Recent News

24 July 2010:
I'm still working on the v1.19h update for the Balance Mod. It's turning out to be another significant update with a lot of improvements for the AI. Thanks to all the forum goers providing feedback and suggestions! I've also made a Twitter account for those that are interested in following the mod's progress or whatever projects I might work on for Space Empires. You can see the shiny new widget just above.

11 June 2010:
I'm currently finishing off v1.19h for the Balance Mod. I'm hoping to have it completed for early July. It features a couple of bug fixes along with more AI improvements. The new patch is another hold over for Balance Mod v1.20, which I've pushed off to the end of summer. Unfortunately I've been unable to work on it for some time, and there's still a lot of work to be done not to mention reconcilling the current work in progress version with just the changes from the v1.19 series of patches!

01 March 2010:
The Balance Mod Small Systems extra has been updated to reflect the data file changes introduced in the Balance Mod v1.19g update. You can grab v1.07 of Small Systems HERE. Make sure you have v1.19g installed before applying the updating the Small Systems patch!

28 February 2010:
There's a new version of the Balance Mod available for download. Version 1.19g contains some fixes for intelligence operations, vehicle hull modifiers, AI design creation and resource management, along with more tweaks to both the data files and AI scripts. See the changelog posted on the Balance Mod History page for more details. Download Balance Mod v1.19g HERE. The new patch is savegame compatible with existing v1.19 games. Updated versions of Balance Mod extras should be available in the next day or so.

04 February 2010:
After being down for just over 6 weeks, Strategy First's Space Empires V website is back online. You can visit it HERE. I'm glad to see it back up as I thought for certain it had been discontinued. Here at the Space Empires Depot I've made it 5 years without a major service interuption!

05 January 2010:
Happy New Year! Just a quick update to let interested players to know that work on version 1.20 of the Balance Mod continues and that another patch will be issued for v1.19 to correct a few minor issues. Since the official Space Empires 5 site is currently offline, check back here regularly or visit Spaceempires.net for news on Balance Mod releases.

01 December 2009:
The Balance Mod Small Systems extra has been updated to reflect the data file changes introduced in the BM v1.19f update. You can grab v1.06 of Small Systems HERE. Make sure you have v1.19f installed before applying the updating the Small Systems patch!

27 November 2009:
Since it's taking a long time to develop v1.20 of the Balance Mod, I've posted a v1.19f patch to fix a few critical bugs and an assortment of balance tweaks and a couple of AI adjustments. The changelog is posted on the Balance Mod History page. Download the Balance Mod v1.19f patch HERE. The new patch is savegame compatible with existing v1.19 games. I'll post an update for the Small Systems mod in the next two days.

21 August 2009:
Another small patch has been posted for the Balance Mod. The v1.19e patch contains a few fixes to correct the AI's behaviour for trades and gifts. There's also a fix for Shield Disrupters. You can view the changelog on the Balance Mod History page. Download the Balance Mod v1.19e patch HERE.

08 August 2009:
Alright, there's one more update now available for the Balance Mod. The v1.19d patch contains mostly AI fixes and a couple of minor tweaks. You can view the changelog on the Balance Mod History page. You can download the Balance Mod v1.19d patch HERE.