Han_Trio

i recently stumbled across http://www.youtube.com/user/HCBailly who did many old school let´s plays, mainly from (S)NES, GB and PS1 titles. very entertaining and addictive :)

just for the sake of completeness: ;) this will happen every time you update your game to a newer version (and it´s not the only game, starcraft players for example have to deal with exactly the same issue down to the present day). if i remeber correctly, there once was a thread here where the new diplomacy add-on was discussed, and it was mentioned that this problem is known and will possibly be taken care of in the near future, when diplomacy is released

go to http://www.impulsedriven.com/ and download the impulse software. you must register your soase copy and can then download the latest patch via impulse. (this is the only way to do it, there is no downloadable .exe file) having that done, you have to create an ICO (ironclad online) account in the game itself. happy gaming and welcome to the soase community :)

[quote who="kyogre12" reply="9" id="2502843"] Quoting Mystiqblackcat, reply 8The decade isn't over yet. The new decade starts 2011. Think about it. You might want to be the person thinking about it. For most people, the previous decade was January 1 2000 to December 31 2009, which is ten years. Unless your decade started in 2001, you'd have an 11 year decade there...[/quote] that´s the same mistake there ;) actually, our "modern" timeline star

this has nothing to do with a virus ;) (it is btw the reason i have been trying to explain several other people for YEARS why you cannot simply copy a game´s folder onto an external HD, then format your built-in HD when you´re experiencing some windows prob and simply paste back your game folder afterwards when you installed a new windows) : virtually any (or, at least, most) software you install will not only install itself into the a

just to rule out other possibilities: have you got the impulse software installed and updated your entrenchment to the latest version (1.041) ? if not, go to http://www.impulsedriven.com/ and do it ;) (for further info on that, search the forum for "update" or "patch" something if necessary, there are several threads already.)

upgrading the fleet capacity is similar to researching a certain tech, so, as long as you can pay for it, you can always do it. the only drawback is that it will permanently cut your income by a certain (rising) percentage and is not again "downgradable", so yes, in a certain way, you´ll have to take over more planets first to avoid an economic crisis ;)

have you tried downloading + installing the impulse software?

alternatively, you could always go to http://anywhere.impulsedriven.com/ and download the entire game for an offline installation including the latest patch . you will need impulse installed on the target computer, but no internet connection is required. this is officially supported, so you can use your normal account on both machines. the only thing you won´t be able to do is play online at the same time, but LAN should be no prob.

as always - depends ;) personally, i like it more the military way, so i go for LRFs first, but nonetheless cleaning up any volc / ice planets in my way so they can later be colonized by a colo ship (i play TEC mainly, so i need it for the neutral extractors anyway). i find it more important to build a strong fleet and not "waste" time by early civil tech. you could of course go for early civil tech and hope to get a resource advantage, bu

[quote who="Itharus" reply="2" id="2422936"]It will ruin the frackin' game[/quote] nice to see another BSG fan here, too :) besides, i agree with him: one might consider the option of stealing/duplicating (ship) techs when all the available races in a game have at least more or less the same tech tree(s), but since this is not the case, i´d basically not support this. the idea itself is interesting, but not in a game like SOASE. the

the downloadable version at impulsedriven always includes the latest patch :) ( 1.181.067, at the moment) there are no incremental updates available on impulsedriven, though - so you´ll have to download it again if there is a new patch. BUT .. the incremental patchtes which are still to come will be a lot smaller and even a 56k modem should hopefully do it using the normal patch way via impulse, then.

http://anywhere.impulsedriven.com/ you can login there with your impulse account, download the actual vanilla / entrenchment version (offline installation possible), on a friend´s pc, then take it home and install it on your own. i´m not sure whether you have to uninstall your game first, but i would guess so.

well, the only thing i know fur sure is: this is the right place to ask it might fit better in the general forum rather than in off topic, though ;) for the rest .. there is a bundle with the original sins + entrenchment for 34,95$ (download only) or, you can buy the original sins only (dvd) for ~ 20, but that depends. here in germany for example, you can get it for 10€, which is about 15$ atm. you could have a look for used games, but

"Sins of a Solar Empire: Diplomacy Gamers can complete their Sins of a Solar Empire experience with the final micro-expansion of the series." ... "Diplomacy will be released digitally during the first quarter of 2010 for $9.95." (source: http://pax.stardock.com/) i think i had even heard of a planned 4th micro-expansion somewhere, but obviously, the diplomacy add-on will be the last one (at

no, you got something completely wrong there ;) first of all, the construction frigates belong only to the one planet they´re first built at (every planet has its own ones, which appear automatically once the planet is yours). what you need to do is to colonize a planet (after clearing the environment of hostile ships), which can be done by a colonization frigate, or by one of your capital ships (the one in the middle when you bu

if you update via impulse, the game is always automatically patched up to the latest version (which is 1.17 at the moment, yes). so if you "only" have 1.04 right after the installation, i am afraid that yes, you will have to download the whole patch. i am not sure about incremental patches. since the whole patching is done via impulse, there seems to be no downloadable "soase_1.04_1.07.exe" or something :(

first off, the vasari´s orculus SB can move, so this one has a certain offensive potential (when attacking a hostile planet which later, if succesfully occupied, will be yours). this might also be important as the vasari have no "true" anti-SB vessel, as the TEC torpedo cruiser, for example (except for a heavy fleet, of course ;) ) second (i haven´t tried this out yet: but from what you´re saying, allies can also build SB´s in your own grav well)

you could also go to http://anywhere.impulsedriven.com/ just login with your impulse account and you can download a full soase / entrenchment version including the latest patch(es). (impulse has to be installed before that, though.)

there is a petition where you can sign to encourage blizzard to employ LAN in SC2. it is - imho - written quite well and worth to be signed. hopefully, it might be a small opportunity to push them in the right direction ;) -> http://www.petitiononline.com/LANSC2/petition.html is the petition

1. depends. ultimately, the whole game is about finding an appropriate balance between scouting, expanding / colonizing planets, economy and building up a strike force. appropriate means that especially on very small maps (where your homeworld lies just next door to the enemy´s), you would want to focus more on pure military force to quickly crush your enemy and neglect the other things, for example. so, (very) early engagements CAN take place, but it is more likely that

excuse me, but i am relatively new to the game. CoBBQ, i don´t quite get your point (concerning game terms, that is, not your argumentation itself). why would that favor the TEC? are their starbases so much cheaper than those of the other races? i mean, why wouldn´t vasari and advent be able to employ the same tactic? from what i´ve learned about the game so far, the TEC have a slight advantage concerning economy. is that

my thoughts exactly, Darvin3 ;) the starbase idea has my full support the way it is mentioned - the possibility to regain a free slot by effectively removing one of the prior upgrades and getting nothing repaid for it - that seems pretty fair, although you could add a certain amount of benefit, like for example 5 - 10% of the invested resources. the fleet thing is even more interesting. one might suggest that it is just bad luck if you misplan you

here´s a little experience i made. it took me nearly 2 hours before i realized what exactly went "wrong" [e digicons]XO[/e] i´ll share with you so hopefully you won´t make the same mistake. in the end, it worked for me to simply delete the 3 mentioned files, BUT: at first, i cut them out and put them into a new sub folder in the mesh folder (named somewhat like .. "old mesh" or so - i admit, i´m a careful person, so i didn´t just want to