Which mod is best?

[oleg]

Tigga, first, download and unzip Fyron's mod into SE IV directory. Second - back up "data" folder in TDM directory (rename it or make a copy). Then copy either whole "data" folder from Fyron mod to TDM mod folder or only selected files - secttype.txt, stellarabilitytypes.txt, planetsize.txt, quadranttypes.txt, systemtypes.txt, systemnames.txt from fyron/data to TDM/data. Settings.txt is optional. If you copied whole "data" folder, you will need to copy "formations.txt" from backed-up TDM data folder to new data folder. Now, when you launch TDM mod, it will use Fyron' quadrants.

[oleg]

Word of warning: Sometimes SE IV screw up homeworlds in Fyron' mod. I edited systemtypes.txt to avoid this problem. Unfortunately, there is no more medium-sized moons but you can be sure that all homeworlds have been generated correctly.

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/newup...1028079875.txt

[Fyron]

Hopefully Aaron can get that little bug fixed soon.

[Krsqk]

IF: Did you email Aaron to see if he'd let us specify new planet sizes?

[Fyron]

Krsqk, yes, I did. You should too. The more people that request a feature, the more likely it is that it gets added.

[DocShane]

Puke has created his "Junkyard" mod. This is an interesting diVersion from the other mentioned mods. As a veteran of both "Junkyard" games he has hosted, I can heartily advise any SEIV player to give his next game a swing.

Junkyard eliminates research. Put simply, all planets have ruins. Each ruin can award as few as 1 tech or as many as 7 techs per colonization. He has a system to compute the number of techs and actual research points awarded, and it is totally random. This creates a game where colonization becomes the key the to survival. Furthermore, you come across races who have widely differing technological achievements. Not to say that it is unequal, but it is kind of weird to come across Escorts outfitted with wave motion guns, or Dreadnaughts that can boast only level 2 DUC's. I attacked one player who had nothing larger than Frigates, and had to mount his PPB's on light carriers. They contained no fighters, the fighter bays served merely as primitive armor.

I can't see this mod playing well against the computer. But that gives me an idea to waste another few hours on the computer giving it a fling.

[oleg]

Interesting. Where it is ? It reminds me playing Moo2 as uncreative - most interesting and unpredictable race trait !