Greetings all
Ever since the initial release there is this ting that just keeps haunting me. Despite the fact that I’ve enjoyed the game immensely I didn’t like all the default races. Just couldn’t see their individual character very well I guess. Hence, some of them (…..) ended up in a "disable" bin pretty much every game. Now, I know that people have done it and the relevant mod is included in the upcoming update, so how difficult will be with 1.2 to mod the major/minor races (portraits, background info, characteristics, allocated ships/planets etc)? Has anyone created an editor by any chance? (which might be a nice idea). Have you experimented with this and what were the methods/results? Some old threads tackle the issue (reconfiguring Raceconfig.xml etc) but how does it relate to the 1.2 version?

Another thing, creating new race set will mean a bit of an overhaul to their relationships (no messages about hyper drive as a gift from Terrans for example – which might difficult to implement) and no United Planets (let’s imagine a campaign starting with no UP-equivalent in existence), to name just two issues that spring to my mind. Any ideas how to bypass (get rid of) those (especially UP – sorry but the fact that it exist by default strikes me as a bit simplistic – later in the game – if developed/accepted by prospect members – it would be just fine)?

Thanks for reply