Balance Mod Available for SE:V

[Raapys]

Bah, hoped it would just leave a 'mark' or something about where the fleet was and how big it was. Aaron definitely needs to look into that.

[Captain Kwok]

Greetings!

I've posted v1.00 of the Balance Mod for download at my site:
http://www.captainkwok.net/balancemod.php

Note that this version is not compatible with any v0.9X games - so you'll need to start a new game.

Some big changes in this version included extensions to the ship and engine tech tree, along with a change in the propulsion system. Essentially each engine now provides a varying amount of movement points instead of a standard amount with movement bonuses for higher tech engines.

On the AI front there was a big fix with starting techs (the AI hasn't been picking their starting techs for some time now - maybe since v95!?) so that should certainly help AI performance.

Code:

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1.  Fixed    - AI players were not selecting starting technology

2.  Added    - Small Crystalline Armor

3.  Added    - Small Organic Armor

4.  Fixed    - Error in tech requirement for Environmental Studies cultural achievement

5.  Fixed    - Error in tech requirement for Temporal Space Yard

6.  Changed  - Plague Bombs are now only a single entry

7.  Fixed    - Range was incorrect for Plague Bomb

8.  Fixed    - The Massive Base Mount had an incorrect amount for its accuracy bonus

9.  Changed  - Tweaked hull costs for some vehicle types

10. Changed  - Increased damage amount for Alloy Burner Missile

11. Changed  - Quantum Reactors now provide more supplies per level and their cost reduced slightly

12. Changed  - Revised entire engine system

13. Changed  - Increased number of tech levels for larger ships (Cruiser > Baseship)

14. Changed  - Reduced the regeneration rate for Organic Armor

15. Changed  - Increased Ripper Beam to 11 levels

16. Changed  - Increased Plasma Missile to 11 levels

17. Changed  - Slightly increased seeker speeds

18. Added    - Defense Modifiers to seeker weapons descriptions

19. Fixed    - Error in Boarding Combat defense modifier

20. Changed  - Reduced the maximum time it takes for Atmospheric Modification Plant to change the atmosphere

21. Changed  - Increased amount of damage required to kill 1M population

22. Changed  - Increased values for starting tech points

23. Fixed    - AI wasn't adding Basic Sensors to their satellites

24. Changed  - Racial trait sensors (Temporal, Psychic) reduced in cost

25. Fixed    - A number of typos

26. Updated  - Updated AI research pathing

27. Updated  - AI Scripts

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[DeadMilkman]

Starting new game

[mrscrogg]

Mr Kwok , tried to install v1.00 , got message " bad CRCbd99ac16 { should be db90a6bcb } " odviously did not take , what should I do ?

[Captain Kwok]

That sounds yucky. You can try to re-download since it might have been corrupted... and also check to make sure you installed it in the right directory etc.

[mrscrogg]

Captain Kwok , tried downloading again same message came up - with further digging - problem came up between , eee-main-script-csf and eee-setup-script-cfs , also a warning message " size of extracted file { 776572} does not match the uncompressed size { 776556 } recorded in the zip. file " maybe this helps finding the cause ?

[se5a]

thats an AI file...
if it lets you unzip it compleatly without those files then you should be ok, I'll download it later and see if I get the same problem.

[shinigami]

Working fine here.

[RCCCL]

It installed fine for me, but I no longer have the reduced flag size.

[Captain Kwok]

There's a few Alliance Flags that haven't been changed in size. Did you happen to choose one of those?