Ok I've not actually had chance to test this as of yet but as far as im aware it should be doable, I've been doing similar things in the Distant Stars mod, and this one an idea I had toyed with introducing at a later date. First things first, you'll need to create: - A new Frigate class vessel to spawn the ship from, or atleast a copy and paste of an old frigate - The new frigate needs a new ability, lets call it "AbilityNeutralStarbaseSpawner" for now - The new abil
Glad to see disabling the particles has helped atleast a little with the problem were having. To answer your question about when the other patch should be coming out, all going well it should be out by the end of this week, which should also include the pirates nerfs.
Just so its known I've now uploaded a mirror to the TXT based files for DEFAULT SoaSE Diplomacy files, as mentioned above we will not be releasing TXT versions of distant stars nor will we support these files, they are just there for those that wish to mod the files to use. Also included is a changed files folder so only the files that have changed since the patch before that version are included. [quote who="CarlNick" reply="2595" id="2549935"]OK, I tried out V.6 and I just saw
These are some great models, thanks for releasing them publically for everyone to use! :) Im sure the community can benefit from them. Hell we may even use some of them in Distant Stars in the future :)
[quote who="Xak02" reply="2591" id="2549631"]I just downloaded the new beta v.6, but I don't see the extras folder anywhere. Did I do soemthing incorrectly? By the way this is an awesome mod woooo. [/quote] Diplomacy doesnt yet have an extras folder however after the next patch it will do. This was done so we could get the core mod working with diplomacy first and quelch any bugs that arose quickly and then move on to the mini-mods.
[quote who="SteinerX" reply="2568" id="2547955"] 2) The loading screens and portrait pictures dont appear properly, whats wrong? i) This is an issue with ATI based graphics cards (rarely affects Nvidia based cards) we're looking in to the issue. In the .tga and .dds the alpha needed to be altered for the new portrait pics, etc... as it masks the the pictures so areas need to be deleted for the new pictures to appear ... Have altered most
As Carbon mentioned the files are cross compatible from Entrenchment to Diplomacy. I have updated the "FAQ" in the main post with a DIY way to do this if you dont wnat to download the entrenchment files. Nacey
Without modding sadly its not really possible apart from how GoaFan has mentioned having the wormhole dump the ships off at a useless planet. However if you do want to mod or want to use anothers mod we do have a Black Hole & Black Hole Star for use in the Distant Stars mod for just such an occasion!
[quote who="ice27828" reply="2539" id="2545379"]Lol, as for DM, since the ships are pretty much the same as the entrechment ones, so I have already told Nacey where to go for the general direction for the DM. So it should be already in the works, if not I'll finish up on my side and send it over.[/quote] It is indeed a simple fix to add Dynamic Movement in to Diplomacy. However releasing the minimods at an early stage of Alpha / Beta testing of the Diplomacy version of Distant Stars w
[quote who="boshimi336" reply="2510" id="2543674"]When playing multi-player with this mod ... in the quick buy / sell, are the numbers supposed to be like -246582921 and stuff? Or was that an issue that was patched in .6? Everything plays great and normal in single player ... I don't know if this is a bug or if it's a normal occurance. ~boshimi336 P.S. Thank you for including my graphics mod in this. HOPEFULLY before the end of summer I will have an updated versi
Anddd the patch is fially here, sorry for the slow release guys. It's been a long day! Diplomacy only release: Patch: http://distantstars.mmobase.com/diplomacy/Distant_Stars_(D)_Beta_0.6_Patch_[36815926].7z Full Download: Currently uploading, will be availab
[quote who="coinich" reply="2476" id="2540953"]Don't mean to sound pushy, but was there going to be an update to this for Diplomacy released soon? I'm planning on doing some major modding (again, 'cause I just got Diplomacy) but I'd rather wait if you all are going to update some files again.[/quote] If the devs release their update tomorrow, we should be updating on the evening not long after the official update is released all going well, I have alot of work I need to get done
[quote who="Dashotosho" reply="2452" id="2538986"]Not that it's a major problem but I did also notice that the research prerequisite for Sulfurous Respiration was only 2 ranks of Extreme Heat Metabolism when it was probably intended to be set at 4. (Vasari 'hostile' population cap increase) Not sure if you guys already knew or if it was intended to be that way but I figured I would mention it.[/quote] Fixed, thanks for pointing that out I dont spend much time on the Vasari side
[quote who="OnlyMaestro" reply="2444" id="2538802"]Does the patch have to be activated like a mod (on top of list...) or can the patch files be copied directly over the original files? That's the method I followed, and everything appears to be working well; I also run with powerful pirates + moosters dynamic and have yet to suffer a crash.[/quote] The patches are supposed to copied over the original mods files (not the original game) so as not to cause any issues with futur
Quick update for all of you guys about how the next patch(es) are coming along: Current Change List: - Fixed the "missing string" researches - Fixed Portrait pictures for each race - Repeating sound from the Advent Gunships has been fixed (Thanks Dashotosho) - Gun Turrets are now all set to their correct stats (default prices, double damage) - Pirates now use their capital ships again during pirate raids, and yes this hurts like hell atm
Powerful pirates isnt incorporated in to any of the mods by default however the pirates are more powerful in Distant Stars as standard. You dont need to lower your settings to to lowest or anything however using "highest" settings will cause crashes no matter the specifications of your computer, its a limit of the game engine and nothing we can do to fix it you have been warned. The Diplomacy version thats available at the moment is still a ways behind the Entrenchment build which is
Sadly splitting up our mod in to seperate pieces at the moment just isnt possible none of us have a local copy of our mod which is seperately split up as we never originally intended for it to be that way and isnt a feasible task for us to do with our current time limitations in the near future and logistically speaking the multiplayer issues with checksums would be nightmarish. As nice as making it modular would be for the limited advantages it would give it currently just isnt worth th
The string file doesnt really do much, there are only minor parts of that file that actually matter (the Galaxy references for example), the main differences can be found within the GameInfo folder, new lines are added to certain files and changes made to the "PlayerRACE.entity" files which arent cross expansion compatible, and without those lines causes minidumps. There are also a few new "aiusetime" commands available in diplomacy which wouldnt work in entrenchment and would also cause issu
Hey guys sorry its been a while since i've done an update as the others have mentioned I've been rather busy as of late with many things. Now to get down to some of the issues people have been having: - The missing strings for the capture ships ability is because that ability no longer exists in entrenchment and wont exist in diplomacy after the next patch (the Entrenchment version is further ahead than Diplomacy in many respects development wise) - The TEC Capital Ship Fact
[quote who="Midnighter90" reply="2305" id="2531000"] Quoting Ryat, reply 2283@ midnighter90- did you try unzipping to the desktop first before moving it over? Yes, still no luck. I think it's Creatives driver's which are causing a incompatibility with Win7x64 and Sins. Need to investigate this.... [/quote] I personally use W7 x64 so i'll look in to this tomorrow also :)
[quote who="Ryat" reply="2303" id="2530849"]Upon further study of the issue, I found that Diplomacy did a massive overhaul to the Gameplay constants (which also explains why there is no longer any pirate caps in the pirate raids, though currently that is a good thing). When Nacey set up the 0.5 beta he was doing so in a hurry for he had a serious RL event in his life. It will be changed soon, probably with the next update so please stay tuned.[/quote] Indeed the gameplay.constants has
Anddd with Diplomacy being released a few hours ago now here's the patch you've all been waiting for: Diplomacy Release, 1.00 Compatible: Beta 0.5 Release: <span style="font-size
Heres the Entrenchment 1.05 patch for you all: Beta 0.9951 Release: Beta 0.995 Patch from 0.995 to 0.9951: http://distantstars.mmobase.com/entrenchment/
