Yep, just open the .entity file for the ship you want to play with and tweak away. The variables should be self explanatory, but if not, post in the modding thread and there are guys who have mastered that stuff and should be able to help you out

P.S Almost all Sins data files can be opened with notepad.

Holy, that looks amazing.
Hell, imho even better than the original, really shows the meaning of "autocannon" .
Speaking of combat visuals, quite a few things I would expect, are missing. I am a little dissatisfied, particularly with frigates. Death animations would rock, and by that I mean once a ship dies, it stays in space for a few seconds while small explosions occur inside, until the final violent explosion occurs, ripping the ship to shreds. Also would love to see wrecks for every ship, including frigates. Would look very nice after a large fleet battle, and seeing the remains of ships floating around for a few minutes or so.

That looked pretty good. Though those bullets came together so fast and so many that it made it look like some sort of laser.

If you could decrease the accuracy of those guns, it would look even better.

Wow, that was awesome. It was amazing how much all that firepower added to game immersion...and the coolness factor. I didn't until now realize how much the present salvo system could be improved.

Blair and crew really need to consider upping the fire rate on auto cannons and flak frigates.

My first thought was "oooh that looks very BSG". I won't tell you how much I love the scene where the defensive barrage opens up at the end of the BSG mini series.

I've only had time to play an hour or two so far, but I agree this would be a great change.

Another thing combat sorely needs is movement. So far the only thing I've seen moving is fighters. Everything else just moves into position then stands still exchanging shots. While capital ships are clearly not fighters, just stopping dead in the water does not seem a terribly good tactic. More importantly, it looks boring.

Glad everyone seems to like the effect.



That's exactly what I wanted -- BSG's guns are exactly what I think of when I think 'autocannon'. Flak could use a little improvement imo, as well -- what I'd like is that instead of looking like another gun effect, I want it to be a small explosion, with a little bit of smoke/remnants staying in place for a bit -- you know, like real flak.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=O8W2R8mQAtY - kinda like that.

Actually, if I have time this weekend, I think I'll do some similar tweaks on all the ships (again, without changing the actual DPS, aside from factoring in shield mitigation) then upload them for people to give 'em a shot if you want.

hi i do agree with many suggest there...

This game is from now on awsome but could be much more with few changes

first: bether impact on hulls
second: bether impact on shields (sort of shock wave ...like on water)
third: moving gun on ship is a minimum
fourth: the smoke of the missile, could it be change for a Homeworld style exaust
fift: the way fighters and bombers dock is some time glitchy (maybe you already have that in mind)
sixt: explosion (if possible) could be a little like in hegemonya.....
and i do agree a lot with Tsed and his idea of one on one ...but a little diferent
ships formation would penetrate each other wile staying in formation and staying there to fight.... ex
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x=ship side x x------------------x
o=ship side o o--------------o
x - x--------x------x
-=trajectory o--o------------o--o
x - x---------x----x
o---o---------------o-o
x - x----------x---x
o---o----------o---o
x- x----------x-----x
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(the stay there and fight)
BOOMMM intense gun fignt;)

please thell what you think about my suggest..
SeniorDonde

Senior Donde, please let me recommend the browser "Firefox" to you. Among its many excellent features is a spell check function, which (properly used) will allow us to better understand and interpret you. Because as things stand, we can't. Or at least, I can't.

as mentioned already in the thread... movement is deffinitly needed. i love the graphics so far! but every time im in a battle i keep wanting to call out "evasive maneuver Riker Alpha Sigma!" and nothing happens... makes me sad on the inside. though i imagen this feature is probably on its way.

Mitigation is based on damage received, so as long as you balance them to maintain the same DPS, it shouldn't effect shields any.