Welcome to BETA 1 of Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion! This first round of testing contains the TEC Loyalist and TEC Rebel factions in their entirety, plus a number of graphics, balance and other additions.
WARNING: This is a BETA and will have bugs, performance issues and all manner of who knows what. If you are not comfortable with playing a BETA or providing feedback, please wait until the final release.
As highlighted in your order receipt, the Rebellion BETA is available for download through the Steam client only. Updates will be automatically provided through Steam as well (assuming you don't tell it not to).
In BETA 1, we're looking for feedback on the following:
- TEC Loyalist / Rebel balance
- Overall performance
- Graphics issues (slowness, things being drawn incorrectly)
- General bugs or crashes
- Desync issues in multiplayer
Minimum System Requirements:
- Windows 7 / Vista SP2 (Windows 8 Consumer Preview is not supported at this time)
- 2.3 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor or Equivalent
- 2 GB Available System Memory
- 256 MB DirectX 9.0c Video Card w/Pixel Shader 3.0 Support (Radeon X1650 / GeForce 6800 or Better)
- 3 GB Hard Disk Space
- Broadband Internet Connection for Multiplayer
- Steam client (http://store.steampowered.com/about/) and Steam account
Recommended System Requirements:
- Windows 7 (Windows 8 Consumer Preview is not supported at this time)
- Intel Core i5/i7 Processor or Equivalent
- 4 GB Available System Memory
- 1 GB DirectX 9.0c Video Card w/Pixel Shader 3.0 Support
- 3 GB Hard Disk Space
- Broadband Internet Connection for Multiplayer
- Steam client (http://store.steampowered.com/about/) and Steam account
How to Provide Feedback -
For General Gameplay Feedback/Bugs:
Please create a new forum post with your feedback. Be as specific as possible and include steps to reproduce the issue if it's regarding a bug. Screenshots are helpful too if possible.
For Graphics Related Bugs:
Please create a new forum post with screenshots or video of what you're seeing. Please also include what video card you're using and make sure you have the latest drivers before posting.
For Performance Related Issues:
Please download and run our information gathering tool here: http://sd.stardock.com/SDSupportTool.exe
Send this file along with a detailed description of the issue and your save game (if applicable) to: rebellionbeta@stardock.com.
For Game Crashes:
If you've had a game crash, try the following first:
- Make sure your computer is updated with the latest video drivers, sound drivers and patches from Windows Update.
Try to reproduce your crash, and if you can, please zip up your minidump file and send it along with a description of the issue to rebellionbeta@stardock.com. If you have a save game that reproduces the crash, please include that with your zip file as well.
Save games are located at (as of Beta 2 v0.76):
C:\Users\[username]\Documents\My Games\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire Rebellion
Minidump files are located at (this location is hidden by default):
C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\Temp\Sins Dump
For Multiplayer Desyncs:
If you're playing a multiplayer game and desync, make sure that:
- That nobody is using a mod - or - that everyone is using the same mod and version.
- That you can reproduce the issue from your last save game or autosave.
If you can reproduce the desync, please see this thread for how to help us track down the issue: https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/415093. Please include as much detail as you can on what appears to be causing the issue or when it occurs. If the desync is caused only with a mod, we recommend you contact the mod author.
