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Re: [MOD] Distant Worlds Universe Refreshed (Expanded Mod and and non-EM Version) Released
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2026 3:53 pm
by salemonz
Shogouki wrote: Wed Mar 18, 2026 5:55 am
Out of curiosity do you have any plans to expand or drastically alter ship weapons?
Not at this time. The recent balance patch jostled a lot of things and did modify a few weapons (the Keterov Krusher got brought in line with similar tier weapons for range/damage...it was nearly two tiers above other weapons...i didn't totally make it boring, but I reined it in a bit).
But no big plans at the moment for ship weapons.
At present, I'm looking to get DWUR-EM to a 1.0 status and update the DWUR NON EM version to incorporate as much fun stuff as I can.
Edit: oops...forgot to update OP with new stuff
v0.9.5 -- 18 March 2026 -- Refreshed all 194 components. New images (many pulled from my DW2 mods)
v0.9.4 -- 16 March 2026 -- Refreshed flags. 75 new empire flags. 75 new pirate flags.
Re: [MOD] Distant Worlds Universe Refreshed (Expanded Mod and and non-EM Version) Released
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2026 4:01 pm
by CaesarAug
Ah, now that is interesting. Did not occur to me to consider pirate ship families. Your explanation provides insight into the workings of the game engine. Now that you mention this, I recall that another player chimed in something about pirate ship families as well. Fascinating. Will look into this as soon as I can. Thank you!
Re: [MOD] Distant Worlds Universe Refreshed (Expanded Mod and and non-EM Version) Released
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2026 4:09 pm
by salemonz
CaesarAug wrote: Thu Mar 19, 2026 4:01 pm
Ah, now that is interesting. Did not occur to me to consider pirate ship families. Your explanation provides insight into the workings of the game engine. Now that you mention this, I recall that another player chimed in something about pirate ship families as well. Fascinating. Will look into this as soon as I can. Thank you!
For sure!
Yeah it took me thinking about it before I remembered we had run into this issue in the past as I was just starting to put in all the various shipsets. It's a parameter that's easy to miss in the race text files...there near the bottom
Re: [MOD] Distant Worlds Universe Refreshed (Expanded Mod and and non-EM Version) Released
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2026 4:23 pm
by CaesarAug
YES!!! I think you've got it! There were four races which referenced non-existent pirate families, 47 and 49, just the ones reported "missing" in the error messages which crashed the game. This should correct the issues. Excellent find. THANK YOU! DWU is still an awesome game!
Re: [MOD] Distant Worlds Universe Refreshed (Expanded Mod and and non-EM Version) Released
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2026 10:58 pm
by Shogouki
salemonz wrote: Thu Mar 19, 2026 3:53 pm
Shogouki wrote: Wed Mar 18, 2026 5:55 am
Out of curiosity do you have any plans to expand or drastically alter ship weapons?
Not at this time. The recent balance patch jostled a lot of things and did modify a few weapons (the Keterov Krusher got brought in line with similar tier weapons for range/damage...it was nearly two tiers above other weapons...i didn't totally make it boring, but I reined it in a bit).
But no big plans at the moment for ship weapons.
At present, I'm looking to get DWUR-EM to a 1.0 status and update the DWUR NON EM version to incorporate as much fun stuff as I can.
Edit: oops...forgot to update OP with new stuff
v0.9.5 -- 18 March 2026 -- Refreshed all 194 components. New images (many pulled from my DW2 mods)
v0.9.4 -- 16 March 2026 -- Refreshed flags. 75 new empire flags. 75 new pirate flags.
Just thought I'd check and see. I keep hoping that someone will as I think my only really big complaint about DW are the weapons but the only modder that I remember that was going to tackle this left in a huff years ago taking his mod offline with him.
Re: [MOD] Distant Worlds Universe Refreshed (Expanded Mod and and non-EM Version) Released
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2026 3:08 am
by salemonz
Shogouki wrote: Thu Mar 19, 2026 10:58 pm
Just thought I'd check and see. I keep hoping that someone will as I think my only really big complaint about DW are the weapons but the only modder that I remember that was going to tackle this left in a huff years ago taking his mod offline with him.
I can take a look at some things for weapons. I do want to make sure each weapon family has some distinction.
Any particular pain points as far as weapons are concerned?
Re: [MOD] Distant Worlds Universe Refreshed (Expanded Mod and and non-EM Version) Released
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2026 3:21 am
by salemonz
CaesarAug wrote: Thu Mar 19, 2026 4:23 pm
YES!!! I think you've got it! There were four races which referenced non-existent pirate families, 47 and 49, just the ones reported "missing" in the error messages which crashed the game. This should correct the issues. Excellent find. THANK YOU! DWU is still an awesome game!
Great! I'm glad it was that easy. Usually I have no idea what's going on
Re: [MOD] Distant Worlds Universe Refreshed (Expanded Mod and and non-EM Version) Released
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2026 4:45 am
by salemonz
Did a weapon's balance pass.
v0.9.6 -- 19 March 2026 -- Component balance pass incorporated. 14 game files edited. Weapons/fighters changed. Tech research orders altered for 10 races.
All changes listed here
Re: [MOD] Distant Worlds Universe Refreshed (Expanded Mod and and non-EM Version) Released
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2026 9:37 am
by CaesarAug
salemonz wrote: Fri Mar 20, 2026 3:21 am
CaesarAug wrote: Thu Mar 19, 2026 4:23 pm
YES!!! I think you've got it! There were four races which referenced non-existent pirate families, 47 and 49, just the ones reported "missing" in the error messages which crashed the game. This should correct the issues. Excellent find. THANK YOU! DWU is still an awesome game!
Great! I'm glad it was that easy. Usually I have no idea what's going on
You say you usually “have no idea what’s going on” yet you fixed my crash problems and you keep perfecting DWUR!
Re: [MOD] Distant Worlds Universe Refreshed (Expanded Mod and and non-EM Version) Released
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2026 6:51 pm
by salemonz
v1.0 of EM version released!
24 March 2026 -- New engine exhaust graphics (last time!). New ground-unit icons. New race pics (group shots).
https://github.com/salemonz/DWUR-EM/releases/tag/v1.0
Enjoy!
Re: [MOD] Distant Worlds Universe Refreshed (Expanded Mod and and non-EM Version) Released
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2026 7:39 pm
by salemonz
v.1.5 of DWUR (non-EM version) released!
24 March 2026 -- Now at parity with DWUR-EM 1.0
https://github.com/salemonz/DWUR/releases/tag/v1.5.0
Re: [MOD] Distant Worlds Universe Refreshed (Expanded Mod and and non-EM Version) Released
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2026 9:18 pm
by CaesarAug
It seems that DWUR v1.5 (non-EM) is not online for download. DWUR EM v1.0 is downloadable.
Re: [MOD] Distant Worlds Universe Refreshed (Expanded Mod and and non-EM Version) Released
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2026 9:25 pm
by salemonz
CaesarAug wrote: Tue Mar 24, 2026 9:18 pm
It seems that DWUR v1.5 (non-EM) is not online for download. DWUR EM v1.0 is downloadable.
Can you try again with DWUR (non-EM)? I noticed a problem with my files (I didn't strip out the EM-only pirate stuff). I think you caught me right as I was trying to sneakily swap out the .7z file
Re: [MOD] Distant Worlds Universe Refreshed (Expanded Mod and and non-EM Version) Released
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2026 9:33 pm
by CaesarAug
Yes, DWUR non-EM v1.5 is downloadable now.
Many thanks for your modding!