[REL Beta] [Shadows] Star Trek - The Picard Era

[Igard]

Hi Amin,

Haven't done extensive testing yet, but I haven't encountered any ABENDS or anything. Problems are just with balance and mainly victory conditions, I can't seem to get those right.

Only got a small amount of work to do now on Romulan characters. Then I'll do a couple of playthroughs and if all goes well I'll get this mod out.

Sorry for taking this long again. I couldn't keep to my schedule of last weekend. Just got too many other things to do as well as the model contest starting.

We are very very close now.

Iain. [:)]

[AminMaalouf]

Cool. Thx for reporting.

[ehsumrell1]

ORIGINAL: AminMaalouf

Does the new mod version run stable? [:)]

Hello AminMaalouf;

So far, from the run-throughs I've done for Igard, the mod is running very stable.
As he has stated, it's going to take a bit to get the races' play balance very
close to canon, but otherwise the mod is great. We just have to be a bit more
patient to allow Igard to put in his finishing touches to make the Picard Era
mod exactly as he wants it. It will be worth the wait!

[AminMaalouf]

Hi ehsumrell1,

for the time being, BSG uploaded. [:)]

[ehsumrell1]

ORIGINAL: AminMaalouf

Hi ehsumrell1,

for the time being, BSG uploaded. [:)]

Yeah, Haree78 did a fantastic job with his BSG mod.

[tjhkkr]

Was there a BSG DW/Legends update?

[AminMaalouf]

It runs under Legends.

Whether Haree78 has specified the files for the addon, I do not remember but I would think so, otherwise wouldn't there conflicts to be expected?

[Tophat1815]

How are we doing Igard? [;)]

[Data]

LOL, such an innocent question....btw, I second the meaning behind it [:D]

[Tophat1815]

ORIGINAL: Data

LOL, such an innocent question....btw, I second the meaning behind it [:D]

He loves when i wink,wink and nudge him! Get your minds out of the gutter and drink more romulan ale![:'(]

[Igard]

LOL!

I was working on finishing the Romulan characters tonight, but ran out of steam. Sorry guys, but when I find my attention wandering it's usually best to leave for another day.

I have discovered a problem with some of the games buttons. I think this might be related to me changing some of the game's image files, but I can't seem to locate what's causing it.

Some of the buttons now look like this :-

[ehsumrell1]

PM me a list of the files you doctored Igard. Maybe I'll see the issue. [8D]

[tjhkkr]

There is another way to do it... Gradually bring in a certain number of files at a time, and crank the game up. That may be slow and laborious but you will find the offending file.

[Winejug87]

Hey Igard,

the problem isnt in the image files, the problem lies in displacing one of the lines in Gametext.txt


I had a similar problem occur trying to use the real resource mod.


ps. Allow me to introduce myself since its my first post. First time poster, but been following the forums for about 3 weeks now. Great work btw!

[Igard]

Ah, thank you Winejug! Welcome to the forums.[:)]

I'll check that out.[:)]

[Winejug87]

btw, I didnt give you enough credit earlier. I think a total conversion of all the art and assets to a star trek themed mod is a great idea. I dont think there's been a game MORE suited to a star trek mod than Distant Worlds. So often space games only revolve around fighting and winning, and really, star trek isn't about that, ya know? There's so much more to it, like diplomacy (well, maybe not janeway), exploration (okay, janeway had that), and intrigue (go romulans). Distant Worlds manages many of those functions better than most 4x's IMO.


Now if only we could figure out someway to get into the game and fiddle with the code. Give the Borg a more realistic feel with tuned AI settings (instead of them just being another empire), set up diplomacy so that empires could merge into *gasp* federations, get some asymmetric warfare going. That'd be awesome.

Seriously, cant wait for this to show up on Legends!

[Tophat1815]

Time for me to chime in with encouragement again.........................

In the home stretch now..........finish line is in sight.

[Igard]

@Winejug. Thanks mate! I couldn't agree more with you. And you were right about the gametext file. Looks like I deleted a line by mistake!

@Tophat, I going for it!!!! Gonna try and finish tonight. I only need to write characters for Romulan Admirals, Generals, Spies and Scientists. That's it. The victory conditions are a bit of a mess, but I'll work on those in another release.

Thanks for your patience. It's coming!!!

[Tophat1815]

Sounds darn good to me!!!! Have to look up how to take screen-shots again. Muhahahaha [;)]

What version of the game will this mod be compatible with? By this i mean which Legends update?

[ehsumrell1]

ORIGINAL: Tophat1812

What version of the game will this mod be compatible with? By this i mean which Legends update?

Hello Tophat;

I've been testing for Igard using the Legends version through the current 1.7.0.13 with no
issues except as he's stated concerning races' victory conditions and play balance (which
needs some tweaking). I'm sure though Igard will either get to it himself or possibly even
have me research it further as I'm able. Also remember, his first release version is canon to
Star Trek and doesn't include the Shakturi.

If you didn't remember, the keypad '0' takes the screenshots. [:)]