MajorStress, Psychoak & Myfist0 : I have SinsII now that it's been launched on Steam. I'm still getting used to it (mainly UI & economy changes) and I haven't even started to look at modding yet. But I should be around to help a little * if * we decide on porting over to SinsII. Edit : There are some modding tools for SinsII at https://github.com/IroncladGames/tools/
[quote who="Yarlen" reply="15" id="3810528"] It is clunky and potentially horrific. OneDrive really should deal with it more cleanly. [/quote] OK Yarlen. Yet more OneDrive woes with the Mod directory in Sins. With Windows 11, it appears you cannot have a directory within the OneDrive directory tree that is not backed up by OneDrive. Clearing the checkbox on the Mods-Rebellion v1.85 folder in the Accounts tab of the OneDrive client now means that those files w
[quote who="Vanex2k" reply="298" id="3843290"] Yes to Sins of a Solar Empire 2 please [/quote] Yup, I'm quietly optimistic too. [e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e] [quote who="Vanex2k" reply="298" id="3843290"] also would be nice to have Sins1 in 64bit meanwhile, since with horde fleets it crashes even with enable large address. [/quote] It's most likely not worth the developer's time in porting legacy code to a new(ish) architecture no
Q: Is Sins compatible with Windows 11?
Not sure how much weight to give to these reports, but B5 might be making a comeback. Hopefully they won't *!@k it up like reboots of other Sci-Fi franchises. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wF38mBKmhc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6PaqzKjHzU
[quote who="Yarlen" reply="13" id="3810517"]I'm at the office and don't have personal OneDrive on right now, but assuming it's like the business version - right-click on its taskbar icon -> Settings. On the Account tab there should be a Choose folders link. Can you unlink the Sins directory under My Games\Ironclad Games?[/quote] Thanks to @psychoak I managed to do this, ref <a href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/choose-which-onedrive-fold
[quote who="Yarlen" reply="10" id="3810290"] You can setup a symbolic link in Windows to redirect this easily. Just create a Junction to where you want to files to actually live - The Complete Guide to Creating Symbolic Links (aka Symlinks) on Windows (howtogeek.com) [/quote]First thing I tried was a sym-link, but OneDrive follows the link and still backs up the mo
Oh dear me. I'm probably sound like one of those guys that complain when the supermarket moves the vegetables to where the bread use to be. But a start menu in the centre of the screen? [e digicons]o_O[/e] MS unveils Windows 11:- https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-57598554
Still no rebellion.user.setting override to be able to move the mod directory to an alternate location? I'm still not able to play any mods as they always get backed up to OneDrive which then quickly gets filled up. That should be quick an easy change that would make a lot of people's life easier.
Saw this at the end of the referenced article from the BBC and instantly thought this could be another opportunity for Stardock given I've been a long time user of Start 8 and Start 10 Quote:- Rebranding rumours aside, it is likely to include a host of new features, a more modern look and a redesigned Start menu.
Any progress on making the location of the mod directory configurable? Ref: https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/496444/enhancement-request-make-mod-directory-configurable
I've modded Sins on and off for some time now, so I'm familiar with the directory structure. It is typically of the form C:\Users\%USERNAME%\Documents\My Games\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire Rebellion\Mods-Rebellion v1.85 I'm also familiar with the DOS mklink /J command to create a symbolic link to another directory, eg on a drive with more capacity than C:, though free space on C: is not an issue here. However, I've hit a real snag after installing Sins on a ne
Some of the minor factions have, and can rebuild, their own capital ships. However if their capital ship gets destroyed, and they are allied with you, then this affects your own empire's capital ship total in the stats screen. Probably shouldn't as they don't get counted in the in-game fleet supply/command crew points
[quote who="Soulassasdr" reply="2" id="3736287"] i need to know also. I have yet to figure out how to take over a minor faction. [/quote]The minor faction's planet needs to be not allied with another empire for Goodwill to work - see the tooltip for the ability. If the minor faction's planet is allied with another empire send in your envoy escorted by some combat ships sand destroy the other empire's envoy. When the planet becomes a hostile neutral then yo
Nice set of enhancements and fixes in the new update. [e digicons]:D[/e] Query - does Diplomatic Immunity get triggered while an envoy cruiser is casting Goodwill to a minor faction planet? I easily took out an enemy's envoy and it never when invulnerable while under attack.
[quote who="High_Guard" reply="2708" id="3732224"] ...but also I couldn't see any references in them to actually build the TEC starbase in particular [/quote] From what I can see:- FrigateTechStarBaseConstructor.entity -> ability:0 "AbilityDeployStarBaseTech" AbilityDeployStarBaseTech.entity -> starBaseType "StarBaseTech" -> StarBaseTech.entity Both FrigateTechStarBaseConstructor.entity and AbilityDeployStarBaseTech.entity have a prerequisit
[quote who="High_Guard" reply="2706" id="3732069"] adding a _2 to the end of the filename.entity. [/quote] Apologies for asking something obvious here, but I assume you mean adding _2 to the basename of the filename, eg xxxx_2.entity and not xxxx.entity_2 [quote who="High_Guard" reply="2706" id="3732069"] updated the entity manifest to include my ability file, [/quote] I usually forget to update the count at the top of the manifest, which means any
[quote who="ringlord52" reply="2" id="3726460"] I'm assuming the two files in the middle are the .exe files? [/quote]Correct [quote who="ringlord52" reply="2" id="3726460"] i cannot find any files with the extension .exe directly in the name. [/quote] Control Panel -> File Explorer Options -> View Clear the "Hide extensions for known file types" checkbox if you want to see file extensions.
[quote who="Darvroth" reply="5110" id="3725323"] The ominous black cubes are so distracting... [/quote]But not as distracting as the large ominous black cubes you get in SOA2 & STA:3 [e digicons]:borg:[/e]
[quote who="Darvroth" reply="5108" id="3725291"] I'm not even sure the engine will support if tech tree can unlock a different model... [/quote]Sins itself does something like that with the Meson Bolt cannon and Burst Rocket upgrades for the TEC's Gauss Defense Platforms, ditto the Synergy upgrade for Advent beam platforms. Not sure if the extra bits are added to the existing model, or it is switching to a model with the extra components on it. IIRC various upgrades for starbases al
If this is the old versions of Sins then this is probably an issue with newer laptops that have two GPUs, one high end the other low end for minimizing drain on the battery. IIRC early versions of Sins Rebellion used to problems on such systems. I had problem on my MSi (GTX 1060 + Intel HD 530) where it didn't detect the available resolutions, hence would run in a low res mode. Switching from full-screen to windowed mode and maximizing seemed an easy work-around in my
That is probably quite a minor reason for why Windows applications aren't available for Linux. Just because many (not all) Linux distros are free, and files can be copied (the latter of which is also true of Windows) does not mean software companies cannot charge for software that runs on that operating system. Many enterprise server applications run on Unix, including Linux, and they can cost a lot of money. What's probably more of an issue is the different operating system
Note sure about Ashes but, IIRC, the string file in Sins of a Solar Empire supported UTF-8 encoding. Maybe worth using that rather than Shift-JIS codepage encoding.
[quote who="Craig Fraser" reply="191" id="3717027"] Is this post dead or do you guys still want Sins 2? [/quote]Definitely - who wouldn't? Sins is still one of my favourite games, and still gets played regularly even though I now have more modern titles that are "flashier".
If you're planning any more updates to Sins here's a request for some minor UI tweaks 1) Empire Tree key binding: & keys select your homeworld and the most recently colonized planet respectively. 2) Stats window->Empire: separate out diplomatic research done from civilian 3) Stats window->Fleet: include "Frigates - Envoy" 4) Stats window->Fleet & Capital Ships: include class-name (eg , alongside, role-name). Would make
