Just going to point out that Diplomacy 1.21 is out, though you probably all knew that. Is 0.99B2 compatible?

Just wanted to point out that yes it is a bit. DS will operate and some of the changes will exist. Some of the other changes will not until DS catches up. Nacey and Stant are working on it.

Just realised that my last post's opening was rather rude. That was unintentional, my apologies.

I do like the TEC flagship's abilities early game. Shared shields, missile bursts, the works! Fun times indeed.

Hey you little Limey...

You're late to the party, that was discussed a couple pages ago.

https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/335474/page/207/#2941431    For what changes were made and how they relate to DS.

A patch was already made and handed over to the officials to go through and review...  Though if you bribe me with beer and lots of cheap hookers, I could slip you a copy if it'll get you to write some lore. 

note he doesn't want one very expensive hooker.

I can only assume the reason is because large quantities of beer and multiple cheap hookers in the same room can result in a fun and memorable experience for all, VD's be damned.

Yeah, them passing a pap smear is higher on my priority list.

Hi,

I've been trying to play DS for Diplomacy 1.21, and whenever I start a new game, planet/star icons are really distorted. For instance, an Ancient Citadel shows up as a distorted Uranus icon on the map when I zoom out of the gravity well, and a white star's icon is an image of nine desert planet icons in a 3x3 grouping. Is this possibly due to using DS with the newest update to Diplomacy? I've tried redownloading a new copy of DS and running, but I still have the problem :/

To above: I think this was also discussed earlier, something to do with broken icon and textures. I personally get Desert Planets with great big oil slicks at the poles. Looks like some kind of ecological disaster, or like they've removed the sand or something (somehow). I like it personally.

You'll never guess the reason why both my Thenos and marines arcs are stalled.

However, I am rebooting and retconning my -UE_ GB strikeforce arc, where exams allow.

No, it's not because of the update it's because of a minimod included with DS.  The discussion before was about the version of Multiple Stars Graphics Mod that is included being out of date as of the Sins Diplomacy 1.20 update.  boshimi336 uploaded a new version here: http://www.mediafire.com/?c31g4muiyl3un51  Download it and run it as a mod on top of DS.

The easiest way to fix that is to download my fix I posted a long while back.

http://sites.google.com/site/steelers086/gamefiles/TextureFixA.rar

http://sites.google.com/site/steelers086/gamefiles/TextureFixB.rar

http://sites.google.com/site/steelers086/gamefiles/Mesh.rar

It's either me, or gladiators...  I'm going with gladiators though since I released Thenos from his contract.

If running the new MSGM does not solve the problem please post here as it means I may have to update my mini-mod yet again.

Stant, you had mentioned that there were other options for Forge that did not make it into the Galaxy Scenario Def file? If they are going to be in the next patch could I get an advanced copy of that file as you have it to play with?

Just curious, will these fixes (the updates to the mini mods and such) be included in the next update?

I sent Nacey the info on Friday. I'll see if I can spur him on as there are more problems developing then I thought.

If for whatever reason you wanted to get rid of that Oatesy, and Stants texture fixes dont work (they didnt for me) simply delete the mesh file for the Desert planets in the DS folder. It removes the black boxes with no loss of texture quality.

Hi again,

I'm still having troubles with the icons, even with the new mini-mod, plus now I'm getting the black oil slick described by a previous poster :/

They are not, I only made changes based on the changes made for 1.21 and the no green star change we talked about here just recently, and then passed it along.  And no, no advanced copy, I would never pass one out since my changes are unofficial and not necessarily going to be included.  It was a joke for Oatesy, hence me asking for lots of beer and several cheap hookers in exchange...  Something I know would never be given to me, thus I will not be giving anything over either...  Anyway...

That will only work if it's only the original planet meshes causing the problems, and as the mod uses the proto planet version of the meshes for the originals to get the size differences, it may not do the job.  Though I did forget to include an important link in the above post by me with the textures, which was the associated meshes for both the originals and the proto planets.  I've added the link to it now so should one get all three downloads and incorporate them, they should be good.  I don't have any issues with any of the planets, so I'm fairly certain as long as someone doesn't get a bad download, it will be fixed on their end too.  That is, of course, if they're having problems currently and can't wait for the next full release to be available.

Does turning off MSGM running above it at least fix the planet issue and revert you back to your original icon only problem?

I only stated it as an option because it fixed this exact issue for me and a few others, and the mesh was confirmed by one of the team members as the source if the issue after we had found the solution. You also linked me those same files back when I was having this problem, and as I stated before they did not fix it, so in the event the same was true for Oatesy I gave him the other solution.

Now that I think of it, I get the oil-like things at both poles too.  (Except they're always shaped like pac-man...I keep thinking they're gonna jump off the surface and start devouring my planets....)

I can live with the issue, though, it kinda resembles an eclipse-like event when I think of it.  (And I only remember seeing it on desert worlds that have the Moon or Moons planet discovery on them, don't know if that's important or just coincidence...)

-Twilight Storm

It happened on all Desert worlds when I had it. It annoyed me more than most, I suppose.

TBH it would have bothered me once, but I don't go planet-gazing anymore. I'm at the point where I don't have time to just gaze at the urban planet's lights turning on and off as it rotates.

@Stant123: The oil slick didn't show up before I enabled the mini-mod. 

Like the new Avatar Pic Stant.

Agreed, noticed it before I fell asleep this afternoon, Draak did a good job , may have to inquire a new one for myself.....

For the record, since you have been fairly active recently and posting useful stuff and commenting on the flagship mod, I'm going to be nice about this, otherwise I'd tear you a new one because that's just what I do when people try to correct me when I know damn well I'm right. 

In all honesty, as I stated, your fix may work, and it may not.  I reviewed this thread all the way back to page 165 and as far as I've been able to discern, my texture fix helped 5 people who reported back, yours only helped you.  Again, in all fairness to my fix, when you were having the issue, I did not include the meshes as part of the fix, so you did not get those same files.  That came nearly three weeks AFTER your issue had been resolved, so simply writing it off as not going to work thus requiring you to post an alternate method when you haven't even tried it is not good for your reputation if you're trying to build one here.  Yes, you did try the textures, no you didn't try the meshes.

For the sake of not wasting time, using my fix WILL fix the issue, unlike yours which might not.  How do I know this?  Simple.  I include textures and meshes that I know work because I know they match up, rather then relying on guesses and hoping it all works out.  Obviously, the better choice here is to go with the option that will work, instead of the one that might work and leaves other potential issues unresolved.  While we were trouble shooting your problem, we were just learning the solutions, however, since we're far past that point, and have resolved it multiple times over, I'm going to continue recommending the fix that I have until the next full release is made public.  I'm fairly certain if Oatesy looks at his other original planets he could very well likely be experiencing a polar shift on those planets as well...  They just don't have the large dark spots, and therefor are less noticeable.  Again, should this be the case, your fix will not fix those, forcing him to come back here and ask for more help.  Mine will fix it even if he was unaware of the problem existing.  That's the beauty of doing things the way I do them.  I can fix issues that people are unaware that they even have.  Learn from me young one and you too can be this good.

Okay?  Okay. 

So my question still stands, when you're NOT running MSGM do the dark spots go away leaving you with pretty planets again?  It's important for us to know this so we know if it's the MSGM causing the issue or if it's DS and you just didn't see it before.  If they still exist when running just DS, PM me and we'll go through it step by step until we get it fixed...  That is unless blobness wants to take over mod trouble shooting and file fixing for me.

Thanks.

Draak does do good work, but he didn't do anything for this.  It's of my own creation.  Even the in game icon is of my creation, I was just unhappy with the look and gave it to Draak to clean up so that it would look better in the game, and even with what he gave back to me, I did some modifications to before sending it back to him to include with his other icon work.

Sorry, my bad for not examining the files you posted. I assumed they were the same ones you had linked me earlier. The only reason I took offence was that I felt you were being dismissive of a tested method in a situation where it may have been useful, but now that I know it would be redundant its a non issue, and I could've worded that post better anyway. 

Either way, I'm just here for the mod and the discussion, and if I feel I can contribute in any way I will do so, but any advice/feedback I give shouldn't be considered anything more than that of a recreational player, so if I step on anyones toes, I apologize as I don't intend to.