At first, I have to thank Siron for allowing me to post on his blog. Here we go: thanks, Siron!
I just finished the work on a RaceEditor for the computer races which are defined in the racestuf.lbx.
For it is completely done in Java, you'll need the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.5 to use it. Not sure if it runs with JRE 1.4.
Just download the jarfile and put it into your orion2 directory. It works quite self-explaining. However, there is a help-button which explains a little more on how to use the editor.
A usable feature could be to define the mostly played races like UniTol, UniAqua etc. and play them not by creating a custom race but just by selecting one of the predefined races.
My intention to create this editor was to push the AI a little, but it doesn't work. My Psilon has now +2 Research, LowG, Large HW, Artifacts HW, Lithovore and Democracy. But even this race doesnt research very fast … but it is amazing how fast you can go by playing such a race. And I have not talked about the modded Klackon ;-)
Just have a try. Comments and Suggestions are welcome, send them to
18.5.07
Editor for AI-Races
25.3.07
DOSBox 0.70
A new release of DOSBox was published a few weeks ago. Apparently, the new default settings of the dosbox.conf work quite nicely on new computers now. Lord Brazen proposes in this post the following fine tuning:
a) Change output from surface to overlay.
b) Change gus from true to false.
c) Change joysticktype from auto to none.
d) Change ipx from false to true. (for multiplayer games)
The other highlighted items were already my default settings. I don't have sufficient feedback yet, but I assume that you should adjust frameskip to 1 or 2 for old computers. Additionally, I am not sure how the auto core feature works for old computers. Feedback is appreciated.
I will update the DOSBox guide with the new dosbox.conf files in the next days.
31.12.06
Updated DOSbox Guide
I have updated the DOSbox Guide recently. I also added several screenshots to clarify a few issues.
Additionally, you can download my own dosbox.conf now. It works in combination with the default MOO2 directory: C:\MPS\ORION2
When you use this configuration you need just to read steps 1-4 and 8. The steps 5-7 explain the changes of my dosbox.conf file.
24.9.06
ICQ List
Since most players use DOSbox now, ICQ isn't that important any longer. You can chat now during our games (kali chatserver 138 or irc.quakenet.org#moo2). Therefore, I have removed the ICQ list from the side bar.
