Extras and Mods

[Badger]

Hi All
Late to the party as ever, I am only now getting around to dipping my stripey toes into the sparkling waters of SEIV, which I recently bought from Steam.

I'm not very technical and having been directed to be sure to look at the extras folder, I'm seeing an impressive list of mods and enhancements, but wondering which, if any, I need as a newbie for my first ever play through.

Keeping in mind that I'd first have to work out how to apply them and then have to worry about how they change or don't change gameplay, in terms of learning to play via a tutorial which presumably covers the vanilla game. Would you say I am better to stay vanilla for this first look?

If not, which of these mods are "must haves"? :o)

Thanks
Badger

[pettde]

I would recommend vanilla first.
After you are comfortable with vanilla and or starting to get bored with it then start adding mods, some of the mods are almost like getting a whole new game and it greatly extends the replayability.
As far as "Must haves"
the Devnull mod http://www.spaceempires.net/downloads-details-479-Devnull_Mod_1.71.html ,
Atrocitie's Star Trek mod http://www.spaceempires.net/downloads-file-878.html (direct link to download),
Economies of Scale, Gritty Economics, Pirates and Nomads, and Fyron's Quadrant mod are all good and in my experience the most likely to work without having to chase down numerous bugs. Generally the best place to find mods and ship sets is Space Empires net http://www.spaceempires.net/downloads.html

[SmartCats]

Unfortunately, spaceempires.net seems to be down (afaik).

Adamant would also have a been a cool mod.

[SmartCats]

SE4 had been one of my favorite games, a bit like Lego. :)

[Badger]

Thanks for the tips fellas

[LEGO_Rocket-Man]

After playing thru the vanilla game, you could see if you can find the mod that introduces Star Trek Star Wars, & Babylon 5 races & technology into the game.

[Redeye]

Thank you

引用自 pettde：

I would recommend vanilla first.
After you are comfortable with vanilla and or starting to get bored with it then start adding mods, some of the mods are almost like getting a whole new game and it greatly extends the replayability.
As far as "Must haves"
the Devnull mod http://www.spaceempires.net/downloads-details-479-Devnull_Mod_1.71.html ,
Atrocitie's Star Trek mod http://www.spaceempires.net/downloads-file-878.html (direct link to download),
Economies of Scale, Gritty Economics, Pirates and Nomads, and Fyron's Quadrant mod are all good and in my experience the most likely to work without having to chase down numerous bugs. Generally the best place to find mods and ship sets is Space Empires net http://www.spaceempires.net/downloads.html

[Steel Rat]

http://www.spaceempires.net/downloads.html

Works fine now....just visited it :)