I like playing Pax Imperia on the highest difficulty levels with 15 races, but it can be tough to establish a race with so much competitive preasure. All too often my fledgling race would be wiped out before I ever had a chance to establish myself. What I needed was an edge.
Well, I found one. By hacking the HullData file I was able to create an advantage for myself that the computer palyer's would overlook. I modified the Hit Points, Space Points, and Build Points of all six hulls, with special attention to the Transport hull. All hulls in this new file now have more of everything, and the Transport hull has the most of all.
First of all, you can see that the Transport hull now has twice the Hit Points and twice the Space Points of a Battleship hull. But that's only the most obvious benefit. You'll also notice that the Transport hull is also twice the cost of a Battleship hull. Why is that an advantage? Well, if you look at the Space Points of the hulls, you'll notice that a Destroyer now has the same Space Points that a Transport use to have. This means that you can use Destroyer hulls as Colony ships. After a bit of research, you'll be able to use Scout hulls as Colony ships as well. The Computer Players will continue to use Transport hulls for Colony ships, and this will cost them 8000 Build Points each. You are only paying 1000 Build Points for your Destroyer hulls. You'll be able to build Colony ships significantly faster that your opponents. These two advantages combined should give you the edge you need in even the most difficult scenarios!
Installation
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Go to the \Pax Imperia\Data directory and locate the existing HullData file. Rename the file to HullData.old. Copy the new HullData file to the \Pax Imperia\Data directory. That's it! Next time you start the game, the change will be in effect. This change WILL affect existing games!
