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[quote who="Dinasis" reply="291" id="3097678"] I don't need an explanation of the merits behind the decision, it's business, I never needed to know more than that.[/quote] You can't be more wrong... if business ( money ) was the reason for using steamworks, they will have release Rebellion on steam in the same way that Trinity... Steamwork was mainly included for multiplayer... these multiplayer are a minority for now but Stardock hope that features added by steamw

[quote who="Philly0381" reply="92" id="3097661"]Really, nine different versions of an OS, sounds like overkill to me. [/quote] In fact, there is only one version of windows each time... in these case, maybe the Windows server 8 ( http://www.computerweekly.com/photostory/2240111146/Windows-Server-8-Preview/1/The-Start-Menu )... for the next version down the list, some features (

[quote who="Island Dog" reply="77" id="3096849"]http://www.edbott.com/weblog/2012/03/in-the-valley-anything-less-than-92-share-makes-you-irrelevant/ [/quote] Do you really believe what is wrote in these article, like this : ...And, of course, if you add up the number of Windows XP users (dominated by enterprises) and Windows 7 (mostly consumers and small businesses)... Real number for the enterprises world : <

[quote who="JA_394" reply="7" id="3097370"]My original release had the same problems. That's why I switched to the Steam version...[/quote] Have nothing to do with Steam or not... it is internal to the game... Well, there is some other reason for freeze... if you have apply the last patch ( 1.05 ), new bugs was introduce to the game.... by example, if you destroy a planet wit hthe death star when Solo and Chewi are on the planet, the game freeze too... bug who have not exi

[quote]this one issue was enough to make the experience quite sour.[/quote] Well, it is why it is called a beta !!! People using the Rebellion beta are not there for have fun but for find bug who can make the experience sour for people who buy the game on the official release day off game... Somehow, beta tester are like these human cobaye used by the drugs industry for test new medicines before release on the market... It is your "quite sour experience" who will help

[quote who="axxo2" reply="4" id="3096533"]... maybe it was a glitch.. [/quote] No, it was a ... trap... you have just discover a new feature of rebellion :p

[quote who="Pbhead" reply="1" id="3096526"]That nobody is using a mod - or - that everyone is using the same mod and version.[/quote] Is there already different version for Rebellion??? And mod ??? ... only a few hours after beta release ???

It is a well know issue... In fact, before the total freeze, it can first happen that you cannot select hardpoint on a ennemy ship, that you cannot select one of your unit, that you cannot move a newly build ship or troop... Think is that with mod, a lot more thing happen in game... once you reach some ingame limit related how much thing was builld/kill, problem begin to arise... some have call it the "300 bug" because it somehow begin to happen after the turn 300... b

New ( 1 March ) Stardock/IGN trailer found on italian sins forum ; [video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGNSLdbfJVk#![/video]

[quote who="Dinasis" reply="245" id="3096148"]Pre-Order e-mails are going out. Definitely didn't get any sort of notification. Hoping to get a response from a representative for cancelling my Pre-Order.[/quote] I am a steam user... sure, it is not perfect ( in the years, i have know my share of problem ) but it is better that nothing... The real problem is not about steam but about Stardock having not inform their customer about the change from impulse reactor like it was

Beta is released but it is not yet possible to pre-order using paypal like it was promised... have try to checkout but there is only a option for 4 "brand" of credit card... Is it possible to update your store...

[quote]- add more fighter per squadron (especially with Vasari, with Advent i believe it was fine) or even better increase the numbers of squadrons. I know the low number of Vasari figthers and their comparative strength was there to make factions unique, but please find another way to achieve this. [/quote] There is already thousands of these little fighter/bomber in huge battle... more is the perfect why to lag land...

[quote who="axxo2" reply="59" id="3095715"]where did u find it?[/quote] [quote who="Yarlen" reply="65" id="3095709"]Buttons are being pressed, so watch your email![/quote]

[quote who="Teun-A-Roonius" reply="3" id="3095641"]But if they dont release it today...[/quote] Stardock is not afraid of cat... they have see "postal" and know how to handle the right way gun and cat...

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="220" id="3095590"]Totally number of canceled pre-orders in 2012 (for all reasons): [/quote] I really like statistic... we can make them say what we wish... How much of the people who have pre-order Rebellion are reading the forum and know about Steamworks being integrated in Rebellion in place of impulse reactor who was a announced feature ??? If it is "<1.38%" , it mean that 100% of people knowing about it hav

[quote who="wizisi2k" reply="52" id="3095572"]it either releases in about 1 hr 20 min or Stardock adopted Valve Time[/quote] No, it is Microsoft fault... since Stardock have try win8 , there is a permanent bug in their electronic calendar... all date are shifted with one month... It was not planned to have a Rebellion beta release on the 1 March.... what was really planned is a 1 April joke...

[quote who="axxo2" reply="53" id="3095571"]whats up with this, ive been clicking on my email refresh button for the past 2 hrs!! [/quote] 1 April joke.... Oopppssss ... one month too much early for it... Damn Win8 electronic calendar ...

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="34" id="3094950"]I made a video outlining what I'm talking about[/quote] your own comment on you tube : "If they renamed it Window 8 instead of Windows 8 it might be more truth in advertising." ... so much true !!!

[quote] I can't even imagine trying to explain how this works to a typical enterprise customer[/quote] [video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4VtNLl6Ca4[/video] "Does this have like a professional version without all this bullshit"

It's coming tomorrow !!!!! https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/418857 Tomorrow, we plan to release BETA 1 of Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion so users can see both the graphical update and, more importantly, the new Rebellion and Loyalist factions, Titans, new capital ships and the hundreds of other changes and additions to the Sins of a Solar Empire universe.

Wrll, i use gcc, the open source compiler... a good one but not the best... cannot compare with the top quality commercial compiler who have plenty of option... Any way, recompiling a single thread application with the option automatic parallelization lead at least to around 7% performance increase... it is a little but it is better that nothing... Without any rewrite of the code, AP option mainly use parallelism for the loop... As for performance, there is a other way p

xp : good vista : failure Win7 : good Win8 : a failure to come Win9 : ... well, if we follow the pattern, it will be good... Like Vista was somehow the beta of Win7, maybe Win8 is like a beta of a upcoming better OS...

Wowww, so early... need to fast transfer money on pay-pal since it take around 4 working day for money to appear there... As for the video, the really awesome thing is the zoom... yes, i know, it is there from the beginning but it is a pleasure to have a smooth zoom from the galactic level to the smallest detail... Retexture work !!! Hope that it is not again a switch between two texture channel else modders will kill you !!!

Have pick OS X but have wish to choose Linux ( who is not listed )

Now that i see the Major Stress post, i have one question for Manick... what version of sins do you play... Vanilla, Entrenchment, or Diplomacy... If it is one of the first two, it is a good idea to use the TSOP mod... it smooth the game... with diplomacy, it is not so much needed since several of the TSOP fix along with some Stardock optimization was included in one of the last few patch... so, be sure that your have a updated version of sins/ent/dip... As for the so called 2