EMP Files - How do you create them?

[God Emperor]

Just downloaded a Star Wars ship set called SW-EMP1. How do I create an EMP file that will work with it?

Is it as simple as going into the New Game menu, creating a race, then saving it to file as SW-EMP1? Or is there a catch?

[God Emperor]

Also, what is the consequence of a ship set with an EMP file not having the text files; Anger, Settings, General, Research etc??

[Nyx]

It won't work without some of those files. If you start a game it will try to use the Default AI files, but the empire will have no name, the emperor will have no name, and it will behave in a remarkably lame manner. Even worse than normal for the AI. In some cases the game won't load and will send up an endless stream of "I can't find line blah-blah-blah in file somethingorother.txt"

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[pathfinder]

I you have to load some of the AI files, maybe use one from another race and tweak it, then create the new race in that new race menu (use the values (race name, empire-type, title of emporer, emperor name, etc) you set in the AI_general file) and once you start the game esc then click on save empire and voila...an emp file in the empire folder for use.

Take care in naming that empire :-)

[This message has been edited by pathfinder (edited 19 January 2001).]

[Kuroth]

Received this message today:

The 20 races are actually available by creating them as new races.
However, in the next patch, we will be providing the empire files so that
you can add all of the races using the "Add Existing".

Watch for the next patch later this month!

Aaron

[Atrocities]

To to your Race folder and create a new folder and name it the same name as the files contained within. (EXAMPLE)

EMP1_mini_Ship

Your file name should be EMP1.

Copy the needed files from another Race, IE, the Eee or something, and rename the exstentions the same as the Folder. (EXAMPLE)
EMP1_Anger EMP1_General. Ok. Good luck.

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[God Emperor]

What are the minimum files required for an AI ship set - eg General, Settings - any others?

[pathfinder]

AI_General.txt for sure...
for a neutral I don't think anything else is needed..
except, race portrait, mini-pop, pop portrait, main, and big explosion .bmp's

they need the following: anger, fleets, general, settings as a minimum.

[This message has been edited by pathfinder (edited 21 January 2001).]

[God Emperor]

Many thanks pathfinder.
Now I'll see if I can get some of these ship sets to work as races (eg Army of Light, Army of Darkness)..

[pathfinder]

kewl.....

dagnabit...ah was hoping to do AOL...no problem tho' as it would be WAYYYYYY down the road before I could make an AI for them...