What is your favourite Endless Space mod?

nolkel

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27 300g2g pts

11 years ago

Aug 11, 2013, 6:22:07 PM

Klaus wrote:
Is there an easy way to compare different versions of a file?

You can use a three-way merge tool to compare the files. You need to keep a copy of the unmodified data files from the starting game version to use as a reference. It may or may not be possible to acquire them at this point given steam auto-updates, though.

Given that you have three sets of files "ES version 1 stock", "ES version 2 stock" and "MyMod version 1", you can identify all changes that were made between ES 1 and ES 2 for each file of interest, and merge them into the MyMod files. In a three way merge tool, you would open these three files and do the merge:

1) basefile.xml from "ES version 1 stock"

2) basefile.xml from "MyMod version 1"

3) basefile.xml from "ES version 2 stock"

You may need to tweak the order of files in each pane to make all of the visual cues in the tool make sense. The tool will show you all the changes that the mod made between (1) and (2) in one pane, and also the changes in the patch made by the game dev between (1) and (3). Its then up to you to figure out how to merge both sets of changes into a new "MyMod version 2" file such that you get an upgraded mod that contains all the changes from the game patch.

Romeo

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Romeo

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38 900g2g pts

12 years ago

Jan 11, 2013, 6:25:01 AM

vechnii wrote:
Despite the fact that (some) of the mods on moddb are vaporware, non of the modes on this forum can be downloaded by new accounts. So you're screwed either way.

...According to whom?

Morvagor

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Morvagor

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12 years ago

Jan 10, 2013, 3:32:57 PM

This one has to find its way to the game: Colored Anomalies

davea

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davea

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700g2g pts

12 years ago

Jan 10, 2013, 3:48:33 PM

I can save people a little bit of time when hunting for mods. All of the mods currently on moddb are vaporware, or abandonware (that is they no longer work in the current version of the game). On strategyinformer, all of the mods are abandonware. In fact, I have never uploaded my abandonware mods to strategyinformer and I was unpleasantly surprised to find them there. Also, I can state that all the mods ever mentioned in the modding forum here, are listed in the Mod Shopping Mall thread. Except that Ail has many different small mods, of which only one is listed in the thread.

So, there is no reason to look beyond the Mod Shopping Mall.

There are two mods which (to me) should obviously be included into the base game. They are popular and do not change gameplay. This is colored anomalies, and alternative galaxy generator. The standard galaxy generator is embarrassingly slow, and dagobert has made it much faster for large galaxies.

Ail

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Ail

VIP

6 400g2g pts

12 years ago

Jan 10, 2013, 4:39:39 PM

I like my own mod the most, because it addresses exactly the same issues that I would have addressed, if I had made my own mod.

Oh, and of course the mod that everyone likes, noone dislikes and everyone but the Devs thinks should be included in the game: ColouredAnomalies (which I also have included and slightly modified in my own mod)

Kaidishart

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Kaidishart

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12 years ago

Jan 10, 2013, 4:45:48 PM

@davea Endless Effect is very much alive which is on mod db.

Sargatanus

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Sargatanus

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10 600g2g pts

12 years ago

Jan 10, 2013, 4:51:41 PM

Imperium Aeterna + Endless Genetics. I honestly have a hard time picturing the game without them.

KnightHawk

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KnightHawk

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12 years ago

Jan 10, 2013, 6:54:01 PM

There are two mods which (to me) should obviously be included into the base game. They are popular and do not change gameplay. This is colored anomalies, and alternative galaxy generator. The standard galaxy generator is embarrassingly slow, and dagobert has made it much faster for large galaxies.

Very much in agreement there.

davea

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davea

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700g2g pts

12 years ago

Jan 10, 2013, 7:50:00 PM

Kaidishart wrote:
@davea Endless Effect is very much alive which is on mod db.

The release date shown there is "TBD" which makes it difficult to distinguish from other vaporware mods. You may wish to put a post into the Mod Shopping Mall.

Romeo

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Never shift in to reverse without a backup plan.

Romeo

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38 900g2g pts

12 years ago

Jan 10, 2013, 9:19:38 PM

The Alternative Galaxy Generator is such a doll, but personally, Crymson's playable pirates or Johnny's Sectoid mod have really made the biggest change up to me, so they get my vote.

Crymson

Stellar

Crymson

Stellar

8 700g2g pts

12 years ago

Jan 10, 2013, 11:12:45 PM

My favorites are Colored anomalies, Alternativ Galaxy Generator, and Imperium Aeterna by far.

vechnii

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vechnii

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12 years ago

Jan 11, 2013, 6:06:53 AM

Despite the fact that (some) of the mods on moddb are vaporware, non of the modes on this forum can be downloaded by new accounts. So you're screwed either way.

DEVSteph'nie

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