I am having a problem with aliens, and ferangi. They never show up. I went to the gold editor, and activated them (tab 5), said for 10 of them to show up initially, etc.. and none of them ever show up.
I even set the game ahead 15 days, and still nothing.

I am checking in the list of aliens: option C for computer, then option H for the alien list. it is always blank.

The C H screen does not show gold aliens only the standard aliens.
Check in TWGS Alien Server to see if the aliens are running in that game. Or press # in the game and it should say what Alien races are active (on the move).


Rand Al Thor, The Dragon Reborn
Let the Dragon ride the winds of time...

I am using the old dpmi dos version of it.
I am not using twgs.
will the # still work?

I tryed "#" and it didnt display anything about aliens on the move.

If you're running the DOS door version are you also running the NONPSERV.EXE for your aliens and ferrengi in other windows? If not, your gold aliens aren't even in the game.

Also, if you've tuned the ship specs for them too high and not tweaked the aliens/ferrengi to have greater experience to match, they will never appear.

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I am using the old dpmi dos version of it.
I am not using twgs.
will the # still work?





It has been a while, but if I remember correctly. For the doors version, ie. dpmi, you need to load up the Alien and Ferangi NON-PLAYER servers.

::: following snippit from the TWGOLD.DOC supplied with tw2002v309 DPMI :::

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Non-player Server
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Running the Server

Step one is deciding what race you would like to begin processing. You
must activate this alien race under Miscellaneous in the Gold Alien Editor
of TEDIT. Also make sure that any ships that your aliens will have access
to are active, and that any unique ships are available. Test the name and
rank generations to see that everything is in order. If you'd like to see
aliens immediately in a new game, set the initial number of aliens to
something greater than 0 under Settings in the Gold Alien Editor. If you'd
like to see how the aliens appear in a more advanced game, set the game age
to a higher number of days in the TEDIT General Editor One. When
everything checks out, you are ready to begin processing your new alien in
a live Trade Wars game.

Each alien has a unique identification string which you can find on the
Settings screen of the Gold Alien Editor. For example, the ID string for
Alien Traders is ALIENTRADERS. This ID is generated from the name of the
race, and is modified slightly to avoid collisions with existing races.

To start the server, type NONPSERV [ALIEN ID] from the game directory. In
the case of the Alien Traders, this will be NONPSERV ALIENTRADERS. The
server will report any problems that it encounters, and if all is well you
will see the server status screen.

Note that you do not need an active game session to run the alien server.
You can allow your aliens to continue their activities even when there are
no players online. This will be more useful with enhanced aliens. You can
set the alien race to discontinue processing until an active player is in
the game. This setting is under TEDIT General Editor Two.

::: end snippit :::

You need to give the following command from the directory/folder you have TW2002 installed in: NONPSERV ALIENTRADERS and NONPSERV FERRENGI to load up the GOLD Alien Traders and Ferrengi. You will see 2 additional programs running, 1 for each GOLD alien running.

It is usially best to create a batch file to change to the correct directory/folder and load up the non-player servers for you. Then all you have to do is run the batch file from a link on your desktop/program menu. If you need help to do that, let me know and I'll create one for you.

Follow the above, and you will have your gold aliens working.


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Edited by - The WABBIT on July 18 2002 9:16:57 PM