Hi again,
Couple more simple questions I hope.
1. Does time stop when I'm viewing the port screen?
2. I notice on the game time selector that I can choose 0, .5, 1, 2, 4. Is there any way to alter that so that I can choose 1.5? I find that when I wish to play at my normal thinking speed, that 1 is too slow, and 2 is too fast, so Im thinking that if there is a way to mod the game so that I can add in 1.5 times normal speed that would be grand. Is there a way to do this?
3. Can the ships models be modded? I'm comfortable with 3d modeling in programs such as 3DSMax (from when I took a college course) and many others, is there any toolsets put out that would allow me to create my own ship models and have them in the game? I only want to model the ships on the strategic screen level as the RTS screen they look nice, but on the strategy map screen they look well... not very good.
4. I know that I can change out the landscape textures, I saw the tutorial on that, (makes me wonder why they didn't use that dirt texture to begin with, it looks tremendously better)... Anyway, does anybody know of any mods that add high res texture overhaul to the strategic map landscape? I'd be looking for a mod preferably that does all the textures in new high res great looking textures.
5. Is there a way to change the model of the ports? I also read the tutorial on adding ports (and I may do that to add in some more ports to make the game maybe more interesting) but is there a way to change the port graphic itself? It's a bit too plain for my likes and so I'd like to try to re-model a port and insert it into the game to make it nicer looking.
6. I am tempted to get the pirates bay addon, since it's only about 8 dollars. But 8 dollar is 8 dollars. Was it worth it to those of you that bought it? I assume it's all about battling, and that you don't trade as a pirate, is that correct? So, perhaps if Im still using the auto resolve feature 80% of the time, then maybe pirate bay is not for me?
That's enough for one batch of questions, I don't want to overload anybody.
Thanks if you can tell me anything on this stuff.
Couple more simple questions I hope.
1. Does time stop when I'm viewing the port screen?
2. I notice on the game time selector that I can choose 0, .5, 1, 2, 4. Is there any way to alter that so that I can choose 1.5? I find that when I wish to play at my normal thinking speed, that 1 is too slow, and 2 is too fast, so Im thinking that if there is a way to mod the game so that I can add in 1.5 times normal speed that would be grand. Is there a way to do this?
3. Can the ships models be modded? I'm comfortable with 3d modeling in programs such as 3DSMax (from when I took a college course) and many others, is there any toolsets put out that would allow me to create my own ship models and have them in the game? I only want to model the ships on the strategic screen level as the RTS screen they look nice, but on the strategy map screen they look well... not very good.
4. I know that I can change out the landscape textures, I saw the tutorial on that, (makes me wonder why they didn't use that dirt texture to begin with, it looks tremendously better)... Anyway, does anybody know of any mods that add high res texture overhaul to the strategic map landscape? I'd be looking for a mod preferably that does all the textures in new high res great looking textures.
5. Is there a way to change the model of the ports? I also read the tutorial on adding ports (and I may do that to add in some more ports to make the game maybe more interesting) but is there a way to change the port graphic itself? It's a bit too plain for my likes and so I'd like to try to re-model a port and insert it into the game to make it nicer looking.
6. I am tempted to get the pirates bay addon, since it's only about 8 dollars. But 8 dollar is 8 dollars. Was it worth it to those of you that bought it? I assume it's all about battling, and that you don't trade as a pirate, is that correct? So, perhaps if Im still using the auto resolve feature 80% of the time, then maybe pirate bay is not for me?
That's enough for one batch of questions, I don't want to overload anybody.
Thanks if you can tell me anything on this stuff.