Sinperium

A Different America in Everything Else Sins Forums

I'm always aware that despite the great abundance of political commentary we are all exposed to, many of us (and especially those of the current generation) aren't always well acquainted with our national roots (speaking as a citizen of the United States). It may be a tough read due to the language style but for a glimpse of what sort of people began our country and how different they were from most of us today, I think the following links regarding writings of George Washington ar

Reply to Will SOASE become open source like FreeSpace 2? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Lol--not while they are still selling it and the last packaged release is only a few weeks old. Come back in a few years and ask again ;)

Reply to The iPad Thread in Personal Computing Sins Forums

[quote who="MagicwillNZ" reply="51" id="2594979"] Quoting SIN-Imperium, reply 50 It actually has one of the best viewable screens for anything in it's size class along with the advantage that it can be held and tilted like a piece of paper or a clipboard for the best view in bright light (something not practical with a laptop). I'm not seeing it. When my father and I both played around with it in BestBuy we were both were struck with how fuzz

Reply to FOX News in Everything Else Sins Forums

[quote who="RAWRRRR" reply="25" id="2594984"]I don't think anyone is saying the other stations are AWESOME or completely unbiased and only Fox is. However, Fox News takes it to the very extremes and is on a realm of it's own which draws more attention to it. [/quote] FOX is in the same realm as MSNBC...just in the opposite corner. Aside from ideologies they are identical with the exception that FOX makes at least some attempt to occasionally air dissenting voices.

Reply to [MOD] The Sins Optimization Project version 1.0 (updated 1/25/15) in Sins Modding Sins Forums

Man--you guys are awesome. Please continue while I drool.

Reply to The iPad Thread in Personal Computing Sins Forums

I am a hard core PC user who has always avoided Macs like the plague (I have too expensive a library of non-compatible software to own one). I laughed when I heard the "big secret" of the iPad revealed. But, as it so happens, I've spent the past several months working up a local web marketing business in my area (I do my own graphics and Flash design). So as I happened into Best Buy the other day I went over to scoff at the ridiculously expensive and pointless iPad bu

Reply to Adding a New World in Sins Modding Sins Forums

[quote who="harpo99999" reply="14" id="2591054"]the strings is a complete strings from diplomacy + the strings for the mod only. I had copied the english.string from my diplomacy references then added the extra strings for the planets. I also did similar for the galaxysenariodef. harpo [/quote] Thanks. I've been swamped at work and this is the first I've even gotten back to forum. Appreicate the help very much guys.

Reply to FOX News in Everything Else Sins Forums

Thank goodness only FOX is biased...whew...we can just change the channel to the other shining paragons of pure journalism on the other TV channels to escape back to unvarnished truth and unbiased reporting! I think maybe FOX's existence is justified as it provides an example that firmly shows how wonderful the other network news channels truly are. I just can't figure out why with the great integrity and substance of the other channles why FO

Reply to FOX News in Everything Else Sins Forums

[quote who="Myles" reply="7" id="2593371"]I can't mount a rational defense for Fox News, but neither can I for any other 24 hour news network. They all sensationalize and cater to their viewers. Fox News does the best/most notable job of it, but every other network is guilty as well. [/quote] This is the answer to his question--there is little defense for any of them. Sorry to irk those who wanted this to be a FOX bash. Should have posted, "Who

Reply to FOX News in Everything Else Sins Forums

Have you watched MSNBC? Sheesh. Appretnly they think Bush is still president and always have only one party on. The "Sneer and Jeer" network (when they aren't talking about pedophiles...oh wait...that isn't their news...is it? CNN stays close to neutral (without quite succeeding) but regurgitates almost exactly the same coverage as every "generic" news broadcast and has less news every year. "The exact same news every fifteen minutes." FOX is

Reply to [MOD] The Sins Optimization Project version 1.0 (updated 1/25/15) in Sins Modding Sins Forums

Yay! Me waiting.

Reply to Yes, more crashes... in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

If your hard drive is near full that could happen. Also if another program is not shutting down/corrupted it could have affected windows. First thing is see how much space is on your HD. Reinstall the game and try again. I'm not sure on Win 7 but check your page file size as well--sometimes adjusting it can help.

Reply to Adding a New World in Sins Modding Sins Forums

I generally try to do the same but am working two jobs at present with a lot of changing schedules. I haven't been using the dev.exe and will have to get back to that. Is the english.string file in the download you provided to replace all of the strings or only some? I accidentally dropped it in one folder I didn't mean and get a dump now. I'll go back in and se if I can rejigger it.

Reply to Adding a New World in Sins Modding Sins Forums

Now I love you...in a completely heterosexual manly way of course. At last we will have our revenge. Perhaps I will even get smarter.

Reply to Adding a New World in Sins Modding Sins Forums

[quote who="harpo99999" reply="8" id="2590244"]sin-imperium, I simply copied the asteroid dead entity to a new name and edited it to alter the settings to similar to what you appear to want, then added it to my galaxyscenariodef and have not had any isues yet, but am sitll testing harpo [/quote] Lol--I must hate you now. I had to go to sleep last night so I am just starting up again. <p style="text-align: cente

Reply to If they brought Joss Whedon's Firefly back and started making new episodes, would you watch? in Everything Else Sins Forums

My nineteen year old son watched his first Firefly episodes tonight--the pilot--with my wife and I and his comment in the middle of them was, "They canceled this!?". He's pretty smart ;)

Reply to Adding a New World in Sins Modding Sins Forums

I am wondering if not creating a dupe set of the mesh/effects for the new world is the issue. I am trying a different tack now. I'll modify the in-place file valuess, insure they work using already existent names and then I'll "add" the original files back with new names and mesh/texture files and see if they will work. I have a variant of Volcanic, Ice and Terran planets that Ill swap and add as well. For such a simple game it's quite annoyin

Reply to So I have an updated refrence chart... in Strategy Sins Forums

Even if you don't have Excel I believe Open Office canopen it and the Excel Viewer is also free.

Reply to So I have an updated refrence chart... in Strategy Sins Forums

Very nicely done. Would be awesome if you could package it as an executable with it's own window and style. Still it is extreely well done. Good job.

Reply to Adding a New World in Sins Modding Sins Forums

For the record--adding the line entry in the manifest and updating the line-count in addition to placing the files into the folders and updating the scenario def file has still left me with no worlds showing (but the game starts). I'm going line-by-line right now through the Scenario def file to look for little things I may have missed.

Reply to Adding a New World in Sins Modding Sins Forums

Thanks--haven't had a chance to follow go through the suggestions here but will shortly. I made a small, six planet, single star map in GF, then hand edited it to the new planet types and made sure it was all together. On loading the map into the game, the two generic HW's showed up but no planets or jump lanes existed. I "surrendered and continued" to look about in game but only the HW's existed. I did not see the line count item--thanks Harp

Reply to So I have an updated refrence chart... in Strategy Sins Forums

Spring or pre-Spring break for many and a lot of trivial posts bump it down. I'm glad to have it--thanks!.

Reply to Asymnetric Fleets & Rejiggered Weapons in Sins Modding Sins Forums

I am continually amazed at the brilliance and creativity of the modders here and I just wanted to say I believe it is the moddability of Sins that is going to make it not disappear...especially when well thought out mods-as-games concepts like this and Dawn are created. Good luck on the mod! (I am running behind trying to catch up).

Adding a New World in Sins Modding Sins Forums

I am working on a modest mod--I am not messing with meshes, textures or models so I don't touch those parts of the entity files. I am using existing planet types and then copying and renaming them and changing the attributes within those files in an effort to create additional world types. As I understand things so far (thanks mostly to Harpo): Modded files must be coverted back bin aft

Reply to [MOD] The Sins Optimization Project version 1.0 (updated 1/25/15) in Sins Modding Sins Forums

Still--my game plays hugely faster and no crashes. Some examples: Start Screen: My time from clicking the game icon to reaching the start menu screen has gone from taking 2-3 minutes to about 45 seconds. Panning and Zooming: No more jittery or lagged motion. Smooth pans in and out and across. Combat: No more massive slowdowns