Tweaking Original Ships

[Opulus]

Good Afternoon,

     For you veterans out there, my ignorance is about to be on display.  So forgive me.

I like the original single player campaign but ONLY want to tweak my ships SLIGHTLY.  I downloaded the game from GOG.COM and try as I may I don't have a clue how to tweak the ships in the single player campaign.  I found the 'tactics.xls' file in the mod folders but simply changing that does nothing for the single player campaign.

How do I do only that.  I don't want to change the story line, or any of the graphics or anything.  Only the specs of the ships I use.

[The Old Dragon]

Hi Opulus,

To make any changes to the game, you'll need to unpack it first. If you follow the below link, you should be able to download a file called 'DaTool'...

http://www.moddb.com/groups/the-nexii/downloads/elfartos-datool

I think it comes with full instructions. Once you've unpacked and removed the now defunct Nexus_00.dat file, navigate to Universe/Tactics folder where you should find TacticsTypes.ini - editing this file will achieve your desired aims but be careful as Nexus is really touchy about having it's files played with.