[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 550)

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myfist0

on May 02, 2013

Now I just need to figure out why one of the players always dies at start of game. At least i am passed everyone dying "

Too many players, not enough home worlds perhaps?

The forge is nice for making custom maps, however, to really customize things, you have to open up the file and tinker.

Good point, but most don't realize that a .galaxy or other modable text files can be opened with notepad.

Double click the map file and Windows will ask WTF? Choose select a program and select notepad, download notepad++ is highly recommended. Choose "Always open with this".

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sscamaro1967

on May 02, 2013

Oh my gosh, where does the new update put the update for the mod? I hope everything is going well. I wish only the best for this mod cause this is my favorite game and mod.

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Iashar

on May 03, 2013

This is my favorite mod for this awesome game as well.

Ok, not sure if anyone else has reported this bug as there are 300+posts before me, but in singleplayer and multiplayer, if I fire a deliverance signal it will cause the game to minidump.

My friend and I were playing with the DS mod in, I as Advent Rebel (I've never really tried anything else) and him as TEC, against TEC and Vasari AI opponents. He asked me to fire at a planet to help him take it down, I complied, building the Engine and watching it so that I could fire it directly at the desired target, rather than it firing off on its own randomly.

As soon as it was completed, I lined it up and fired, he and I watched the signal right up till it hit the targeted planets gravity well, at which point we both had a minidump occur simultaneously.

In my own single player game, I got to the point where I could use the Engine, and built one. It fired, I found the signal before it hit, and when it hit the target it was aimed for, I minidumped.

I don't know if that is of any use to anyone, but I figured if it could be a DS related bug I should post it. If I could help out more, please tell me how.

Edit:

(The version of DS we are using is "Distant_Stars_(R)_ALPHA_0.11_[45923888]" & Rebellion v1.1.4480) <That may be very relevant, not sure if there's a newer version of either, currently.

I said 300+ posts (should have been 8000+ posts)

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-Ue_Carbon

on May 03, 2013

AI Horde map, is FUBAR. Ive not fixed it and pushed an update, simply b/c I could not get it to spawn you in the right spot.

Ive not tried it in Rebellion so, maybe that issue is fixable.

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-Ue_Carbon

on May 03, 2013

Iashar

reply 8238

if I fire a deliverance signal it will cause the game to minidump.

Currently most of the superweapons are crashy. So, you can go back a few pages and see how to disable them localy on your mod till push a update.

As always folks, the next update will be "soon-ish kinda maybe later but not forgotten about"

With a new patch incoming, I say we are looking to release the next patch around the same time as Dawn of Victory.

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Lavo_2

on May 03, 2013

-Ue_Carbon

reply 8240

With a new patch incoming, I say we are looking to release the next patch around the same time as Dawn of Victory.

I'm sorry to hear that DS will be shutting down.

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harpo99999

on May 03, 2013

I also am saddened that carbon has said that DS is stopping.

it begins to look like sins the game series is dieing, BUT I can not really complain as I have had 5 years+ of sins.

harpo

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sscamaro1967

on May 03, 2013

Much knashing of teeth and weeping

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GoaFan77

on May 03, 2013

-Ue_Carbon

reply 8240

With a new patch incoming, I say we are looking to release the next patch around the same time as Dawn of Victory.

harpo99999

reply 8242

it begins to look like sins the game series is dieing, BUT I can not really complain as I have had 5 years+ of sins.

It isn't dying, its just the people behind the first generation of mods have given up. The DS Team(?), Uzi, Swiss Knight, Evile Jedi, Major Stress (though he sometimes comes out of retirement) etc. have left, but those of us who got started with the expansions like Zombie, Lavo, and myself are still going strong, and while they're not really on these forums, there's quite a few Rebellion newcomers on moddb.

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Iashar

on May 03, 2013

-Ue_Carbon

reply 8240

Currently most of the superweapons are crashy. So, you can go back a few pages and see how to disable them localy on your mod till push a update.

I've had the other superweapons firing all over the map with no problems, only the Deliverance Signal seems to be causing the dump for myself and my friend.

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Ryat

on May 04, 2013

sscamaro1967

reply 8237

Oh my gosh, where does the new update put the update for the mod? I hope everything is going well. I wish only the best for this mod cause this is my favorite game and mod.

Unknown at this point.

@Iashar - yes, its a well known bug.

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Stant123

on May 04, 2013

I didn't quit working on the mod, I just refuse to work on Rebellion. Any of the other three that has a major issue crop up, as long as I know about it, I look into it and fix it if it can be fixed.

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Leuthesius

on May 04, 2013

Hey DS Team. Could you add this link to your head post? That way everyone can have it available should they need it. It's more or less a "no reply" type of thread and I don't think it will find itself in a sticky list.

https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/443930

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Ryat

on May 04, 2013

Nice, will see if Nacey can post that up.

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Ryat

on May 05, 2013

Nacey is to be putting up the latest update for 1.1 soon. Doesn't fix all the bugs but most are almost gone.

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