Thicko alert...

[Remy]

O.k. here's the problem.. on the startup screen there's a bit at the bottom that says SELECT MOD PACKAGE how do i get it to work.. i am a compleate computer newbie..i have had the game since febuary and have achieved the rank of combat ace 2 and shipping magnate.. couple of hundred million in the bank and herds of factory's and a huge fleet.. i've finished the plot.. own the Xenon sectors and the Khaak ones too..i'm getting bored now and i wanna try some modifications but don't know how to go about it..thanks in advance for any help that comes my way..

[hangar18]

I've copied this from a previous response I gave to someone in your position:

2 main script mods that people seem to use (and sometimes in conjunction with each other) are:

1. Massive War Mod (or MWM as everyone seems to call it) - this adds heaps new sectors, new BBS stuff and creates an environment where some races go to war with one another (e.g. the Split might end up asking you to help with their war against the Teladi)

2. XAIcorp 1.55d which improves the dumb AI combat. As far as I can tell it seems to improve the enemy ships defensive maneouverability as well as bolster their firepower and accuracy. It also has nice extras such as displaying the number of kills each ship has as well as AI software you can purchase at stations (Terracorp HQ) for your other ships you don't fly, so that their combat ability is better.

Okay so how do you install them? Well, from what I can gather this is what you do:

1. Download and unzip the files - stick them anywhere for the time being
2. In the downloaded files, there will be a "t" folder which may contain 1 or 2 files. Copy these files into your original X2 "t" folder
3. In the downloaded files, there will be a "script" folder which will contain many files (maybe 10-20). Copy all of these into your original X2 "script" folder. The result will be a mixture of the original X2 script files and the new mod script files. I think for 1 of the files I copied in, an original file had the same name but its okay to say yes copy over original file.
4. start game, load your last saved position, leave the station and fly into space. Type in "Thereshallbewings" with a capital "T". then hit control-c and s (or control-s and c - not sure which order) which should bring you to the script menu
5. select "reinit script caches" and hit enter and "r".
6. escape out of this until your are back in the cockpit again, fly back to a station, save the game and quit out of everything.
7. reload the game from your desktop, load the game you just saved and the mod should all be up and running.

Let me know if you have any problems.

[Remy]

thanks a lot..i'll give it a go

[markmid]

For a new game, if you use the alternative mwm maps however you need to do a bit more:

If you want all the extra mwm mod ships to use Xai Corp AI, you need to install massive war mod first, start a new game save it, come out then put in Xai corp AI afterwards. Plus there's an Xai AI addon I believe to do this.

After thats done load the game back up and reinitialise the scripts in it.

If you don't do this, i believe Xai AI will still effect the everyday ships, but not the new ones mwm puts in. If i'm wrong correct me