Hey guys, how much of the research UI have you done? Because I'm tweaking the files right now to include Starfleet pips for the supply ranks, but was wondering if I'd tread on one of the mod team's toes if I got carried away? I'll obviously give you lot anything I do manage to get done, but the research lists look pretty generic to me right now.

As regards to the patch, when you people release it, can you release a version that doesn't require a program to install it, there are people here who know how to install patches for themselves so and do not want a program do it for them.... maybe a rar and a msi version please....

Yeah, if it'll save bandwidth especially, I don't need an installer... just the .rar like usual is fine.

Maybe I am doing something wrong here but...

I tired that dl link for Sacrifice of Angels 2 0.5E and first off the folder after installation reads SOA2 0.4E and then when I enable the mod I can only select the stock races. 

Now for some strategy regarding the borg...

1. You Rule:  If you don’t die early, you should rule the map.  Thus, the rule is: don’t die early.
2. Be Borg sparingly: 
   1. The larger the map, the longer before you can encounter an enemy player.  The longer the game goes, the better your odds.  Never use the borg on a small map unless you’re looking for a huge challenge and/or embarrassing defeat.
   2. If the map has a lot of phase lanes into your planets, the borg are a bad bet against a veteran player.  You probably can’t build enough Unicomplexes to cover all routes, and even a small fleet of low-tier enemy ships can wreak havoc on you by blowing up your orbital structures, setting you back a lot of time due to the resources it will take to re-build them.  Watch out for cat-and-mouse games where someone runs into your system, blows up a station or two, and moves on before you can put together a counter-force.  If that happens to you more than twice or so, well, resistance is futile: you’re hosed.
3. Specific Strategies:
   1. Get an ally or two:  More than anyone else, the Borg become much more powerful on a team.  Due to the borg’s weakness early on, a teammate can help protect you and give you money for those expensive research stations.  In return, all they ask is that you build a Unicomplex someplace convenient for them.  That’s a bloody good trade.
   2. Careful with your colonizer:  The Queen’s Diamond is the colonizer cap ship you’ll get for free, but it’s not very powerful as cap ships go.  It’s fine for taking on the locals (at least in this release), but you’ll know when you hit an enemy fleet with a cap ship.  It’s a valuable ship, don’t lose it.
   3. Protect your orbital structures:  The borg stations, especially the research stations, are much more expensive.  Don’t lose them or you’ll be kicking yourself.
   4. Don’t feel too badass:  So you think you’re all bad, now that you built your 8 military research stations, researched a huge cube, and built one (how long did that take, Mr. Cybernetic Methuselah?)?  Think again.  All the while, your opponent has been cranking out starships, upgrading them left and right, and, oh, colonizing the rest of the galaxy.  You send that bad boy in solo, you’re itchin’ for an adjustment.  Your cube isn’t invincible.
   5. Hide behind your Unicomplex:  If you have a map with choke points, just build the Unicomplex at the edge of your space.  If fences make for good neighbors, the Unicomplex makes even the worst enemy into a good neighbor.

Is it really that hard to follow directions, or is life not complete until you complain ?

someone break the thread?

Got it working thanks.

Been playing ME2 so this is the first time I actually sat down and played.  Well what can I say, very immersive experience and the amount of effort put it in obvious and much appreciated.  My only gripe is the same as I had before, it involves the addition to how ships fly around now (I'm not sure what it is called.  Before they used to just stand toe to toe and duke it out and now they circle each other).  I tried the Borg and my Cube just runs the CPU's cap ships off the map and I just kill it as it tries to get enough distance to turn around (which it never does).  All the cruisers are circling me and I can fire in all directions at them (I assume the cubes are designed to have weapon points on all sides so no problem for the Borg) and that looks very cool save for their captial ship turning tail and heading for the hills. 

Is there a way I can just disable this or would I have to go into each and every ship file and disable this?

OMG!  The Unicomplex has over 5K of firepower at the start...  now that is something to fear...

Nice job.

BTW, were the borg research stations made to cost more tritanium and dilithium as a way to slow their expansion?

The installer works fine I believe it may be due to download conditions.  I would recommend doing a reboot and try downloading again. I have had no such issue in my tests of the installer that  I downloaded from the same exact link. We went thru the extra trouble of putting into a installer to avert issues just like this, but alas fate called.  We cant release a new installer tonight . hope this helps

thanks jtaylorpcs

Naming system of mod changed back to 0.4E series. The current version of SoA 2 is 0.4E.1. Sorry if this caused any confusion.

That's not a bug, it's a placeholder.  A portion of the Borg is just placeholder stuff cause the content isn't ready

Fantastic job guys, really a treat to play

I'm lucky I have a job where all I do is mess around on my computer.  Mass Effect 2 has been taking up so much of my time!

Thanks I_LOVE_YOU, (I love you!!) what you suggested worked!

Yeah, I had tried everything like that Jtaylor, but none of that worked (I even tried installing it to the original 1.041 mods and it was giving me this error), so to anyone else with this problem, I reccommend following I_LOVE_YOU's advice .