[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 223)

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Draakjacht

on Jun 15, 2010

Actually, we don't have a 3-D modeler. It's been a while since I've done it, so I don't want to risk making something shitty. So unless you know someone that wants to contribute one, that's the model we have to live with.

3332

Ryat

on Jun 15, 2010

We might recruit SuperZero0 to help with that

3333

Celnoriak

on Jun 16, 2010

Any where I can look up the ship speeds for Distant Stars (or Sins in general, if they're unchanged)? Trying to optimize my fleets, and a look at the individual ship speeds would help.

3334

Ryat

on Jun 16, 2010

in the entity files with these lines

mass 80.000000
maxAccelerationLinear 150.000000
maxAccelerationStrafe 80.000000
maxDecelerationLinear 990.000000
maxAccelerationAngular 49.999992
maxDecelerationAngular 99.999985
maxSpeedLinear 2000.000000
maxRollRate 2.000000
maxRollAngle 35.000000

numbers are just examples

3335

Celnoriak

on Jun 16, 2010

Thanks for the info. Poring over them, max speeds look like

CapitalColonizer = 450

All other caps = 525

Most frigs and cruiser = 500

Heavy cruisers = 600

Light frigs = 800

Scout frigs = 1000

Anti-fighter frigs = 700

Siege frigs = 525

3336

Ryat

on Jun 16, 2010

basically, never pay much attention as it rarely factors into tactics (except kiting)

3337

Draakjacht

on Jun 16, 2010

Well, it can if you have multiple fleets (empire tree fleets) moving in on a target, but you want to make sure you're smaller support vessels keep behind the big dogs. Nice to know how long before they rush past.

Granted, targets are decided from the get go and there's no way to block a shot or enemy movement. Everything in this game gets willy nilly after a point.

3338

Archbound

on Jun 19, 2010

As I said, I was sure it was something that was being thought about and such. Its not a do this now kind of thing, but if you do eventually find a 3d modeler giving some new models to the few things you added would be a great thing. Nothing that really changes the mod, but just something that adds a little bit more flair

3339

Draakjacht

on Jun 20, 2010

I'm an idiot...

So, I was looking to bring the David's Lions into Homeworld, so I wanted to make a quick badge and did a little digging till I found where. I do the deed and wander off.

Then it hits me, "Wait, have I ever really hunted for .tga files or anything in Sins? No, I usually get base material from poor Nacey, whose probably tired of me asking for little 2-D tidbits. So I go looking around and finally find the slew of .tga files. Some of the stuff, I feel, was surprising to find it is done in 2-D. They do a good job with their alphas. Other things, I find and think, "Poor Nacey must have been yanking these files for me, thinking I'm a babbling, retarded child. Obviously, I can be. Now I have found the spot and have thought, "I wonder if anyone care about the small details? For example, many of the GF maps made for the mod have no images for map selection purposes, you know those little images with the cool text types. Wondered if I might fill those in. While I'm at it, I'm now more open to helping the whole mod with 2-D, if anyone comes up with requests.

Btw, put the skinning idea on the back burner cause I want to know if anyone has an idea how they would get different skins for different races, assuming it can be done.

And no, I'm opting out of doing new victory images by hand, but would be willing to composite some images with stylizing filters. A little airbrush and it might work. Will have to make a test image.

3340

-Ue_Carbon

on Jun 20, 2010

I'd like to see if we can get a few new icons in or replace a few for some new lore based ones.

I know we talked about the skins, Ive tried to tinker with each race having their own skin but I could not get Sins to see the new skins. At any rate you could make 3 basic themes and if nothing else you could create a mini mod for each per se. Allowing anyone to pick the one they like or goes with their favorite races theme. I just changed the color saturation on my personal version. It could be something that simple.

Victory Images IMHO could be something as simple as a screenshot ingame. With nice fancy writting slapped on it. Hell I could do it.

At any rate any 2-d work that gives the impression that your play DS and not SINS is great. If anything a new main menu would do wonders. And if I get the AI to do what I want, I could finally finish the DS into, Ive talked/worked on for what seems forever.

Just me dreaming big again though...lol.

EDIT: On Map pics. Dude I'd love to see the added maps get some cool pics like the standard ones do! Though Im bias b/c they are mostly my maps.

3341

Stant123

on Jun 20, 2010

Heh. I always include a custom picture for my maps. They just seem incomplete to me if they don't reference some image to display in the window. I'll zip up my early work and post it later today in the map thread.

I really need to get around to finishing up my map pack too...

3342

EternalRequiem

on Jun 20, 2010

-Ue_Carbon

reply 3340

I'd like to see if we can get a few new icons in or replace a few for some new lore based ones.

I know we talked about the skins, Ive tried to tinker with each race having their own skin but I could not get Sins to see the new skins. At any rate you could make 3 basic themes and if nothing else you could create a mini mod for each per se. Allowing anyone to pick the one they like or goes with their favorite races theme. I just changed the color saturation on my personal version. It could be something that simple.

Victory Images IMHO could be something as simple as a screenshot ingame. With nice fancy writting slapped on it. Hell I could do it.

At any rate any 2-d work that gives the impression that your play DS and not SINS is great. If anything a new main menu would do wonders. And if I get the AI to do what I want, I could finally finish the DS into, Ive talked/worked on for what seems forever.

Just me dreaming big again though...lol.

EDIT: On Map pics. Dude I'd love to see the added maps get some cool pics like the standard ones do! Though Im bias b/c they are mostly my maps.

What kind of skins are we talking about?

3343

Draakjacht

on Jun 20, 2010

The big reason I'm slow on the skins is that there is a lot of work if I want to do anything other than a color/texture change. It's not like the zerg, where I can just use a few skin palettes I have and bam, it's done. So if we can't get it to work for each race, I could always consider doing one basic thing for all, just to give it a different feel. As it is, I think I'll go with easier than not jobs first and work my way up.

And I was talking to Ryat elsewhere about doing some meshes. Was thinking that I had an idea for a pirate ship and the orbital defense control. I would be a little slow on getting the 3-D done, but if someone else jumps on board for that, I have sketches I can share. Just a thought.

As for icons, let me know what everyone has in mind for their faction.

I'll hop on the map images.

The main menu will come a touch later. If I'm going to do that and the HUD, I want a stylistic consensus.

3344

Ryat

on Jun 20, 2010

go talk to Superzero0, he might have time to work that out with you

3345

Draakjacht

on Jun 20, 2010

Map images and icons first. For all lore players and others interested, send me any sketches or descriptions you have for your icon ideas. I don't make icons if no one gives me any feedback.

And I contacted SuperZero0. Hope to hear from him soon.

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