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[quote]Managed to have my ISP monitor my signal/ping my modem while I was connected in a 6 player game (I apologize to those players). She said my packets were fine, getting an average round trip of 45ms.... and the kicker?My ping in game was 2,000 milliseconds, and I was causing everyone to lag out. Maybe this is a problem beyond just my ISP/modem. But I just reformatted. The system is squeaky clean. A bios problem, maybe. An OS problem, perhaps. This is driving me absolutely insane.[/quote]<br

I am very happy a Publisher is hosting their own downloads and supporting their community. I will be using it almost exclusively for my custom content.

Definantly would like more logos but they must be added in via Stardock/Ironclad so they can be used on ICO :) So keep working on them and if they're good enough hopefully they will be made available online.

What you really want is Frogboy AI for multithreaded CPU's :CONGRAT:

Nice work she looks pretty :) Barren and Gaia next?

C Y G N U S Just posted my first map for Sins. It is a medium 3 v 3 tournament map designed for teamplay. Aside from a few exceptions resources and hazards are random forcing players to adapt and work togeather. Pirates remain a constant threat to the system but offer wealth and several key tactical positions. This map also works well in COOP mode enjoy. https://www.wincustomize.com/skins.aspx?skinid=92&libid

Oops forgot a few things... Performance - Remove individual ship destination lines when using fleet selection (In larger fleets this cripples performance just by selecting units and or telling them where to move or what to attack) Especially when using qued movement points and or with allies. Reduce this to one line for each fleet. Fleet formation and position circles should still be fine but reducing the lines in a fleet can certainly speed things up on the performance side of thin

Few things I can think of off the top of my head after playing for roughly a week... Camera - Camera tweaks on extreme Z limits (perhaps lower min and max z to avoid) Gameplay - Option to disable Superweapons - Ability to build structures on the Z axis - Add enhanced Frogboy AI :)(Do not make the AI surrender as easy as it retreats) Graphics * - More skyboxes from those great artists at Ironclad and Stardock! * - Different UI style for each Rac

[quote]I am sure getting tired of every freaking new game and many of the old ones crashing on vista if its not one thing its another. Microsoft and Nvidia really need to get these issues fixed! I am not getting any TDR errors or anything say the drivers have stopped responding. With omega drivers my system hard locks after a sound loop. with 163.75 beta drivers it sound loops then my screen says no video signal and I can hear music playing and i have to reboot.... A

I think there is a fleet ungroup bug relating to ungrouping of units in a fleet while using shift to que up attacks or movement while some ships in the fleet are in the middle of a jump and still on route to destination. I haven't quite put my finger on it but I think this is what is causing it. I'll catch it eventually. Is there a quick way to ungroup fleets with keyboard mouse combo I may be clicking by accident while shift clicking around?

[quote]Sometimes the game will stop drawing certain kinds of particle graphics, such as the bullet-like gunfire from some ships, or the explosions when things are destroyed. I'll be able to zoom in on, say, a group of vasari light frigates, and I can hear them firing and watch their target's HP go down, but I won't see any bullets coming out of the frigates. [/quote] I had this happen to me last night in a relatively short game. I chalk it up to a memory leak. Seemed a bit early to be h

It's a love hate relationship for me. Sometimes you need your ships somewhere else so it is just easier to buy them off. However sometimes you are up against some pretty wealthy AI and they will spend thousands to make sure you have to deal with that fleet at just the wrong moment. The Pirate base is still worth taking for extra income but early on that is just not possible. So far it seems balanced quite well. I love the bullet hole in the console glass once they are removed :CONGRAT:

As much as it would seem usefull I could not place structures on the z axis at all. Also camera control gets a bit flaky when dealing with fleets at the top or bottom of the z. I do however sentry units on the z some times so I do use the function.

The bloom effect is pretty minimal in Sins but off by default. I'm not really a big fan of bloom in many games. Uses too much overhead for what is usually a waste of resources. Even a suttle bloom effect is usually too costly but it's all the rage lately. No pun intended...