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!
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Hmm... You are right. Will have to check with Nacey (as it is his server) and see what is wrong.
There we go, should be fixed now. Apologies the 7z mime type was missing from my server, all sorted now
How's it going everybody?
It's going well.
Just got done with a neighborhood barbeque, a few of us decided this morning to go around knocking on doors and getting people to join us, we closed down our part of the street and got a bunch of grills going and tables and food and drinks were brought and it was a lot of fun just getting a big group of people together for no reason at all. Didn't have a whole lot to drink so I'm not going to feel like crap tomorrow, though my voice might be suffering a little bit... My daughters went home with their mom for a few days so I get peace and quiet when I get home from work tomorrow so I might be able to jump on polishing up the Vanilla version of DS and giving the Entrenchment version another look over and see if anything can be done there like I did with the Diplomacy version and passed along so all 4 versions can be updated/released at the same time and be working and most importantly current... And now when I'm done wandering through the forums, I'm gonna jump in the shower, shave, and then head off to bed. Busy day, yet quite enjoyable.
How's it going with you miss leanne?
At least hold the camera steady, Carbon, so we can watch the demise better!
Heh, been a long time from the last time I had a barbeque... Glad things are going well for you and the troll was eliminated before I poked my head back in here.
I won't ask for an update like some people have... just join the chomping at the bit crowed in anticipation! Take your time and do it right. We already saw what happens on a rush job in the past... just wont bring up Sword of the Stars 2 or Stronghold 3.
That's finally getting better. A year later.
Maybe ...
Can't wait for the Rebellion version of DS. Just bought the core game, and then I remembered that I don't like playing anything but DS since you guys made it. (Or at least since I heard about it...) Best mod EVER!!!
-Twi
Yeah my thoughts exactly. Eh still. ;(
Y'all said you were gonna do a quick version using Diplo and a full version for Rebellion, right. I expect the full version is months away, at least, but do you have any idea roughly when the Diplo-port will be ready? (Just looking for a basic time-table here. I won't hold you to it if it takes longer.)
2 months.
Add a month for every time someone ask from here on out.
When is Distant Stars going to be ready for Rebellion?
3 months from now.
1 year for you though Zombie. I know your heartbroken.
If i assassinate Zombie can we go back to 2 months? *Grabs shotgun*
^^^^^^^
Hah funny. I just had a little chat with Oranos too... He's got no internet and hasn't for a while (since August). So I guess that he's one of those people that don't matter (according to Frogboy) even though his inability to ever play is based on the fact that he has no internet, thus, can't connect to Steam, thus no game. Sucks.
Was that him on Sins the other day?
Cuz I really don't know of many other people who would call themselves Oranos...
I didn't ask, but there is a better possibility of it being someone else then what you give it, since all it would take is someone with a little knowledge of Greek mythology, or being a fan of the game 'Age of Mythology'.
Hmmm
wasn't aware
but I assumed it was him
if you mean on Rebellion yes cuz now that my family has moved i have net again sweet sweet internet (i have stream cuz in college we worked with the steam dev stuff) thou in Rebellion im RedDragonOranos still oranos on regular but yes i have returned
Whoa, It's like you summoned him back to the internet by mentioning his name!!!
lol na i was just looking at fourms when i saw my name pop up
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