SoloMod by Rich12545

This is the final version.  All of my scenarios will be converted using this.


Imo, one of the main reasons the Empire series has been so popular for so long is its simplicity.  So I'm not a fan of a lot of the new units I found in the game and most of them are not included in this mod.  In fact what I was looking for in EDEE originally was EDIE with better graphics, a few more units, and the ability to tweak them. With the SoloMod I believe I got it. 

It's been a real learning experience since I didn't know jack about this stuff when I first started. After making the original SoloMod and playing it, I found the underlying AI to be very good and very aggressive.  The trick is not bogging it down with too many choices or things it doesn't do well.  

I made tweaks to most of the units to suit my preferences, after all I was making the mod primarily for myself.  To understand the changes, you might want to read the details for each unit in the SM Units doc that comes with the mod and check out the attack percentages in the solo unitdb.

To Install:

From the SoloMod zip file:
Put the file Solo.eai in the directory – EDEE\Data\AIScripts
Put the file Solo.efc in the directory – EDEE\Data\Configs
Put the folder Solo (including all files therein) in the directory - EDEE\Data\DB\Unit
OPEN the file Solo.efc with notepad.  Go to the bottom of the file where you will find a path for each of the computer players.  Change the path to wherever you put the game.
Start the game, go to the Game Configurations tab, Load the Configuration - Solo.efc.
Make sure the SU in the units tab of the config is unchecked
Change the name, turns or whatever else to suit and start the game.

Credits:
Some sound files from IKON
City icons from Ralph Ivy
Used without permission. If either of you don't like it let me know and I'll take them out.

And I especially want to thank Mark for making this great game in the first place.   

Please email any errors to me at rich12545@myway.com.  And this mod can be freely distributed so long as it's complete with no changes to the distributed copy including the SM Units doc and this readme.


I hope you enjoy it.


Rich