[MOD] Distant Stars - Rebellion Alpha 0.13 Released! [17/06/13]

Published on January 5, 2009 By Nacey In Sins Modding

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Feedback of any kind is always welcome. Ideas, balance changes, and bug reporting of any kind is always useful!

Version 1.00 Released!

Make sure to ask for permission before republishing any part of this mod to the public!

Downloads

Rebellion Logo

1.05 + DLC Compatible:

0.12 ALPHA Release:
Full Download:
http://distantstars.mmobase.com/rebellion/Distant_Stars_(R)_ALPHA_0.13_[45189661].7z

Full Download MIRROR:
http://www.moddb.com/downloads/distant-stars-rebellion-alpha-013

MD5: 69486D2FCD3F35E46E6F5EF8C9F1634A

Diplomacy Logo

1.34 Compatible:

1.01 Release:
Full Download:
http://distantstars.mmobase.com/diplomacy/Distant_Stars_(D)_1.01_[45685832].7z

1.051 Compatible:

Beta 0.9951 Release:
Full Download:
http://distantstars.mmobase.com/entrenchment/DS_Entrenchment_Beta_0.9951_[36672852].7z

1.14 - 1.181 Compatible:

Version 1.01:
Full Download:
http://distantstars.mmobase.com/soase/Distant_Stars_v1.01_[453701567].7z

Make sure to ask for permission before republishing any part of this mod to the public!

Multiplayer Games:
We've setup a thread for everyone to organise their multiplayer games in and also setup example times and dates for most people to meet up and start games. These are what we hope to be the main times for people to be around and want to play games together.

The times are:
4pm EST (9pm GMT) Saturdays & Sundays
9pm EST (2am GMT) Saturdays & Sundays

If you want to organise other games please go ahead using the same topic to consolidate all the information in one place and hopefully get more games together within our community. These games are for PvP, PvAI & PvPvAIso come along and we'll get some games going!

Screenshots:
We've setup a thread so you can all post your screenshots to share with us the Distant Stars team and its players. Im sure we're all intrigued to see what kinds of battles and events you've all been having on the mod aswell.

Lore:
We know some of you guys love to role play whilst using Distant Stars, and here's a topic for you guys to post all of your role playing stories, character profiles and anything else you can imagine.

Maps:
Some of you avid map makers out there have produced some great maps but never really had them recognised because they've got lost. Well here's a topic for you to post a link to the download (we can even provide mirrors if necessary) a screenshot or two of the map for us all the preview and if enough people like it we'll even include the map in with the actual mod!

Please visit our website and for more information, change logs, downloads, and to report bugs. Our website can be found here: http://distantstars.mmobase.com

Bug Reporting

If you want to report a bug please use the Bug Report feature on our website:
http://distantstars.mmobase.com/?m=reportabug

Please include as much information as possible, if you have an error log feel free to post it on these forums and we'll take it from there. If you can reproduce the error please include the error log (read below to find out how to enable error logs) and include as much detail on how to reproduce the problem.

To enable logging:
Windows Vista/Windows 7:
C:\Documents and Settings\<Your Windows Username>\Local Settings\Application Data\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\Setting
or
Windows XP:
C:\Documents and settings\<Your Windows Username>\Local Settings\Application Data\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\Setting

Open the user.setting file (using Notepad, Wordpad or any text editor) and scroll down to the bottom 7 lines from the bottom is the line:
LogOutput FALSE
Change FALSE to TRUE
LogOutput TRUE

and from then on any Log files will be saved to the debug folder:
Windows Vista/Windows 7:
C:\Documents and Settings\<Your Windows Username>\Local Settings\Application Data\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\Debug
or
Windows XP:
C:\Documents and settings\<Your Windows Username>\Local Settings\Application Data\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\Debug

If you get these log files to us (you can just paste them in to a forum post) we can hopefully get your issues sorted.

Frequently Asked Questions

All files are compressed using 7Zip to shrink the download filesize. To extract these files you must use WinRAR or 7Zip.
Any Patches should overwrite the original install directory, either by extracting over the original folder, or cut/copy & pasting over the existing file/folder structure.

1) My game keeps crashing, is there anything I can do to stop it?
i) Are you running the game on maximum (highest) settings? if so, lower them to High or Medium, there is a known issue with the game using up too much memory, there is nothing we can do about this, also no matter how powerful your pc is, it is affected by this issue no matter the pc it is not above this crashing issue, it is a game problem not a hardware one, so quite simply lower your settings. If you still have an issue with crashing see point two.
ii) Give us as detailed information as possible about the crash, what was happening at the time of the crash, what races, ships, abilities were involved. If you can supply a Debug Log (see above for more information about logging) and post a bug report on our website.

2) The loading screens and portrait pictures dont appear properly, whats wrong?
i) This is an issue with ATI based graphics cards (rarely affects Nvidia based cards) we're looking in to the issue.

3) Why dont you support converting Distant Stars in to TXT format?
i) Quite simply many things can go wrong with converting your mod to TXT, we cant help you with something you've probably broken yourself.

4) Can I mod Distant Stars for myself?
i) Yes you can however please do not distribute our mod or our mod that you have edited to the public. You must ask for permission to do so, we will regrettably stop distributing our mod to all if users abuse our work.

5) Your mod is in BIN format I can't edit the files, what can I do?
i) You can convert the mod to TXT format however we wont offer any support to versions of the mod that have been converted to TXT.

6) Why is Distant Stars distributed in BIN format?
i) Mods load faster in BIN format and are less likely to have issues in this format.

7) I'm having trouble installing the MOD, do you have any more instructions?
i) Carbon was kind enough to do some more advanced instructions out here.

8) Is there any way to make new maps for Distant Stars using GalaxyForge?
i) Within the Distant Stars Extras folder there is a folder called Galaxy Forge, Copy and Paste this folder (or its contents) over your original Galaxy Forge folder (or its contents) replacing any files if it asks you to. When you start Galaxy Forge next you'll be able to use all of our planets.

Or, the DIY approach (without custom icons):

ii) The GalaxyForge supplied by the devs will still work with our Mod, however to be able to access all of our planetary bonuses, templates, planet types and stars you will need to take our GalaxyScenarioDef.galaxyScenarioDef (found in the GameInfo folder of the mod) and place it in to your GalaxyForge folder, overwriting the original GalaxyScenarioDef.galaxyScenarioDef (if you still wish to make maps for the original game keep a backup of the original file). This will allow you to use all of the Galaxy changes included in our mod.

Note: Any maps made for Distant Stars will not work with other Mods. See #8.2 for DIY instructions for map making or take the appropriate files from Entrenchment, they're cross-client compatible.

Some statistics...

Since August 2009 to February 2011 we have had over...

400,000 Unique visits to the website
12,000GB (12TB) of data transferred from our website

That equates to over 60,000 Unique downloads of the entire mod, excluding the excess of 20,000 Patches downloaded.

Thanks to everyone that has supported us this far and making our mod as popular as it is!

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Comments (Page 188)

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-Ue_Carbon

on Mar 25, 2010

VashDaBest

reply 2805

Hey guys, the webpage that the download is hosted on is out of date, is there somewhere else I can DL this mod?

It works just fine. What version you trying to download?

2807

VashDaBest

on Mar 25, 2010

The new version, it keeps saying MMObase needs to be renewed.

2808

-Ue_Carbon

on Mar 25, 2010

I just tried every download link in the OP. All were downloading as they should. I also check the site and its up and running.

2809

Stant123

on Mar 25, 2010

Everything works for me too... =\ Could have maybe been a net hiccup or play with your browser settings.

GrayLord, you could always move them over yourself... Don't know if that'll start an arguement or anything though so do it at your own risk.

When ever I have a problem like that with a girlfriend, I just move them. Though the difference for me is that the computers are mine so they really don't get a say in which one they get to use.

2810

Draakjacht

on Mar 25, 2010

There's a reason I use a trickle down method. I buy a new, better machine. My stuff gets moved there. The next best goes to whoever is currently my #2 (right now my best friend) and they often give theirs to the next down, etc., etc. Keep in mind this works cause I still have a plentitude of contact with immediate family, my bro and sis are both the working poor and my best friend does okay, but has two kids and a mortgage. The tribal councils get interesting, but only rarely is anyone voted off the island.

2811

GrayLord

on Mar 25, 2010

The trickle down affect works pretty good, except I'm on the downline .

I'm not ready to take the leap of moving them myself, something along the lines of "Don't poke the bear."

2812

Stant123

on Mar 25, 2010

GrayLord

reply 2811

"Don't poke the bear."

Haha. Which is why I said do so at your own risk.

2813

Draakjacht

on Mar 26, 2010

The man can command a hundred Kodiaks and send thousands to the front, but when he faces his wife... well, he's not looking to push it.

2814

DistantStars

on Mar 26, 2010

Multiplayer topic has recently been updated. Check it out for all the details!

2815

adupler

on Mar 26, 2010

I'm having trouble getting this mod to work.

I installed the mod at the same time as i updated to Entrenchment 1.051 (but without rebooting). This was with the 0.9951 patch copy pasted over version 0.995. It ran just fine and I loved it: the somewhat faster pace, and the large unit scale, not to mention the greater planet variety. I subsequently rebooted my computer (i think because of a windows update). I tried to launch the game, but it would not run. I got a mini-dump error (i can duplicate it if its contents are important). The game launched just fine after I removed the mods-enabled text file. However, when I tried to enable the mod, it would freeze and mini-dump when i clicked "apply".

I've tried the following solutions: reinstalling sins; running sins as admin; redownloading and copying in the mod files; running the patch as a seperate mod over-layed on the first.

I am running windows 7 home premium 32 bit on a HP laptop:

AMD Turion TL-52 (64bit)

1gb ram

ATI X1200 (i think is an integrated chipset with no dedicated ram)

2816

Stant123

on Mar 26, 2010

I think the problem you're running into is that the modded version of the game requires more then 1GB of ram.

2817

theflyingsamurai

on Mar 26, 2010

Hi- I just downloaded this mod. so far its pretty awesome and im enjoying the new planet types.

however some planet skins seem to not load properly. particulary the savahnah and industrial planet skins, I think there was one more but it has slipped my mind.

any help for fixing the problem will be appreciated.

good job and keep up the good work.

2818

Stant123

on Mar 26, 2010

You maybe have corrupt files. Try redownloading a copy and getting rid of everything from the mod folder and starting fresh, if you have the same problem again then it may be an issue with your video card or settings.

2819

-Ue_Carbon

on Mar 26, 2010

am running windows 7 home premium 32 bit on a HP laptop:

AMD Turion TL-52 (64bit)

1gb ram

Your RAM is what Im gonna say is the problem. Since the OS is gonna use about half of that 1 GB itself. So your having about ~500 MB of RAM. Your gonna have a very hard time playing SINS unmodded with just that. As the un modded game can use up to 2GB or more itself. The mod instanly addsto the RAM usage, since there are several different graphical mod that have to incorporated into the core of the mod.

Sorry to say, your best bet is to buy more RAM. I know its easier said than done, with many peoples budgets are tight. But RAM is fairly cheap compared to most computer parts. Your gonna wanna double at the very very very min. your current RAM.

EDIT: Stant is already on top of this. I should read the rest of the posts before responding.

2820

adupler

on Mar 26, 2010

Stant123

reply 2816

I think the problem you're running into is that the modded version of the game requires more then 1GB of ram.

But why would it load the first time and not ever again? and if so, why did the re-install not help

As an aside, I purchased Diplomacy, and I ran into almost the exact same problem: the first time i tried to to run the mod, it ran just fine. After a reboot, the mod would not load. If it was a ram issue, I would expect to see a different set of symptoms: low FPS, inconsistent loading, in-game crashes. I've seen none of these symptoms. I had typical (a far as I could tell) if not slightly improved performance in the mod compared to without.

I'm going to try running it in an optimized enivironment (few background processes).

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