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!
I wouldn't be surprised if we see JayLee77 here sometime soon. He made a disturbingly dense post requesting changes to Rebellion, half of which we already put in.
https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/413531
Carbon, we're trying to organize a modder vs. pro game following Turkey Day. Can we borrow the TS server for the occasion? Looks like it might become a more frequent thing if everyone gets along and we follow up with a mod competition. Distant Stars is topping the list. Woot woot.
damn edits: speaking of which, Who here can point me to the 3-D models for the fighters and bombers? My bro uses Truspace 3-D, so if you provide a file, make it easy to use, like .obj.
Read that, I expect to be answering stup..... Some questions. "Hey to get more planet defenses, should I upgrade my tactical slots?" ='(
If no one has any readily available, when I get home tonight, I can load up the models into 3ds Max and export them to obj and send you/him/both a link.
Thanks, Stant.
Was gandering at Maelstrom. Do you know how tempting it is to put every world type in one mod? My computer would stroke out!
Please good sire, let them use it! I will have to tidy up for guest though, lol.
hi havent played in about 2 years.. i heard this is the best mod for the game. i just bought trinity from steam. is it compatible? the opening post is a bit confusing in the compatability section.
thanks.
The first step is to make sure that your copy is the most up to date with Version 1.33.
Then scroll down to where it says:
0.99 B5 (Beta Five) Release:Full Download:
On the main post, download that and just follow the instructions in the read me.
It should be just as compatible with the Steam version as with the Impulse version. Mods simply overlap (though not permanently) the core files, not files involving registration.
u mean 1.33 for diplomacy correct? thanks guys. downloading now. gonna test it soon.
I think I remember from a page or two ago that someone was looking for a comparison of files changed from 1.32 to 1.33. Someone made a post about it. https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/413438
I'm not sure if it's a complete list or accurate, but it's a start.
I made a post here of it, Myfist made a whole thread dedicated to what was changed, which you point to, and I posted the bulk of the changes over there... Don't worry, we got everything covered. It's not complete as for what exact changed were made, but I made sure every changed file was at least posted.
Edit: Draak, you or your brother can download this link.
http://sites.google.com/site/steelers086/gamefiles/SinsStrikeCraft.rar
If you need something a little different let me know, I just used the default export settings so I don't know if that's good enough or not.
Is DS working with Entrenchment 1.053?
Edit. Nevermind, my two years of High School paid off and I figured it out.
As of yesterday we mean diplomacy 1.34. ;]
Try this on for size. Hard finding big enough pics to do this...
http://i795.photobucket.com/albums/yy236/Draakjacht/GameLogo_Opening4copy-1.jpg
Awesome.
Best one so far.
I like it!
quick question will there be an updated version for this for 1.53 cause when i enable it i have no quit button for entrenchment
Ugh... I'll get around to fixing it all up this weekend and releasing a patch to fix all of that business. Maybe even later today, but for now, quarter to 6am, time to crawl into bed for an hour...
Give me 20 minutes, and I'll have an updated menu/string patch for you guys. I just did it on my mod. Might as well do it for DS.
I'll get to this in a bit. Having issues with my fan on my PC.
Already got it. Thanks though.
http://sites.google.com/site/steelers086/gamefiles/DS_E1.53compatible.rar
Just take the files out of these folders and put them in the proper folder for the Entrenchment Version of DS overwriting the existing. Will fix the menu and string stuff.
Edit: I really need to go through the entrenchment version and clean it up like the Diplo version just to make it less affected by these silly little ICO updates... =\
thank you so much
1.53? Is that with Rebellion or something? Because my Diplomacy is on 1.34 (and having the same issue).
I tried the files anyway and they don't work for me. While they restore the "download update" button, the quit game button remains missing.
Just scroll up a few posts ... it isn't that hard?
The files didn't work for you because it was the the ^ entrenchment version of the Mod.
I've said it many times in the past, there are a lot of files unnecessarily included with the mod. I always remove them. This round of updates made changes to a few of those files, so mine changed automatically and I didn't know I'd have to make these updates to Diplomacy as well... Sorry about that.
This one is for Diplomacy 1.34:http://sites.google.com/site/steelers086/gamefiles/DS_D1.34compatible.rar
If you have Diplomacy, download that and put the files in their proper places overwriting what's there and you should be good. If you notice anything else, post it and I'll get to it.
Posting it again because I can, this one is for Entrenchment 1.053:http://sites.google.com/site/steelers086/gamefiles/DS_E1.053compatible.rar
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