[02.04.2026]
Version 2.2.1.6
https://github.com/DW-UX/DistantWorldsExpanded/releases/tag/2.2.1.6

Bugfix for 2.2.1.5 startup bug


Some quick play-testing: game start-up all normal... and the alternate shipset image selection now seems to be working as it should! :mrgreen: A GREAT update ...

Even with your 'hints' I still can't get it to work. In fact putting in a 'destroyer1' just seems to knock the other ships down one in the ship-builder, so a frigate ship looks like an exploration ship and stuff like that. As Alvek says EM should work the same as Bacon mod maybe it's a quirk of ...

Well, that is another issue: for some strange reason, selecting alternate ship images for a given class do not normally “save” the first time. I usually need to make some change in components, or manually change the role (for example, temporarily change from capitalship to cruiser, then change ...

I don't suppose anybody still has this? All links are dead.

B5 mods must have some kind of curse. I've seen them started for dozens of games and 100% of them seem to eventually be abandoned.


Apologies for doing a massive necro of this thread, but I was cleaning up an old external HDD, and ...

Well, that is another issue: for some strange reason, selecting alternate ship images for a given class do not normally “save” the first time. I usually need to make some change in components, or manually change the role (for example, temporarily change from capitalship to cruiser, then change ...

Sorry you're having some issues. I know like Alvek said there are some UI quirks resulting with what he's tried to do to support larger resolutions. I also have some weird checkboxes and whatnot. Not sure what might be happening with hotkeys. DWUR just swaps art.



If I just use the new DWUR 1 ...

I also like modding DWU, and have developed Star Trek and Star Wars mods. But for some unknown reason in the Star Wars mod with 30 playable races, I occasionally and randomly get an in-game message claiming some ship images are “missing” for unexisting family47 and family49, and then the game ...

I finally got the DWUR EM version working with the latest EM-alpha, after changing the largefreigter pic in family49 which was causing problems with changing the theme (corrupted pic in the DL, I used one from DWUR 1.1.0). I've noticed other problems now however and I don't know which one of them ...

With ID 17 the game still crashes at startup. If fact, it does not start at all. What could be the problem?


Use latest alpha version, iirc latest beta don't support it.
I suppose i need to publish it as DWUR mow use this stuff.


Ah, I was on 2.2.1.2 Beta. I hadn't updated to the latest 2 ...

Oh, ok, so that makes sense for the filesize. Don't know why it should be showing different installation problems for different users then.


If you don't use EM mod, DWUR for EM version can cause error in facility.txt in original game due to new facility type.


I was using the latest EM mod ...

Alvek wrote: Sun Mar 08, 2026 7:59 pm

jayman wrote: Sun Mar 08, 2026 7:54 pm My DL stopped at 841 mb while the last working version I had (V 1.1.0) was over 1gb.

Newer version removed music, about 300+ mb

Oh, ok, so that makes sense for the filesize. Don't know why it should be showing different installation problems for different users then.

Everytime I try to load this theme I just get an error message saying it can't load a file. race46png. I can't find that file anywhere and i've reinstalled it multiple times it only goes to 21. I downloaded the regular no expansion mod one. I checked in there and it ends at 45. I've tried ...

Standard Empire. Usually prewarp.


Am confused, so you use Custom Game Standard empire or standard in age of shadows?

Edit: Nevermind, found bug. You need to exit game after switching theme, original game code have errors in theme switch. Maybe BaconMod code introduced some bugs, not sure ...

Rising-Sun wrote: Thu Mar 05, 2026 1:43 pm Looking for a better graphic mod or mods that will look better while playing. I mean planets, vessels, special FX, etc.

Are there any?

The DWUR mod is just that, a complete refresh that overhauls the graphics, sounds etc.

https://forums.matrixgames.com/viewtopic.php?t=395506

I've been watching some documentaries lately about carrier warfare in WW2, and it reminded me that of the 4x space games I've played (MOO 2 & 3, DW, GC 2&3) - and in most sci-fi in fact - they just don't get carrier warfare right at all. In WW2 some fleets didn't even meet and the whole battle was ...

I've finally got around to playing a game with the Shakturi on DWUR. They haven't showed-up yet in my game, but I have found a couple of their abandoned ships and use them as a fast strike force and for exploration of anomalies out of range of my dedicated exploration ships.

I've read on this forum ...

I don't understand how no one has a copy of 2.0. Is modding just dying for older games? Civ 4 had a super vibrant modding community that released some really cool mods from different universes yet it's also just as dead as DWU is. I feel like the modding we grew up with in the 90's early 2000's to ...

Download the mod below

This mod is back from the dead......

I do not use Mediafire so I have no link there for the Picard era mod V2......

But the below link is where I have the mod stored on my Microsoft account and this file will never be removed.......

Download the file "Star Trek Picard ...

Screenshot of Picard era V2 link once again available in Distant Worlds after downloading from link above......


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I see there's a mod called Star Trek Federation Wars shown in your screenshot. Can I ask where you got that from, as I don't think it's on this site? I'm into changing ...

Yes, I'm still playing this game after all these years, using the DWUR/Bacon mod combo.

I have a question, does anyone use fighters and bombers? I experimented with them in early games but I play as human and tend to put phasers and missiles on my ships and use ship-boarding as a tactic, so by the ...