Back to SE4 ! Request on "best mod setup"

Atrocities · #1 April 4th, 2006, 10:33 AM

Adamant
Carrier Battles
Star Trek Mod
Dark Nova

are a few of the current outstanding mods available that have recently been updated. STM is good for single player, not sure about the others.

Ed Kolis · #2 April 4th, 2006, 10:42 AM

Welcome back!

Carrier Battles has a brand-new AI, thanks to Rollo...
Pretty sure Dark Nova has a decent AI...
Heard about SE5 yet? Supposed to come out in June... SJ is working on a version of Carrier Battles for SE5 which is going to require a heck of a lot of processing power to run the battles - but boy will they look shiny!

Alneyan · #3 April 4th, 2006, 10:47 AM

FQM is compatible with pretty much anything out there. TDM isn't compatible with most mods, however: the AI files only work for the vanilla components, so don't go adding anything else. PvK Balance is compatible with TDM, though you will have to create Empire files for the AI too; it makes more Empire choices viable, unlike the vanilla game where there's one standard and a couple variations, no matter what.

AIC is the other mod primarily focused for single player, though it alters the basic gameplay very much. Most other mods are best played in multiplayer, I think. Among these I'll add Proportions 3.0 to the list.

Atrocities · #4 April 4th, 2006, 10:53 AM

The expanded mod is also a good single player mod. Its more like TDM than all the other mods, except that it has been set up to use neo standard ships, and incorperates the FQM mod (Fyrons Quadrant Mod).

It might now load though because of the StarMenu.bmp but that is easy enough to fix. Just copy over the StarMenu.bmp from your 1.95 installation of SE IV Deluxe into the same location within the Expanded mod. - easy.

And ya, welcome back.

Dizzy · #5 April 4th, 2006, 11:00 AM

I started off with the expanded mod. Oh wow it was so much cooler than stock. Then I started using Devnul mod. Its also close to stock... but more options. Then I started modding myself... creating things I wanted here and there.... using bits of other mods. Customizing my game...

Carrier battles is way different from the stock game. Might try that for a completely diff exp.