I have compiled a list of the new techs and abilities (even ships) using folders found in the Rebellion folders and in the Trinity folders, so the sources are legitimate. If you doubt me, here is a path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\sins of a solar empire rebellion\GameInfo.
Please feel free to contribute - you have have strong suspicions or even proof that a tech or ability belongs to a certain faction, please feel free to say so!
For Titan images and abilities, check out Exidius's thread https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/419462.
Here are my results. I will be trying to sort through them by hand, and even making a few of them easier to read.I will be updating the list every so often.I will be making the following assumptions: 1. Anything with the name of nanites belongs to the Vasari. 2. Anything dealing with phase/hyper space belongs to the Vasari. 3. Anything dealing with shields or synergies belongs to the Advent.
Index:
TECH refers to TEC.PSI refers to Advent.PHASE refers to Vasari.
Names in blue mean that this faction has this ability (or I am very confidant).Names in red are a guess that this faction has this ability.Green is a comment.
Entries without names next to them are unknown (or I have just not gotten there yet)
The combined rage of the Unity empowers friendly ships with increased weapon damage while in your culture.Vasari LoyalistThe purified Unity focuses some of its power to help regenerate the protective energy fields of friendly ships.
Yarlen has stated that there isn't a NDA for the beta, so show me, I mean, us!
*Grabs popcorn*
Just the names aren't particularly useful, and even then the starbase stuff and many of the buffs are not new. Unless you were looking at the date changed to determine which files were changed.
I was looking to see what files were added since Diplomacy and the original Sins. The names may not be that helpful, but they sure are better than nothing. There might be some files that are already from Diplomacy and the like, but the fact of the matter is that I got a majority, if not all, of the names of the new buffs/abilities/ect:....
I admit, I messed up by not factoring in Entrenchment - I am trying to remedy the situation right now. Thanks for pointing it out.
*Grabs pipe and monocle*
The old list had 573 entries - the new one has 409 - 164 less entries. Thanks, GoaFan77.
Sorry could you make either the TEC or Advent green? Just so at a glance it's easier to see.
Edit ohh sorry.
I thought you were doing Red for Vas, and blue for the others.
Derp. Disregard.
That is not a bad idea, but then I would have to use six colors, and that would get messy.
Lol yeah. I guess the easiest way to find specific faction stuff is good ol' Ctrl+F and Ctrl+G!
Works like a charm.
So . . . Are we thinking that the new Vasari Capital is some sort of Nanite drone host thing with various forms of nanites? Awesome.
I would dig that!
Edit: Well dang. Phase battleship? Hmm . . . .
The Phase simply means that it belongs to the Vasari.
Mobile Nanite colony it is then!
I have gone through the list once now, but unlike Santa, I shall not go over it twice, unless of course something has been brought to my attention (like with GoaFan77).
Edit: After thinking about it, I have a question. Why would the developers include abilities or even techs without even using them, let alone include particle effects for some of those same abilities?
I have came to the conclusion that the developers are, at the moment, more interested in the game engine. Are the suns appearing correctly? Can ships still Phase Jump, and so on and so forth. I feel as though when the developers are confidant in that all game engine bugs are fixed, that is when we will get to play with the four new factions.
Overall a nice bunch of things to look at. Nice work, thanks for showing!
Good job...new guys showing up the old ones.
To quote the sound files from "CapitalShip_PhaseBattleship2"Creation: Nanite command protocols are now synchronized!Selected 0: Ready to assemble!Selected 1: Reactors standing by!Selected 2: What shall we create?!General Order 0: Assembling!General Order 1: Converging!General Order 2: We are in agreement!On Start Phase Jump: Initializing Phase engines!Attack Order Issued 0: Release the NANITES!Attack Order Issues 1: Swarm them!Attack Order Issued 2: Commence disintegration!
Yeah pretty much.
Edit - I will add that the captain of that thing sounds completely insane, it's great.
Indeed, all of the factions have shield restoring abilities, Shield Restore, Shield Regeneration, and power surge. But Advent are the masters of it research wise.
I'm not going over it either, but I think the AbilityConvertMines is what the Advent fighters use to convert themselves into mines, not a new ability. Otherwise looks good.
Meh, may as well throw in the voice responses for the new Advent capital, I can't make heads or tails of what it's supposed to do, maybe one of you can.
"CapitalShip_PsiBattleship2"Creation: Until we return to the beyond.Selected 0: Where is our voice needed?Selected 1: Guide us to the enemy.Selected 2: The voices are ready!General Order 0: The Unity shall persevere.General Order 1: Our destiny has been set.General Order 2: It has been written.On Start Phase Jump: To the void!Attack Order Issued 0: Ravage their souls!Attack Order Issues 1: Die! DIIIIIEEE!Attack Order Issued 2: Shatter their will!
The most uncanny thing? When I read that, my "brain" read it in the Advent Woman voices automatically.
The Unity is invading my head!
edit: Stupid quote thing. Oh well.
" ResarchSubject_PLANET_FOR_A_PLANET.entity I have no clue whose this is, but it sounds evil... "I may have some ideas about this one. In the faction selection screenshots that were posted, the Advent Rebels were supposedly able to sacrifice their planets to deal "extreme" damage to adjacent planets.
Hrmm . . . I wonder if that can be used against the Loyalist Vasari Titan while it is eating a planet . . . .
War450 has done what I thought was possible - using the abilities and the like to create a "mod" of the full game. Here he posts some teaser screen shots. https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/419183
I never saw that. Geez, talk about devoted.
I refuse to read all that-but i will use it in-game strategically.
The question I now have is how can you possibly use it without reading it?
This list should help me update the Sins Wiki for Rebellion, since I am not in the beta and probably won't get Rebellion anytime soon, because I am conflicted on the use of Steam and really need a new computer to appreciate Sins in the first place, yet I am the primary admin on the Sins Wiki.
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