Waiting for it is torture though!

I am sorry to ask this question if it has been asked before or already has been answered but I just recently found this mod and so far I LOVE IT!!!! The question is will the update be compatible with diplomacy 1.21 or entrenchment 1.051?

thx

Above Kyogre12 said "another couple weeks"... it's actually been 7 weeks now... Kyogre should work for Blizzard Entertainment...

Awesome! Thanks for the update Kyogre... can't wait!

The Cylons had all kinds of weapons defending the colony (very last battle of the series).  I even saw what could only be railguns in addition to bullets and missiles.

What was originally visual/recognition evolved into the default battle strategies of the two sides.  The Cylon strategy was "spam missiles and raiders" from a safe distance due to the low durability but high regeneration rate of their basestars.  The Colonial strategy was more "in your face" with massive (but unguided) damage and massive armor.

Even on the basestar vs basestar battle, one of Natalie's basestars crumbled to bits from only a few missiles. When nukes came into play, Pegasus was able to shrug off three direct nuke hits (the episode where Lee ended up in command of the Pegasus after that guy croaked getting the FTL back online), whereas the Basestars simply evaporated from a proximity nuke blast (The Hub).

Probably the best way to implement the two sides (if you are going for exactly what they were in the series) would be to do this:

Cylons:  Low armor and hitpoints but high repair rates, extreme long-range and moderate damage weapons.

Colonials:  High armor and hitpoints but low repair rates, medium to short range and heavy damage weapons.

As far as phase space travel, things get a little wierd.  Both sides were able to jump from point to point in a matter of seconds.  The Cylons had a much greater jump range, but in Sins this is limited by the map.  So I guess for the Cylons you would have to give them a faster chargeup rate and lower antimatter cost.

With Ironclad/Stardock releasing v1.3 of diplomacy, will this mod need to be updated again?

Also:

[ AI ]

• Added Diplomacy Mission Decision system.  AI players will now evaluate and complete missions they deem are worthy (based largely on relationship).
• AI players will now build superweapons!
• Various other tweaks.

I wonder if this will mean that the AI will build Jupiters and Boomer class?

False. I'll care about this mod. Cause it's awesome.

I've pretty much held my tongue during the wait for this mod as I understand that it is made by a small group of volunteers working for nothing other than a love of BSG and SOASE so I get that real life can cause unexpected delays. But if its true that apart from the valkyrie texture their isnt really that much left to work one wouldnt it be possible to throw us a bone in terms of screenshots, videos, or even just a list of new features and improvements that are going to be in the mod? We know that a project like this can take a while but it seems reasonable to whet our appetites as development goes along just to maintain interest in the project with the community. It really dosent have to be much, just more than what we have at the moment where the topic has been comatose for months and a lot of the fans seem to have dissapeared

*Only BSG mod

Stating the obvious here Stalcore - of couse we are thankful, and we all understand that Kyogre is making this in his own free time. I am appreciative, but:

1. It is human nature to become frustrated when we are told again, again and again that it is "just about to be released", but then, delayed and delayed on numerous occassions. Last year we were told that it was going to be released! Go back over the pages and reflect on the sheer number of times we were told that is was just about to come out. I would have had no problems whatsoever if Kyogre was more realistic about his timeframes. I wouldn't have cared if it was going to take a year, or even 5 years, just as long as I didn't have false hope!;

2. John_Coffey has pointed our the lack of information. Most of the time we have no idea what is going on with this mod. I am a big fan of the Stargate Races total conversion mod https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/314779/page/63/#replies by Dolynick. He has developed this total conversion mod almost entirely on his own, has constantly updated his fan base on progress and has created a great community around his mod. He also obvioulsy deals with real life stuff - has a full time job, family etc, but is passionate about his mod and his fan base and still finds the time to keep everyone informed and update his mod with all new Diplomacy patches.

Like John_Coffey said, it is just such a shame - the community for this mod has disolved so much due to the constant misinformation and lack of incentive to remain excited. I do respect Kyogre for all of the effort that he has put in, but honestly, this hasn't been done well unfortunately.

Ah, nothing like being away from the internet for a couple days to return to... this.

To everyone sticking up for me, thank you. It is very appreciated

To everyone else... I won't say what I'm actually thinking. Yes, I realize I said it would be done a year ago. When I gave those timeframes, I thought they were realistic, but real life has a funny habit of getting in the way. I have a proposition for you. How about you work on my college degree for me, so I have the free time to work on the mod. I'll also bitch and moan about the grades you're getting me. Oh yeah, and someone will need to work to pay for that college. Sound good?

If you're asking for screenshots/videos/whatever, I thought you would've learned by now how effective that is. I will reveal things when I am ready, and not because I care about the community dissolving.

If you really must know, part of the reason for many of the delays was because I was trying to get destructable missiles to work. However, they won't, so you're stuck with normal Sins missiles.

I havent actually been a part of the community long enough to follow updates for very long the entrenchment expansion had come out a while before and I seemed to join when everything went quiet. Please dont take what i said too seriously I get that you have real life commitments (i Just finished my degree so I know how much time it can take from your life) I'm also not saying that you have to show things before they are ready but I do recall you discussing your ideas for the mod and showing work in progress models which I found really interesting. Look I'm a huge fan of this mod, its actually the reason I bought Sins of a Solar Empire and its also why I got one of my old school friends to spend an hour teaching me how to install winrar and extract files for mods as I had never done anything like that before and I'm rubbish with computers, I spent a ridiculous amount of hours playing this mod and convinced a friend to get it as well. I still havent played the unmodded sins and I still have a huge amount of excitement for this new version I'd just like to see or hear about the kind of things its doing differently.

See thats the type of thing I mean. If you had mentioned that it wouldnt have speeded up the development but it would have generated excitement even if it didnt work out (or I am greatly overestimating how understanding people on this forum can be)

I know it sounds like I have done a lot of complaining (and I admit I have) but I don't mind waiting in the slightest if you want to get it right or have delays for other reasons, and really everything I said has just been a suggestion rather than anything else if you dont think updates are a good idea I will just keep quiet from now on until I have something positive to say