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Sins Website Gets an Update!

August 31, 2011 1:54:55 PM from JoeUser ForumsJoeUser Forums

As you probably noticed, there are some big changes to the Sins of a Solar Empire website!  We have updated the layout and design in part due to the upcoming Sins: Rebellion.  The site also streams our feeds from Facebook and Twitter, so you can easily follow what we are saying and doing on those services.

We hope you enjoy the new look, and be sure to keep checking for new media content for Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion!

https://www.sinsofasolarempire.com/

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Reply #1 August 31, 2011 1:56:04 PM
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OH YES

Just noticed....

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Reply #2 August 31, 2011 2:48:27 PM
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LOOKS VERY GOOD! 

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Reply #3 August 31, 2011 2:55:04 PM
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Just noticed too.  Very nice.

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Reply #4 August 31, 2011 2:58:13 PM
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Reply #5 August 31, 2011 3:06:35 PM
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Heck yes, that's a much better background.

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Reply #6 August 31, 2011 3:44:14 PM
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at last.. yes!

 

https://www.sinsofasolarempire.com/lore The loyalist members of the Trader Emergency Coalition adopt a policy of isolation, focusing on enhanced defenses to ride out the rest of the war. Those who rebel against the coalition take on a purely militant view, coming to the opinion that the only way to bring peace is by ultimately crushing all who oppose them - especially xenos

 

Who are the xenos? Royalist tec?

 

 

https://www.sinsofasolarempire.com/featuresUpdated graphics bring Sins of a Solar Empire to life as never before, with new particle effects, enhanced textures, and improved shading.

 

It didn't say shading last time i read it. This is awesome and the background on the website says everything. Wow

 

...new race colors, post processing effects?

 

 

https://www.sinsofasolarempire.com/faq

Recommended Requirements -

  • Windows 7 (64-bit)
  • Intel Core i5 / i7 Processor or Equivalent
  • 4 GB RAM
  • 512 MB DirectX 9.0c Compatible Video Card w/Pixel Shader 3.0 Support (AMD Radeon 3x00 Series / Nvidia 8x00 Series or Better)

For Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity, the requirements are:

 

 

 

64bit executable !!! Finally!!!!

Multicore support ??? Think so.. omg

 

Holy $, for trinity it says Pentium 4 @ 1.8ghz, rebellion--- pentium 4 @ 3ghz. o0.. even graphics memory from 128mb to 256mb

 

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Reply #7 August 31, 2011 5:05:57 PM
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You guys are just way too cool!

 

Can we please have this background as a download able wall paper? This needs to be displayed on my desk top in all it's glory!

(formats up to 1600x1050 would be much appreciated!)

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Reply #8 August 31, 2011 5:32:15 PM
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"Play through 10 new Scenarios designed to give players of all ages a good time."

Campaign?      

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Reply #9 August 31, 2011 6:15:55 PM
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Put the dates back on news posts. I don't want to click them just to find out they're three months old. 

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Reply #10 August 31, 2011 7:03:57 PM
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Quoting RiddleKing,
reply 6
Who are the xenos? Royalist tec?

Aliens.
Quoting RiddleKing,
reply 6
64bit executable !!! Finally!!!!

Multicore support ??? Think so.. omg
No, but it'll run better.

Quoting boshimi336,
reply 7
Can we please have this background as a download able wall paper?
https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/Themes/Sins/images/layout/site-background.jpg

 

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Reply #11 August 31, 2011 7:36:48 PM
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Quoting RiddleKing,
reply 6

https://www.sinsofasolarempire.com/faq

Recommended Requirements -


Windows 7 (64-bit)
Intel Core i5 / i7 Processor or Equivalent
4 GB RAM
512 MB DirectX 9.0c Compatible Video Card w/Pixel Shader 3.0 Support (AMD Radeon 3x00 Series / Nvidia 8x00 Series or Better)
For Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity, the requirements are:


64bit executable !!! Finally!!!!

Multicore support ??? Think so.. omg

Since the min requirement don't ask 64 bit, i don't think that the executable will be 64 bits... by the way, it is crazy to use win7 x64 with only 4gb ram... minimum requirement for win7 x64 is 2gb in place of 1gb for win7 32 bit... mean that it remain only 2 gb for ALL your application... best to recommend win7 x64 only if you have more that 4gb ram !!! Else, welcome the mini-dump long before the game reach it's 2gb limit...

Well, i have enough ram ( 16ggb ), enough graphic power ( nv 8800 ultra 768mb ), enough processor power ( 2 quad core Xeon ) but i have not the right OS ( win xp pro x64 )... why in hell is xp not anymore listed in the OS list !!!

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Reply #12 August 31, 2011 7:46:48 PM
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fileosoft, it is my guess that the vshita /win7  only is due to m$$$ wanting to kill all xp systems as it is a nine year old os and m$$$ wants to stop supporting it asap, but it should have killed vshita.

harpo

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Reply #13 August 31, 2011 7:56:17 PM
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Quoting Thoumsin,
reply 11
Since the min requirement don't ask 64 bit, i don't think that the executable will be 64 bits... by the way, it is crazy to use win7 x64 with only 4gb ram... minimum requirement for win7 x64 is 2gb in place of 1gb for win7 32 bit... mean that it remain only 2 gb for ALL your application... best to recommend win7 x64 only if you have more that 4gb ram !!! Else, welcome the mini-dump long before the game reach it's 2gb limit...
Uhm, no. Unless you keep loads of RAM intensive stuff open all the time, 4Gb will be just fine.

 

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Reply #14 August 31, 2011 8:17:09 PM
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Quoting Kitkun,
reply 10
https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/Themes/Sins/images/layout/site-background.jpg

I do not want to crop and resize (losing resolution) as the middle is empty for the forums ... I would rather have 'official' wallpapers of the background mural that are source quality (not .jpg all resized and distorted).

 

Quoting Kitkun,
reply 13
4Gb will be just fine.

Very much so!

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Reply #15 August 31, 2011 9:26:36 PM
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Quoting harpo99999,
reply 12
fileosoft, it is my guess that the vshita /win7  only is due to m$$$ wanting to kill all xp systems as it is a nine year old os and m$$$ wants to stop supporting it asap, but it should have killed vshita.

harpo

I wish the game studios would give the big middle finger to Microsoft and their silly "Games for Windows" designation and Application Data folder.  Does being designated "Games for Windows" really sell more copies of the game?

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Reply #16 August 31, 2011 11:02:23 PM
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Sorry for this slight derail, but it's bothering me...

Has anyone noticed that the background is flipped sideways?

The Kols have their metal plating on the right side in the background picture, which is actually on the left in-game...

The right side has the hangars and the laser cannons, so I'm guessing that this picture was actually intended to be flipped around.

Again, sorry, it just bothered me...

Yarlen has said that 64-bit is NOT happening. Just because the game is recommended for 64-bit machines doesn't meant that it is actually 64-bit...

I think that they are just stating the most common recent software requirements, not the actual requirements. I'm pretty sure that Rebellion will still run on old Windows XP 32-bit. Unless it is made not to.

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Reply #17 August 31, 2011 11:03:40 PM
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That

Titan

Looks

HUGE!

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Reply #18 September 1, 2011 9:48:42 AM
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Yeah, there won't be a 64-bit or multicore version of Rebellion.  It's simply that 64-bit OS's rock and if you have Windows 7, you should be rocking with the 64-bit version.

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Reply #19 September 1, 2011 11:22:30 AM
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looks great:)

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Reply #20 September 1, 2011 12:34:01 PM
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Quoting Yarlen,
reply 18
Yeah, there won't be a 64-bit or multicore version of Rebellion.  It's simply that 64-bit OS's rock and if you have Windows 7, you should be rocking with the 64-bit version.

 

Has the engine been further optimized for Rebellion to reduce resource usage at all? I'm curious if everything has been converted over to .dds textures, if said textures have been shrunk where applicable (as some are just HUGE in size) and the same story for some of the very high poly models, envoys and mines for example.

 

Since I'm going to be upgrading my computer in just under a year I'm trying to gauge just how much core speed I need to get out of my multi-core processor as it will only be utilizing one core? (I'm assuming a 3ghz core speed will be required?)

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Reply #21 September 1, 2011 1:19:36 PM
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Quoting Yarlen,
reply 18
Yeah, there won't be a 64-bit or multicore version of Rebellion. It's simply that 64-bit OS's rock and if you have Windows 7, you should be rocking with the 64-bit version.

So basically 32-bit XP will run Rebellion fine but you decided to make Windows 7 64-bit Recommended just because?  Way to mislead.

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Reply #22 September 1, 2011 1:44:49 PM
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Basically, it'll probably run. But they aren't going to rework the engine if it doesn't.

 

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Reply #23 September 1, 2011 4:23:14 PM
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Quoting boshimi336,
reply 20

Quoting Yarlen, reply 18Yeah, there won't be a 64-bit or multicore version of Rebellion.  It's simply that 64-bit OS's rock and if you have Windows 7, you should be rocking with the 64-bit version.

 

Has the engine been further optimized for Rebellion to reduce resource usage at all? I'm curious if everything has been converted over to .dds textures, if said textures have been shrunk where applicable (as some are just HUGE in size) and the same story for some of the very high poly models, envoys and mines for example.

 

Since I'm going to be upgrading my computer in just under a year I'm trying to gauge just how much core speed I need to get out of my multi-core processor as it will only be utilizing one core? (I'm assuming a 3ghz core speed will be required?)

 

We're optimizing the engine further as we're able. Turning things into .dds files won't help anything since once the textures go into memory, they're all the same size after conversion.  We're not reworking any of the existing models except to potentially look better.

 

Any multi-core processor will be fine.  It's more that they allow Sins to run on one core while the OS has the others to play with.

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Reply #24 September 1, 2011 4:24:17 PM
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Quoting SpardaSon21,
reply 21

Quoting Yarlen, reply 18Yeah, there won't be a 64-bit or multicore version of Rebellion. It's simply that 64-bit OS's rock and if you have Windows 7, you should be rocking with the 64-bit version.

So basically 32-bit XP will run Rebellion fine but you decided to make Windows 7 64-bit Recommended just because?  Way to mislead.

 

No, it's the recommended spec.  If you ask us what OS we "recommend" you play the game on, we're telling you Windows 7 64-bit.

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Reply #25 September 2, 2011 5:17:59 PM
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Neato. Now how about early and immediate private alpha / beta access...

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