, but isn't specific.

http://www.malfador.com/

For anyone who wants another link to it. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Ed Kolis]

My bugging paid off! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[Kamog]

That is great news! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif OK, this coming weekend is going to be SEIV Deluxe weekend!

[narf poit chez BOOM]

A few more bug fixes - Wonder what they are?

[Fyron]

The history file was posted on S1st forums. I believe that both of the 1.92 changes relate to SE4 choking on seekers targetting seekers.

Version 1.93:
1. Note - Strategy First release version.

Version 1.92:
1. Fixed - Rare Access Violation when executing orders.
2. Fixed - Rare error when processing a turn.

[TurinTurambar]

So briefly, the game no longer needs the CD ala Starfury, and now plays the tracks in a "Music" folder? So I can now drop newly supported mp3 files in there?

/threads/images/Graemlins/Dagger.gif/threads/images/Graemlins/icon42.gif

[Renegade 13]

It says on the website that v1.94 will be the patch version, so I'm thinking there might be some more bug fixes included as well. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Combat Wombat]

TurinTurambar said:
So briefly, the game no longer needs the CD ala Starfury, and now plays the tracks in a "Music" folder? So I can now drop newly supported mp3 files in there?

/threads/images/Graemlins/Dagger.gif/threads/images/Graemlins/icon42.gif



Yes that was the plan, it is possible it might only play files with a certin name though so you might have to rename your .mp3 files to what the game will be looking for.

[Ed Kolis]

There was some discussion on IRC about mods breaking in Deluxe because the game can't find the file "2" for instance, 2 being one of the music tracks set in Settings.txt, which kind of indicates that Deluxe will let you set individual music tracks for each mod similarly to the way it works with Classic and Gold, the only difference being the Settings.txt field values are file names rather than track numbers... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[Fyron]

Combat Wombat said:
Yes that was the plan, it is possible it might only play files with a certin name though so you might have to rename your .mp3 files to what the game will be looking for.

Settings.txt now calls for track names. You have to just add new songs to settings.txt (and put them in the music folder) to get them used in-game.

[Oversway]

I'm probably missing the point... is it that it is cool for mod based music? Otherwise is it any better than turning SEIV sound off and using your own music player?

Edit: Oh, does it mean you can play certain tracks for the mood? Like a combat track, etc.?

[Fyron]

Yes, that is precisely what it means.

[wilhil]

Im glad about the fix, I always get the access violation around every 80 turns, it just happens randomly, but autosave and reload the turn fixes it, im glad it was recognised because when I posted about it I think people just said my pc was wrong...