Custom Empires beta v0.1 ready!

I don't have acess to "add projects" page (I can only add forum topics or project issues), maybe because I should register as a "Mod Designer" first... but I didn't find how to do that either.

But you're right, I should have thought about your site first.

I didn't set up it as a ready to play mod, because it's still in the early beta, I've changed only 3 files in the data folder, and it should be compatible with any mod.

After some thought, I realised I went the wrong way with this project. I'm not using enough the modding freedom SEV gives me. I have a better idea now: I will organise multiplayer games (the first one probably starting in a month).

Each player will make their own empire, and their own mod, then after a balance discussion those mods will be put together, and the game will start. It implies of course that there will be still a common basis for the game mechanics, for the first game it will probably be the Balance Mod.

The main goal will be to have fun creating your own empire down to the latest detail, and then playing it. (On a first thought, every empire should have a major advantage and a major default).

In the first game we will probably keep to a small number of systems, to learn faster from our errors.

I'd like to know if there's a up to date list of Ability Types. It would be a good addition to the SE wiki BTW...

Thanks, I was not sure it was up to date.

Another idea: Each player would have it's own objective, and would roleplay accordingly: For instance one of them has to colonise another quadrant and must build 100 colony ships and/or a ring of starbases with warp point opener components. Another would have to exterminate all life in the galaxy, and could not make any trades and treaties, nor capture planets.

The objectives would be shown or hidden, if hidden, someone trusted would keep them, he might also be the one that combines the mod, but then the players would have to be trusted not to look in the data folders to see what is special about their opponents.