Welcome to the 7 DEADLY SINS mod, as featured in PC GAMER by DANMAN .
Welcome to 7 Deadly Sins 2.5 FINAL for the latest version of Sins Entrenchment 1.053.7DS can only be played at HIGH maximum settings. DO NOT USE VERY HIGH settings. This will cause a minidump. Also, there is an issue with Win7 64 bit. You will get crashes, load errors, or the game will not even play, with or without warning. Just keep reloading the game and trying until you actually get into the game and play. This is a Windows problem, not a problem with Sins or 7DS.
7 Deadly Sins is:
The ultimate combo mod, the "unoffical" expansion of Sins of a Solar Empire, or so it has been dubbed by the mod community.The work of many individual modders working together under my leadership (DANMAN3712).Nearly 4 years old and downloaded in various forms over 100k times worldwide and in 5 languages.
Together, we form the 7DS Mod Team and the backbone of DANMAN GAMES www.danmangames.com
7 Deadly Sins is the combination of original 7DS Team content and other mods including:
Sins Plus - By UziiSolar Sins - By DANMANSins Enhanced - By KrissemBailknights Graphical Mod 1.3 - By BailknightWLD Graphical MOD - By Lost WLDVolumetric Explosions 0.85 - By Mansh00terStar Wars (Empire only) - By EvilJediMetal Storm - By SpardaSon21HammerSun Pirate Mod - By HammerSunUFO Mod - By i NertKreyson's Battlewagons Mod - KreysonSins Sounds - GurkozSins Music (unreleased) - GurkozAncient Ones, Atlantians (unreleased) - DANMANStar Control / Master of Orion Mod (unreleased) - DANMANNPC Starbases -Thanks Distant Stars for the helpHD Player loadscreen pictures of Arilou, KohrAh and Kzerza by Damon Czanik who is making "UrQuan Masters: Project 6014" dczanik.deviantart.comCustom HUD displays for all races. Thanks Rick Hughes or Rick's Galaxy http://ricksgalaxy.homestead.com/index.html
So, now I know what you want...a list of what YOU, the player, is actaully getting with this mod. Well, here is a non-inclusive list:
11 brand new colonizable planet types Colonizable Gas Giants, with new types of Gas Giants 5 Colonizable Stars - you colonize the moons that orbit them
Over 80 brand new planetary bonuses, including negative ones -even one that can completely sterilize the world for the remainder of the game.
1 New Star - White Star
1 Modified Star - Green is now a Neutron Star
1 New Super Massive Black Hole - at the center of some solar systems2 Black Holes - will destroy your ships3 Nebuleas - complete with baby stars3 Different Moons, orbiting various planets and Stars
Galactic Rescaling by Makon to improve performanceRescaled Planets and Gravity Wells by Danman for greater visual appeal
* Completely new soundtrack, provided by Chris Payne (DMG Composer), Gurkoz, Makon, Lucas Arts (Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis Game) & (Star Wars), Frank Klpacki (Universe at War Soundtrack), and Toys for Bob, the developers of Star Control 1 & 2.* Completely new sound effects, provided by Gurkoz, Toys for Bob, and Lucas Arts.* New star color variants with matching skyboxes, provided by the Sins Enhanced mod.* All new weapons, engines, abilities, and explosion effects, provided by Bailknight's Graphical mod, WLD Graphical mod, Volumetric Explosions, and DANMAN.* Hundreds of custom researches, including those created by DANMAN, HammerSun, and Uzii.* More individualized research for each race instead of shared research giving each race their own unique feel.* Altered Artifacts, the 7 DEADLY SINS of Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Wrath, Envy, and Pride.* Dozens of custom ship models, including those from HammerSun, i Nert, EvilJedi, Kiedjor, DANMAN, and the X3: Reunion development team.* Dozens of new maps, provided by SamazRalan and the 7DS Mod Team.* New opening video and logos, video by SamazRalan, logos by DANMAN.* New loadscreens, menu colors, and characters, provided by Uzii, Gihren, and DANMAN.* New particles for magnetic storms, plasma clouds, wormholes and doomsday weapons by SamazRalan. * Many more features too numerous to name here and always more in development.
New classes of ships: Frigate -light armor Destroyers -medium armor Cruisers -heavy armor Battlecruisers -very heavy armor, 2 to 3 weapon banks for anti-cruiser, destroyer and frigate duty Capitalships -capital armor Dreadnought -capital armor, incredible firepower and durability Titan -capital armor like Dreadnoughts, possess doomsday weapons
New Area Affect Doomsday Weapons TCA Beta Kol Graviton Doomsday Imperial Executor SSD Shield Overload Atlantian Avatar Stellar Converter (beam with damage to all in path) Triad of Creation -Lapis Blackhole Generator and Spatial Compressor Wormhole Weapon
New Special Abilities Rogue "Assault Pods", The Machine "Assimilation" for capturing capitalships, TCA armor plating unlocked by research for greater tanking, TOU "Oppression Aura" that reduces enemy firepower, Arilou Obliterator "Ion Cannon" disabling Starbases, Arilou "Mxyzptlk Array" with time disrupting "Quasi-Bomb", Triad of Creation "Nosferatu" and "Ghoul" energy siphons that do damage, and More!
New classes of strikecraft squadrons and Capitalships/Dreadnoughts/Titans with fixed number of Squadrons Cruiser Squads of 3 strikecraft Capital Squadrons of 6 strikecraft; largely used by Hangars Titan Wings of 9 strikecraft; also used by Starbases
Mobile Starbases -all races possess starbases that can move about the gravity well to interdict enemy forces -assault carefully.
12 Playable Races with their own traits that make them more unique, from being a total offensive race, to a highly researching race. Each race now has its own unique tactics of gameplay.
Trader Emergency Coalition- solely based on trade and swarming, with little military might Corpo-Nations that have rebelled against the Trade Order. Their military might stripped, they have turned to allying themselves with various factions and hiring mercs for protection. TEC has new Battlecruisers, mercenary contracts, and EMP shells that bypass shields to a small degree.Trade Coalition Armada- the military arm of the Trade Order Once the development arm of the Trade Order, they are now the last hope for the Trade Order and humanity. Their ships are bricks with extreme range railguns.
TCA has state of the art weapons on traditional capitalships plus the Dresden and Athena Dreadnought and Beta Kol Titan.The Orion Unity- modified Orion and Advent Combine Some Orion split with the Atlantian-Orion Combine to guide the Advent towards their ultimate evolutionary stage. TOU ships are stronger, faster and deadlier; They can even travel between worlds using the Phase Stabilizer technology of the Tempest Titan. Ship research boosts weapon performance.
DARK FLEET- modified Vasari The Dark Fleet is all that remains of the Vasari. Where the weak Exodus ran often and fought rarely, the Dark Fleet seeks total dominion through force of arms. Their 5 Titan ships roam looking for prey. Play style is familiar with greater armor, firepower and destructive potential.
Imperial Armada- from Star Wars Guided by a clone of General Thrawn, the wasteland armadas of the Imperial Armada can employ powerful Force Alchemical Technology and even unleash the power of the Executor Super Star Destroyer. Can unlock Jedi and/or Sith Holocrons for performance boost to defenses or offenses respectively -and at the expense of the other.
Rogue Cadre- Playable, custom pirates Rob, pilfer, and steal your way to greatness. The Rogue Cadre is a melting pot of human cultures, Advent refugees and what remains of the Vasari. They have gathered against the TCA, TOU, Atlantian-Orion Combine and TOC to free humanity from tyranny, mysticism and slavery. Posess the Precursor Titan and The Machine -the latter capable of capturing capitalships
Arilou Vanguard- UFO race from the Star Control Games Not being of this dimension, the Arilou do not rely on money and normal means of transport or construction. They simply spawn ships from their "motherships", and travel through Quasispace, which propels them at near instant speeds from planet to planet.
Ur-quan KohrAh Third Doctrinal Fleet- Death race from the Star Control games Totally aggressive, the Korh-Ah are built for battle. They are all offense, and barely any defense. They focus on exterminating every race and every planet they find, and almost every ship is capable of boming from orbit. Their goal is to "cleanse" the universe of all other sentient life, anything that is not an Ur-Quan.
Ur-Quan KzerZa Third Doctrinal Fleet- Slaving race from the Star Control games Unlike their Kor-Ah cousins, the Kzer-Za believe in a diplomatic approach, let alone old habits of enslaving entire races into their Hierarchy. They have grown from their 10,000 year old ways, and are more good than bad now.
Atlantian-Orion Combine- the ultimate race, the seeders of life (the gods) The Combine are part of the original Creator Alliance and responsible for seeding galaxies with genetic data. The Orion are the protectors and defenders until the Atlantian vessels can be fielded. Their greatest strength is their technology, but the loss of labs remove bonuses gained from research.
Taalo Horde- Ancient Rock race, from the Star Control games As if the universe itself groaned for a protector, the Taalo have awakened from a million year slumber only to find old allies -the Atlantians and Arilou stripping the galaxy of semi-sentient flo-metal. They are the ultimate enviromental defender with a naive sense of justice. They have incorporated alien technology into their asteroid bodies with great results.
Triad of Creation- Ancient Destroyers of Worlds, Galactic Enslavers The Triad of Creation, the Dnyarri, Antaran and Lapis, seek to eradicate all life in the universe. They nearly destroyed the Atlantian-Orion Combine in the Ori galaxy by turning their creation -the Vasari- against them. They emerged from within the Rogue Cadre taking a sizeable portion of their population into slavery. Their fleets struck the Taalo and Dark Fleet with vessels designed for infiltration nearly crippling the two factions.
To get the mod, go to the official website: http://www.danmangames.com
Click on MEMBERSHIP or DOWNLOADS , then register. Registering for the forums does not make you a member. Once you sign up for either a FREE or PREMIUM membership, the DOWNLOAD area will open up, you can get this, and other mods that we develop.
Again, we hope you enjoy 7 Deadly Sins Final for Entrenchment 1.053.
"7 Deadly Sins 2.5 Beta 6 Manual (old)" is included in the root directory of the mod folder or found at http://www.deviantart.com/download/288707982/7_deadly_sins_beta_6_manual_by_samazralan-d4rw0i6.pdf
*TOC is not included, investigate them, enjoy them, take over the galaxy!
"In the Beginning", Atlantian Lore can be found here http://www.deviantart.com/download/288708883/in_the_beginning_by_samazralan-d4rw177.pdf
Outside Sites
Check http://forums.danmangames.comfor forums, technical help, complaints, praise, and fun.
http://danmangames.com/forums/index.php?topic=5269.0 for Bug Reports for Beta 6
http://danmangames.com/forums/index.php?topic=5270.0 for Feedback and Discussion
Many Thanks,
DANMAN
7 Deadly Sins, a Danman Games Production/Mod for Sins of a Solar Empire by IronClad/StarDock.
Euh, no offence but I think you're mistaken. Tried putting the mod in that very version. It minidumped.
EDIT: Maybe not. This new beta minidumps on my computer all the time. I don't know what I'm doing wrong. A readme note of some sort would be nice.
EDIT #2: Eh-heh...kinda feel stupid. The download screen said it was for Entrenchment. I have the latest version thereof. Minidumped anyway. Any constructive advice to remedy this situation? It's beyond a joke.
danman, I have NOT been able to find the link(s) to the betas, WHERE are they in the 'new' dogs mess of a web site(even the search does not find them)
harpo
crion, posting bug reports or errors here doesn't work so well as most of us hang out at our forums.
Crion87,
I see we have a fellow Star Controller! Only you would know about the Orz and "Pretty Space".
That is basically the idea. In the 7DS universe, the Taalo are as old as the Universe...they became sentient shortly after the Universe formed. They, and the Atlantians, are two of the oldest races in the Universe. The Orz chased them through "Pretty Space", which sounds a lot like Quasispace where the Arilou come from. If it was like Event Horion, one can only guess (great movie BTW) and when they finally came out of it, they went dormant and became resource asteroids and planetary bodies. Now they have awakened....and are in fact pissed off. Still good guys per say, but like the Atlantians, they are on a mission. They also seek retribution against the Kohr-Ah for nearly wiping them out ans sending them to "Pretty Space".
And don't worry...the ORZ will make their appearance soon enough!
I am SO happy to hear that people are getting to actually enjoy the new BETA. I am continuing to optimize on my end for BETA 3, and we have revamped the Arilou, and are working on the Kzer-Za now. The Athena is getting what it needs, and so other things are underway.
Stay tuned!
Crion,
Are you running Win7? That's the problem if you are....just keep trying.
Harpo!
Good to see you! It is only available on my "dog" of a website as you call it LOL! I am working on the site BTW, to make it WAY better.
Anyways, you need to register man. I'll grant you immediate access for you. You have helped us so much. Here is the link for registration, just let me know when you do it:
http://www.danmangames.com/dmgadv/membership.html
Any plans on making this mod compatible with the newest diplomacy patch?
Yes,
After 7DS 2.5 is final and released, we will begin work on 3.0, which will be for Diplomacy.
Now REALLY looking forward to that. Yay! Dan is the man
So i downloaded the mod and all of the files seem to have unzipped correctly but i haven't put the mod in the proper folder yet.
I know i need to put the textures and sounds folders into the main mod folder, but what do i do with all of the skins that so gracefully unzipped outside of any folder?
EDIT: I put the whole mod (minus the skins, i have no idea what to do with those. How necessary are they?) into the Entrenchment v1.051 folder. It started up great, played a random medium game with me as Atlantians, vs the Dark Fleet, TOU, and Arilou. Minidumped as soon as i selected my capital ship factory. Help?
And now it just minidumps when i go to start Entrenchment. This is while the mod is active.
What do, 7DS team?
just keep starting the game till it starts i had this problem as well just keep starting it and the map till u get in and once in it wont minidump
noing, every time i play it (after deleting the enabled mods file then reenabling the mod in-game) it dumps a moment into the game. Sometimes when i select the capital ship factory (when i was Atlantian) and the next time just a moment after i zoomed in to my capital ship factory while building my free cap ship as the TCA.
I'm in the game, playing, and it dumps almost immediately. Only a few times have i had to delete the enabled mods file to get in to entrenchment.
oh and the skins question those go into the 7ds mod folder you would have originally moved them and whatever they unpacked with straight to the 7ds folder
Thanks noing.
EDIT:
Turns out i was given duplicate skins, as there were copies in the textures folder already. No, it just minidumps immediately when i try to enable the mod. I'm going to redownload/reinstall the mod and see if that helps.
EDIT EDIT: After reinstalling it, i played a random medium as TCA, with Arilou, Dark Fleet, and Rogue enemies. Got about a minute and a half into it, staying zoomed out. It dumped again as soon as i zoomed in to see my Athena Class Flagship warp in to another grav well.
My guess is that there's something up with the textures, though i never even got to build a cap ship at all when i played as Atlantians, i just zoomed in to the cap ship factory and dumped.
@NHD-151 What are your graphic settings in game? What are your system specs?
try lowering the graphics settings
i have all of mine on low and the graphics for all of the 7ds ships still look amazing
Planet and building settings were all on low, whereas ship settings were on high. I lowered them to low and got a minidump as soon as i enabled the mod, but i'm trying another installation to see if it will enable with lower settings.
Unpacking the mod from their zipped files before may have caused an issue (winzip started being unresponsive for a bit then finished unpacking). But still there are extra skins being unpacked outside of any folder, and they seem to be extras because i try putting them in the textures folder but there are already skins within that folder.
Systems specs:
Gateway NV53 Laptop
Windows 7 x64 (I know w7 has cause people trouble with Sins before, but i have never had a single issue with stock Sins or any other mod besides this one)
4GB RAM
AMD Turion II Mobile Ultra M600 (Dual-core @ 2.40 GHz)
EDIT: I should stop posting before i try new things...
Haven't tried a total redownloading yet, but i unpacked the zipped files again and still got extra skins (were some spelled wrong? because a couple of them seemed just slightly off to me...). If it helps at all, the checksum i got was 355556300 every single iteration of the mod i've tried so far. so no difference.
Again i tried to play as Atlantians, random medium map against arilou, Dark Fleet, and Taalo. Minidumped 4, maybe 5 seconds in. Game started zoomed in to my frigate factory (didn't start with a cap ship factory), i zoomed out and sent my scouts on their way, and the game dumps.
There is a known issue with City/Urban worlds because I left in a planet module on a no-owner template. If you post issue on our Bug Reports forums instead of here, you'd have the fixed GalaxyScenarioDef file that goes with BETA 2 by now and be doing better.
I would have had i know that it existed somewhere. As i've looked, i do not see any bug report forums on the DMG site for 7DS, only for Star Wars: Empire.
Would you mind actually helping instead of just telling me i'm doing something wrong? A link, perhaps, to either the Forum of which you speak or even the fix?
Here is the link to 7DS forums on DMG site.
You can ask to be play tester there and you will be able to go deeper into the forum.
The first post of this thread has our forums location. Sorry this wasn't posted more clearly and I'm really trying to be nice so don't think I'm being a douche-bag of Advent proportions.
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