[MOD WIP] Star Trek: Sacrifice of Angels 2 - 0.9.5R Update 7/09/2024

psychoak

Join Date 07/2007

+225

Commentary.

The UI could use a bit of opacity. The font usage on the buttons is also less than legible. I've got a .24 aperture 1600x1200 native NEC CRT. Rock solid stability, perfect color representation, no rough edges, it's bloody beautiful. Running the mod in windowed mode at 1280x1024 isn't. Stuff is flat hard to read, which is personally irrelevant since the stuff that's hard to read is already a known element to me, but anyone not absolute in their knowledge of the interface would be undergoing some serious eye strain with the wrong skybox.

Translucency is dangerous when your background changes gradient in a drastic fashion. You should always have labels backed with a contrasting color and enough opacity to soften the impact.

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Major Stress

Join Date 05/2006

+161

Doing the best i can do with what i have to work with in the UI. I agree about the translucency, but that will have to wait until i finish all of the buttons. I may have to add semi transparant backgrounds to some areas just so you can see the interface better. My goal was a non intrusive Lcars style UI. The buttons are exactly the same size as the ones replaced. It has to be that way. Unless i get texture grid templates, or understand how the UI grid system works Then maybe i can expand a little, and make things more readable. Right now the buttons are cosmetic, and you have to rely on the info cards. The UI is still identical to sins in function. However, The UI seems to be fully moddable, but i wouldnt know where to begin on creating a new interface from scratch. In some ways i wish we could pull off a Homeworld 1 style UI where there is absolutely nothing on the screen until you push the space bar or hit a hotkey which brings up the build/research menus.

You want a JJ-verse pre-TOS era ship that is as big as the galaxy class (600 meter official scale) in the mod to be the diplomatic ship... I think not. Though "technically" it is a prime universe ship. It is also a JJ-verse ship. There will be no JJ-verse in the mod. It just complicates things way too much. We MUST ignore the JJ-verse despite how much we liked the movie. If we accepted the JJ-verse then Vulcan, and Romulus does not exist, and EVERYTHING will have to change. Dont get me wrong. I LIKE the Kelvin. Using it will just open up pandoras box, We need to keep the universes separate.

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psychoak

Join Date 07/2007

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I'd fix it for you, but me and graphics just don't match, it would end up all kinds of fugly.

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What about this for the Romulans? It's what carried the Senator in "In The Pale Moonlight"

http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Romulan_shuttle

http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/schematics/romulan-shuttle.jpg

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Major Stress

Join Date 05/2006

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Romulan shuttle already slotted as a strike craft. However Nice try. That is the kind of thoughtfulness i like to see.

there will be some switching The current Talon will become the Romulan diplomatic ship, and the Science vessel will replace it as the scout. This is until i find or someone shows me a better alternative. least they are both canon. Before anyone else points it out. The TOS warbird is already slotted as the antimodule ship. Its research will be bringing it out of mothballs.

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Quoting Major Stress,

reply 52

You want a JJ-verse pre-TOS era ship that is as big as the galaxy class (600 meter official scale) in the mod to be the diplomatic ship... I think not. Though "technically" it is a prime universe ship. It is also a JJ-verse ship. There will be no JJ-verse in the mod. It just complicates things way too much. We MUST ignore the JJ-verse despite how much we liked the movie. If we accepted the JJ-verse then Vulcan, and Romulus does not exist, and EVERYTHING will have to change. Dont get me wrong. I LIKE the Kelvin. Using it will just open up pandoras box, We need to keep the universes separate.

Ah, didn't realise that's how big it was.

And I can see why you wouldn't want it. Still, like I said, the Oberth's pretty cool.

Have you found any ships to fill the 2 missing roles for the Feds?

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........................Start Priority One Communication .....................

- To All StarFleet Personel -

Sacriface of Angels 2 Research has been updated and uploaded. The entity manifest is done. ..... Finalizing all abilities ,settings and preparing for deployment ............ Please stand by for detailed instructions. Please be advised to set your alert/condition levels to Yellow Alert , Mobilize all personel and report to duty stations. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.

STARFLEET COMMAND

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Oh great. A yellow alert now? At Christmas? There is never a crisis when it's slow or dull. Or in June. lol.

Ah still. Eagerly anticipating.

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Quoting Qaeylen,

reply 58

Oh great. A yellow alert now? At Christmas? There is never a crisis when it's slow or dull. Or in June. lol.

Ah still. Eagerly anticipating.

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Enemy warp signatures detected approaching SOL SYSTEM. Mobilize defense grids and ready stations for battle. THIS IS NOT A DRILL !!!, REPEAT THIS IS NOT A DRILL!!!! Repeat YELLOW ALERT STATUS. monitor all sensor channels and advise. Please standby for further instructions.

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Now you've got me all worked up

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You've got me confused - what's Yellow Alert translate as?

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It means the mod is closer to release then it was before the yellow alert.

For the meaning of 'closer' see the meaning of 'soon'.

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Hmm. So it just means that it's moved on, or that it's actually close to completion?

Edit: By completion, I mean a release

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Well, fron what JTAYLORPCS said, they've finished the research and entity manifest, and are finalizing everything else. I'd say they're close, but dont take my word for it.

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Aye, aye

Exciting news

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Great ! Since your last release I´m nervously sitting on my little computer chair every day ! Thx for all the work and a happy christmas so far !

I can`t wait playing the new version...

in addition: i`ve been working on a Star Trek map with all important territories for this mod. I`m really a noob in creating maps at that point. But, i don`t know, maybe you are interested in looking at it ? I think, a good map with all fractions could be very nice in combination with the new mod ! If yes, mail to hessemann@web.de !

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Quoting heizluefta,

reply 66

Great ! Since your last release I´m nervously sitting on my little computer chair every day ! Thx for all the work and a happy christmas so far !

I can`t wait playing the new version...

in addition: i`ve been working on a Star Trek map with all important territories for this mod. I`m really a noob in creating maps at that point. But, i don`t know, maybe you are interested in looking at it ? I think, a good map with all fractions could be very nice in combination with the new mod ! If yes, mail to hessemann@web.de !

please email to jtaylorpcs@live.com

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Quoting JTAYLORPCS,

reply 59

...................Start Priority One Communication .................

- To All StarFleet Personel -

Enemy warp signatures detected approaching SOL SYSTEM. Mobilize defense grids and ready stations for battle. THIS IS NOT A DRILL !!!, REPEAT THIS IS NOT A DRILL!!!! Repeat YELLOW ALERT STATUS. monitor all sensor channels and advise. Please standby for further instructions.

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Aye, Yellow Alert

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Major Stress

Join Date 05/2006

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What it means is that we are indeed close to a release.

Once i recieve the finalized researches they will be tested one more time in a brutal full game to make sure the AI does what its supposed to do for each faction. Since i am the one that is going to package the mod. I am doing the final test. Also the final at least for the 0.4e release UI tweaks will be done.

What to expect... Similar to the 0.4os release except ships will have dynamic movement. Weapon damage will be balanced a little better because of this. However no strike craft just yet. We are gonna wait until we have models for each faction to use (including borg).

If we decide to do a diplomacy port it will be identical to 0.4e. Except 0.4d will have diplomatic ships, and appropriete diplomacy research.

No promises on an exact date but we are indeed shooting for chistmas. Barring any major setback.

BTW Jay isnt the yellow alert thing a little overkill on the psyching people up?

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Stress that would make a great Christmas present, but don't forget to have a good christmas yourself!

And nah, I like the yellow alert, though maybe it needs to go in the main title?

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Nooooo! was looking forward to the peregrine fighter. I loved it in the OS mod.

Thank you for the all the hard work, look forward to the release.

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Quoting Major Stress,

reply 69

What it means is that we are indeed close to a release.

Once i recieve the finalized researches they will be tested one more time in a brutal full game to make sure the AI does what its supposed to do for each faction. Since i am the one that is going to package the mod. I am doing the final test. Also the final at least for the 0.4e release UI tweaks will be done.

What to expect... Similar to the 0.4os release except ships will have dynamic movement. Weapon damage will be balanced a little better because of this. However no strike craft just yet. We are gonna wait until we have models for each faction to use (including borg).

If we decide to do a diplomacy port it will be identical to 0.4e. Except 0.4d will have diplomatic ships, and appropriete diplomacy research.

No promises on an exact date but we are indeed shooting for chistmas. Barring any major setback.

BTW Jay isnt the yellow alert thing a little overkill on the psyching people up?

...................Start Priority One Communication .................

Enemy Estimate revised Stardate 12/21/2009 at 20:55 hours

- To All StarFleet Personel -

Revise earlier estimate : Enemy warp signatures detected approaching SOL SYSTEM from federation border territories . Mobilize defense grids and ready stations for situation. THIS IS NOT A DRILL !!! REPEAT THIS IS NOT A DRILL!!!! "Project Sacriface of Angels 2 for Sins of a Solar Empire Entrenchment is set for release soon" set condition levels to BLUE ALERT STATUS. monitor all sensor channels and advise starfleet HQ. All senior officers report to duty stations. Intiate invasion procedures. All Admirals , Send out priority one communicae to all Federation digniteries code-name " Dispatch One " Please standby for further instructions............ Standby sensor report incoming.....

- Report from longrange sensors -

- Enemy Warp signatures approaching Sol system from borderlands -

- Range unknown. Due to sporadic sensor readings. -

- Time to intercept unknown , due to sporadic sensor readings.-

- Findings Incunclusive due to sensor errors. -

- End Report from longrange sensors -

- Advise Tactical situation Unknown -

- All sectors report in to Secure Starfleet Channels Asap.!!! Standby......... -

Signal Lost..........!!!!!!!!!!!

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As a huge Star Trek fan, I approve of this.

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Quoting JTAYLORPCS,

reply 72

Quoting Major Stress, reply 69What it means is that we are indeed close to a release.

Once i recieve the finalized researches they will be tested one more time in a brutal full game to make sure the AI does what its supposed to do for each faction. Since i am the one that is going to package the mod. I am doing the final test. Also the final at least for the 0.4e release UI tweaks will be done.

What to expect... Similar to the 0.4os release except ships will have dynamic movement. Weapon damage will be balanced a little better because of this. However no strike craft just yet. We are gonna wait until we have models for each faction to use (including borg).

If we decide to do a diplomacy port it will be identical to 0.4e. Except 0.4d will have diplomatic ships, and appropriete diplomacy research.

No promises on an exact date but we are indeed shooting for chistmas. Barring any major setback.

BTW Jay isnt the yellow alert thing a little overkill on the psyching people up?

...................Start Priority One Communication .................

Enemy Estimate revised Stardate 12/21/2009 at 20:55 hours

- To All StarFleet Personel -

Revise earlier estimate : Enemy warp signatures detected approaching SOL SYSTEM from federation border territories . Mobilize defense grids and ready stations for situation. THIS IS NOT A DRILL !!! REPEAT THIS IS NOT A DRILL!!!! "Project Sacriface of Angels 2 for Sins of a Solar Empire Entrenchment is set for release soon" set condition levels to BLUE ALERT STATUS. monitor all sensor channels and advise starfleet HQ. All senior officers report to duty stations. Intiate invasion procedures. All Admirals , Send out priority one communicae to all Federation digniteries code-name " Dispatch One " Please standby for further instructions............ Standby sensor report incoming.....

- Report from longrange sensors -

- Enemy Warp signatures approaching Sol system from borderlands -

- Range unknown. Due to sporadic sensor readings. -

- Time to intercept unknown , due to sporadic sensor readings.-

- Findings Incunclusive due to sensor errors. -

- End Report from longrange sensors -

- Advise Tactical situation Unknown -

- All sectors report in to Secure Starfleet Channels Asap.!!! Standby......... -

Signal Lost..........!!!!!!!!!!!

..................End Priority One Communication ............

*Goosebumps*

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Oh god I'm so excited

I've been re-watching the Final Chapter of DS9. So excited to begin the Dominion War II

I have a question though, due to my poor memory. The Dominion are going the be in this release, correct?

Cause I've realized, I fuckin love the Breen, and I'm really loving the Dominion lately. I'm excited to spread 'peace and prosperity' throughout the Alpha Quadrant

Also, I saw a ship in OS that is misnamed. It's the Klingon D-7 K't'inga.

The D-7 and the K't'inga are two different ships

"The K't'inga-cruiser was a direct offshoot in design-lineage from the venerable D7 class battle cruiser introduced sometime prior to 2267."

Not sure if it's still misnamed in the upcoming version, but I thought I'd point that out. It's not a huge deal though. Just trying to contribute to the best Star Trek RTS that's ever been!

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