Nacey

With Diplomacy 0.90 being released here's the 0.90 Compatibility patch: http://distantstars.mmobase.com/diplomacy/DS_Diplomacy_Alpha_0.6_Patch.7z No new features just compatibility with all of their new changes :) On to the information about Entrenchment and the next patch (unfinished patch notes): - We're adding new upgades/research (two tiers in

Oh this gets better and better, just hope some of that AI work you mentioned really buffs them! Superweapons and Phase Jump Inhibitors for the AI anyone? :P Now I just need to get Distant Stars working with it again :x

[quote who="swordsbane" reply="4" id="2470349"]Neither seems to work. I piled the only pirate bases in one system connected by wormholes to the rest of the galaxy Each pirate base had a wormhole tech artifact on it. That works for the players, but there were no pirate raids until I actually entered the system.[/quote] I also ran in to the same problem, doesnt look like the Pirates are able to research either due to lack of Technology/Research structures are just down

[quote who="Prince_PWNly" reply="1688" id="2469851"]How do we turn dynamic movement on? It isn't anywhere in the options, do I have to put the file in some particular place?[/quote] If you look inside the extras folder take the folders within the "DM" folder and paste them over the top of the other files for the main mod. I'll post an update about the next patch tomorrow, too tired atm ;)

[quote who="-Ue_Carbon" reply="1681" id="2466838"]The defense tree will be fix in the patch, we are adding addtional lines to the block.[/quote] The defense tree isnt the only tree having a slight revamp, next patch will see the introduction of a few more techs, yes Planetary defenses are getting some new research levels, yet they're being slightly nerfed to start off. The other technologies for planetary access are also being correctly positioned on the appropriate tech trees. A

[quote who="Nacey" reply="7" id="2460432"]Here's my list of suggestions for Diplomacy, well actually they are more like requirements for longetivity after this expansion is released due to it being the last: SUGGESTIONS: AI AI Ability to spend all of their cash on, well anything finishing games against any AI when they have anything more than a few thousand credits shouldnt be possible they should be spending as much money as they possibly can on trying to sur

Not sure if it would work (it'd be a pain to test) but you could probably give them the research for it, make it free, take 1 second to research and see how it goes. More than likely possible in Diplomacy see'ing as the Pirates have research by default but its worth a shot.

[quote who="Whiskey144" reply="1676" id="2466358"]hmm, I haven't played any race except Vasari at present, and their Destabilizer is set up properly (I think, might have to go back&check). As for their orbital defense, well, that thing was a bit "not right" in terms of tier. The icon is way off on the right (making it look tier 7), but is really only tier 4. With the Vasari on the example I gave there actually wasn't any more room! But I haven't played any other races in DS0.95

Stupid forum double posting >.

@mike2h: I'm glad to hear changing that graphics setting helped, weirdly some people do suffer from this issue and others dont but it is a very common issue. However, I hope you enjoy playing Distant Stars the way it's meant to be played... Crash free! @anteachtaire: This is how the ability works in default sins we havent buffed/nerfed it, its to stop the ability being abused and becoming incredibly overpowered.

[quote who="Ryat" reply="2" id="2465909"] Quoting ice27828, reply 1I believe there is a version of DS for the latest vinalla No garrentee that it works though not yet, but Nacey is working hard on it[/quote] Indeed I'am, I currently have the majority of the strings, planets, and abilities working correctly just the trickier stuff to convert that im working on atm when I get chance. However you can use the current version of Distant Stars for SoaSE witho

Here's a mirror of the download from the Distant Stars hosting until Dekhranic sorts his link out: http://distantstars.mmobase.com/other/DK_-_SoaSE_Mod_Tool_GUI_-_1.5.0.0.7z

[quote who="Carbon016" reply="1667" id="2465376"] Quoting Ryat, reply 1616Sure we will use the English.str file, we appreciate any help from anyone, Here it is - I de-typoed all the DS-specific stuff at the end of the 0.95 string file, which I assume is most/all of it.[/quote] Much appreciated Carbon we'll work those in to the next update :) Sadly with all the time we spend programming grammatical errrors kind of fall by the wayside >. <a id="ctl00__Content__R

First off with the planetary defenses guys we'd really like your feedback so we can adjust them to perfectly balance them before the final 1.0 release. [quote who="Orciencor" reply="1658" id="2464768"]Well, I haven't tested yet to be sure, but I think I found the problem behind this one. In SquadPsiGunship.entity the fighterIllusionEntityDef "" looks like this. Meaning blank entry for Anima Tempest. Just toss in FighterPsiGunship between the quotes, and it ought to b

Finally after a long few days of coding frantically 0.95 is ready not only for Entrenchment but Diplomacy also. Anyone patching make sure to delete the following files first: Textures\Buttons_Research_CursorOver.tga Textures\Buttons_Research_Disabled.tga Textures\Buttons_Research_Normal.tga Textures\Buttons_Research_Pressed.tga Textures\plating_color.PSD Textures\plating_n

[quote who="-Ue_Carbon" reply="1625" id="2461584"]Tommorow evening?!? Geee....not much time for internal testing?[/quote] Less talking more testing :P

[quote who="ice27828" reply="1623" id="2461502"]This is just a shout out to people who are expecting an update the Dynamic movment, all development will be suspended till after the Dec 23 this is due to exams. BTW, just a heads up the next version will not be for entrenchment, but rather updated for dipolomacy.[/quote] Due to this i'll temporarily take over updating this until Moosters return from his exams. Quick update for you all: 0.95 should be releasing tomorrow evening a

[quote who="MasonOfSparta" reply="1" id="2459693"]Can you elaborate? We've had a similar problem in the office with a laptop installation of Sins. I suspect you might've solved it via a reinstall, but I'd love to know more so we can squash this thing at its roots.[/quote] I actually had this exact same issue whilst merging Distant Stars with Diplomacy. The issue I had was due to the Pipeline effects folder loading older files after reinserting the Diplomacy files for a second time it

[quote who="lbgsloan" reply="9" id="2460587"]It would really be nice if the AI learned how to make use of superweapons by the end of the beta. It really puts them at a handicap in long games.[/quote] Added that to my list too!

Here's my list of suggestions for Diplomacy, well actually they are more like requirements for longetivity after this expansion is released due to it being the last: SUGGESTIONS: AI AI Ability to spend all of their cash on, well anything finishing games against any AI when they have anything more than a few thousand credits shouldnt be possible they should be spending as much money as they possibly can on trying to survive. AI

The reference data included with the current version of the forge tools is actually out of date which would be causing your crashing. There are some other threads around in the modding forum that has the complete reference data for you to download sorry I don't have a link handy but im sure someone will be in to post a link at some point. You can ofcourse make your own reference data by using any of the conversion tools that are here on the forums, DaKhronic's and Harpo's tools are gr

[quote who="Thilock" reply="1603" id="2457969"]Any plans for Sins of Solar Empire: Diplomay when it's official released?[/quote] We definetely plan on having a Diplomacy version of Distant Stars its just a matter of time. I already have a *mostly* working version of Distant Stars with Diplomacy however at the moment all of our time is going in to getting Entrenchment finished before christmas ready for Diplomacys release early next year. As with Entrenchment we will hopefully

[quote who="Ryat" reply="6" id="2456388"]Hey Nacey dont forget to add in that us moders want better control over the AIs please[/quote] Ah yes that also, more control for modders would be great, but at the same time not necessary if the AI is evil enough to begin with ;)

The one thing that has always been a HUGE shortcoming with the SoaSE AI is that it stockpiles its resources instead of spending them. At the end of most games with the AI if you check their resources they always have hundreds of thousands of Credits, Metal & Crystal (at the end of longer games) if the AI actually spent these resources on a fleet, research or anything infact the AI could be an actual threat just due to sheer numbers, Instead they just stockpile the money use a small(ish) f

[quote who="DRoseDARs" reply="1579" id="2453376"]I have to second the request that someone take a look at the current download option for the full ds ent. beta 0.90 34826167.7z file. I've tried downloading multiple times on different computers, each time WinRAR reports almost 500 of the files fail to unpack correctly (starts around 97%). I'd really like to try this mod.[/quote] Sorry about the delay to responding I've been away from home for a few days now and im only just catching up