New installer 2.0.4 Release candidate 2 (12-22-24)

[thunderchero]

that option is not there on this version of the installer.

correct, script issue will be fixed in next release

you will need to delete the 3 files from install path on FAW

are you still having an issue?

[rawsy]

That worked and the game loads thanks. It is very laggy though with a jerky pointer.

Appreciate your help. Is there a solution to the lag?

[thunderchero]

Appreciate your help. Is there a solution to the lag?

use DxWnd, if you have a mouse lag DxWnd is not hooking trek.exe

DxWnd GUI does not have entry for federation at war, you would need to create one for FAW

edit;
here is the next dxwnd.ini with FAW and RAI mods

DxWnd.zip

just replace your current dxwnd.ini

[Studmaster]

Thank you for the continued updates. Will try this later tonight and report anything back

[rawsy]

Appreciate your help. Is there a solution to the lag?

use DxWnd, if you have a mouse lag DxWnd is not hooking trek.exe

DxWnd GUI does not have entry for federation at war, you would need to create one for FAW

edit;
here is the next dxwnd.ini with FAW and RAI mods
DxWnd.zip
just replace your current dxwnd.ini

Thanks for the help. It works by creating the entry n dxwnd but I get lag if I play the 1920 x 1080 version. It works great on the 1366 x 768 version

[thunderchero]

Thanks for the help. It works by creating the entry n dxwnd but I get lag if I play the 1920 x 1080 version. It works great on the 1366 x 768 version

did you remember to remove the dxwnd proxy files on 1920 x 1080?

[mytranquillity85]

Hi,

I've played an older version so far (2.0.0 I believe) and now tried this new build.

Was the AI somehow changed ? I admit I am not the best player, but even on Simple or Easy the AI (especially Cardassia) expands super aggressive, always keep up in tech easily (or even get ahead of me) and usually declare war early with 20 command ships.

Thanks
Andy

[Spocks-cuddly-tribble]

Was the AI somehow changed ? I admit I am not the best player, but even on Simple or Easy the AI (especially Cardassia) expands super aggressive, always keep up in tech easily (or even get ahead of me) and usually declare war early with 20 command ships.

Not much (AFAIK), but might depend on the mod each. Vanilla AI is unchanged (here labeled as ver 1.0.3 due to some other fixes).

The difficultly level governs almost all AI cheats (simple just means *almost* no cheats).
Note vanilla has many bias/errors with the difficultly level (e.g. minor race evolution -> so harder makes the game easier for pros).
ECM AI has many improvements and fixes of wrong calculations. This makes the game harder and easier at the same time:

easier:

- slower initial expansion due to more sustainable colony development
- more AI vs AI wars since AI is allowed to expand towards stronger unaffiliated empires

harder:

- many fixes for right resouce allocations (e.g. invasion fleets)
- far better long term fleet support and tech development in later game (vanilla AI is awful in this regard)

[mytranquillity85]

Ah sorry, I am playing UM5

[thunderchero]

Ah sorry, I am playing UM5

yes AI uses most of ECM patches to improve AI on UM5
so yes it should be better than vanilla, but no AI changes from last release of UM5

[Spocks-cuddly-tribble]

aggressive chinese crawlers

Recent news about chinese AI projects seem to support the hypothesis I mentioned to you. I don't enjoy being right with that one, through.

[Deimos]

No, the files are still compressed as normal during installation. If files are compressed installer can not compare files when exact same file is used by another mods.

Out of curiosity, apart from saving disk space, is there a reason the files are compressed?
Would having them remain un?compressed result in better performance in the game itself and/or load times?

[Studmaster]

No, the files are still compressed as normal during installation. If files are compressed installer can not compare files when exact same file is used by another mods.

Out of curiosity, apart from saving disk space, is there a reason the files are compressed?
Would having them remain un?compressed result in better performance in the game itself and/or load times?

If I hazard a guess it's for bandwidth concerns on the page/server.

[thunderchero]

Out of curiosity, apart from saving disk space, is there a reason the files are compressed?
Would having them remain un?compressed result in better performance in the game itself and/or load times?

many years ago QuasarDonkey considered changing stbof.res to a un-compressed folder for one of this projects. but as far as I know it never was attempted.

But even QuasarDonkey commented he expected no benefit by using un-compressed files.

[Spocks-cuddly-tribble]

many years ago QuasarDonkey considered changing stbof.res to a un-compressed folder for one of this projects.

He couldn't solve all issues. Resolution patcher requires extracting and re-adding all files to stbof.res manually. No idea what other benefits he saw....
Jokers' page claimed uncompressed files in stbof.res speed up the game, but IIRC all tests from AFC members noticed not even the subtlest difference.