Where are they!!?!??!

[Spectarofdeath]

Ok, so I've ordered the game, with any luck I'll have it by the time I get home from work tonight (tues) so now just one things missing......MODS!!!! No offense to anyone, great game and all but when I started playing SEIV it was like 2004, so basically all the best mods were out. So I never even played the stock game. And now all I want to play is mods. lol So with this in mind.....anyone working or planning on any?

[Atrocities]

You can bet there are a few mods in the works. Its best to let the people working on those mods tell you about them though. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Mephisto]

I'm working on a TDM mod, or, well, one race at the moment... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

What do you think should be name of the mod? I have AIM in mind (AI mod) because it is not tied to names like TDM was. TDM was created by many people and I find it unfair to have my name in it but not those of the other modders.

[Fyron]

The acronym AIM is already taken by AOL Instant Messenger. I don't think you want your mod associated with that, do you? hehe

[tmcc]

If you want to stay away from AIM you could go with CAI, competent AI?

[Aiken]

AIX Mod - AI eXtendended Mod (or whatever with cool looking "X").
On the second thought, IBM already owns this (tm), and you can be sued http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

Or better: BOFH - not Bastard Operator From Hell as you might think first, but "Better Opponent For Human" mod http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/cool.gif

SPAM is nice too - Serious Play Against the Machine.

[Devnullicus]

I'm thinking seriously about porting devnullmod to SE5. Most of the logic is the same, it seems, so the port should mostly be straightforward. We'll see.

[geoschmo]

Mephisto, I think you should retain the TDM name. The name has become a brand at this point and has moved beyond it's original meaning as a simple abbreviation. People know what they are getting with TDM mod, even if they don't know what T, D, and M stand for.

My .02 anyway.

Geoschmo

[Barnacle Bill]

Nobody has actually had the ability to work on mods yet except the betas (and maybe the Aussies for a couple of days), and the betas may still be constrained by the "official" 10/16 release date.

[Atrocities]

Once the game is confirmed on the shelves I am sure the people who have been working on mods will post info about thier fine work. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif Have faith, the SE Gods are smiling on us.

[Ed Kolis]

http://wiki.spaceempires.net/index.php/Mods_%28SEV%29

[Captain Kwok]

I have made a Balance Mod for SE:V, but unfortunately I did not know that some copies of the game would dribble out early so I don't have a version that is compatible with SE:V ver1.00 - but I'll post it once the first patch is out which I'm hoping is around the 16th.

Find out a bit more:
http://www.captainkwok.net/balancemod.php

[RonGianti]

Captain Kwok said:
but I'll post it once the first patch is out which I'm hoping is around the 16th.
http://www.captainkwok.net/balancemod.php[/url]



Is this official? The patch will not be released until the 16th? I'll have the game tonight, the 10th, any idea why the patch is not out now?

[Kevin Arisa]

I'm working on Golden Eclipse, a sequel to my SE4 mod.

[Captain Kwok]

RonGianti said:Is this official? The patch will not be released until the 16th? I'll have the game tonight, the 10th, any idea why the patch is not out now?

I'm guessing because that was the date the game was really scheduled to be released. Some retailers have sold copies early etc.

[tmcc]

Just checked the UPS tracking number and my copy is en route for delivery today. Can't wait. The 16th really sounds like a bogus release date. Is SF doing this to ensure that EB/Gamestop gets all the hardcore business up front in return for carrying the game? If so it may backfire. In my area all of the EB and Gamestop stores no longer have the game on their lists and the EB site shows none in transit to stores.

Is anyone working on a TDM like mod for SEV? Also looking for new Shipsets and Racial AIs to work with. So far I am not overly impressed with the shipsets available.