You'll all be glad to hear that version 1.0 of Distant Stars (for Diplomacy) is going out to be tested later on tonight to the testing group. All going well it should be released in the very near future. In it includes a couple of GalaxyScenarioDef fixes that I have been hunting for nigh on a year! Ofcourse fixes for the current mission bugs, pirates being over powered, Relic Planets and a few other bits here and there too. Oh and Compatibility with 1.31 ofcourse. Oh and I forgot
As promised, here's the new release... 0.99 B4 (Beta Four) Release: Full Download (currently uploading, should be done within an hour 2300 hours BST UTC+0100): <a href="http://distantstars.mmobase.com/diplomacy/Distant_Sta
I'll be working on releasing this tomorrow once I get home from work, i'd work on it tonight but sadly tomorrow im in work early :( off to bed for me! Until tomorrow! I must away...
Hello all! Apologies for my delay in updating this patch I think this is the first time a patch has been released later than an hour or two after an official patch has been released lol. Enough of my rambling im sure you all want the download links so here they are: 0.99 B3 (Beta Three) Release: <span style="font-size: xx-
[quote who="SlimJim54" reply="4822" id="2924246"]Ive messed around with the folders for the mod, and i found that if i delete the "GameInfo" folder for the mod, it fixes the problem, the game starts and the planets don't all look alike. But I don't want to have to delete an entire folder just to get one little visual effect fixed. I would just like to find the file (or files) that cause the problem and either delete them or fix them so I don't have this little ordeal.[/quote]
[quote who="Stant123" reply="4725" id="2919567"]*Note* This may (Probably will) change your checksum, I don't know for sure since I play with a modified text version of DS so I can change information in the files as problems are brought up.[/quote] Nice catch there Gavin that may be the cause of one of the mystery minidumps i've been chasing for quite some time now! It will change the checksum, any changes in the entity files does. However to fix that for the next rele
[quote who="Ryat" reply="4639" id="2916488"]@OriLord - Our mod is an enhancement mod. The vast majority of your suggestions will not be implemented. Some will and I am sorry if we don't post our IM/TeamSpeak meetings but we have discussed many issues, some of what you listed and some of which you haven't and what we are going to do about them. Its a lot of work and our time is limited by RL. As for our resident "troll" Stant123 he is a very valuable member of our team and if you attem
I did know about the mesh files being broken in B2 I sadly missed removing them before releasing B2 to the public and didnt suffer from that issue myself so it didnt get picked up, I only realised afterwards when thinking back "I removed the textures so why bother with the custom meshs?" hence their deletion (its fixed in my local copy which im currently referring to as B3 but it may just turn out to be 1.0 depending on how things go!) Apologies for not suggesting it sooner I had just
[quote who="blobness" reply="4568" id="2914337"]Just tried the DX fix. Still no joy. Could you please let us know which of the files in the textures folder applies to the Desert Planets?[/quote] That's a shame it didn't fix it. I know this is a stupid question here but you did run the dxsetup.exe file within the folder that file extracts didnt you? (You may also need to restart too) Sorry if that seems insulting just need to double check! I've uploaded .tga version
[quote who="Yanxa" reply="4439" id="2908818"]I've created a Battlestar Galactica map for use with this mod and the Sins of the 13th Tribe mod, and wondered whether you'd be interested. Link below. http://www.mediafire.com/?bk7yq55qr7q720v Also, are there any plans to update your ModDB page?[/quote] Looks good, the Team will be looking over maps etc in the near future to hopefully include some more in the final release of Distant Stars 1.0 (for Diplomac
[quote who="DavidFalcon" reply="4399" id="2906565"]Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity / Diplomacy v1.2 is now out![/quote] :o It's not Thursday... now in my half asleep state after work I shall have to look at making a new patch, this should be interesting :x Hmm, never mind there weren't any changes from the last beta to 1.2 so, enjoy! lol
[quote who="XATHOS" reply="4374" id="2904906"] Quoting Nacey, reply 4373 Interesting every count I do of the lines no matter the version I always get 7112. As Stant mentioned if there is an error in the string file it wont cause any crashes but would report an error to the log files I've not personally had any with quite a few hours of testing. Thanks for confirming the count also Stant, I thought I was going crazy there lol. I fubared on my string count method. 
[quote who="XATHOS" reply="4369" id="2904738"]Your string count if off again. You've got 7112, but you should be having 7217. I don't know if it's causing any bugs (at least from what I've seen so far), but you're gonna wanna fix that.[/quote] Interesting every count I do of the lines no matter the version I always get 7112. As Stant mentioned if there is an error in the string file it wont cause any crashes but would report an error to the log files I've not personally ha
The full download is now available :) http://distantstars.mmobase.com/diplomacy/Distant_Stars_(D)_0.99_B2_[73571136].7z [quote who="Bazkur" reply="4358" id="2904331"]I'm lost, the bat file is to remove textures from the B2 folder but the B2 file hasn't been uploaded yet and we are suppose to use the B1/B2 Patch... so we still have the B1 folde
and so I have returned bearing the fruits of our labour... The Distant Stars team is proud to release Distant Stars 0.99 B2 fixing... well... pretty much everything to date! http://distantstars.mmobase.com/diplomacy/Distant_Stars_(D)_0.99_B2_Patch_[73571136].7z The patch file is for download as above and the full download currently uploading ready
So its finally happened... an official new release. Yes I know its been a long time coming but we still havent hit the 1.0 milestone yet (that will be coming in the near future with the new patches final release. Without further delay I give you version 0.99 Beta One, this release is for Diplomacy users only with the most recent beta patch that has been released. http://distantstars.mmo
[quote who="woolysockofdoom" reply="3867" id="2823247"]I'm actually only curious about these size of planet updates, specifically I see the presence of a Moon size. I'm curious if these sizes present themselves within gravity wells, for instance could a gas giant now have a colonizeable ice moon in it's gravity well?[/quote] Sadly that's not possible due to the way the game works. What they basically are, are smaller versions of the planets with lower resources and smaller gravit
Hey Stant, I do actually have a local version of sins 1.191 compatible soase distant stars however it is no where near ready for release as its in the process of being upgraded with alot of the changes from DS Entrenchment. The issue your having there is that the pipeline effect folder is unique to each SoaSE, Entrenchment and Diplomacy. Easiest way to fix it? Delete the entire folder only one file is now modified in there and it isnt necessary or anything major just shield opacity, s
I have to say im impressed with what you've been doing so far Major. Once your further down the line we'll see about integrating this in to Distant Stars however we do use (as some others have pointed out) alot of extra textures in our mod which whilst wont degredate from using your changes may help us incorporate some other changes we've been talking about with the community lately. I'm glad to see your looking at optimising the strikecraft, because sadly those and trade/refinery ves
If you're using the ForgeTools reference data to mod with that would be your issue. Sadly Stardock havent kept those files up to date and so they will cause an instant mini dump no matter whether your files are correctly edited or not. There are a few threads around that offer full downloads of working reference data sadly I cant find one to link one at the moment. If your using Diplomacy the Diplomacy reference data can be found in the Distant Stars topic at the <a href="https://foru
@Hegemon: After patching you need to rename the Distant Stars folder manually to 0.6 or 0.7 for it to show up in game as the new version. It isnt necessary and is only a cosmetical change, but its worth doing so you know what version you're on but aslong as your checksum is correct its not entirely necessary. @Draak: You've got email back mate, thanks for your work as usual, looks great :) @Everyone else: Sorry about not updating the above post with the direct full download. I
As promised heres the latest patch, currently Diplomacy only, will be released within the next day or two for Entrenchment also once everything is verified as working correctly internally and also by you guys :) Distant Stars (D) Beta 0.7 Change Log: - The new Diplomacy Maps use all the Distant Stars Planet types now - New Capturable Starbases have been discovered - Map Makers rejoice, there are now 24 types of sta
Indeedio, Distant Stars isnt a re-invention of the wheel as such we have however "enhanced" soase. As such we call our mod a SoaSE Enhancement mod where we've take the original game and changed/added many things to it to make the game play more enjoyable whilst keeping the core of the game intact. News on the next patch 'cos no doubt you guys are wanting some more news on it, we'll hopefully be releasing the next patch within the next couple of days.
