Balance Mod v1.10 Available!

Thank you Captain Kwok, are you still planning on updating 1.9 to 1.9a to accomodate patch 1.58? If not thank you for 1.9 and for the latest addition of 1.10.

Edit: Never mind, found your answer here - http://www.spaceempires5.com/en-US/node/4324#new

congratulations kwok!

now we're in business...

Thank you, Kwok! Now I can really play instead of just screwing around!

Got a question, though. Normal Space Yard Facilities are limited to one per planet but Temporal ones are not, is this intentional?

Quick start doesn't work with balance mod?

During ship design when adding a emergency propulsion unit I got the message:
"This unit can only have one emergency energy component on it"
while I only had one.

Is this a bug or it's because the Propulsion Experts Trait?
I seldom use this component anyway...

edit:
it does it after the latest download also

It probably has something to do with the revised requirements evaluation in 1.58... instead of evaluating requirements as you place the component and not allowing placement if it fails, you can place whatever you want but you can't save the design until the requirements are satisfied. I suspect Kwok just forgot to change the actual requirement from "= 0" to "<= 1", since under the old system you could still add one as long as there were none there, but under the new system he'd have to change it to <=1 to allow even one to be placed and have a valid design!

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I think the A.I gets angry too fast and declares war at the drop of a hat in my game so far.

Yup, that was it... just go into the components file in the data directory of the balance mod. Search for "emergency propulsion" and change the requirement 2 formula from =0 to "

Same problem for emergency resupply and reordnance pods... same fix... change =0 to

Kwok, the following code is duplicated in settings.txt, your edited code and the original;

//---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Minimum Number Of Systems Small Quadrant := 20
Maximum Number Of Systems Small Quadrant := 50
Minimum Number Of Systems Medium Quadrant := 50
Maximum Number Of Systems Medium Quadrant := 100
Minimum Number Of Systems Large Quadrant := 100
Maximum Number Of Systems Large Quadrant := 150
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Minimum Number Of Systems Small Quadrant := 10
Maximum Number Of Systems Small Quadrant := 20
Minimum Number Of Systems Medium Quadrant := 30
Maximum Number Of Systems Medium Quadrant := 60
Minimum Number Of Systems Large Quadrant := 60
Maximum Number Of Systems Large Quadrant := 100
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Can this cause problems? Can the older code be deleted without consequence? I assume so, but you know what they say about that...

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Okay, I think I figured it out...

There's a couple of problems in the 3 emergency pods in the requirement evaluation code.

The following lines need to be changed as follows:

Requirements Evaluation Availability := 1
Requirements Evaluation Allows Placement := 2
Requirements Evaluation Allows Usage := TRUE

also further down, the following needs to change to:

Get_Design_Ability_Component_Count("Emergency Energy") (less than or equal to 1)

replace "emergency energy" with the either "emergency resupply" or "emergency ordnance" depending on which component you're on. Replace (less than or equal to 1) with the appropriate symbol. For some reason when I put that symbol here it cuts off my post.

Right on, time to play! Thanks Kwok.

Yeah! 27: small ripper beams.
Cool Captain Kowk.

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All in all I would have to say this has been a good week! Thanks Kwok!

Groovy Baby Yeah!

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Hey Kwok, when are you going to post the AI source files for BM 1.10 (or 1.11, I suppose)?

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A quick question: is the Population Transport minister working in 1.10? I didn't have any luck with it last night. I have a Small Freighter with a Population Transport design type, it is set to minister control, and I have the Pop Transport minister enabled in empire options. After a couple of turns my freighters are sitting without orders. Is there still a fix outstanding here? Or have I missed something?

I imagine with the new 1.58 mod functions available you have about 1000 other things on you plate, but a bit of love in this area would be much appreciated.

Why is the empire ship maintenance so high? (25%)(Noted stock ratio as well)

The number one empire has 75,000 resources, 30 planets, and only 40 ships. With the enemy AI having such a small ship count. It does not effectively defend\attack well. (Since the AI place's so much emphasis on Ships over other defenses).

I can see the "game speed vrs game challenge". But with the limited AI intelligence, I would think there has to be a fine ratio between "speed vrs challenge".

Of course, What is the right ratio?

(As of right now, playing at High Ai difficulty, Medium AI bonus. The AI doesn't defend its colonies worth a crap. Where it used to give me a challenge, due to my limiting fleet size to 10 only and using the same tactics as the AI uses. As of now, The AI might send one to five ships vrs my 10 ship fleet.)

Some times I'm blind. I should have spotted this sooner.

Why has facility factories been decreased by a third? (Was 3,000 now 2,000)

(Edit noted these values were in a earlier version of the balance mod, I never paid attention until I noted the lack of AI enemy ships)

Some minor things i saw while merging:

Facilities.txt:

Central Computer Complex has a missing "i" in its Ability 1 description.

Description for tech requirements for value improvement plant is wrong (since requirements were changed, it now starts at level 2, not 6)

Description for tech requirements for time shrine is wrong. Formula is level*4 which means it starts at level 4, not at level 1.

Description for tech requirements for events predictor is wrong. Formula is 4+level (starting at level 5) but description says 1.

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drushocka.

Anyway, It seems that the AI empires ship count has decreased by at least 50%-75%. When I downloaded\installed the latest BM patch. Which translates to frustration for me, as the AI rarely attacks nor defends its colonies.

Please take no offense to my observation, I do enjoy your mod. I just don't understand why the ship count went down so much. Between 1.09a and 1.10

Kwok, in case your still looking for input for 1.11 (which i eagerly anticipate by the way!) I'd just like to add that I'd prefer the game slightly more aggressive to 1.09 which, perhaps due to remaining stock files, I generally found to be just a little too 'peace-orientated' for my taste.

Anyway can't wait for 1.11, I've got so hooked on BM that I'm not even touching 1.58 til it comes out. Keep up the good work.

This is as good a place as any. Simple suggestion:

Rename the 2 Moderate .csf files - just hack off the _Moderate so they're default\default_etc. Players using shipsets in stock have to point them to default\default anyhow. This way the same shipset file will work with BM and stock, unless the player wants aggressive or defensive.

I wish there was an easier way to say that. Anyhow, less tinkering is easier and less confusing. Note: players can do this themselves & save time.

It weakens the A.I.to be at war with every single race in the game, like what happens to the aggressive races like Amok,Xaiti,Etc,every game.It is no wonder they cannot put together a decent attacking force.

I never said I wanted every AI to be at war with every single race in the game, I'd just prefer a slightly more hostile game to what I generally experienced in 1.09. I only quoted you to show both sides of the argument and to show the relevence of my point of view.

I disagree though about the specifically aggressive races in the game - plenty of games I've played have featured very strong aggressive empires making a nuisance for some/many of the others, and they tend to churn out hefty fleets that really give you something to think about. All in all it makes for a more entertaining game imho.

I had a break between about 1.05 and 1.10 so I don't know what 1.09 was like but in my last game the non-neutral AI was churning out ships and, what really took me by surprise, fighters like there was no tomorrow. A couple of times I lost young colonies to fighter swarms from neighbouring enemy worlds.

Like I said I had no experience of the last few revisions so this could be old news to the rest of you but it impressed the hell out of me.

I agree there is a lack of A.I ships in this version.I have hardly been attacked at all.

Yes, The fighter swarms surprised me too.

But as the number of ships. 1.9 Neutrals usually had between 15-30 ships, Now I see between 5-10 neutral ships.

I really don't know if this is kwok's intention. So that Larger star systems can be played? (Between 100-255)