TDM-ModPack 3.30 BETA - Page 2

Silent Sorrow · #11 February 2nd, 2003, 09:01 PM

Is the Earth Alliance really changed? I see in the setup menu that the date for the EA still reads 8/5/02 while some of the other changed races (i.e. Jraenar) have a newer 2003 date (something like 2/2/03).

Slick · #12 February 2nd, 2003, 09:37 PM

I know you asked for problems, but I haven't seen any yet. I have seen something encouraging. With the new patch, the AI is supposed to use its bonus a little better. I can confirm that I have seen AI fleets of 35+ ships! And, yes, I said fleetS, meaning more than one large fleet in powerful empires. I saw a really large fleet of the Krill which was very balanced. I have also seen the AI capture planets more frequently. I had seen this (rarely) in pre-1.84, but it is more frequent now. Also its use of stellar manipulation is increased.

Prior to this patch, it seemed like the AI would always run into economic problems and not be able to handle expensive things like large fleet maintenance, Stellar Manipulation, etc. With the change:

v1.82
2. Fixed - Computer Players which had a "Computer Player Bonus" set above None were not using all of their bonus funds.

the stock and modified AI seems to have a cascade improvement and is doing lots of things better.

Great work, guys!

[edit: I just saw an AI fleet of 59 ships!!!]

Slick.

[ February 03, 2003, 04:11: Message edited by: Slick ]

Tampa_Gamer · #13 February 2nd, 2003, 10:43 PM

Silent- that is just the .emp file date that appears on the set-up menu. It only needs to be changed when the AI developer switches strategies or a few other tweaks. There are 13+ other files that actually control the behavior of the AI which are found the particular race's subdirectory - those are the dates to look at to see if a particular race has been updated recently.

-TG

Mephisto · #14 February 3rd, 2003, 02:30 AM

A new beta Version is available. Races changed since 3.20 are Earth Alliance, Jraenar, Klingon, Narn, Praetorian, Romulan, Sallega, Shadows, Terran, Toltayan, Toron, Ukratal and Xiati. Please check these races out. I hope we didn�t miss any errors.

[ February 13, 2003, 12:05: Message edited by: Mephisto ]

Marco · #15 February 3rd, 2003, 10:21 AM

Hi,
a question : can I install the new TDM33b2 Version directly over the precedent Version or I must uninstall TDM33?
Thanks again for your wonderful work.

Tampa_Gamer · #16 February 3rd, 2003, 03:16 PM

Marco - you should be able to.

Mephisto · #17 February 4th, 2003, 12:33 AM

You can install the latest beta over any TDM-Version, it will work. However, some small files will then be installed on your PC that are not needed (round about ~ 20 kb). If you want a clean install, delete the TDM-Folder and reinstall the beta.

Mephisto · #18 February 5th, 2003, 12:38 PM

The next beta Version is up. I hope to have a final Version on the weekend.

[ February 13, 2003, 12:06: Message edited by: Mephisto ]

Tenryu · #19 February 5th, 2003, 12:44 PM

Thanks meph.

Mephisto · #20 February 6th, 2003, 01:55 AM

Here is the latest beta Version. If all goes well and no errors show up this will be the final Version.

[ February 13, 2003, 12:06: Message edited by: Mephisto ]