version 0.801
TotalEffects now conforms to TSOP standards. Huge thanks to Soase Maelstrom!
Thanks Stant for the updated Diplomacy version.
Anyone may use this mod in their own mod however they like, as long as proper credit is given.
Enjoy
Diplomacy 1.034:
http://www.gamefront.com/files/21093989/TotalEffectsDiplomacy1.34.zip
.zip
7.69 mB
I have now included the Readme here for those who do not wish to download the mod at the moment.
Credit to Bailknight, Mansh00ter, and Zorodius for their corresponding graphical mods and inspirations.Also credit to Gas Powered Games' Supreme Commander for some of the textures.This mod is an attempt to make another graphical mod that goes with the current list.It contains a mixture of particle effects of my own creation(the majority), effects from bailknight's graphical mod, effects from Mansh00ter's mod, and effects from Zorodius' Solarflair mod.I would like critique on my particle effect skills and what looks nice and what does not.GameInfo changes:Better range for the Jarrasul drain planet ability so that it actually has the same range as its bombing range. If the gameinfo folder is removed the drain planet effect will look funny.Cleansing Brilliance has a muzzle effect. (bailknight)Assault Specialization has an effect when it hits structures.Charged Missiles now has a different beam texture and hit effect.Disintegration bounceback has more attached effects and Disintegration itself has an actual muzzle effect.Volatile Nanites now has an effect when a ship dies.Tweaked a bit with all of the Vasari capship weapon attachments.Changed the capship explosion. Getting rid of gameinfo will change the capship explosion back to Solarflair's.I changed the Argonev's explosion to the same as the other starbases so as not to generate lag on death. If the GameInfo is deleted, the game will lag every time this starbase dies. (How d'ya like 1000000 particles onscreen at once? Attempt at your own risk)Synced the Skarovas' and the Kortul's wave cannons to fire at a single point.DELETING THE GameInfo FOLDER WILL CAUSE THE GAME TO CRASH. The Solanus now has a muzzle effectThe Garda's shots also travel faster. The Destra Crusader's plasma shots now fire at a single point on a mesh.Added custom phase travel effects for each race. (Bailknight for TEC, Zorodius for advent, me for Vasari)The Transcencia starbase now has Beam weapons instead of plasma. No damage change.The Dunov's shield Restore ability now has a muzzle effect.There is also a change in the theme music, one that I like more. (NO CRITIQUE ON THIS PLEASE)Numerous other surprises relating to just particle effects.
I have removed all of the changes that would have anything to do with imbalance or game tweaks. All of the above changes are aesthetic only.
Showcase of Destra, Kodiak, Iconus, and Domina effects:
ehhh? the Diplomacy version doesn't have the beams? ;.;
oh well, the whole mod can stack with DS and the mini-mods so that works anyway i guess
Edit:spoke too soon, mini dumped a little ways in*sigh* I liked the phase jump effects though
dump happened with the tech tree, 3 lvls on gauss, were ok, but once you do 4 it dumps apparently @_@
The Diplomacy version doesn't have any gameinfo changes save the explosiondef changes.
If you want to add it, go for it, I just don't have the time to do those changes right now. Maybe sometime soon.
I think it would take quite a bit of tinkering to get the files I'm after to play nice with the other mods. Though a lot of the effects in Diplomacy are pulled from entrenchment's files. given my coming weekend is full of annotation and study I'm not gonna be able to do anything ~_~
I'll probably do it tomorrow, given that there is sufficient interest from other people...
Good morning all.
I am planning on adding the Diplomacy GameInfo and I need a volunteer to test it out and see if it works.
Any takers?
-edit-
I need a tester because I have no computer with a working version of Sins.
I just uploaded the Diplomacy additions.
I really need a tester for them. Anyone?
I must only install sins:)
downloading
Oh good.
I just need you to tell me if it crashes or not.
Diplomacy version: 3 harmless(?) errors and a crash.
Failed to convert 'Surface' to enum value
Failed to convert 'Phased' to enum value
BuffCannonShellPhaseSpawn.entity:Label: numPeriodicActionsLine Number:103Line Contents:
And that error of course continues to line 116 where it finally minidumps.
For the BuffCannonShellPhaseSpawn.entity you've got an extra line in there creating a gap. Remove it. Solves the crash issue.
BuffBonusModuleDamageTarget.entity says Surface for the attach type which is not a valid option (Invalid, Center, Ability, Above, Aura)
BuffDisruptiveStrikesTarget.entity says Surface for the attach type which is not a valid option (Invalid, Center, Ability, Above, Aura)
BuffCannonShellPhaseSpawn.entity second instant action under the target filter heading says phased, need to remove the d so it just says 'Phase'.
Thanks, Stant.
'Surface' gets a failure, but it still works. Strange, right?
As for the other failures, I still have to fix them.
Karma for you.
I just uploaded the "fixed" version.
Oooh!
A new banner!
Cool.
Not really. I just assume that the engine is robust enough that when it get's an error like that for an attach point it just picks a valid one and attaches it there, thus it still works. May not be the place you want it to be, but it doesn't really matter. Downloading the new version, will give it a look through.
Was getting this before, but hadn't had it come up in a while so I removed it from my previous post: maxNumFrames exceeded 5570652. Extra frames ignored. Figure since it's still popping up, may as well report it. it appears pretty random, still trying to work out the exact source.
Well that's probably good enough for me at least...
If you find that error, it probably means that I have a non-terminating 10-emitter effect that should have terminated...
Game Start:
First AI vs NPC battle:
Diplomacy version.
Excellent, it's working like a charm.
Probably overloaded your comp.
I still haven't hit a minidump, and I just played it for 2 hours on my family's comp.
Sometimes the mod crashs in battle, but I dont know how:( ( fixed version)
PS: Probably entity.manifest
Before I it forget: good Mod!
I don't have a computer to test it out with...
It hadn't really done that before, I wonder what is different.
Thanks for your support.
I'm working on changing it for Diplomacy 1.3, but it might still work without updating.
Can someone test?
Also, are there any problems that might need to be fixed? People mentioned crashes and I am still looking into them, but is there anything glaringly obvious?
When I last tested the mod out on Diplomacy 1.21, the game didn't display effects correctly. Can anyone verify this with a screenshot?
I can test for dip 1.3 what should I do?
First, get Diplomacy 1.31, then this mod, then run the dev exe and activate the mod. Report any errors or crashes you encounter.
And, if you can, tell me how it looks.
Also, Back-up your Diplomacy.user settings file... the dev.exe resets it because it hates me
It resets it to make sure you have the same settings every time you use it. You can change those settings once you have it up and running and those changes will carry over the next time you use it. Though if you use the normal exe between uses of the dev exe it will reset again.
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