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Zombie's List of Mods good enough to EAT!!!

By ZombiesRus5 on April 25, 2012 4:17:43 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

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 Zombie's List of mods good enough to EAT!!!

Still not quite finished with my thoughts (hard as they are for a zombie to form). List is no particular oder other than Released and Coming Soon(ish).

Released

A Halo mod for the critically acclaimed Sins of a Solar Empire, that aims to capture the fast paced intensity of the Halo series.
      
  
 
Why you should care! Having had a chance to help out some on Sins of the Prophets I can attest to this mod having great potential. The models were fantastic then and have only gotten better since. The HALO universe also affords a rich space combat experience that will really be brought to life with the Sins engine. It's hard not to look forward to this mod.


12 playable races with their own traits that make them more unique, from being a total offensive race, to a highly researching race. Each race now has it's own unique tactics of gameplay.
 
From: Danman3712 and 7DS Team
       
  
 
Why you should care!

7DS is one of the original mods for Sins of a Solar Empire. At one time it was the most popular mod downloaded for the game.

7DS also includes a lot of of the original sins mods as well as many new enhancements over the last couple of years including all new custom HUD displays by Rick Hughes.

Currently in Beta 6, downloads can be found by following the instructions on the Sins forum topic.

 

A SoaSE Enhancement Mod.
 
From: Cookies, Pudding and Ice Cream
        
 
 
Why you should care!

Distant Stars is likely one of the most widely played mods for Sins of a Solar Empire currently.

Enhancements include: Sound replacements for music and effects, new electronic warfare and gunship strikecraft, game optimizations, skyboxes, double research, planetary defenses, pirate enhancements, and rebalanced capital ships. 

DS also includes several popular "original" enhancement mods: Celestial Bodies, Bailknight's Graphic Mod, Sins Plus, Volumetric Explosions, Multiple Stars and Gurkoz Sins Sounds.

One of the best things about Distant Stars is the almost daily support given by it's members.

 

A total conversion based on the Star Trek universe. 
 
From: FLAM Modding
      
 
Why you should care! It's in German so may not be your thing if language is an issue. Also, one of the few mods for Sins of a Solar Empire (no expansions necessary).

 

This mod is for connoisseurs of multistar maps & interstellar military companies. Attemps to bring more realistic space to the gameplay, expanding features and enriching concepts. Provides depth to different development directions: planet habitation, science race, defence, offence. Limited assets force to choose and economize, also giving a chance to totally different tactics.
 
From: Aplos
      
   
 
Why you should care! Comments Here...

 

The Maelstrom Mod introduces three new races to the Sins of a Solar Empire Universe. They are independent of the original races and have unique strengths and weaknesses.
 
From: soase-maelstrom
         
 
 
Why you should care! For starters who the hell is soase-maelstrom. Is it one person, a team, did they replicate themselves (hehe). Regardless, this mod has a lot of content ranging from 3 fully developed custom races, planets and particle effects. Add in his expansion series and you get a fairly significant change in gameplay. 

 

As war rages between the Tech, Advent and Vasari factions in the Far Outer Rim... a new power has emerged from the depths of inter-solar space. Encroaching upon this distant part of the sprawling galaxy, the Empire's exploration task forces seek to bring more worlds under the dominion of the Sith Lord, Palpatine... 
 
From: JasonFJ
 
       
sins.imperial.cc  
 
Why you should care! A great Star Wars mod that keeps the best part of Sins and allows you to go with or against the Empire or Rebellion. Packed with great models and works flawlessly in online play. Any fan of Star Wars should check this mod out.

 

Stargate Invasion is a total conversion mod for Sins of a Solar Empire.The mod will be built in 2 halves. The first is the Pegasus side, I.E. Humans, Wraith and Asurans, with the Pirates being a classified race at the moment. The second part of the mod, will add in the Asgard and Goa'uld races to the mix.

 
       
  
 
Why you should care! Stargate is by far my favorite scifi series of all time. Stargate Invasion captures one of the best parts of the series with it's space combat scenes and projects it to a level the series would never have been able to achieve.

 

This mod adds custom races to the game based on races from the various Stargate television series.  At present it includes the Ancients, Wraith, Asgard, Goa'uld and the Ori.
 
From: dolynick
      
 
 
Why you should care! While Stargate Invasion focuses more on the Tauri timeline, Stargate races dwelves into the more ancient races. This mod while not as fully developed as it's sibling has had a lot of hard work and fun added by dolynick and should be tried out.

 

Can anyone remember when we used to be explorers? - Jean Luc Picard
From SOA2 mod team
 
       
 
 
Why you should care! In my opinion Sacrifice of Angels 2 is the most well developed mods for Sins of a Solar Empire. Originating from the Homeworld series and moving to Sins of a Solar Empire have undoubtedly created one of the best mods for the game. Even if your not necessarily a Star Trek fan I bet you'd find it hard not to appreciate this mod and the work it's team has put into it over the years.

 
It started with a flash in the sky and a ripple through the clouds. The hunger is what brought it here, and feed it did, until there was no more.
From: ZombiesRus5
       
 
 
Why you should care!

Holy shit!!! why so many goddam folders!!!

Really this is my mod so it's hard to write something serious. The first part of this mod comes from my general fascination with the supernatural while the second comes from my interest in transhumanism and associated works. 

Add in the colonials and cylons and you round out my scifi interests. 

Sure it's a lot of folders, but the levels of combinations and changes in scenarios are un-rivaled by any other mod.

 

 
      
  
 
Why you should care! A great Star Wars mod scaled for realism and attempting to stay as cannon as possible. Any Star Wars fan will love this mod.

 

This mod seeks to give more depth to the other 3Xs of the game by adding additional game elements or refining the existing ones to reward players who give more strategic thought to the non-combat side of the game.

From: GoaFan77
    
  
 
Why you should care! A mod that attempts to challenge what 4x means with soase. While many changes are subtle the impact on the game are your strategies are hard to miss. I'm curious to see how the new Hero Units flesh out.

 

Bailknight's Graphic Mod is undoubtedly the highest quality graphical makeover for Sins of a Solar Empire. 
 
From: Bailknight, updated by Moguta and rjhughes for Diplomacy and Rebellion.
  
  
 
Why you should care! More of an homage at this point as Bailknight has long since left the Sins modding scene. 

 

A graphical mod that mostly focuses on ability effects, 
 
From: KrdaxDrkrun
  
 
 
Why you should care! Building on top of Bailknight's Graphic Mod, this mod attempts to do what very few mods have done by further enhancing the effects of soase.

 

From: rjhughes: "This mod is based on a story i created to merge a new race into the universe of Sins of a Solar Empire. To get the full concept of the mod you need to watch the small load screen movie before you play it........."
 
       
 
 
Why you should care! Rjhughes deserves a big nod for his support of the Sins modding community. You'll find his stamp on many different mods most notably through his spectacular UI HUDS. The Dark Secret is also one of the few original mods that isn't pulling directly from another IP which to me makes it unique in the world of modding.

 

Mad Scientist
 *5 Strike Craft Per Race*  * 94 New Techs *  *30 New Abilities * Mods Included: (1) Sins Plus v1.3 by Uzii (modified), (2) Volumetric Explosions & Damage Effects v1.12 , (3)Bailknights Graphic Mod v1.1  ,Increased levels of research, Reworked pirate raids, Rebalaced resources.
 
From: Ordian, updated by rjhughes
    
 
Why you should care! Mad Scientist is another of those original mods worth paying homage too that looked to see how it could expand the game beyond it's original boundries.

 

Sins Plus
From: UZI, kept up to date by rjhughes
 
     
 
Why you should care! Sins Plus is the parent of all planet mods for Sins of a Solar Empire. Updated versions of this mod can be found at ricksgalaxy.homestead.com

 

The goal of this project is to improve your Vanilla Sins game experience, and to eliminate the 2 gig crash issue. 
 
From: Major Stress
  
 
Why you should care! This mod is widely claimed to be responsible for renewing interest in Sins and by extension it's creators. Without this mod we may not have had the Diplomacy updates of 2011 and the Rebellion expansion. Give Major Stress some Karma when you get an opportunity.

 

This is a sound replacement mod with the focus on weapons and explosions
 
From: UZI, kept up to date by rjhughes
   
 
Why you should care! While the mod creator has long since left the Sins modding scene, this mod has been widely incorporated into several other mods.

 

Coming Soon(ish)

Disclaimer: Features on unreleased mods listed below are a best guess until such time as they are released.

 

Invasion
Sins of a Solar Empire: INVASION is an addon project aiming to expand upon the existing universe of the Sins of a Solar Empire, providing original and high-quality content on top of the original game. 
From: ManSh00ter
 
    
 
 
Why you should care! If you could bleed talent, this would probably be what it looks like. While the original scope of this mod has been decreased to a single expansion race, the impact on quality is apparent. Hopefully ManSh00ter will be able to deliver on this mod.

 

 

Mass Effect: Dawn of the Reapers
Description
From: Lord_Set
      
 
Why you should care! Honestly I'm not sure anyone thought a Mass Effect mod based on space warefare would be possible. With lots and lots of fan made models the only thing holding this back now is texture artists and time. 

 

Babylon 5: Sins of the Younger Races
This is the story of the last of the Babylon 5 mod-efforts. It's goal, to prevent another failure, by creating a place to solve our problems collaboratively. Its a port of call, home away from home, for modelers, texturers, programmers and sound engineers. 
From: TobiWahn_Kenobi
      
 
 
Why you should care! An ambitious mod with fantastic models and textures. It's also available for downloading alpha versions. This could become one of the best Babylon 5 mods available.

 

  Compatibility       Features       Sites
Mod is for Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion   Expands game with new custom factions/races   Sins Forum Sins of a Solare Empire Forum (click to follow or copy link)
Mod is for Sins of a Solar Empire: Diplomacy   Mod is a total conversion (original factions/races are removed)   Alternate Forum Alternate Mod Forum (click to follow or copy link)
Mod is for Sins of a Solar Empire: Entenchment   Adds new ship or orbital models   Found on moddb Can be found on moddb (click to follow or copy link)
Mod is for Sins of a Solar Empire (Vanilla or Original, i.e. no expansions)   Adds New Planets   Found on Wincustomize Can be found on Wincustomize
      Adds New Sound Effects   Found on ricksgalaxy.homestead.com Can be found on ricksgalaxy.homestead.com
      Adds New Graphical Effects (i.e. Particle Effects)       
      Modifies Pirates         
      Supports Dynamic Movement      

 


Special thanks to everyone past and present who worked on mods for SoaSE. 

Also, this isn't intended to be a complete list of all mods, but more of a nice review of mods I think are complete or have had or will have a significant impact on the Sins gaming community. These are soft reviews too, so don't expect anything negative.

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Reply #51
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June 24, 2012 12:00:50 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Sins of a Galactic Empire and SotF: Blood and Chrome have both released early versions of their conversion to Rebellion.

 

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July 12, 2012 9:36:51 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Quoting ZombiesRus5,
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Sins of a Galactic Empire and SotF: Blood and Chrome have both released early versions of their conversion to Rebellion.

Enhanced 4X has been as well. I need to earn all the icons I can get.

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July 13, 2012 3:28:57 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Quoting GoaFan77,
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Enhanced 4X has been as well. I need to earn all the icons I can get.

icons earned. 

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July 13, 2012 10:40:11 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

I still need to update my defintive list of mods with some of these, I think...

As well as adding compatibility charts...

And some other things...

 

hmm... I might have to use some of those icons...

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December 14, 2012 11:33:58 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

TSOP has been updated for Rebellion as well

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December 15, 2012 12:01:14 AM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

And since this got bumped, E4X has a moddb page now too. Got to collect all the buttons.

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December 30, 2012 1:10:20 AM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

In Memoriam

Only the united efforts of mankind prevented its subjugation to the parasitoid alien consciousness known as the Scinfaxi. Having abandoned the Earth for the perceived safety of the stars, the old conflicts have resurfaced as the united front of humanity falls apart...
From: SwissKnight
  
  
 
Why you should care! Shows a lot of promise with an active community and wiki. A multi-player only modification due to the constraints of the Sins AI may limit the audience of this mod. Still one to watch and see if they deliver.


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December 30, 2012 1:48:22 AM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Quoting ZombiesRus5,
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In Memoriam

Have they finally admitted it? 

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December 30, 2012 2:57:17 AM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Quoting GoaFan77,
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Quoting ZombiesRus5, reply 58In Memoriam

Have they finally admitted it? 

On moddb, yes.

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December 31, 2012 2:09:36 AM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Come on what about sins of Eden? 

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December 31, 2012 2:49:45 AM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Quoting ZombiesRus5,
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In Memoriam

So sad....

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January 21, 2013 6:59:23 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Quoting G_Bison,
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Quoting ZombiesRus5, reply 58In Memoriam

So sad....

And out of the ashes another mod rises...

UNSC Released  

A Halo mod for the critically acclaimed Sins of a Solar Empire, that aims to capture the fast paced intensity of the Halo series.
      
  
 
Why you should care! Having had a chance to help out some on Sins of the Prophets I can attest to this mod having great potential. The models were fantastic then and have only gotten better since. The HALO universe also affords a rich space combat experience that will really be brought to life with the Sins engine. It's hard not to look forward to this mod.
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January 21, 2013 7:00:08 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Quoting Haiyooo,
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Come on what about sins of Eden? 

I'll have to take a look. I'm not an Eve anything so it hasn't been on my radar.

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January 21, 2013 7:04:27 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

 for a great pinned post

something here is slow, over 2 minutes and my bar still says 'Sending Request'

EDIT

ahh, loaded again and the toolbar said loading facebook, then hung on sending request. I found even DB can hang sometimes loading images, moving all mine to m0dDB under the mod team's image section and extracting the link from the embed code.

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January 25, 2013 10:42:03 AM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Quoting myfist0,
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EDIT

ahh, loaded again and the toolbar said loading facebook, then hung on sending request. I found even DB can hang sometimes loading images, moving all mine to m0dDB under the mod team's image section and extracting the link from the embed code.

Ya, I notice that with dropbox occasionally. Probably not worth worrying to much for this thread as it's not a heavy hitter view wise. I had started moving some images to moddb also for the same reason especially for fallen's main page there.

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March 3, 2013 7:34:44 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Half of these mods don't work for Steam ver of Sins RF.

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March 3, 2013 8:01:42 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Quoting garsterjaryjohnson,
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Half of these mods don't work for Steam ver of Sins RF.

RF? You mean Rebellion?

This is a list of mods for any version of Sins. Look at the icon list at the end and you can see which versions they are for.

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March 3, 2013 8:22:01 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Well, I guess we found out that using the url for the modDB thumb is a no go, and that sucks 

Uploaded to our web, don't worry about changing it if you  don't want to.  

http://soa2.soase.x90x.net/images/ModDB-SOA-Thumb.png

 

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March 25, 2013 2:11:18 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Mods currently updated and maintained by:

Rebellion:   Alliance Hidden Agenda's,  Bailknight's Graphical Mod,  Real Capital Ships,  Sins Plus (2 versions),  Sins Texture Pack.

Diplomacy:  Alliance Hidden Agenda's,  Bailknight's Graphical Mod,  Computerized UI,  Mad Scientist,  Real Capital Ships,  Sins Plus,  The Dark Secret.

Entrenchment:  Celestial Bodies Mod,  Hammer Real Sins,  Mad Scientist,  Real Capital Ships,  Sins Plus,  The Dark Secret.

Sins:  Hammer Real Sins,  Tec CapitalShip Voice Mod,  Urban Expansion,  (Epic War.... by request only)

 

link ---------->  www.ricksgalaxy.com

 

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Quoting rjhughes67,
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link ---------->  www.ricksgalaxy.com

Such a great website! Thanks always for what you do.

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Hi

 

Thanks for the amazing list and comments, I'm just starting to digest it (:

 

I tried to go to eternalstars.org, but the site is no more. Any idea if the mod (Stars) can be taken somewhere else?

 

 

Thanks!

 

{}2atbear

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Quoting 2Fatbear,
reply 71
I tried to go to eternalstars.org, but the site is no more. Any idea if the mod (Stars) can be taken somewhere else?

   

pay attention to legend and links 

EDit: oops, almost a necro

hmmm, can you necro a zombie?  

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April 9, 2013 2:00:42 AM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

Quoting 2Fatbear,
reply 71
I tried to go to eternalstars.org, but the site is no more. Any idea if the mod (Stars) can be taken somewhere else?

 

Probably dead now, luckily moddb still has his work if you want to check it out.

Quoting boshimi336,
reply 73

http://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/368651/page/11/#3342251

 

Zombie?

Well... I followed the Rick's galaxy link and he has a Beta version for Rebellion.

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April 10, 2013 4:55:46 AM from Sins of a Solar Empire Forums Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

http://www.moddb.com/mods/star-trek-armada-3/

 

let me know what you guys think

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