Anyone know the answer to THIS Deluxe Q's?

[bearclaw]

Will Deluxe be upgradeable for existing games like previous patches? Or will it not be compatible like non-Gold to Gold was?

[NullAshton]

Yes, I believe Malfador is releasing a patch to Deluxe.

[Starhawk]

Okay I haven't been around a lot lately what is deluxe?

[bearclaw]

But will it function like the patch from 1.84 to 1.91 where existing games can be upgraded?

Or will it function like when Gold came out and any non-Gold games could NOT be upgraded to Gold?

[Ed Kolis]

http://www.strategyfirst.com/en/games/redir/?iGameID=134
A third edition of Space Empires IV to be sold in retail stores by Strategy First, the publisher of Galactic Civilizations.
Deluxe will support more types of music than just CD-audio; I think the new formats are MP3 and MIDI, at least judging from the music support in Starfury.
Bugfixes and other enhancements may or may not be present; nobody really knows yet. Maybe (just maybe) Aaron will elucidate this tomorrow should he appear again on IRC???
David Gervais mentioned once that the game would sell for $19.99, and Aaron said that he plans to release a patch from both Classic and Gold to Deluxe, pending approval from Strategy First (but he has brought it up to them and they haven't *objected* yet http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif)

[Captain Kwok]

The aim of Deluxe is two-fold:

1. Introduce the Space Empires franchise to new gamers
2. Bring users of Classic and Gold under the same banner

I don't think there are any data file changes, so SE:IV Gold games should be easily upgraded.

[Fyron]

Ed Kolis said:
Deluxe will support more types of music than just CD-audio; I think the new formats are MP3 and MIDI...

I've heard Ogg Vorbis. Yay for superior compression technology support!

[Atrocities]

Deluxe will also come in a nice looking box.

[kerensky]

Atrocities said:
Deluxe will also come in a nice looking box.



Ooo, box cover art fo Space Empires. It would be worht buying the game jsut to get that!!! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Caduceus]

I like new cames coming out with "DVD" boxes, like Battlefield (which I don't play) and Myst IV (which I do http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

Will it be a cardboard box? Does anyone know? It would be cool if SE:V were in a plastic case...