Greetings.  I just downloaded this mod and I was wondering, is there a listing of everything in this mod?  Like the planetary shields, is there a way to bypass them ever?  or does it just effectively make a dead planet for the player?  Just wondering and thanx for an awesome mod.

**Edit** Nevermind, I figured it out.  I guess I just have to play to find out stuff, like the first time I picked up SoaSE!

Hi guys,

Got it all running no problems, seems stable to me! Research speed seems to be a little on the slow side now though it might just be my machine. Have yet to play as all factions so will try and see what I find!

Still finding the Advent underpowered compared to the Vasari, but the 1.04 limit they brought in on superweapons makes a HUGE difference to gameplay. No more novalith spamming even with TEC loyals!

Still have an issue with no elite strike craft for Advent when playing as human and the gunships/ews are only buildable for the starbase. AI doesn't appear to have this problem. Not sure if that's intentional!

Titans do seem to be nicely balanced now. Would love to see more upgrades for them in the formal Rebellion release. Sure it's something you're looking into along with those oh so finicky pirates

Great work, really enjoy playing it!

*edit* Sorry Advent Loyal can also have EWS in hanger defence. Rebel though seems hit and miss whether the EWS for hangers appear or not....

Is there a process for getting the 1.04 to work? Mine's all no worky.

You need the standard mod installed correctly. Then un-zip the new 1.04 mod files over the others. Make sure the old and new mod files are all within the *newly created* "Mods Rebellion 1.04" folder as opposed to the old "Mods Rebellion 1.03" folder.

Then just enable in the in-game mods menu.

You download the 1.03 full version and unarchive it.  You download my update and unarchive that.  You cut/copy the files from my update and paste them in the 1.03 version folder and overwrite the files in there.  Move the whole mod to your rebellion 1.04 mods folder.  Start your game.  Go to options > Mods (I assume the menu is still the same).  Select Distant Stars, click enable, and you should see some checksum number pop up.  It would be helpful if those that have it working would post their checksums so I have a number to tell people that they should be seeing.  Then click apply and after a short pause DS should be running.  Try it a few times, I hear rebellion likes to crash more then asian drivers.    Also redownload both the mod and my update if things just refuse to work, bad downloads happen...  Often.  Especially when you deal with the sheer volume of files in the archive that is as large as it is.  A few bad bits of data in the download process won't affect you very much when you're downloading a 100 Meg video, but in this case, it can really screw you out of a couple hundred files.  So grabbing two or three copies (Ryat had to download it 18 times once I believe) just to get a working set is what we like to call, normal and expected.

If that doesn't work, then you need to be more specific with your problem.  Run the dev.exe and try to play the mod with that and tell me what errors you see.

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Remember fans of DS, I do my best to update this mod for you all and I don't even have Rebellion!  (Don't offer to buy me a copy, I won't accept it, money isn't the issue, Steam is and to a much smaller degree Stardock is, don't ask about that either.  I've said my piece, voted with my wallet, and that's it.  Done.)  Assholes who call me selfish for not helping as much as I used to, and pricks like Mike_Snyder who feel it's easier to blast everyone rather then finishing 2nd grade and learning how to read really just don't deserve our help, and if anyone would like to spam their accounts with the same kind of hate and vitriol explaining to them how idiotic they are and how their dumb assery will not be tolerated, please, be my guest, you can even tell them and any forum mod who questions you that I gave you full permission on my behalf to ruthlessly torment them for as long as you feel like since I'm a busy guy and love to do just that, but can't be here all of the time to police the masses.  I suggest using the email option since the private message feature of these forums only holds 100 messages.  Little tip for you all.  ;]  For everyone else who is actually civilized about these things, just saying it doesn't work, doesn't help us at all.  We need details.  Often times when someone says nothing happens it's because there's one too many folder depth levels and they're getting a zero checksum, or they've got a really hinky checksum number and neglect to state that, which means nothing we say will work because the files they have are all completely messed up.

So in conclusion...  Like the saying goes, help me help you.  Don't be an idiot here on this thread because I eat Idiot-O's for breakfast and playing with torches and fire is in fact in my job description so I can burn you hotter, harder, and more severely then Satan himself with all of the fires of Hell behind him...  And that's when I'm just having fun.  Okay?  Great!  Now you all just go on and have yourselves a fine and wonderful day.  I need to go read my daughter's facebook now so I know which boys I'm going to have to kill and bury this weekend.    Ciao.

This should work. If not post pack and we'll see what we can do. Screenshots of how and what order you are enabling these items might be helpful too.

Did that. Still no worky.

It may be a messed up file that may need to be re-downloaded.

What does not work? Does it still look like normal SoaSE:R or does it mini-dump at some point in the game? Are the graphics wonked up? Does it dump to desk top during application of the mod?

What folder are you unzipping the mod too? What order are you stacking them in the mod window inside of the game?

Screenshots and more information are needed before we can help you any further.

^ This does nothing to aid us helping you. Do you understand the file path system in Sins? Have you applied mods before with Rebellion? Are you using any other versions of Sins other than SoaSE:R such as Entrenchment or Trinity/Diplomacy? We need details!

Redownloading the 1.031 with the DS Update and Minimods. Will try again.
Popping it into the 1.04 mod folder. 

Unless there's an actual "1.04" download somewhere that just isn't complete.
 

Minidump. I'm not sure what else to tell you beyond "applied Alpha .1, then .1 extras, then Better gas giants." And it failed.

All i can do is repeat what i typed before

"Updated mod works fine for me, install old mod, overwrite with new files and thats all. Activate ingame and its all there. Minidumps exist as usual but thats a sins thing...."

I overwrite the original mod with the update files first, then i overwrite it again and again with Better gas giants first then Flagships. In the ingame menu, i only have 1 thing to activate and all the minimod stuff is ingame.

Leuthesius could you please take screen shots of the process step by step as you try to place the mod folders and then the order in which you activate the mod? I am not trying to be patronizing but there are a million little things that you could be doing wrong while you think you are doing them correctly.

I am only trying to help.

Please humor me and answer each of the questions that I will quote below as well as taking screen shots of your steps & file path directory for the mod folders. Is it minidumping during the activation stage? Does it work if you don't try to use the mini-mods? We need more information.

The information you supplied is not enough for us to help you diagnose your problem.

Just a quick note to those having issues re mini dump. If running windows Vista/7, running the program as admin works wonders

*Facepalm*

I can't believe that.

I was going through the process and taking screenshots of everything. No changes in the process mind you. And it enables without the minidump. 

Force crash about an hour in.

edit: Another crash. Takes about half an hour.

*sigh*