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Reply to Noob asking Questions in Strategy Sins Forums

For anyone who thinks Advent are weak early - try surviving a illum rush!!! Playing as TEC I find I will generally loose early game UNLESS I can get some hoshikos into the mix

Reply to Patching in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Notice what???

Reply to Slow Start in Strategy Sins Forums

And there is the difference between SP and MP - you can often take a little more time on SP as you often won't be attacked as quickly by the AI as you would by some of the better players online...

Reply to Fleet Command in Sins Modding Sins Forums

I wonder if you missed the point of the game? You know - the 4x part???

Reply to POLL: Do you like or dislike pirates? in Strategy Sins Forums

I generally host with them off - what IS funny is that the game allows you to bid even if they are defeated/inactive - people don't look at the shattered portrait and heap credits on them for no benefit. I do tend to ally chat to let MY team know they are off....

Reply to Patching in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Umm - no??? :) The noobs kept coming and begging for help??? I did find an interesting way to get an easy win - play a noob 1v1 and then have him quit/surrender after 5 minutes due to a ping of something like 46XXX - shame I didn't get a screen shot.

Reply to Freeze When Ships Jumping Between Planets in Technical Sins Forums

Assuming your have an Nvidia card - how about the Nvidia website???

Reply to WHERE THE HELL IS MY CURSOR ? in Technical Sins Forums

Turn on the "Show Cursor" option in the config file :) Otherwise - as previously stated - update your drivers. Also - have you got anything in your system that could be considered "special" or "unique"?

Reply to Patching in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Gees, it is AWFUL nice of you to remember that :) Did you even get a game or two in???

Reply to When is this online thing gonna pick up? in Sins Multiplayer Sins Forums

Totally agree with the above comments (especially Droom1's). Being able to host is the best way for me to get a game as quite often there are people waiting for a host to start up a new game. And of course I am not one of the one's to miss out on that last slot :). The trick is to try and balance the teams by looking at the stats (and hoping people don't create a new profile to appear as a noob). e.g. Raging Amish should have someone good against him, not with him as it becomes

Reply to Why No "Ignore"? in Sins Multiplayer Sins Forums

I agree that people shouldn't be swearing/being racist etc... Another gripe I have (recently aquired) is that the lobby is for starting a game - not trying to pick people up (she (he???) knows who I am talking about - people who were on yesterday were commenting on it while waiting to start a game). You can't even see WHO you are talking to, let alone where they are etc... so there is no point asking if they are hot/single etc... Just get on and play the game please.

Reply to Capital ship numbers in Strategy Sins Forums

Run away!!!! :) (and build some hoshikos to repair your fleet!!!)

Reply to Keeping a Planet in Strategy Sins Forums

Culture - you need to repell the other guys culture with your own as over time it will make your planets loose loyalty. This means 1) drop in income rates, 2) you loose the planet without them ever directly attacking you...

Reply to please delete in Technical Sins Forums

Would that work??? The game is simulated on every machine - so surely the other machine's would not have that due to different config files if he has hacked his files???

Reply to Slow Start in Strategy Sins Forums

Also - if you are a noob - don't quit just because you are being attacked as: 1) you will not learn - hence you will not get quicker 2) you will get a reputation and no one will want to play with you 3) just because you are getting attacked is not the end of the game - if an ally attacks them on the other side of their empire, they may have to pull back or risk their homeworld being seriously worked. I was being badly worked by an RA fleet in a big 4v4 game, but we took out two a

Reply to Patching in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

It took me all of about 10 minutes to download the 1.05 patch off the website. And when I was unable to connect to play MP, anotehr 5 minute after reading the FAQ to get it up and running (and able to host) without even reading The Monk's guide. If people actually spend a few minutes thinking about things instead of instantly throwing their hands up in the air AND/OR being civil if they do actually require help, things would be SO much nicer. Personally I would just delete the thread

Reply to Opening Ports in Technical Sins Forums

no need - go read The Monk's topic. It fully cover everything you need to know

Reply to 1.1 Predictions in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Here's a doozy - the ability to be able to control the AI and MAKE IT COMMIT TO THE MAKE OR BREAK BATTLE ON THE MAP!!! (yes I know there is functionality to "control" the AI, but the AI won't actually do anything unless the odds are overwhelming (in it's favour of course). It just tells me it will do what it can!!!). I was playing an MP game with 5 systems (HUGE 5v5 game) - I had #2 ranked fleet and someone else (call then red) had #3. We were winning the battle for the galaxy we started

Reply to constant lag in Sins Multiplayer Sins Forums

I manage to host games from Australia without any issues (sometimes...) Pings may be a little highter, but that is all. The issue seems to be when people are either downloading stuff in the background and/or compressing DVDs etc... I now ask people when I host to make sure they have this stuff turned off. I have noticed it seems to be noobs alot lately - that might be due to the the fact they haven't learned about the lag issues and therefore haven't tackled it by turning down se

Reply to Age of Sinners in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Almost 30 (November) X-(

Reply to Tell me what is a good game? in PC Gaming Sins Forums

Not in any particular order (and including some old arcade conversions to Amiga) Freelancer Golden Axe Sins (duh) Half Life C&C TA (Total Anihilation) Doom

Reply to newbie question: placing orpital structures in Technical Sins Forums

You turned on auto placement - probably clicked a key trying to chat or similar It is the top right button on the bottom dashboard.

Reply to Star Wars Mod in Sins Modding Sins Forums

I'm trying to remember - how many dreadnaughts was Garm Bel Iblis fielding when he retreated from a ISD in the Thrawn trillogy - from memory it was 3 and he had 6 in his fleet - it wasn't enough to take out a ISD, but enough to hold it at bay...

Reply to Sins uses resources (memory and processor) oddly in Technical Sins Forums

Wow - 141 2/3 MB per person in the game - that is a HUGE amount!!! If it is an issue, buy more RAM - it is so cheap these days and will fix any issues that you have with sins using too much!!!

Reply to 1.1 Predictions in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

I at least know it isn't my computer that is lagging - only network connection. I have a G15 refresh, so I can see what each core is doing (Q6600) and never see one at 100%. And on the largest MP game my ram usage has only gotten close to 40% (8GB) Hence my question - some people complain about me lagging (I'm in Australia), but I don't see how it can be my computer that is the cause. On the other hand when other people lag, I get the impression it is their computer as when I host and wa