Ironclad Games and Stardock Entertainment are very pleased to announce the release of version 1.5 BETA for Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion. This new update will be available as an opt-in Beta via the Steam client ahead of its final release so that we can get feedback from users on the changes.
NOTE: THE V1.50 UPDATE WILL BREAK SAVE GAMES!
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Here's one of the new dwarf planet textures:
Wow! Show us Terran planet as well, please!
EDIT: Can we have better textures for Titans as well? I still cant get over lack of texturing on the bottom of Vorastra
That is fantastic, Yarlen. And I don't know why I have waited so long to post my opinions about this update, but on the whole it looks great. Amazing to see that you are not only adjusting balance but coming up with new and interesting ideas (the reworked artifacts, titan research benefits) at the same time.
Oh, and by the way, I love the new planet textures. Will these completely replace the old ones or will both the new and the old still be in the game? And if you look really closely at the dwarf planet screenshot, what is the planet icon right above the dwarf planet?
I for one mostly play single player and so I am happy that you keep updating the AI to make it progressively better. And I look forward to more word about that new content tomorrow.
I do think that the Maw and Wail were nerfed a bit too hard, though - but I realize that once you have made a change you are probably not going to go back and work on it again. And I too support a general Vasari bomber nerf, even though my favorite faction is the Vasari Loyalists.
But anyways, just because not EVERYTHING was fixed with this update does not mean that it was not great. And I just love how you guys are still developing new content for an almost 5 year old game. It is rare and it is wonderful in the gaming industry to find a company so devoted as Stardock to their customers.
These were grossly overpowered. If your mainly single player though it will be extremely simple to restore them (2 lines of code).
these are amazing textures. now imagine if we keep everything the same and enlarge the planets a bit larger than usual. i mean enlarge it enough to where we can see water falls and or maybe ocean waves crashing through the shores and maybe if we can have close up zoom effect to where we can see fleets fighting near the ozone layers and stuff . if the engine can zoom out and see lots of stars to zooming inwards seeing windows on fighter cockpits i don't think it would be too hard to have an extra zoom animation back drop effect of near sighted on planet surface.
i know this is off topic and probably didn't make any sense but it would be cool though lol.
The new textures look really sharp. Can't wait to see them in game.
Maaan... being in a +8 timezone is killing me... I want to try this Beta out...
Hey everyone, a new guy here. I am confused about the change of duration of Desperation. The in-game description states that the duration is already 10, but in the changelog:
Since no one is complaining, clearly means I must be missing something. Can someone explain this change to me?
Those new textures are really great!
I was curious about that too.
No, the old planet textures are gone. There's really only memory space for one set (safely). Ignore that icon....nothing to see there....
I assume you mean the duration? The ability refreshes/stacks as hits are taken, so having it with a long duration didn't really do anything. It's more a data keeping change than anything.
Ah, would that be one of those illusive unannounced but accidentally referenced new planets I found yesterday, Yarlen? Possibly the new Ferrus planet type? Hmm? About what time range might we hear about about the new content today and about what time range can we expect the beta to be released?
I am glad they still make good updates to this nice game. Its such a shame it does not support multicore I really hope for a Sins 2 that does. But till then Its cool to get new updates that make things better in this game. Can´t wait to test out the new AI. Hope the update will come soon
Yarlen, you lied to me in another thread where I asked whether it is possible to get new planet looks and new planet types, yet it seems there will be... You said not even in DLC... HMM.. Strange stuff going on.
BUT it would be awesome, and thanks for the hard work!!
Thanks starclad & yarlen for all the hard work, this will be awesome!
All will be revealed in approx. 45 minutes.
awesome... watching the clock now...
It is on!
You've downloaded it?
I'm here waiting with a hosted game lol
edit, nevermind, there it is
Now: https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/444106
Thanks Yarlin... You posted justed just as I edited
Yep. New textures are nice. Is there just one type of terran world texture? I tried to start several games just to see, if it changes, but it was still the same. The moon texture however, was different than on the pic you posted.
There's one texture for the big planets, two for the dwarf planets (cause they're smaller).
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