PEW PEW PEW PEW!!!!

I was wondering...if you guys are going to add the fix for the two gig mem problem? I get crashs when i hit the two gig limit.

@ Twilight - yes you are correct, that is a planetary defense network that shoots at any ships getting to close too it or try to get into bombing range.

@ ScopeSgt -  the 2 gig issue is part of Sins hardcoded problem and can't be solved but the guys who work on this mod are working on incorporating the work of Major Stresses Sin's Optimization project which will cut back on the amount of memory the game uses.

Does it deal more damage than an equal number of turrets then?  Or multiple firing banks?

Just throwing this out there, but How OP would a ship with Hangars, ship to ship guns, and anti-strikecraft weapons be?

8th tier research, must have carriers, flak, and LRF researched first, and deals SLIGHTLY less damage per weapon(Except the Strikecraft which would be normal) than the other ships, instead costing a little less supply so it evens out.

A big task to be sure, but I think this'd be an awesome end-game ship.  (Maybe also make all of the armor/weapon researches a pre-requisite?)  It'd be hard to get to, but worth it to players who might want to fight with a few less combat ships late-game, instead making room for colony/scout/constructors/envoys scattered throughout the empire.

Doubtful it'll come to pass, but you asked for suggestions.

-Twilight Storm | My life for the Dahkri

I'm not thinking of a super-ship.  It'd just be a way to make the battles more massive scale in the late-game.  Still take 10+ to kill a cap ship, and cost at minimum 14 supply each, but you'd be able to field more overall damage of these types than the other specialized ships.  2 squads per ship for strikecrafts, just like Light Carriers, and they'd still use antimatter to replace them.

Basically, it would be a culmination of the empire's technology.  A Mini-Cap ship, if you will.

Just a suggestion.  I'm already uber-happy with this mod, and I've only played as tec so far.  Can't wait to see wat you did to Advent and Vasari.

I've also toyed with the theory of hybrid fighter/bombers in the past, but had a lack of modding capability(And will).  Thoughts?  (Not really a suggestion, unless you like it, but more me trying to figure out the nagging feeling that it'd be OP...)

Again, would be implemented at a high tier.

-Twilight Storm | My life for the Dahkri

Well Draak, the reason you only see one combat cruiser is because in the manual that comes with the box version of sins, maybe even a pdf with the digital download (I don't know since I purchased the box version), it clearly states that the frigates are your battle force and the "cruisers are only slightly larger and take on a more specialized support role."  It's clear intent by the developers that Cruisers in and of themselves aren't your fleet, nor your big guns, so no attention was given to them to be the "gap bridgers" between frigates and caps.  In actuality, the Kodiak really needs to trade places with the Protev since the Kodiak is a fighting machine and the Protev by definition is support through colonization.  If you really want to look at it, the Kodiak is the bigger brother of the Cobalt, and if you have entrenchment, the Ogrov is the bigger brother of the Krosov, so actually, some slight attention was given.  But even so, the frigates are your fleet.

If any ships are added, I'd like to see the pirates drop the use of the Akkan, Dunov, Vulkoras, and Halcyon, and someone model up new cap ships and strike craft for them.  Maybe not the strike craft...  *looking in SivCorp's direction for that.*  Maybe even add the Akkan replacement into the list of ships that makes the raids since they never colonize anything.  Hell, use the one he already modeled and posted in the lore.  It'd be fun to see pirates Ion Bolting ships.

The real issue here isn't the need for bigger and better ships.  PbHead will still beat us all.  It's the tactics employed by the player.  PbHead adapts to the battle faster then we do, that's why he wins with the exact same ships, even when 3 of us are ganging up on him.  (This weekend I'd like to see him try a 4 on 1.  )  Seeing cruiser versions of the Garda and the Javalis would be nice, but why?  Cruisers are for support.  Frigates are your fleet.  Changing that kind of changes the game, doesn't it?

What's wrong with more combat vessels?

I wasn't necessary promoting anything, just dabbling. Unless I say "I'll do it!" I'm not the guy to say yes to squat. I'm lazy like that.

As far as cruisers not being the gap bridge, I see what you mean but also see how it could be added to in order to change that. But that is more than I think this mod is intended for. I'm not so much worried about the Dev's thoughts as much as ours. Hell, we can make the whole game about ponies with 1 HP and 5,000,000 DMG. Ah, the dream.

I would like to see the pirates get a make-over since that's already been done to some small extent. Especially with the new mixed abilities, it would be fitting. Once again, need someone committed.

And I do and don't agree with carriers being the end all. On the one hand, it would be nice to see two very different forces balanced in a way (especially if spam forces) where they stop one another dead in their tracks. On the other hand, it pretty much just fits recent military thought, where planes have a major advantage over other forms of military power. Missiles change that in real life, but the devs apparently missed the past 50 years of history. Meh.

As for me, I'm just taking suggestions for skins. I've got do three separate races and button panel for TEC. Anyone have more to spit up?

We understand it's only a suggestion, this would be the counterpoint to the suggestion.  If you really want to see it considered, then you gotta get behind it and state why it's important.  The thing that's wrong with more combat vessels is that there's already enough to fill all of the roles of combat.  You would have a point, for example, if there was a need for a missile ship and none existed, however since there is one, making a bigger one, is only adding a bigger one, and a bigger one that can bombard planets and fight off strike craft is called a Marza.  Adding in a cloaked spy ship is an example of something that may be seen as being needed to counter the diplomatic ships.  I can get behind something like that.  But making a stand alone mini cap regardless of you only getting 1 or more then one doesn't really serve much of a purpose other then to satisfy players who are bored and want to see more ships, or those who fail in tactics and think this will solve their problems not considering that their opponent will get one too and will probably use it better then them as well.  Creating something like a ship that has the power of the super weapon (or a little less) for that particular race and takes double or triple the amount of resources to make and takes a lot away from your fleet supply, I could get behind that.  There currently is no such thing as a mobile super weapon.  I'd be nice to fire and go.  Free's up your planets for defenses and makes them harder to locate and take out...  Think of them as ICBM submarines.  You should be thinking along the lines of what is missing rather then combining two or more of what's already there.  You got a better shot at convincing people of the need that way.

Oh and twilight, you should link to your thread if you're going to promote it.  It won't always be easy to find.

still backing my ponies

If anyone can find some good Models to use for the Pirate cap ships I am open for suggestions. Just PM them to me and I will evaluate them

- Lord Ryat of the DS Pirates

Hey guys,

Really looking forward to future developments in Distant Stars. Especially integration with the Sins Optimization Project. Do have one question about that though. Does it mean the amount of lag will decrease as well? Because right now I'm facing quite some lag in the larger multiplayer games (as does everyone I guess) however at those moments my memory usage is at 700-800mb, not even close to the 2GB limit. Playing at lowest settings with a fast and fairly new PC. So I hope the Optimization mod will effect my gameplay as well.

Another question which you developers probably hate to get, but I'm trying nevertheless. Any idea on when we can expect a new release of DS? Anything like within a few weeks or something?

Keep up the good work guys! Cheers

I think a decent ability for your LRF to have would be the Kol's level 1 flak burst.  Seems fitting.