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I was having problems with the Opera browser (wouldn't display tab tooltips)...ended up running RegSupreme and cleared out my registry of errors. Also found inexplicable residue of ATI video drivers (my laptop has Intel).

Anyway, that plus the latest SE5 patch and my white flash problem seems to be gone.

I'll get a flash rarely (once every 5 minutes or so).

So if you're having the problem, check your registry and look for video driver residue.

Mike

Something i've noticed that has become somewhat annoying is when the AI decides to attack me during its turn. Now, i love a good battle as much as the next, but this AI (using unnamed's AI mod) doesn't. Say i have a fleet of 40 powerful ships covering a warp point, the computer would attack with either 1 frigate, which dies, or with 3-4 fighters, who also die. Now what annoys me the most about this is that they attack the same fleet 5-6 times with small numbers of ships/fighters which simply die. And because each AI empire has over 1100 units and 300-700 ships, i myself having over 700 ships, the time it takes for a battle to finish loading for it to return to the system screen can take 2-3 minutes. So when i'm ending my turns and fighting about 20-30 pointless battles it can take almost 20 minutes for 1 turn.

Version v1.14 is now available for download:
http://www.captainkwok.net/balancemod.php

This version has a few fixes and tweaks, along with a bunch of AI improvements. You'll see the AI using a variety of ship sizes, some new designs, and even do some rudimentary enemy design analysis.

It's compatible with all v1.10+ savegames.

Next up is v1.15, which will be a save game breaker and probably the last update of the mod for now.

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Version 1.14 (20 February 2008)
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1. Fixed - Error in description for Starbase's life support and crew quarter requirements