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!
When Patching: Remember to use the File Deletion tool AFTER renaming the B3 folder to B4 otherwise it will not delete files
What file deletion tool?
Just download the full. Its better that way.
Just want to say that I love this mod and as far as I am concerned this is the definitive way to play Sins.
With that said, looking forward to getting pirates fixed because the way it is right now it is way overpowered and game breaking. First pirate raid of the game I was playing with about a 1,000 bounty resulted in about 50-60 pirate ships attacking and wiping out my home planet and the fleet I had put together all within 3-5 minutes.
For now just do your best to send the first wave the AI's way. That's how I normally run it. There were some changes to the pirates from Entrenchment to Diplomacy that effect even the core game itself and having to work around it can get annoying. Plus the new updated messed up my update. I almost have it done and will release a mini update and send it in to Nacey for implementation.
Hey, I noticed the following bug:
Diplomacy 1.31, after researching the Bounty Hunting ability in the TEC Diplomacy Research, accessing to other races in the Diplomacy screen causes a minidump. I think it's worth checking if it's only with TEC or also with other races.
Its in the orginial game. Pay no attention to that error its nothing.
I just removed it in my pirate corrections/update
Its for all races. We are working on it.
Fix for pirates. Please follow readme instructions.
http://www.mediafire.com/file/aqe4m9euhdyh2pl/PirateChanges.7z
Any issues please PM them.
Will this get included in the next release of DS?
It will but this is to hold people as I got the massive first wave under control.
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Alright, I'm sorry for sounding like a spoiled noob, but I was under the impression that if an AI could give me that type of mission then they had done the reserch. But I have been wrong before, so I'll just go back to playing and hope this resolves itself. Maybe I'll see if anyone has had this problem with the base game. I figured I would try to make some ammends here so the nex time I post you're not like "Oh, its that guy agian." So... uhm... that's it I guess...
Hey hey hey hey.......don't go stealin my that guy status! there's only room for one that guy in this thread and I'm comfy on my throne ;O
Hah. BT, you will always be that guy in my book.
It is. We have no control over what the AI does. So if an AI can give missions before it researches then its a base game. I think DesConner is the one that gripes the most over it.
*gripes
Ty stant, that means a lot =O probably.
Draakjacht is advertising unrelated content!! since he's part of DS he is unbannable, so someone drag him behind the shed and ...well...use your imagination from there =D
Almost forgot the main reason I posted today..... Anyone know what page that Scout mine detection fix is on?, they still get ti the edge of the range and constantly spam cast it for no reason for me(thinking of just cracking open the ability myself and making the passive range half the size of a gravity well) not that it's so much of a problem than an annoyance...I usually clear mines with my caps anyway and just let them repair near my 4, sun based star bases lol
btw, 4 argonev with full fighter/guns/resupply/ and 1 point in hull make an outrageous defense lol had 4 comps throwing fleets into them and only managed to take down one with a lot (I mean like 20+) wrecking ships, it was pleasing. I named them after a while, I felt proud =3
coarse after I stuck an Akkan and 4 Sova by them no one even came to my sun anymore except envoy ships lol
is there a breakdown of what has changed with the races somewhere?
Can you rephrase?
So not having internet for a month after moving cross-country was kind of a pain in the ass. I missed an asston, didn't I?
Is there a manual or list of unit/tech changes beyond that went beyond just adding xtra levels to the old techs?
Welcome back.
http://distantstars.mmobase.com/?m=change
I'm encountering the diplomacy research crash bug a lot where i finish researching something then the qhen i click on the relations button the game crashes..any workaround ?
Also I didnt see the first pirate raid ..but the one i got had so many ships it blotted out the planet. I did install that pirate fix listed above. I guess ill play with priates off heh.
At which time. Early is suppose to be small but end game pirates are suppose to be nasty.
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