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Old June 27th, 2008, 04:54 PM
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Default Re: Balance Mod

make the Intelligence Centers become available from the start that will fix the problem
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I was leaning towards allowing them from the start already for v1.15, so that could be part of the fix.
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I don't think the AI should build IC such early in the game - even before meeting any other player. Better build some RCs first and at least 1 pop transport ...

And is it possible to check for planet (pop) size when deciding if a space yard will be build? All those 500 pop planets will never get a decent build rate IMHO ..

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There is a bug where if you issue orders to colonize a planet, a colony ship will strip a planet dry of population. Is there anyway to set it so they take from the total population minus 1 million?
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It's an SE5 bug that somehow got re-introduced in the latest versions. Not too much can be done about it, but I'll try and add a workaround for the AI in the next update. I've noticed they tend to deplete a few planets dry.
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http://home.spaceempires.net/ftopict-5074.html

"How does FQM break ruins?"
"I had re-numbered the unique areas to 1-6 instead of the 1-4, 6-7 used in stock (which needs to be fixed). Simply edit the entries for unique ruins to be 1-6 and you'll have no issues."

Can you give a more detailed explaination?
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Edit the 6 "Empire - Grant Unique Discovery" entries for the Normal Planet record - which is the first one in the StellarAbilityTypes.txt data file.
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Default Re: Balance Mod

Why wouldn't you just post the question in the thread you linked to?

There are actually 12 in FQM (2 possible descriptions), and you only need to edit 2 of them... I added this bit of text to the FQM5 help page a few days ago. Hopefully its clear enough.

Open Data\StellarAbilityTypes.txt in the new folder. Find Abilities 17 and 18 of the Normal Planet entry. Change the Amount 1 Formula values from 7 to 5.
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I don't have an account there, plain and simple.

And thanks for the detailed explanation.
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The next version of the Balance Mod, v1.15, is in the very last stages of testing. There are many improvements to the AI and a number of data file changes that should shake up gameplay for the best.

The BM forum at SE.net has lots of info on it:
http://home.spaceempires.net/forum-73.html
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