Balance Mod Available for SE:V

[Captain Kwok]

Version v1.14 is now available for download:
http://www.captainkwok.net/balancemod.php

This version has a few fixes and tweaks, along with a bunch of AI improvements. You'll see the AI using a variety of ship sizes, some new designs, and even do some rudimentary enemy design analysis.

It's compatible with all v1.10+ savegames.

Next up is v1.15, which will be a save game breaker and probably the last update of the mod for now.

Code:

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Version 1.14 (20 February 2008)

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1.  Fixed   - Error in description for Starbase's life support and crew quarter requirements

2.  Changed - Minor change to tech level requirements for Small Organic Armor and Small Crystalline Armor

3.  Changed - Increased structure for Small Organic Armor and Small Crystalline Armors

4.  Changed - Small increase to supply depletion amount of Power Lampreys and Power Leech Beams

5.  Fixed   - Error in damage amount for Heavy Ship Mount

6.  Added   - Extra design types with size suffixes to match new AI design types

7.  Changed - Increased the structure amounts for some seeker weapons

8.  Changed - Small tweaks to cost and storage amounts of Ordnance Vat and Small Ordnance Vat

9.  Fixed   - Error in cost increase for Large Ship Mount

10. Changed - Individualized each AI's distribution of ship sizes in their empires

11. Changed - Revised AI purchase system for wanted design types

12. Changed - The AI's weapon choices are now individualized to specific vehicle types

13. Fixed   - Error in Default Aggressive AI that caused them to build multiple Spaceports in a system

14. Added   - The AI will perform a rudimentary analysis on known enemy designs

15. Added   - AIs will make small adjustments based on what components their enemies might be using

16. Fixed   - AI fleets were sometimes stacking attack orders in locations too far apart to manage effectively

17. Changed - Re-activated Minister - Cargo Transports to ferry Weapon Platforms to defense systems with Cargo Transports

18. Added   - The AI will sometimes scrap non-resource facilities to build resource facilities if urgently needed

19. Fixed   - Error that sometimes prevented the AI from building Weapon Platforms when they cost more than the queue's usage rate

20. Changed - Lots of little tweaks and improvements to the AI's designs

21. Fixed   - Ships in fleets were not being added to the desired task force

22. Changed - Small improvements to the AI's distribution of minor colony types

23. Changed - Made some enhancements to how the AI determines its maximum maintenance amount

24. Fixed   - AI was not always despersing Life Support and Crew Quarters between inner and outer slots

25. Fixed   - Sometimes the AI would send treaty requests with no elements

26. Added   - Updated AI Scripts

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[Captain Kwok]

Any feedback on the AI's performance in v1.14?

[Sardia]

Some fighter bombers early game don't have weapons.

[Captain Kwok]

Which race?

[Sardia]

Phong, so far. And, sometimes the treaty states that you have trade up to 50% but the treaties are limited to 30%. Which one is it suppose to be?

[Captain Kwok]

It should be 30%, but every so often for some odd reason it exceeds that value. No idea why or how it happens.

[Suicide Junkie]

Oddly enough, I've seen this too...

In GGmod, I have the trade limited to 2%, but it comes out as 22%.
It might be adding to the stock values.

[Ed Kolis]

Trade modifier ability?

[Suicide Junkie]

No, the trade levels in settings.txt

Code:

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Treaty Element Maximum Trade Percentage 1                             := -10

Treaty Element Maximum Trade Percentage 2                             := 2

Treaty Element Maximum Trade Percentage 3                             := 4

Treaty Element Maximum Trade Percentage 4                             := 6

Treaty Element Maximum Trade Percentage 5                             := 8

Treaty Element Maximum Trade Percentage 6                             := 10

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[mrscrogg]

Mr Kwok , I am playing SE5 , version 1.66 ,Balance Mod 1.13 and just now reseaching Heavy Cruisers so if you have already done this please disregard question. Do you have any thoughts of incorporating a " Minator " class ship , massive , heavily armed , shielded and armored , and expensive but can only move at the most 4-6 spots at a time so you would have to think long and hard about including it in a fleet , yet as a stand alone still could be overwhelmed by a large enemy force ? Thank you for your thoughts and a great mod