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Nacey
riviaguy221
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Reply #2276 February 7, 2010 12:48:39 PM
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OK, so i've had some slight experience with modding, but im still not the most knowledgeable when it comes to that. In the Gameplayconstants file, there is a part that deals with research speed. The file's set up like this:

researchSpeedData-Slow
        researchRateGameSpeedScalar -4.75
    researchSpeedData-Normal
        researchRateGameSpeedScalar -1.3
    researchSpeedData-Fast
        researchRateGameSpeedScalar -0.15
    researchSpeedData-Faster
        researchRateGameSpeedScalar -0.25

 just wondering, but what would happen if we were to make the -0.25 a smaller negative number (like -0.0005 or something) or a positive number?

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Reply #2277 February 7, 2010 1:18:01 PM
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to make it a smaller negative number means that the research will be sped up a bit. to make it positive is to make it faster than normal

normal is 0 speed

to go negative is to slow it down
-0.5 slow -1.0 slower

to go positive is to speed it up

0.5 fast 1.0 faster

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Reply #2278 February 7, 2010 1:37:15 PM
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My game keeps crashin all the time....

Im on Win7x64 with i7 920, 6GBRAM, GTX285 SLI and my soundcard is a  X-Fi Platinum Fatal1ty Champion Series

Here is my Debug: http://pastebin.com/f3feeb79a

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Reply #2279 February 7, 2010 1:41:11 PM
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sometimes means the download was off or when you unzipped it the files got a little scrambled (sometimes happens due to the length of the files) redownload then unzip onto desktop before moving it to the files

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Reply #2280 February 7, 2010 1:49:28 PM
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Redownloaded and still the same problem...

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Reply #2281 February 7, 2010 5:47:24 PM
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Is the research in this mod SUPPOSED to be slow then? Notice that ALL the research is negative numbers, meaning everything is slower than normal...

 

researchSpeedData-Slow
        researchRateGameSpeedScalar -4.75
    researchSpeedData-Normal
        researchRateGameSpeedScalar -1.3
    researchSpeedData-Fast
        researchRateGameSpeedScalar -0.15
    researchSpeedData-Faster
        researchRateGameSpeedScalar -0.25  <= Shouldnt this one be fastest, not slower than fast?

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Reply #2282 February 7, 2010 6:41:29 PM
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For the Diplomacy version the Advent's Phase Jump cost reduction tech needs to be toned down.  Apparently in Diplomacy the Artifacts got a boost.

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Reply #2283 February 7, 2010 7:36:46 PM
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@ midnighter90- did you try unzipping to the desktop first before moving it over?

@riviaguy221- not sure, will need to get with our main coder Nacey about that

@VarekRaith- will add it to the list of things to give to Nacey

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Reply #2284 February 7, 2010 8:42:46 PM
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Quoting ice27828,
reply 2268
It always amuses me that you people have to delete the particle and turn down the effects just to play, I usually just patch and I have never had any problems with crashing

Amuses? When you can play every single game in the world without crashes (even frequently crash-reported games like mmo betas), but not Sins, i'd say its not quite amusing
The fact is there is still something wrong with this game, and it will probably never get fixed. What a shame.

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Reply #2285 February 7, 2010 9:02:07 PM
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I believe ice27828 used a poor choice of words. Oddly enough though, there is something interesting to these crashes. I as well rarely ever have problems with crashes short of a bad download or a mistake on my part. So sometimes the issue is hard for us to diagnose (gets worse because we are a mod and so don't have quite the tech support Ironclad does) simply because we never have it. Sadly, this leads to many frustrated customers.

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Reply #2286 February 7, 2010 10:32:18 PM
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In reference to crashes, the only ones I've ever had were with an older version (I think 0.6 or 0.7 something) of DS Entrenchment was loading up certain maps (though I forget what said maps were).

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Reply #2287 February 7, 2010 11:29:26 PM
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The fact is there is still something wrong with this game, and it will probably never get fixed. What a shame.

 

Ok, let me say this. Ive have spent many night trying to find bugs and such that are reported. Like Ryat has said, when we test these things before we release them we dont have a problem, no random crashes..no memory issues. Which are what are being reported. I dont know if your tone was a joking when you say this, but I take great pride in this mod and the fact I am associated with it! We do our best job to give everyone a mod they can enjoy. But we are limited by our know how and we can only do so much.

So Im sorry to anyone who cant play...Im sorry I can fix it. But I dont know why it works fine for some (like the testers and others) and blows up on some others. But we are trying to solve it! Thanks for everyones logs...but as far as I can tell from most of your logs its something on your end. I dont know what? I could blame a bad download, I could blame your computer, I could blame anything but I, me, myself has no f'ing clue why your game goes boom.

But we are doing everything we can to get make it work for everyone. But please remeber we are a not Devs, we do this when we have free time and for the love we have for our mod.

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Reply #2288 February 7, 2010 11:38:13 PM
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My crashes have only ever been related to memory usage, and once I knew how to stop it, I've never had it come up again. In fact, the optimizations have allowed me to run the game at a higher graphic setting than previously, so I think it's doing great.

Carbon, I think you need to take a rest. It sounds like you're a touch frustrated, understandably.

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Reply #2289 February 8, 2010 2:16:31 AM
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I think the crashes might be related to confusing directions -

Could you post a step-by-step instructions on how to install the Mod, then how to install the mod patch?

Why? Because unfortunately I too am experiencing these crashes, but I have Windows 7, 8 gbs of Ram, a 295 GTX 1gb card... Everything should be working fine. Especially with my Quad-Core CPU.

Perhaps it's the operating system the game is having trouble with? But I'm more than confident it was a bad installation or download.

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Reply #2290 February 8, 2010 2:20:11 AM
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Quoting Darkieus,
reply 2289
I think the crashes might be related to confusing directions -

Could you post a step-by-step instructions on how to install the Mod, then how to install the mod patch?

Yes sir, refer back to this post-

Time Warp


I will editing that post to cover patching and mini mods.

 

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Reply #2291 February 8, 2010 2:24:23 AM
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What do I need to do in order to have all the assets from the mod available in Galaxy Forge, that is to say, how do I make a Distant Star Forge, and if it is possible, could you upload a fully working Distnat Star Forge for the easy of the users?

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Reply #2292 February 8, 2010 2:27:37 AM
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Alright, Thank you Carbon - Hopefully the patching post comes sooner or later; for now I deleted the mod in wait for actual instructions. I'll redownload at a later date when the instructions are clearer (for installing the patch I mean!). Good luck guys!

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Reply #2293 February 8, 2010 2:36:27 AM
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Its really easy. Take a look in the Extra folder. Its can be found in the lastest Entrechment version. You see inside that folder a folder named Galaxy Forge. Open that bad boy up  and you see 3 files/folder. Icons(folder), README, GalaxyScenarioDef.

Find where you have your GalaxyForge installed and open up its folder. You should see the Icons folder and GalaxyScenarioDef file inside the same folder you currently have GalaxyForge place.

All your gonna do is replace the default Icons folder and GalaxyScenarioDef file with the ones from DS Extra folder you just found above. When you load up GalaxyForge after you replace the Icons and GalaxyScenarioDef. You should be able to use all the new planet types!

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Reply #2294 February 8, 2010 2:37:36 AM
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Quoting Darkieus,
reply 2292
Alright, Thank you Carbon - Hopefully the patching post comes sooner or later; for now I deleted the mod in wait for actual instructions. I'll redownload at a later date when the instructions are clearer (for installing the patch I mean!). Good luck guys!

Well I get to work on that right now then. I should have something up with an hour or so.

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Reply #2295 February 8, 2010 2:44:50 AM
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Will maps work for Diplomacy and can I also place nebulas and black holes and the white star?

 

And for a future version, could you also modify the squadron limit on hangars, because it just seems a bit too restricted to have this bog hangar that can only house like 20 craft (real craft not squadrons) . Would be nice to see the limit on hangars doubled and make a hangar either twice as expensive or the build time for craft twice as long, whichever balances it out more, though I think that the price is sufficient.

 

 

Also, I don't know about the other races, but advent have a String Not Found bug in their research tree, I believe it was the Civilian section that had it.

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Reply #2296 February 8, 2010 3:25:12 AM
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Guide has been updated

Time Warp



They should work. You can place all that stuff, you just gotta find it on the list in GalaxyForge. Well, BlackHoles are not in there at the moment. Will be there for 1.0 for sure.


As for the hangers, I doubt we would. I dont see any reason to increase them. We have worked hard to tweak SC numbers down. The less SC you have flying around the less computers lag. This idea is why mines were reduced also. Though nothing is to stop you from tweaking the hanger files yourself, and/or creating a minimod out of it.

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Reply #2297 February 8, 2010 3:35:48 AM
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Ok, so all the missing string errors in the research trees will be fixed with v 1.0 as well I guess. Thank you for the quick answer and I eagerly await the release of the next version, while enjoying the hell out of this one. Also thank you for being amongst the first modding teams to release something for us Trinity owners. Keep up the good work.

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Reply #2298 February 8, 2010 4:04:04 AM
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Okay,


Thanks for the tutorial. Appearently it seems I did everything right - I think I might have an otherwise bad download/install. I'll try redownloading and doing this again.

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Reply #2299 February 8, 2010 4:13:48 AM
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If the patch is telling to delete something its from the original Mod folder( aka the one you created with the full download). Or Unpatched Mod folder as you put it. Your replaceing the entire folder from the unpatched mod folder with the one given to you in the patch folder.


Also note if your downloading a full install you dont need the patch with the same version number.


For example, say you downloaded DS Enterchement .955(full install). You do NOT need the DS Entrechment .995 Patch.

You will need though any patches released after .995. Like .996 or .998 etc etc etc. This also includes any Hotfixes Patches.

Or you can just download the full install all over each time a patch is relased. Not suggested b/c its much larger file to download but it is an option.

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Reply #2300 February 8, 2010 4:24:20 AM
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TO ANYONE WHO HAS BEEN GETTING THE AUDIO RELATED CRASHES:

Devs Explaination

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