Images changing?

Pathogen · #1 March 9th, 2003, 10:40 AM

Hi, I'm using TDM and the mod loader program to start my games. I have a problem with race pictures and ship sets changing each time I start the game. Not every race, but my race and some of the AI races. Otherwise everything is the same.
Clues as to how to fix this?
thanks,
Pathogen

Fyron · #2 March 9th, 2003, 11:36 AM

That is caused by having an empire in the game that uses a ship set you do not have installed. In this case, they are not present in the TDM folder. If you add the appropriate ship sets to the TDM-Modpack\Pictures\Races folder, you can eliminate the problem.

[ March 09, 2003, 09:37: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

Pathogen · #3 March 9th, 2003, 11:47 AM

Alright! thanks! I have been living with that problem for months.
So if I download that Image pack mod and plug it into the appropriate place I should fix the race image problem? Or I suppose I can search through the ship sets I have and doewnload the missing ones individually.
thanks again for that quick reply.

Pathogen

Fyron · #4 March 9th, 2003, 11:51 AM

The Image Mod has nothing to do with ship sets.

PvK · #5 March 9th, 2003, 12:00 PM

Yeah, ImageMod won't help with ship sets. You'll need to check which ship sets every other empire is using, and then install those.

There are many of them on the Gold CD - chances are, most or all of them may be on there. Though, most SE4 shipsets are also easy to find on the web or PBW.

PvK

Atrocities · #6 March 9th, 2003, 12:24 PM

Friend, Fyron is correct, you must find the set that does not have any ship images. That is most likely your problem.

Pathogen · #7 March 9th, 2003, 12:42 PM

Ok thanks everyone. I have homework to do.
I'm going to have to try some more of these mods.
Proportions sounds like a big change in the game.
The mod that changes the moons and planets sounds interesting also.
Thanks again,

Pathogen

Grandpa Kim · #8 March 9th, 2003, 06:34 PM

I had the same problem the first time I played with TDM. I saved the game to the regular savegame folder since there was no savegame folder within TDM. If you do this, the game will look in the default race folders and not even consider looking in TDM. Make sure you create a savegame folder within the TDM folder and save your games there. Check this first before checking checking all those races and shipsets.

Kim

Raging Deadstar · #9 March 9th, 2003, 06:58 PM

yeah i had this problem where i thought i had installed the recent Version of the neo canadians and kept restarting games with their empire in, it was strange but after a couple of attempts i realised i hadn't unzipped all the files

Fyron · #10 March 9th, 2003, 11:13 PM

This is why mods are always supposed to have a Savegame folder in them.