*sigh*. Bloody dropbox.

Anyway, I got AIP7 to use AIP11's colonization function and it works perfectly. Fun fact, I recall doing that yesterday but for some odd reason it didn't work then. Must have been tired. Oh well.

With a little luck AIP10's build issue can be solved this way as well. I'll put them on AIP8 if I can manage it.

Compensated Minor Races:

http://www.xup.to/dl,74956263/RaceConfig.zip/

hey Mabus I want a copy of that file. really badly....

And great work you deserve a medal, or karma.

I wouldn't know anything about that.

It could also be something AIP7 does and we've simply forgotten because we haven't taken a good look at it in ages.

Minor update (litteraly).

https://www.dropbox.com/s/rre1q8917zy5n8q/Community%20Update.zip?dl=0

Minors now use one of the major's race music for a bit more variety.

The Iconians and Krynn have a slightly different color now to make them easier to distinguish. 

Hmmm...

Hmmm...maybe.

I mod away most of the changes anyhow. So it doesn't matter to me.

The file I asked for...please. Save me a copy if it gets approved by SD, my galciv copy is a used physical copy and I don't have the registration key for updates, so I would have to have it given to me like these updates are. :]

@Maiden.

Resources are a different matter, I was speaking of economic starbases which is where a player will shine in their employment. I am glad you agree with my assesment: starbases are meant to be weak.

What are your thoughts on the Thalan modules then. They're not actually stronger than the others they simply get EVERYTHING in one go.

Perhaps it would be best to remove their weapon/defense module and let them ride along with the others by using regular modules.

I have a thought about the executable changes. 

Mabus,  you are essentially reverse engineering.   I'm pretty sure Frogboy/Stardock won't want a binary executable patch as part of any mod -- it will be broken by any future official patch,  for one thing.   Correct me if I'm wrong,  but you're essentially doing two things with the binary modifications:

1) bugfix the AIP settings (when choosing an AI personality), and

2) change AIP 7's colony subroutine to that of another AIP so that it isn't so busted.

#1 should be a simple code fix,  and #2 could be changed far more easily in the source if Frogboy is willing to do so.   Maybe AIP7 could just be changed,  for example,  to colonize only within its own influence OR where no enemy influence exists;  this would be keeping more with the original spirit of AIP7 without being totally broken.   It should be a one-line change;  somewhere in AIP7's colony subroutine is a line like this:

if ( influenceAt( planet.coords ) == myPlayerNumber)
{

    willColonize = true;

}

It only has to be changed to this:

if ( influenceAt( planet.coords ) == myPlayerNumber || influenceAt( planet.coords) == 0)

{
     willColonize = true;

}

I really would like to see these two things fixed.   If they can't,  we can make do,  as you noted in an earlier post,  but I think suggesting very simple changes to the code will go over better than "here's a binary patch which can only be applied on this exact level and will get overwritten by future patches".

Awesome work either way though,  Mabus.

Thanks. Stardock has repeatedly stated that to their regret they can no longer combile the code because their new development environment isn't compatible. My goal was to give them a work around to this perdicament. That is now over and done with.

And yes any change made on Stardock's behalf would by MUCH better and combined with the updated XML files, SRT files, etc, it would be one heck of an update. 

There might be a bug in the conversations file that prevents the game from finding the proper message but last time I checked I didn't get any error messages. It might still be something else or it could simply be a bug that pop's up from time to time.

Can you confirm if it happens more often? 

I think that nerfing Aphrodisiac from 50% to 25% pop growth wasn't the best idea. You can only build it just when the colonization stage has ended, so bonus is not helping that much anymore. With all the bonuses to pop growth in tech tree across all races (some got small buffs, but all got 10% more from extreme colonization), this additional 25% is not doing that much. 

Thalans got buffed too much. In vanilla they (along with Torians) were already most likely to become strongest Civ on most maps. Now they are just OP. 25% to economy is huge, along with a bit bigger bonuses they now get in the tech tree they are best in manufacturing, research, morale, economy, and military (ex. Remedial Engineering was 5 research, now is 10, they have bonus MP from Space Weapons, Defense Industries, and Stellar Production got even bigger buffs). I know other races have more bonuses in their tech trees as well, but playing as Thalans feels like setting difficulty down from Painful to Tough or even Challenging. Before, Thalans had to carefully balance their money vs production, now the money problems are gone and you can just sit on 2 manufacturing worlds in the early game and spam Colony Ships every 2-4 turns, and you can afford it for long. And when you colonize more worlds then 2 AIs joined together, you can roll a dice and either go for Influence or standard Conquest Victory. Game is won.

Yor got nerfed in Influence and Diplomacy area. Now, Diplomacy sounds alright as they are just a bunch of robots set on exterminating organic life in the Galaxy, but Influence is just going to hurt them much more as they are set on AIP7. There is a slight problem with those nerfs as well - all the races that suffer from low Diplomacy or Influence like Drengin, Korath or Thalan also have some really cheap or more expensive techs to even it out:

- Dark Influence (+10 Influence and Super Project) and Xeno Intimidation (+25 Diplomacy) for Korath

- Xeno Intimidation, Xeno Propaganda (+5 Influence and GA) and Xeno Brain Washing (+25 Influence) for Drengin

- Xeno Antrophology (+20 Influence) and Xeno Public Relations (+20 Influence), along with availability of all Diplomacy techs for Thalans.

Yor could use such a tech, or restore their racial bonuses to what they had before.

Another thing is with their economy, I already have been told that you don't want to lower population growth (it doesn' fit them as it is) from their techs, but there is one more thing. Previously, Economic techs for other races gave you +5 economy every second tech, now every single one gives you +5, but Yor still have their old Efficiency tech progression. Is this intentional, or someone forgot about them? Because now they are behind all other races in 10% economy, compared to previous version, and they were supposed to be those efficient ones...

Korx is underperforming as they always are, a lot has to do with them building Freighters instead of Colony Ships, maybe increase their Cut-Throat Trading purchase now reduction from 25 to 33? They can make a lot of money in a lot of different ways, but their Manufacturing is just average, so they can't turn this money into improvements or ships.

The Colonization techs are broken atm. I don't know if it's a feature or a bug, after you decreased manufacturing of Initial Colony. Now as you colonize an extreme world you are stuck with 1 point worth of Social Manufacturing (focusing doesn't help), and building on this world is practicly impossible without second colonization tech. This is a big thing for Iconians, who are stuck with planets they cannot use for a long time, as AI not always go straight for Advanced Aquatic and Toxic Colonization techs (as in, it takes some time). It is an issue for other races that get some basic colonization tech like Korath or Yor, but it hurts Iconians most. That's why they are so random, if they go for normal planets they do just slightly below average, if there is a lot of extreme planets they just hit the bottom in every rating, except population and maybe economy and it take a long time before they get those planets up and running.

One more thing, Basic space construction should be Basic Space Construction, it stands out  

Give back the modules to the Thalan as they made then unique and its there lore, and do what OShee said.