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5X - The Ultimate Balance Mod

Spud Dastardly presents the biggest Master of Orion: Conquer the Stars mod in the galaxy! This mod is massive overhaul of the gameplay experience. It's effectively a full expansion pack for the game. It includes a total rebalance of every aspect of gameplay, new technologies, improved AI, and much more. For a broad overview of what this mod does, see the Readme on ModDB.

Languages: English, German (Deutsch), Russian (русский), Spanish (Spain) (Español (España)), French (Français), Polish (Polskie)

If you're new to MoO mods, you may want to start with this guide.

The Unofficial Code Patch by WhatIsSol is highly recommended for use with or without this mod! You can get it on Steam or at ModDB. Be sure to follow the UCP install instructions on the UCP mod page. If you are going to use UCP with 5X, it is necessary to use the 5X UCP Compatibility mod (5XCPC)

5X was featured in a series of videos by YouTubers Mal and Sabouts a while back! They played two games on impossible difficulty (using version 2.3.1). You can see it on Youtube. I also did an interview with eXplorminate[explorminate.co] along with WhatIsSol about 5X and UCP.

I've put many hours of work into this mod! If you would like to show your appreciation with a donation, you can do so here.[www.nexusmods.com]

Also check out these related mods:

• 5X UCP Compatibility Mod (5XCPC) is for players using 5X with WhatIsSol's Unofficial Code Patch. It re-enables several features which were disabled due to bugs, and it takes advantage of some modding features added by UCP. I highly recommend using both UCP and this addon!
  
• Split Tech Tree is an addon for 5X that re-arranges the entire tech tree into 8 separate branches to make it more like a MoO2 style tech tree. This completely changes the tech tree strategy, so if you want to change things up with a totally rearranged tech tree, give it a shot!
  
• 5X Lite is a lighter version of the 5X mod that includes most of the balance adjustments of 5X but none of the added technologies, tech tree changes, added uber biomes, etc. It's for players who want a more balanced game but one that's closer to the original in terms of its scope. Don't use this one at the same time as 5X.
  
• ALL AI + 5X galaxies allows you to play with every race at the same time on 5X galaxies (this may cause some issues, which is why it's not in the base 5X). This mod can be used standalone or with 5X. There is also a no wormhole variant.
  
• Single Warpgate Systems forces every star system to have just one warp gate.
  
• Diverse Specials and Massive Planets is a popular mod created by Morpheus to add dozens of new planetary resources to the galaxy. This version is fully compatible with 5X, but you should load it before the 5X UCP Compatibility mod, and you can't use it at the same time as Split Tech Tree.
  
• Custom 5X and DSMP Assets contains new ship icons for the alternate hull types introduced in v4.0 as well as new planet icons for the added uber biomes. It also includes some resource icons for DSMP.
  
• Tactical mod by Vaaish re-balances various weapon techs in 5X to give an alternate approach to how different weapons are utilized as well as providing more distinctive AI blueprints.

For reference, the correct load order for the above mods if you should choose to use any of them is:

• 5X
  
• UCP
  
• DSMP
  
• 5XCPC
  
• Tactical Mod
  
• Split Tech Tree
  
• ALL AI + 5X Galaxies
  
• Custom 5X and DSMP Assets