We're hoping to release BETA 2 for version 1.1 of Sins shortly (possibly today). Here's the latest changes for the next update:
Note 1: It's named v1.095 instead of 1.1 beta 2 because the Games for Windows version tools won't let us use letters. This was a common question and I agree it's confusing. I would change it if I could -Blair
Note 2: Back up your achievements file until the next beta, we needed to make some changes to the versionning control for improved ICO behavior and we missed the achievements version handler.
C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Local Settings\Application Data\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\Setting\achievements.achievements
---------------------------------------------------------------------------Sins v1.095 Changes (relative to v1.09).---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------Gameplay / Balance:----------------------------------------------------------------------------Marza Dreadnaught: -Fixed a bug which may cause Raze Planet to not properly apply all of its damage.
-Radiance Battleship: -Animosity max targets changed from 6/12/unlimited to 8/16/32.
-Rapture Battlecruiser: -Domination's cooldown reduced from 90 to 60 seconds.
-Iconus Guardian: - Repulsion can no longer be toggled off. - Repulsion's duration increased from 0 to 30 secs. - Repulsion's cooldown increased from 0 to 8 secs. - Repulsion's activation cost increased from 0 to 20 antimatter.
-Scenario and Galaxy Generation: -Fixed home planet upgrade levels and artifact and planet bonus probabilities on Gaian Crescent map. -Fixed team indices for Areolian Sector. -Fixed team index hints for Entanglement, Flashpoint, Foreign Invasion, Grindstone, and Twin Empires maps.
-Strike craft will now either dock or stay docked if they aren't supposed to be launched.-Fix for exploit that allowed players to build too many squads.-Captured neutral extractors can no longer be scuttled.-Fixed bug where artifacts are always discovered as soon as planets are colonized.-Fix a crash which may occur in multiplayer when creating fleets.-Targetted channeling abilities that should stop when their target's ownership becomes friendly, neutral, or hostile relative to the channeler's will now stop if it is appropriate to do so.-Experience gained for destroying strikecraft reduced by ~33%.-Strike craft take ~10% longer to build.-Cruiser carrier strikecraft antimatter build cost increased by 20%.-Anti strike craft frigate DPS reduced by ~25% (relative to v1.05).-Anti strike craft frigate range increased from 3000 to 3250.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------Graphics:----------------------------------------------------------------------------Deleted disabled effect emitters to save memory and loading of unneccessary textures.-Corrected build effect emitter points on TEC capital ship factory.-Corrected build effect on TEC frigate factory.-Fix mesh team colors not showing up by default.-Changed icon team colors to off by default.-Fixed some bad team color channels with some generic TEC debris and the TEC fighter.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------Sound / Music:----------------------------------------------------------------------------Increased the number of sounds to 2000.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------Networking / Multiplayer:----------------------------------------------------------------------------Various minor improvements to ICO stability.-Improved error messages for wrong versions and duplicate character names.-ICO account names are now saved even if the settings file needs to be updated.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------UserInterface / HUD:----------------------------------------------------------------------------Ability infocards now show max targets and number of waves.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------Modding:----------------------------------------------------------------------------Increased the number of sounds to 2000 (modders needed this for additional factions).-Included the latest version of ConvertData.exe with the patch. It can be found in the Sins install directory.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------Misc:----------------------------------------------------------------------------Improved handling of the Asian character sets.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------Beta 1 (v1.09) changes can be found here: https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/?aid=316556---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ah. Finally. This makes me happy.
Yummy!
Will this render previously saved games unusable?
Strikecraft changes look promising. As do the Flak frigate changes. 25 % releative to 1.05 seems much more of a balance than 40%. Thos flaks were just useless at 40%. Thanks for the changes and updates guys;) Look foward to downloading and giving it some play time!
Horray!
Yep.
Still no Reference Data or modding support. Geez StarClad, at least release the BETA reference data and allow modding for these BETA releases. That way people won't be so pissed off with them, and some people might actually play them since a lot of people (I don't) haven't installed them since you can't use mods.
If you had read a little more carefully, you would've noticed:
Which means you can convert them to text if you really want to mod the beta.
The point of betas is to test the stock patch code, not to mod it
Yes, as Annatar said.
Is there any chance you could update us if it becomes clear that the update will not be released today. So I can stop checking every 15 minutes....
Thanks,
Javaslinger
Well, Impulse is telling me there is an update available for Sins. And I was on the Beta already.
It's out! Shows up as v1.09a in Impulse.
This should make a number of people happy.
Possibly, we have conflicting desires on what constitutes the optimal team starting positions and also depends on what format you are playing. Hopefully we picked good ones
so when will this come out
it look really good
It's out now via Impulse.
GAH! My achevements are all gone!
Sorry, RaveBomb. Its been fixed for the next version - related to the code that prevents players from losing their ICO account names.
A minute six. Careful you don't make a habit of fixing bugs that fast, or people may come to expect things of you.
On the flip side I'm glad all my other settings stayed.
Haha. I love beta testers, you guys find stuff so much faster!
if they were so important, you could always modify the achievements file to say you got them all.
Can't wait to test the new beta out tomorrow night! (too late at night tonight, tests all day tomorrow)
With all the more significant fixes and changes, I know focusing on this one is silly, but it still makes me ever so happy. Now if only my replacement motherboard would ever arrive, I might actually be able to play on my computer again. *sigh*
Modding support is very appreciated. Also, while I still don't think 2000 sounds is enough, it is a VERY good start. I have 11 races so far, with more coming. Anyways, thank you Ironclad for making this happen. Now I just need to convert all those files, and update Sins on my NON modding computer. I can see it now, 7 DEADLY SINS will be that much better now with these hardcodes removed........
DANMAN
I know. I'll probably wind up doing that for the 80%+ that I had.
Ok, I give up. I can't find where the achievements are stored at on my computer. Can any tell where to look in Vista for them....please!
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