Needing tougher computer opponents.

It is my personal view that SE V is not a game straight out of the box. It is a modding toolkit with the vanilla game being mere example.

If you just want a better AI, seek the Unnamed Mod
If you want to try something different, seek the Balance Mod

"Installing" a mod is simply a matter of unzipping the Mod's .zip into the GameTypes/ folder - then it will show up in your New Game choices.

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Try playing unnamed and give the Ai high bonus and medium to high tech bonus. you'll have your hands full (oh, don't take any tech yourself).

SEV, more than a feeling.

Well, this is highly out-of-date (aside from BM) but: http://wiki.spaceempires.net/index.php/Mods_%28SEV%29

Good mods will have a readme.txt of some sort that describes what it's trying to do. BM certainly has such information in its pack.

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If it is so highly out-of-date, why don't you update the list to be more accurate?

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mod list it quite updated

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How do you know the list is out-of-date when you are out-of-date, too? ;D

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Takes a lot less to spot something's out-of-date than to know how to make it up-to-date. Unnamed's Mod is listed as for v1.38, when it's been adapted for v1.58.

Mind, you do have a point in that my "highly out-of-date" description is inappropriate.

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Well, the problem remains... the official unnamed mod is still at 1.05 for SEV 1.35 - and as seen the updated mod has some problems - and there is nobody here on these forums who is likely to update/fix the mod. (Making it work on 1.58 is one thing, but fixing the bugs is another )

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Unnamed mod was updated by someone else, not "unnamed". My understanding is that it was just updated so that it works with 1.58, nothing else.

SEV, more than a feeling.