Enhanced 4X Mod

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Sins of a Solar Empire is often described as a 4XRTS game, or a game that tried to merge the action and tactics packed gameplay of a Real time strategy game with the deep, complex, empire wide strategy of a 4X turn based game. It's up to debate whether Sins succeeded in this goal, but I think all can agree that of the 4Xs of "explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate", Sins is much more focused on the exterminate than on the others. This mod seeks to give more depth to the other 3Xs of the game by adding additional game elements or refining the existing ones to reward players who give more strategic thought to the non-combat side of the game. Combat will still be the center point of the game, but players will find that the non-combat options available will be much more rewarding. Spying, exploring, sabotage, diplomacy, culture, and economic development have all been added or changed in innovative new ways. Regardless of what you think Sins is, this is the 4XRTS it should have been.

Post news Report RSS Small Hotfix for E4X and Interregnum

Information about the small hotfix released to fix an AI issue.

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Hello E4X and Interregnum players,

I've released a small, optional hotfix today that applies to both mods. An issue was discovered that caused the AI to occasionally stall and do very little. This was caused by a mostly behind the scenes change related to uncolonizeable planets made in Enhanced 4X version 1.7 (in part to test the ground for an unfinished Interregnum feature), but was not noticed at the time because of the Rebellion 1.8 patch had changed the AI as well.

This hotfix for the most part reverts that change, however this has the side effects of getting rid of the uncolonizeable planets' planet bonuses as well as the pirate trade station random encounter. The random trade stations will hopefully be back in the next full release, but the neutral planet bonuses were just not meant to be. I believe the future Interregnum feature can be accomplished in a different way that will not cause the AI problems.

To install this hotfix, simply extract the download. In that folder, there will be two folders, one which contains files for updating the Enhanced 4X Mod 1.73 and one for Interregnum. Simply copy the files in these folders and paste them to the GameInfo folder of the corresponding mod. Interregnum players will need to copy both sets of files into the correct mod. Additional instructions are included in a text file in the download.

I apologize for the inconvenience, and if you haven't had any problem with the AI you're free to wait for the next major release.

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mangomango999
mangomango999 - - 200 comments

I'll wait. I like the random trade stations too much to give them up. It's a "feature" until then. :)

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