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Reply to Research Scaling in Beta Feedback Sins Forums

[quote who="ProgressBar" reply="7" id="1963766"]I built a new unit for TEC called an Interdictor that had it's own small mobile phase disruption field and could also deploy small phase disruptor structures. Works great for building blockades at stars! The AI builds them... but it never uses the deploy mobile phase disruptor ability... guess it doesn't know when or how to do it. Did the same for Advent with a antimatter support ship that had a boost antimatter abili

Reply to New Entrenchment Shots Released in Sins News Sins Forums

[quote who="VictorTroska" reply="20" id="1964042"]Nice! Only downside of enchantement pack is that its release date 1. January 2009 my vecation is almost over then.[/quote] keep in mind that that is just the placeholder date. it can be earlier or later, depending on how the beta goes.

Reply to Whats sorely lacking in this fantastic game?: SOUND in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

I agree on the sound aspect or at least what you mean by it. more battle chatter would be very nice and up the immersion. homeworld did this very nicely imo.

Reply to New Entrenchment Shots Released in Sins News Sins Forums

[quote who="danielmoore" reply="23" id="1963399"]i want [/quote] well, then I hope we get an official 1.12 soon, so we can start having real dreams about getting entrenchment. I'm feeling like in an rpg. you a, but to get it you need b and to get you need c and d. geez, complicated.

Reply to New Entrenchment Shots Released in Sins News Sins Forums

hm hm, last I read, they still have problems with the synch bug, don't they? I'd say they won't release it before that, so once it is solved, they will start making the beta package. after all, it should be in a beta testable shape by now. I hope.

Reply to New Entrenchment Shots Released in Sins News Sins Forums

[quote who="Annatar11" reply="5" id="1963132"] tz tz. that should have been "and now witness the power of this fully armed and operational battlestation". 5 imaginary dollars to who gets the reference. Oh come on, you can't be that easy. Everyone knows it's from Return of the Jedi.[/quote] I'd have thought so in a such a nerd forum. hey, as a matter of fact, we could do a sci fi version of 'guess the quote' somewhere. else: too bad the screens don't real

Reply to New Entrenchment Shots Released in Sins News Sins Forums

tz tz. that should have been "and now witness the power of this fully armed and operational battlestation". 5 imaginary dollars to who gets the reference. btw you might want to change the screenshot date. just because you're not sure when it comes out, you don't have to write 2009 to further demoaralise the waiting lot. hope to get more info - or better yet the beta - soon. :D but the screens are a nice teaser.

Reply to AI Never takes open mining operations in Beta Feedback Sins Forums

[quote who="Haree78" reply="8" id="1962570"]I'm not sure what you guys are talking about. Auto capturing neutral mines is a priority over auto search, unfortunately the scouts never have enough am when they pass the mines so they just do their auto search instead. I've deffinately had scouts auto capture while both are on auto though on the rare occasion they have am for it. Would be awesome for Vasari to get research to dramatically reduce the phase jump am cost for sc

Reply to some newbie questions in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

lets try a few answers. 2) gauss canons, or defense structures in general, are only really useful when used in clusters and in combination with repair centres and maybe hangars. beware though that defenses in this game do not serve so much as a defense in itself, but rather a network to support ships stationed there. thus, with a clever ship and structure layout you can drive off a much larger force. 4) not at all. for one thing, distance to homeworld matters on the amount of

Reply to Research Scaling in Beta Feedback Sins Forums

on topic. the long research times are indeed a balancer for longer games, I tried it from time to time and it really takes ages to reseach anything. on the cost side ... well, I guess higher costs will actually work, bc you also profit from the benefits a lot longer. if for example, a metal processing upgrade costs 800 instead of 400 and the according metal/ crystal adjustments, though with an unchanged effect, then it is likely equalled out by profiting from it for 8 hours instead of 3 or so

Reply to AI Never takes open mining operations in Beta Feedback Sins Forums

[quote who="Annatar11" reply="6" id="1962293"] that could only work so long as the 'auto capture' routines do not take precedence over the 'auto expore' routines. otherwise you would have a ship that you want to scout (to gather intel!) sit around an extractor, waiting to am to accumulate for the capture. also, with scouts constantly jumping around like crazy, do you think there is even enough am left for them to do it? Add to that that a good number of the neutral grav wells have 1

Reply to Entrenchment - Will it make games even longer??? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote who="Exterm123" reply="6" id="1962248"]Or give each player a certain amount of "points" so they can pick what they want to start off with. That way not everyone has to start with stuff that they don't want/need for their strategy.[/quote] more complicated to implement, you would need an extra 'point allocation' screen or mode. my point was that I just gave the basics, plus lots of resources, because they are de facto points with which you can get stuff. lets be serious, e

Reply to AI Never takes open mining operations in Beta Feedback Sins Forums

[quote who="RaveBomb" reply="4" id="1960365"]Actually, while we're on this topic... What about Vasari scouts? Can they be changed set to autocapture free mines when they're also auto-scouting? [/quote] that could only work so long as the 'auto capture' routines do not take precedence over the 'auto expore' routines. otherwise you would have a ship that you want to scout (to gather intel!) sit around an extractor, waiting to am to accumulate for the capture.

Reply to Entrenchment - Will it make games even longer??? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

well, there could be a mixture of quick start and something else. what if there were an option that started you off with say all extractors placed, 10 or so basic frigates (exact number balanced through races), a few scouts, maybe the capship yard placed, a colony ship and a bunch of resources (thus, a lot more) at your disposal. I don't think it would change the game that much, but that can quite easily shave off 5 to 10 minutes of build up time I'd say. not much, but surely nice for

Reply to a suggestion in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

hey, some of these suggestions have been brought up and there is in fact a package in the works which will improve diplomacy in various ways. unfourtunately we have next to no details on that, but I think it is something that will be of interest to you. I am very curious about it, because imo the diplomacy and non-military part is something where the game could benefit from some improvements. so lets see what the devs will give is there.

Reply to BUG Game No Longer Ends when last Player Planet Wiped Out in Beta Feedback Sins Forums

[quote who="Overloard" reply="2" id="1958691"]I would wish that you could only loose when all of your planets and every single colony ship (or a ship with colonizing abillitie) is destroyed[/quote] I doubt you would find anyone at all in mp who would go for that. for sp, well, by all means, if you want to ...

autoplace logistics structures in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

how about an intermediate mode between no autoplace at all and autoplace everything? if that kind of thing were autoplaced intelligently, I wouldn't have to center of that particular grav well, look at the position and do it, which does take quite a bit more time than just clicking and its done. now, I don't think I would ever really chose to autoplace tactical structure, that is just too sensitive. but for cilvilian buildings ... I do not really care as long as they stay reasonably c

Reply to Entrenchment - Will it make games even longer??? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

saw it. on this topic, I should say that while I understand that a practical mp scene won't work with standard games lasting 2 hours +, part of the appeal of the game to me is exactly that it is slower. but then, with fast settings and other tweaks, we can probably have the right dose for each person. that said, the game could need a few other victory conditions that could make it easier to claim vicory if one team starts gaining the upper hand. a % of planets owned, of cultur

Reply to Extra Game Modes - Ideas! in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

not bad. I have two myself. though I'm not quite sure. starcraft had a lot of game modes, but have any of them really been played that much? isn't that just a fairly fringe aspect? King of the Hill get points for holding a certain key strategic point, maybe like the sun. the more units you have there, the more points you get. once you have enough points, you win. of course cutting off the supply line before an attack on the central point is just as valid a strat

Reply to Star Wars: Sins of a Galactic Empire 1.0E (entrenchment) in Sins Modding Sins Forums

works for me as far as I can tell. and looks good. though, is it just me or does this mod require more pc power than vanilla sins? it slowed down quite a bit a few times, especiall when I zoomed in on the imperial II.

Reply to Star Wars: Sins of a Galactic Empire 1.0E (entrenchment) in Sins Modding Sins Forums

seems very nice, I saw the unit list and it was far more complete than I would have thought. thank you a lot for your effort, I will report back once I have time to play this baby.

Reply to poblem whit the v1.11 in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

I am not the technically savy guy, but others will surely ask for more information before they can help you. what does not work? can you not log in to ironclad online? can you not host games? can you not join them? is it just slow? what kind of error message, if any, is displayed? just write everything that you think has to do with the problem and might help others solve it. that way you get better and faster answers. sorry if I cannot be more helpful.

Reply to A new ship class: Battle cruisers in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote who="Tkins" reply="17" id="1956156"]I think by mining barge he meant a ship that mines astroids.. but not too sure. I'll check that mod out, hopefully I can learn some things for my mod. Thanks! EDIT* I clicked the link and I just get routed back to this thread lol.[/quote] well, there are refinery ships and extractors work themselves, not sure what a mining barge

Reply to How will Entrenchment Beta testers be identified? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

I am quite confident that everyone who preordered is eligible for beta. it's the way it has been for the main game and I think stardock itself handles it similarily for their games, so it seems policy around here. and a good one I may add. just stick around for any announcements. and don't worry, it is perfectly normal to load these forums several times a day to look for news regarding entrenchment or the beta *twitch*. perfectly normal.

Reply to Sins of a Solar Empire v1.11 Hotfix Released in Sins News Sins Forums

funny. maybe its just my impression, but it seems to me the german speaking are the most numerous here amoung those without english as mother language. why funny? bc way back, the german retail partners refused for a long time to take on the product, because "there was no demand". I'd really like to know how many copies were eventually sold there, both through calypso and SD central/ impulse. just to see those idiots proven wrong. and yeah, I figure other language version will