Imperium One: The Hives of Xoth
Sponsor:
Sirian
Opening Date: Monday, April 14
Duration: Four Weeks
Version:
DATA PATCH with Custom Mod
Difficulty: Hard
Empire: Tachidi
Galaxy: Two-Arm Large
Star Lanes: Short, Many
Specials: Few
Timers: Off
Opponents: Ten
Victory: Any
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Rules:
Two short rules we're going to try.
1)
No government changes. Remain in your Hive government for the
duration.
2)
Combat Ships (any mission/function besides Transport/Colony/Outpost)
must be constructed with a minimum system engine speed of half
their max potential up until engine speeds exceed 3000, at which
point the minimum engine speed is set to 1500.
Rule
one is aimed at the HFOG loophole, while rule two is aimed at
the potential loopholes involving trading most of your system
engine speed for added long range weaponry.
Here
is the galaxy map and starting location:
Scoring:
None.
Closing Day: Monday, May 12.
Reports due on May 12 or 13.
Download
Imperium One (see patching and installation note, below)
Patching
and Installation
Everyone
playing Imperium One needs to upgrade their copy of MOO3 with
the Data Patch. Visit this
thread for complete information and to download the patch
files.
If
you get the patch from the official site, you need to install
it manually by copying the new files to the applicable location.
Instructions are included in the readme that comes with the patch.
Alternatively, you can try Apolyton's patch
autoinstall.
Mod
Installation
The
mod for Imperium One fixes a few key issues: tech pace, bugs with
difficulty levels, and also the Sitrep message priorities. Colin
the Gray supplied the files for the first two fixes, while Sirian
did the Sitrep fix. Players need to empty their mod folder of
any existing mods (they can be moved, as opposed to erased), then
install the Imperium mod files for IMP1.
Download
Imperium One Mod
Here
is the name of the folder in which to put the mod files:
./Master
of Orion3/GameDataSets/Classic_01/GameData/Common/Spreadsheets/
Once
you are patched and have the mod installed, load up the game and
enjoy!