Feedback of any kind is always welcome. Ideas, balance changes, and bug reporting of any kind is always useful!
Version 1.00 Released!
Make sure to ask for permission before republishing any part of this mod to the public!
Downloads
1.05 + DLC Compatible:
0.12 ALPHA Release:Full Download:http://distantstars.mmobase.com/rebellion/Distant_Stars_(R)_ALPHA_0.13_[45189661].7z
Full Download MIRROR:http://www.moddb.com/downloads/distant-stars-rebellion-alpha-013
MD5: 69486D2FCD3F35E46E6F5EF8C9F1634A
1.34 Compatible:
1.01 Release:Full Download:http://distantstars.mmobase.com/diplomacy/Distant_Stars_(D)_1.01_[45685832].7z
1.051 Compatible:
Beta 0.9951 Release:Full Download:http://distantstars.mmobase.com/entrenchment/DS_Entrenchment_Beta_0.9951_[36672852].7z
1.14 - 1.181 Compatible:
Version 1.01:Full Download:http://distantstars.mmobase.com/soase/Distant_Stars_v1.01_[453701567].7z
Multiplayer Games:We've setup a thread for everyone to organise their multiplayer games in and also setup example times and dates for most people to meet up and start games. These are what we hope to be the main times for people to be around and want to play games together.
The times are:4pm EST (9pm GMT) Saturdays & Sundays9pm EST (2am GMT) Saturdays & SundaysIf you want to organise other games please go ahead using the same topic to consolidate all the information in one place and hopefully get more games together within our community. These games are for PvP, PvAI & PvPvAIso come along and we'll get some games going!
Screenshots:We've setup a thread so you can all post your screenshots to share with us the Distant Stars team and its players. Im sure we're all intrigued to see what kinds of battles and events you've all been having on the mod aswell.
Lore:We know some of you guys love to role play whilst using Distant Stars, and here's a topic for you guys to post all of your role playing stories, character profiles and anything else you can imagine.
Maps:Some of you avid map makers out there have produced some great maps but never really had them recognised because they've got lost. Well here's a topic for you to post a link to the download (we can even provide mirrors if necessary) a screenshot or two of the map for us all the preview and if enough people like it we'll even include the map in with the actual mod!
Please visit our website and for more information, change logs, downloads, and to report bugs. Our website can be found here: http://distantstars.mmobase.com
Bug Reporting
If you want to report a bug please use the Bug Report feature on our website:http://distantstars.mmobase.com/?m=reportabug
Please include as much information as possible, if you have an error log feel free to post it on these forums and we'll take it from there. If you can reproduce the error please include the error log (read below to find out how to enable error logs) and include as much detail on how to reproduce the problem.
To enable logging:Windows Vista/Windows 7:C:\Documents and Settings\<Your Windows Username>\Local Settings\Application Data\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\SettingorWindows XP:C:\Documents and settings\<Your Windows Username>\Local Settings\Application Data\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\Setting
Open the user.setting file (using Notepad, Wordpad or any text editor) and scroll down to the bottom 7 lines from the bottom is the line:LogOutput FALSEChange FALSE to TRUELogOutput TRUE
and from then on any Log files will be saved to the debug folder:Windows Vista/Windows 7: C:\Documents and Settings\<Your Windows Username>\Local Settings\Application Data\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\Debug or Windows XP: C:\Documents and settings\<Your Windows Username>\Local Settings\Application Data\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\Debug
If you get these log files to us (you can just paste them in to a forum post) we can hopefully get your issues sorted.
Frequently Asked Questions
All files are compressed using 7Zip to shrink the download filesize. To extract these files you must use WinRAR or 7Zip.Any Patches should overwrite the original install directory, either by extracting over the original folder, or cut/copy & pasting over the existing file/folder structure.
1) My game keeps crashing, is there anything I can do to stop it?i) Are you running the game on maximum (highest) settings? if so, lower them to High or Medium, there is a known issue with the game using up too much memory, there is nothing we can do about this, also no matter how powerful your pc is, it is affected by this issue no matter the pc it is not above this crashing issue, it is a game problem not a hardware one, so quite simply lower your settings. If you still have an issue with crashing see point two.ii) Give us as detailed information as possible about the crash, what was happening at the time of the crash, what races, ships, abilities were involved. If you can supply a Debug Log (see above for more information about logging) and post a bug report on our website.
2) The loading screens and portrait pictures dont appear properly, whats wrong?i) This is an issue with ATI based graphics cards (rarely affects Nvidia based cards) we're looking in to the issue.
3) Why dont you support converting Distant Stars in to TXT format?i) Quite simply many things can go wrong with converting your mod to TXT, we cant help you with something you've probably broken yourself.
4) Can I mod Distant Stars for myself?i) Yes you can however please do not distribute our mod or our mod that you have edited to the public. You must ask for permission to do so, we will regrettably stop distributing our mod to all if users abuse our work.
5) Your mod is in BIN format I can't edit the files, what can I do?i) You can convert the mod to TXT format however we wont offer any support to versions of the mod that have been converted to TXT.
6) Why is Distant Stars distributed in BIN format? i) Mods load faster in BIN format and are less likely to have issues in this format.
7) I'm having trouble installing the MOD, do you have any more instructions?i) Carbon was kind enough to do some more advanced instructions out here.
8) Is there any way to make new maps for Distant Stars using GalaxyForge?i) Within the Distant Stars Extras folder there is a folder called Galaxy Forge, Copy and Paste this folder (or its contents) over your original Galaxy Forge folder (or its contents) replacing any files if it asks you to. When you start Galaxy Forge next you'll be able to use all of our planets.
Or, the DIY approach (without custom icons):
ii) The GalaxyForge supplied by the devs will still work with our Mod, however to be able to access all of our planetary bonuses, templates, planet types and stars you will need to take our GalaxyScenarioDef.galaxyScenarioDef (found in the GameInfo folder of the mod) and place it in to your GalaxyForge folder, overwriting the original GalaxyScenarioDef.galaxyScenarioDef (if you still wish to make maps for the original game keep a backup of the original file). This will allow you to use all of the Galaxy changes included in our mod.
Note: Any maps made for Distant Stars will not work with other Mods. See #8.2 for DIY instructions for map making or take the appropriate files from Entrenchment, they're cross-client compatible.
Some statistics...
Since August 2009 to February 2011 we have had over...
400,000 Unique visits to the website12,000GB (12TB) of data transferred from our website
That equates to over 60,000 Unique downloads of the entire mod, excluding the excess of 20,000 Patches downloaded.
Thanks to everyone that has supported us this far and making our mod as popular as it is!
Oh lord. Stant has upgrade his avatar.
Its missing a title though.... Man Whore. *shrugs* just saying.
No changes have been made.
Yet.
That's not the only title it's missing from it. I've got a long list of titles that should go on it.
I figured nothing had been changed. The dynamic movement minimod as well. That one is actually really simple to update.
I got vacation next week so I hope to start digging and turning the pirates back too life. And I just might put in something that has been suggested to me about the pirates.
Well if there is anything related to MSGM or otherwise that needs to be changed / updated please let me know. I have some free time in the next week or so and will be able to work on it if needed.
Hello I dont post much but i have been doing alot of reading on modding Silent Hunter 3. They have a patch/Mod that fixes the exe of the game to allow 4 gigs of memory. Not sure if this will help with your modding efforts and help bring it past the 2 gig limit. here is the link is this maybe this might be helpful. http://www.ntcore.com/4gb_patch.php
Oh god... I suppose with new players this is bound to start happening all over again...
That would be LAA, it's been discussed repeatedly and beaten to death, it doesn't do quite what's ever explained, Sins doesn't show any appreciable signs of improvement by turning the LAA flag on, nor is it even desirable to do so since the Diplomacy 1.2 patch fixed most of the memory issues that lead to a memory crash, and you're unable to play online against other players which is one of the biggest reasons to play Sins in the first place. Now if you know someone who can rewrite a 32bit application to work on a 64bit platform and take advantage of multi core processors, please direct them here.
DS has always been pretty stable on the memory front though, especially after the recent diplo patches, like Stant stated. The best you can do is wait for Rebellion and any code or memory usage improvements it brings.
Sorry I Have not had time to read all of the post people have places i would have thought something like this would have been brought up before but just thought i would put it out there incase it was over looked.
There is always the search feature.
One of the most oft-stated facts on any forum.
WHAT!?! Blobness got karma for answering the question about music!?! Theft! Treason!
Feel Better?
Depends, who is supposed to feel better for what?
Ha, I didn't even notice. Sorry Oatesy.
Not to be a bother, but are we going to be seeing an updated Flagship mod anytime soon? I'm unaware if any work was done to fix the Hellion model, or if Stant's fix for the shuttles has been implemented, but it's getting kind of annoying not being able to get a pair of Flagships to duel, and unfortunately my schedule precludes MP for the most part.
To be honest, fixing the flagship mod doesn't mean you're going to see them fight. Personally, the only flagships I've seen are my own. I haven't been able to coerce the AI into building them yet. But, at least it's the weekend and I have a few hours to sit down and start working on my list of things I wanted to do.
Doing what I can. Currently focusing on the pirates as the Flagship still operates.
BTW,
HUZZAH!!!!!!
Gah, cant leave you kids alone at all and not give the proper excitement for new patch. Carbon is disappointed.
Carbon will now* talk in 3rd person. He does not know why.
Well, if you were around more you'd be able to do that type of posting yourself...
Im gonna refer to the last person to post topic for the offical poltical response to this matter.
Thanks for your time.
*Im Carbon and I approve of this message
**Paid for by the Friends of Carbon's Pew Pew Fun Zone
I currently work 12 to 16 hours a day, 5 days, sometimes 6 days a week, yet I still manage to come on and check at least once a day to keep up on things. I still write and post lore, still help out those that don't give me a reason to verbally abuse the hell out of them... Sometimes even to post fixes for stuff or other updates. All I see you giving are excuses.
*Official Political Counter Response*
**Paid for by the friends of the anti carbon's pew pew fun zone**
Do you ever sleep? Or is this your way of admitting you are a cyborg?
-Twilight Storm
Closer to the fact that he has no family.
Dude, that hurts deep. Very deep. [e digicons]:'([/e]
Sleep? What's that? I average out around 1 to 2 hours a night. Been that way for more then 20 years so I'm used to it. I'll sleep when I'm dead!
I have lots of family. My niece and nephews are over every weekend and consequently my sister and brother-in-law. I visit my mom every Sunday afternoon. I see my older brother a couple times a week. I see my younger brother and his wife a couple times a week, but a little less right now since they have a newborn and the kid just doesn't ever stop crying so they never get any sleep forcing them to not want people to come over. My daughters are here almost daily and being that they're 13 and 15... Well, let's just say that they can be quite difficult to deal with. I can't seem to get rid of a few of my neighbors because I tell them they're like family to me and they're always over drinking my beer because it never runs out... Plus, on top of all of that, I still date. Beat that.
You know I'm just teasing. U. Draak's probably going to complain about us getting all homo on him.
But this actually proves my point. You've come on three times tonight just to make random comments. What's stopping you from popping in for a few minutes on any other night if for no other reason then to see if the topic has been updated or not? Yeah, you got nothing.
I feel dirty for using all of these smileys...
Because, like the Lore Carbon, he has been forced to abandon the cause.
Forced into hiding by the menacing RL, he now roams aimlessly the few times he can reach the Forums. His comrades out of reach, his life's work no longer accessible to him, Carbon is a ghost of his former self, a spectre forced to watch from afar as the Forums become something... different, unrecognisable. They are no longer his work. RL has seen to that, but he will one day return, and return the Forums to the path of Carbon!
Now substitute RL for Iron, and Forums for -UE_, and you've got an instant explanation for both Carbons with very little effort to go between the two.
Quite poetic for me, I think.
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