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RE: Distant Worlds Extended Shadows 3.0.4 released 38 races

Posted: Fri May 23, 2014 11:36 am
by Haree78
Hi Pycco

Features of Distant Worlds Extended Universe

2 new Avian races.

The Yl'ta
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Designed by PrismaticFlux.

The Yl'ta are an extremely cautious, slightly aggressive race. The Yl'ta get lower trade income than other races but have extremely good ships and get very high bonuses for certain rare luxury resources. They seek to explore the galaxy, to collect it's history and rarities.

The Banoserit
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The Banoserit. They have exceptionally good eyes, and a large part of their brain is used for their optical sensory input. They can use this ability with some research to scan space at long range, beating other races Long Range scanners by far. The Banoserit will be able to see ship movements much further around their empire. The Banoserit also have their own government type, Authoritarion Eugenics. It is acceptable in Banoserit culture to remove unbeneficial genes from the gene pool and to encourage the breeding of beneficial genes. This government type gives very good bonuses however the population will expect a very high reputation to be held by the empire as they hold their government's behaviour to a high standard.

Distant Worlds Extended Universe also introduces many other unique racial technologies that further define different play styles and differences in enemy empires. There is 2 new unique to 2 races weapon types with their own art work and in one case sound effect.

The Galactopedia has been updated with all the additions so the experience is as well integrated as the base game.

Technolgoy items that are researched for wonders that can only be built by 1 empire now also give a small bonus so they aren't completely useless if you are too late.

The mod has also received many hours of testing for balance and playability.

Das and Larry Monte have been given preview versions as they have shown interest in doing a Let's Play or preview of the mod, and I have enjoyed their videos immensely in the past.
Das24680's youtube channel
Larry Monte's youtube channel

RE: Distant Worlds Extended Shadows 3.0.4 released 38 races

Posted: Fri May 23, 2014 11:46 am
by Erik Rutins
Looking forward to it!

RE: Distant Worlds Extended Shadows 3.0.4 released 38 races

Posted: Fri May 23, 2014 12:52 pm
by pycco
wow looks very nice cant wait to try the Banoserit out.

RE: Distant Worlds Extended Shadows 3.0.4 released 38 races

Posted: Fri May 23, 2014 4:22 pm
by FireLion1983
Oh man, bring it on! Love it!

RE: Distant Worlds Extended Shadows 3.0.4 released 38 races

Posted: Fri May 23, 2014 5:52 pm
by Cauldyth
Hmm, I like both those races.

RE: Distant Worlds Extended Shadows 3.0.4 released 38 races

Posted: Fri May 23, 2014 5:57 pm
by ehsumrell1
Nice job Paul...keep it coming! [&o]

RE: Distant Worlds Extended Shadows 3.0.4 released 38 races

Posted: Fri May 23, 2014 8:36 pm
by Verstorbene
Anyone know if the existing shadows mod is mostly compatable with Universe? The wait is too much for me!

RE: Distant Worlds Extended Shadows 3.0.4 released 38 races

Posted: Fri May 23, 2014 8:36 pm
by pycco
any idea when you will be able to release it, holding off on starting a new game tell then it will be worth it.

RE: Distant Worlds Extended Shadows 3.0.4 released 38 races

Posted: Fri May 23, 2014 8:38 pm
by Haree78
Distant Worlds Extended Universe 1.0 is released.

link

Please enjoy and don't forget to leave feedback once you have had a play :)

Many thanks to Darkspire for authoring the Galactopedia files for me.

RE: Distant Worlds Extended Shadows 3.0.4 released 38 races

Posted: Fri May 23, 2014 8:40 pm
by Haree78
ORIGINAL: Verstorbene

Anyone know if the existing shadows mod is mostly compatable with Universe? The wait is too much for me!
ORIGINAL: pycco

any idea when you will be able to release it, holding off on starting a new game tell then it will be worth it.

No need to wait :)

RE: Distant Worlds Extended Shadows 3.0.4 released 38 races

Posted: Fri May 23, 2014 8:40 pm
by Verstorbene
DAT TIMING. Thanks. Installing the mod now. =]

RE: Distant Worlds Extended Shadows 3.0.4 released 38 races

Posted: Fri May 23, 2014 9:18 pm
by pycco
oh ya that's awesome thank you so much for all your work and time.

if you don't mind me asking what are your views on steam workshop?

RE: Distant Worlds Extended Shadows 3.0.4 released 38 races

Posted: Fri May 23, 2014 9:18 pm
by Buio
ORIGINAL: Haree78

Distant Worlds Extended Universe 1.0 is released.

link

Please enjoy and don't forget to leave feedback once you have had a play :)

Many thanks to Darkspire for authoring the Galactopedia files for me.

Nice, and thanks. :)

RE: Distant Worlds Extended Shadows 3.0.4 released 38 races

Posted: Fri May 23, 2014 9:34 pm
by FireLion1983
YES!!! Installing now.

EDIT: Am I messing anything up by installing Das's resource mod and Sirian's component mod?

RE: Distant Worlds Extended Shadows 3.0.4 released 38 races

Posted: Fri May 23, 2014 9:45 pm
by Headset
Downloading now. Thank you so much.

RE: Distant Worlds Extended Shadows 3.0.4 released 38 races

Posted: Fri May 23, 2014 9:46 pm
by Haree78
ORIGINAL: FireLion1983

YES!!! Installing now.

EDIT: Am I messing anything up by installing Das's resource mod and Sirian's component mod?

If either mod wants you to overwrite the files in DW: Extended then yes.

RE: Distant Worlds Extended Shadows 3.0.4 released 38 races

Posted: Fri May 23, 2014 10:03 pm
by FireLion1983
ORIGINAL: Haree78

ORIGINAL: FireLion1983

YES!!! Installing now.

EDIT: Am I messing anything up by installing Das's resource mod and Sirian's component mod?

If either mod wants you to overwrite the files in DW: Extended then yes.

The components override the ones you've added, plus their help pages.
The resources override your help pages; did you change these at all from default?

RE: Distant Worlds Extended Shadows 3.0.4 released 38 races

Posted: Fri May 23, 2014 10:10 pm
by Haree78
Ok resources help files overwriting is fine but overwriting components.txt will break the mod.

RE: Distant Worlds Extended Shadows 3.0.4 released 38 races

Posted: Fri May 23, 2014 10:14 pm
by FireLion1983
ORIGINAL: Haree78

Ok resources help files overwriting is fine but overwriting components.txt will break the mod.

Roger that! Sirian's component mod is simply a graphics update to make them look a lot better; it doesn't change any of the text files. Same with Das's resource mod. Thanks, Haree!

RE: Distant Worlds Extended Shadows 3.0.4 released 38 races

Posted: Fri May 23, 2014 10:49 pm
by DasTactic
ORIGINAL: FireLion1983

YES!!! Installing now.

EDIT: Am I messing anything up by installing Das's resource mod and Sirian's component mod?

Make sure you install DW Extended first. Then you can copy across the files from my mod. The files will overwrite the various help files - which is OK because when I checked a couple of days ago these files in DW Extended are the old original files.

I think I might make a video on how to install the mods. :)