TheRezonator

you are certainly correct, its alot of work to make new races. i definitly think we should get this bit done first then move on to expansions... i do have to say about your races idea, Volt... 1. all 4 of the races seem very... similar... as in, youve got advanced humans... then youve got killer robots... then youve got killer humans... then youve got advanced robots... 2. at least 2 of the races dont have much use for an economy... well... thats a game mechanic that w

[quote who="Khezef" reply="3" id="2301905"]PJI? [/quote] Phase Jump Inhibitor there is also the reason that if you over extend yourself, either geographically or economically, you can scuttle a planet to reduce the strain. for instance, if you expand too quickly early-mid game, and dont upgrade your planets, you can actually create a negative income situation. in this case, you would want to scuttle a planet to start making money again. also, if you take a

"Chuck Norris wuz here"

yes empire tree, but also in fleet groupings. for instance, when i play, i make a fleet and assign it a number grouping. so my first Main Battle Fleet is numbered 1 and set as a fleet, then a Support fleet will be numbered 2 and set as a fleet. unmodded, the active ship i have selected (as in the ship whose abilities i can see and activate) will become fleet leader when i say form fleet, and when i press control 1, i will always select that fleet and that ship as the active on

by the way, you do realise that alot of the forums and subtopics are not available to people who read the forums via Impulse? Modding, Dev Journals, Beta Feedback... as a matter of fact anything other than the main Sins forum are unaccessible to Impulse users. Seems a wee bit silly to me [EDIT] in fact, seems a big bit silly to me, i knew forums.sinsofasolarempire.com did exist, but i also saw the same posts etc on Impulse. Since i preferred to use Impulse, i stayed th

just a question (sorry if its been brought up before i didnt feel like reading the past 97 pages) but what would you convert the Vasari to? IMO the best option is to convert them to either Flood controlled ships etc (yes, its not very original ship model wise, but you could certainly do some interesting things with research/defense/weapons, everything really. everything you wanted to do to Halo technology but were afraid to ask =P) or, you could convert them to the Heretic Fle

i played for a few hours last night, and no dumps what i did notice (though by no means did i test the game exhaustively) is that Ship priority in a fleet is all whacked up in an unmodded game, cap ships come first, with the fleet admiral ship (so the one you have selected when you press the form fleet button) being the first of those. In DS, it would appear that Light Carriers come first, then Offensive Utility Cruisers, then HC, then Defensive Utility Cruis

i first saw it in an email years ago, i couldnt think of anything really good-yet somewhat original so i went with that =) if you want it, go google image search "Peace Explosion" you should come up with it there is another one with the explosion giving you 'The Finger' =P &nb

well, thats cause we keep going off on tangents =P right, so i have an idea for the Nolane Converter! (Advent Lancer) it came to me just before i fell asleep last night the original idea calls for he ship to be massive (think 3-4 progenitors strapped together at the 'head' (fat bit at the top) in a star shape) but im sure we can make it smaller so, im not sure if i want to do it with 3 or 4 arms, but, imagine a central fuselage, more or less cylindrical in shape. the f

[quote]Guys, please bear in mind that having devs posting regularly in and of itself as we've had in the past is an oddity in the industry. It's not at all unusual for them to be quietly working on the next update/project.[/quote] so like i said, hire some kid, part time, still in school/college or just out of college, and get him to write a paragraph every once in a while? I remember Bungie during Halo 2 and 3 development, there were multiple posts a week, including a standar

its basically a big, ugly, upright surfboard? I have to say... thats a butt ugly ship mate... not only is it not congruent with TEC style, but its just boring and ugly... i want to say here though, i really, truly dont mean to sound like an ass, or like im flaming you... but its my opinion that its a boring and ugly model still, well done, its further than i could get, so kudos to you for trying!

Do you still know the email address or username you had with your first account? if not, im pretty sure you can always make a new account and just transfer all your purchased games to your new account... if not, email [email protected] and ask them about it. of course, you need an email or username or some sort of ID good luck

[quote who="DMC RAPIER" reply="15" id="2300644"]bump [/quote] why?

[quote]but I am NOT a graphics programmer[/quote] so this is completely outside your realm of expertise? okay, fine, my mistake, forget i said anything

i have this issue sometimes. the screen stays black until im sure its frozen... and then the Ironclad logo comes up although other times the IC logo will come up very quickly... you should try opening the game again, and just let it run for as long as possible. if after say 10-15 minutes (on the extreme end) nothing happens, then contact [email protected] about it.

if you are looking at making some sort of Sins related program, you'd be very well off talking to harpo99999 , he's made all sorts of programs, from Mod Auto-Updaters and User-Friendly Text Editors, to Map Updaters and Language Translators for Mods etc. If its help you need, he'll be the best g

its late there now isnt it? tell me, atm, i seem to be giving my opinions on whatever you come up with, so shall i maybe start working on a research tree (or at least research add-ons?) and another thing... so far, we just have our 6 new ships, 2 new caps and some research... do we want to add anything else? it can be related to the core concept of this mod or just an idea in general, like... extra SC types... new structures... new research or abilities... more/different pirate ships?

i agree with this entirely ive been so starved for information that ive resorted to the Sins Modding forum (which, i might add, is not accessible from Impulse. Not that its IC's responsibility, but SD, get your house in order! How on Earth do you think it is acceptable to provide access to some forums but not others?) and have started making my own mod with things id like to see in the game. why? because im pretty darn certain that most ideas outside of balancing options are ignored b

[quote]The astrom cannon runs pretty much the entire length of the ship...[/quote] i meant in terms of diamter. you can have a slug that is 5 kilometers long, but if its 3 cm in diameter, its not going to do that much damage (excuse the gross exaggeration) and again, aside from the science (call it a particle cannon/ion cannon whatever (though in the link i provided, an Ion Cannon was referred to as a particle weapon...) regardless) aside from the science, its still the cool f

[quote who="Volt_Cruelerz" reply="8" id="2300272"]Whatever the above case, it is irrelevant. The physics involved in the linear accelerator such as gauss cannons and railguns is irrelevant. As such, I suggest we get back on topic. [/quote] fine, regardless, from a purely aesthetic and 'cool factor' point of view, as well as considering graphics application, an Ion Cannon would be good. It sounds awesome, it looks awesome, it is explainable and understandable, and the

[quote]also, am i right in thinking that the reason the Kamrock has no aft weaponry is because Phase Missiles can be fired backward? if thats so, can the Gartels aft Torpedos be fired at targets in front of the ship? No, they can't...[/quote] fair enough (though what about the first part of the question?) so... what exactly is the role of torpedos? to the best of my knowledge they dont exist in the TEC armoury, other than Ogrov weaponry but... so... what are you thinking? graphics wis

[quote who="Whiskey144" reply="7" id="2300265"]1st off, I NEVER SAID THAT ION CANNONS ARE PLASMA CANNONS. Volt did. Not me. So don't blame me for that. Yes, I sometimes come off as arrogant. that's I problem THAT I HAVE. I'm working on that though. As for the Ion Cannons, I am sorry for being unresearched on that. I thought that they energized the ions similar to the way a plasma weapon creates a plasma; I was wrong and Ion Cannons are actually particle beams. My bad. Lo

only have a few seconds here so i just want to say three things 1. Whiskey, i would appreciate you not being an arrogant jackass. i too hate the Kol Gauss Railgun ability name, as i hate the MAC gun name (Halo), you yourself said you dont know how Ion Cannons work. Do some research before shooting your mouth off 2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion_thruster <-- Ion Drive (engine) technlogy. Ions are propelled

well, what are the specs exactly? the box tells you the minimum requirements to play so work it out. but a insufficiently powerful graphics card or processor wouldnt cause the computer to shut down. it might cause the game to crash, or at least slow down and stall/stop responding, but it wouldnt shut your computer down. the only thing it can be is overheating or a bug/virus/error etc telling/causing the comp to shut down if you dont want to take it apart yourself you

hey, sorry bout my absence, my gf comes over on weekends and she doesnt like me on Impulse =( i like the Gartel... the weird circular opening looking thing in the middle is a little odd though... honestly this model could be substituted with the Astrom quite easily... aside from that, i count 4 weapon mounts on the side of the Gartel, and unless you intend to build the aft torpedo tubes into the fusealge of the ship itself, i cant see them. i thought we said 2 heavy autocann