No expansion tab in the settings window

[FroBodine]

I feel dumb because I cannot find this.  I bought the complete game from Steam.  I have all expansions activated.  The main game setup menu lists all three expansions, and the popup box says you can configure the expansions in the expansion tab of the settings window.

I don't see an expansion tab in the settings window in either the main menu, or the in-game settings window.

Where can I find the settings to configure the expansions?

[keith.lamothe]

Oops!

Change in for 5.012:

* Fixed some old tooltips referring to the expansions tab of the settings screen to correctly refer to the "License / Expansions" window (which is accessible from the main menu).

Thanks for catching that


Anyway, yea, it should say the License / Expansions window off the main menu (there's a button of that name there).

[FroBodine]

Got it.  So, there are really no settings or adjustments you can make for the expansions?  You can just turn each of them completely on or off?

[BobTheJanitor]

Got it.  So, there are really no settings or adjustments you can make for the expansions?  You can just turn each of them completely on or off?

There are all kinds of adjustments you can make! But they're made when you start a new game. The expansions add more map types and ship types and AI types and any of these can be turned on and off from the new game screen.

[keith.lamothe]

Yea, the License / Expansions window is just the overall switches for the whole program; the granular expansion features are enabled or disabled on a per-game basis and this is done in the lobby at the start of that individual game.

[FroBodine]

Understood.  Thanks again. 

By the way, the music in this game is OUTSTANDING!!  Holy cow!!!

[keith.lamothe]

Yea, Pablo's work on AIW is some of my favorite music of all-time   The expansions have plenty of new ships and factions and maps and stuff, but honestly "more music" is way up there on the list of things I look forward to in a new expansion.

[Tharrick]

I do love the music - but I also tend to play rather long sessions of this game, 5+ hours at a time, and unfortunately it starts to get a bit repetitive after a while

[Orelius]

I'm not sure how it can get so repetitive.  Last I recall there's at least two hours of unique soundtrack, if you include the expansions.

[Nalgas]

I start noticing it repeating itself after a while, too.  It may just be that I play for too long in one sitting, because I only have the music on when I play single player, and while I only do that infrequently, it usually ends up being most of a day when I do.  If I had to guess based on my own perception of time, I'd say that it feels more like 45 minutes before stuff repeats.  Considering that I have all the expansions, that's highly unlikely to actually be true...