using/installing shipsets

[MythicalMino]

ok, i use the tdm mod...i have found several shipsets i would like to use in my games. I would **probably** use the other shipsets as my own race in whatever game i am playing. My question is though, how do i install the shipsets into a mod, like tdm????

Also, i think i already know this answer, but how do i take a shipset and make it AI playable for tdm????

Thanks

[dogscoff]

You mean you want to know how to make an AI for a shipset?

Well....

You have to use a text editor to change all the AI_ files in the race's directory. Pick a race whose behaviour is similar to what you are aiming for, copy and rename the AI files and then use them as a template. That's all the help I can give, I'm afraid, I'm not an AI modder...

[capnq]

If you aren't going to change the AI files, you can just install the race in Pictures\Races\&ltraceName&gt (plus any .emp files in Empires, and design name lists in Dsgnname).

If the mod needs customized AIs, you have to put the modified AI files in &ltmodFolder&gt\Pictures\Races\&ltraceName&gt .