Here is the release of the BOTF installers 2.0.3
BOTF Top 10 mods 2.0.3
here are the mods that is part of the BOTF Top 10 mods 2.0.3 installer
Birth of the Federation (By Microprose)
Error Correction Mod (by Spocks-cuddly-tribble)
Ultimate Dominion Mod (by siggi and thunderchero)
Balance of Power (by Gowron)
Mirror Universe Mod (by thunderchero)
All the Ages Mod (by stardust)
Ultimate Mod 5 (by Dafedz)
UnCivil Wars Mod (by thunderchero)
Galaxies Mod (by Tethys)
Fluid's multi player Mod (by Sir Fluid Hat)
Tools (DxWnd, UE, QD's Patcher and more)
BOTF older mods 2.0.3
here are the mods that is part of the BOTF older mods 2.0.3 installer
Flagship Mod (by thunderchero)
No Building Upgrade Mod (by thunderchero)
Thunderchero's multi player Mod (by thunderchero)
AFC Mod (by AFC)
Babylon 5 Mod (by jigalypuff)
Building Mod (by joker)
Borg Incursion Mod (by jigalypuff/dcer)
Colonies Mod (by jigalypuff)
Ferengi-Dominion Alliance Mod (by Darth_Windu)
Imperial Mod (by Bulsar)
Delta Quadrant Mod (by DigitalMaleficus)
Mirror Mirror Mod (by Dafedz)
Prime Directive Mod (by teukros)
Planet Mod (by joker)
Resistance Is Futile Mod (by dcer)
Stargate Mod (by jigalypuff)
(Released 3-31-2023)
What to expect when running new installer.
When you first execute installer you will be prompted to select the language to install.
You have 2 options English or German
Note; since most mods were released in English only, When German is selected, the installer will install as much German as possible. Some mods this is very limited. example; with Ultimate Dominion mod, when Dominion or Federation is played it would be still mostly English, while Cardassins, Klingons and Romulans would be only 30% English.
Vanilla, Error correction mod, Balance of power and Planet mod have full German versions.
next is the new license agreement
you must accept before continuing.
Next, you will need to select the "Base folder location used by installer"
Default location is the same as the original game used (C:\BOTF)
If you want to change this location you will need to change location each time installer is executed.
Note; each component folder is added automatically by installer. This is only base folder location
Next, you need to select what you want to install on this execution of the installer from the list.
When a mod is already installed it should be uninstalled before re-installing or you will get this message.
If you "continue anyway" all old files will be overwritten with new files.
Next, you can select options for the selected mod being installed.
you can select the resolution to install (800 x 600, 1024 x 768, 1366 x 768 or 1920 x 1080)
Display options (Fullscreen, windowed or without DxWnd support)
option to add desktop icon.
some mods will also have other options.
Start menu
each installation has a folder added to the start menu for "Documentations" this will have various file such as original readme files and links to support pages.
Uninstalling
You will be able to uninstall though start menu, add/remove programs and by directly executing the unins000.exe in each normal map install path. (large install path will not have uninstaller, but uninstall when normal unins000.exe is executed)
Details on installer file locations
installed game files
(User defined) default location C:\botf
start menu shortcuts
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Microprose
desktop shortcuts
C:\Users\Public\Desktop
regisrty entries
64 bit systems
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microprose (Written by installer)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\DirectPlay\Applications (Written by installer)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall (written by windows but uses app id from installer)
32 bit systems
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microprose (Written by installer)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\DirectPlay\Applications (Written by installer)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall (written by windows, but uses app id from installer)
Info on DxWnd proxy
The proxy use 3 files to allow proper running of game
Fullscreen proxy uses these 3 files
dxwnd.dll (main proxy file, same file for fullscreen and windowed modes)
dxwnd.dxw (configuration file with settings, different file for fullscreen and windowed modes)
winmm.dll (this is the fullscreen proxy file, different file for windowed modes)
Windowed proxy uses these 3 files
dxwnd.dll (main proxy file, same file for fullscreen and windowed modes)
dxwnd.dxw (configuration file with settings, different file settings for fullscreen and windowed modes)
ddraw.dll (this is the windowed proxy file, different file for fullscreen modes)
If you are wanting to switch between fullscreen and windowed mod
all 3 file need to be removed from install path Before adding other proxy files (files are in tools folder "dx proxy files" folder)
Note; to use DxWnd GUI or to add MPR++, the proxy files should not be present in install path
Or you can uninstall and reinstall and select different option.
I hope everyone enjoys,
thunderchero
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