Maybe that's the "deadly secret" he alluded to in new planet enhancements?  

Seriously though, I think it's a missing line in the .str file. (it coudl be the string count number is too short so it;s no loading?)

That;s the only place I can suggest you look.

If you don't mind putting a save of the game up for download (and some explaination of which planet) I'll take a look and see if it crashes for me, and maybe do a hot fix if possible.

Seems odd the militia would be causing crashs. Played a game and used a large random map yesterday (sins+ 1.1 and mars 1.0) and except for the initial headache of getting the mods merged and loaded, have not had a single crash ~6 hours in.

That being said i have yet to find an urban planet and its militia, so i cannot say for sure.

I also have a question, for some reason i thought forest planets were beefed up in terms of logistical and/or tactical slots, making them ideal for planetary fortresses.
Just noticed from the readme that forest planets actually have the same # of slots as the others, and actually less than gas giants.

So was that changed or was i smoking crack to begin with?

And either way, what do you see as the main purpose of a forest planet?

Visuals, I think. It would be cooler if it had some real bonuses like higher health or something. At any rate I think it would make more sense it the population cap was raised just a tad bit more.



Can you upload the merged mods please? I want to use this mode but don't really want the vanilla gameplay.

Nice mod, allowed me to easily adapt this mod with my own.

Thanks.

Right... Lets get started...

@ boeduur
One of the texture files hasn't been copied over or installed correctly. Make sure everything is in. Uninstall/delete my mod, then reinstall it. A bug like this would be one that everyone would get if it were a mod based problem. Also, check the effects and UI options, make sure everything is ticked like it should be (Icons, etc..).

@ Jeebus89
Sorry, your going to have to give me a little more detail on this. What planet type? Any other mods merged with mine? What do you mean by 'Going to the planets InfoCard', hover over the planet to see the bonus? Have the other bonuses worked so far? On new planets and old?

@ Silveressa
Thank you for answering that. Sound like you got the problematic area spot on, we'll see what Jeebus comes back with.

@ Colt
Ha! Must have had two different types of disease, unlucky. And the Deadly Secret is rare, but on larger maps you may see it.

@ chronicpayne
Forest worlds aren't really anything special at the moment. But from the feedback I've just seen, I may give them a purpose/strength/weakness. The bonuses you can find on these worlds are usually the better ones, Timber, Adhesive Resin, Dense Canopy, and both types of Ancient Planetary Shield.
Oh, and thanks for posting that merge, I can't give any support for it, but at least its out there for people who want it.

@ WIck742
I like both those Ideas. I will include the bonus for timber always, and rarer Timber types as the random bonuses. A population increase sounds good to me.

@ djuice
good hear, and go right ahead, just don't forget my credit

@ innociv
There are many thing I could call you/say to you, but I will refrain.
The Urban planet, by far the most valuable of the new planets, is heavily defended, and can mess up your expansion if you get it in the wrong place, as CaptainHardcore has shown. The others have distinct strengths and weaknesses (apart from the forest planet, as discussed above), lower planet health and population, but higher orbital structure slots.
If you do have a real issue, why didn't you post exact thing you'd like to see, or changed. You sound like a troll to me, so either prove me wrong with a thought out response, or leave this place.

To everyone else, thank you for your feedback, it is greatly appreciated.

Thanks for the positive comments kjpwv. I have a bad feeling that what you suggested can't be done, well not with the current mod tools anyway. The bonuses are completely separate from any other variables, so adjusting them through research is pretty much impossible.

Much as I agree with your point about getting a crappy starting position, a good player will adapt and overcome these problems. Well, thats my thoughts on it anyway.

If you have another suggestion to soften the negative effects early on, I'll gladly try it. Thanks for the feedback

Mmm... You may be slightly confused on how Sins works. Nearly all the planets that you can colonise without research in Vanilla are already inhabited. Terran and Desert planet have urban areas which can be seen from orbit on the dark side of the planet. These are, from what I understand and have heard, whats left of the TEC's old empire. Colonising really is the wrong word in Sins, you occupy these worlds. The population is in units, and I've heard is the number of Officials present on the planet (can anyone confirm?). The local Militia also backs up this theory, every planet has militia around it, they must have come from somewhere, most likely another colony or the planet's population.

The Urban worlds are just extremely developed Old Empire planets, left behind by the TEC when the other two races invaded. The Urban planet is just another pawn in the battle, but is just a lot more valuable than the other planets.

Well, thats how I view it anyway. Your entitled to your opinion, but this the principle on which my mod is based.

I can confirm the presence of this bug as well, as I just encountered it on a large map.

I;m not sure what;s causing it however, (I did a look at the code it seemed clean) but I worked around it by simply editing the subterranean bonus out of the planetary bonuses in the english.str file, which seemed to fix the problem.

Im yet to experience a bug, im afraid to find one. The only thing that makes me crash is a video card error that makes it shut off. Thats always fun.
Yes the mod only works of random maps because the planets are added into the files that randomize the maps, the original maps arent edited.

I hate to repeat myself but;



So you are saying the problem is in the .str file. I will look into it now.

Thanks to everyone for the positive feedback, good to here. And premade maps would have the planets in, so they won't be in when they are played. I'm not sure on the working of the Galaxy Forge, but I'm sure there's a way to put my new planet types into new maps.

Ok, I just typed out a reply and I pressed the wrong button, so this will be brief.

Mino, ask the author of the mod(Aequitas), as I think me is using my mod as a base for his next update. This goes for most of the major mods, just PM the author.

The PlanetBonusSubT.ENTITY file had the error in the StringID. Replace it with THIS file. Put it in my mod's GameInfo folder and replace it when asked.

ok....i feel stupid, but I figured out what I did wrong. After looking at the pic of the folder and the address bar...I finally figured it out. Somehow, I installed the mod into a folder, and that is what was messing it up.

Anyways....now, that it looks like it is working correctly, I am excited about getting into it.

Chris

I re-installed the mod and it still is adding the new planets in the in-game map editor or in any of the playable maps here is a screen shot to help you
The size of the entire folder 1.31GB
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