any new information about 1.03? » Forum Post by archpsi

Really would like to know if I, and many others, will get a fix for the constant Minidumps in MP games. I have yet to play this game MP because I always get a Minidump. (yes, I sent them to support)

SP works its just boring.

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-In singleplayer you can accelerate / deccelerate time by pressing the +/- buttons. I'm mentionning it again because this request is coming up a lot even though it was implemented in the v1.02 patch.

Wow. Thank you very much Brad, I really never knew that. I hadn't ever desperately wished that I had it, but now that I know, I shall use it. As for v 1.03, I can not wait. It really does look like an impressive patch and well worth any wait (even though I can't wait, lol). The new game options screen is what I am looking forward too the most.

-Improved Group Phase Jumping for large groups of ships. If the number of ships exceeds a threshold, the group will only wait for 90% of the value of the ships to be ready. The stragglers will follow shortly after.

Thank you so much for putting this in the patch. To be quite honest, it got really annoying. But anyways, keep up the wonderful work and I look forward to anything you guys provide for me within the future. At the rate your going, Sins will be cirtifiably perfect in a couple months, lol.

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Wasn't there going to be an update to the diplomacy interface allowing the player more interaction with the AI in sp games?

Any idea when this update will be ready?

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I'm really looking forward to this. Especially the AI changes!

Will 1.03 also be a bit easier for graphic mods, i.e. we no longer need to copy the whole textures folder instead of just the replacements?

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Whoa- Cannot destroy unbuilt structures? This means a lot for repair bay madness. Then again it improves defenses -alot- in the early game. We'll see. Make sure you can't -target- the structures either otherwise there's going to be a great deal of annoying baiting and that sort of thing.

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ehhehehe how about the minidump crashes? I keep getting them

even when i tried to put a new mod enabled

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Make sure you can't -target- the structures

Pretty sure that's the idea

Will 1.03 also be a bit easier for graphic mods, i.e. we no longer need to copy the whole textures folder instead of just the replacements?

I remember early on one of the devs said this would be worked in, yeah. Hopefully it makes it

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Ironclad does the actual programming. Starock is the publisher. Starodck and Ironclad work very closely on the game development

TWO Freudian slips in a row from the CEO of « Stardock » !?!

He wants to be a « rock star » ? A rock star with a « rod » d*ck ?!

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Really would like to know if I, and many others, will get a fix for the constant Minidumps in MP games. I have yet to play this game MP because I always get a Minidump.

99% of the multiplayer crashes are caused by some player running a Mod when the others aren't (the couple of other crashes not caused by this have been fixed AFAIK). v1.03 will include code to check for Mods being used to help warn players against this.

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Kreyson

Join Date 03/2006

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Keep up the great work guys. I really appreciate the communication with the community on giving us a heads up as to what is comming down the pipe. Makes me think that you guys really care about the future of the game:)

Unlike other game developers out there.

The proposed changes look very solid and a great step forward.

two quick questions.

1. Is diplomacy being worked on for single player games? Like to see it a bit easier for players to make allies. One thing i noticed, that we can give the AI's money and gifts, but this has no reflection upon the diplomacy standing. XXX amount of money or resources should give some positive faction.

2. I have been holding back on playing alot more of sins until the expansion comes out. Any rough ETA on it? Mid to late March?

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1) Diplomacy will be looked at, as to what the potential changes might be, we don't know

2) Typically expansions aren't launched 1.5 months after game release

Any expansion was said to aim for next winter. If you meant *patch*, then should be soon, definitely March

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hi

will there be any stat modification for units for balance purposes (increasing cost of specific ships by a tiny fraction..etc or improving the most underused caps: possibly desolator) ??

example of something that might need to be changed: the Devastator (Capitalship_PHASEBATTLESHIP.entity) costs less than any other cap, which is most likely a tiny mistake.

currently its
basePrice
credits 3000.000000
metal 400.000000
crystal 200.000000

should be
basePrice
credits 3000.000000
metal 400.000000
crystal 250.000000

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Maybe it's meant to be like that. Who knows, the Kortuls used to be the pride of the Vasari civilization back in the days of the Empire. The Kortuls in the Exodus Fleet(the one that appears in the game) do not have the ground invasion capability that the Kortuls of the day used to have, so maybe the cost dropped.

Or maybe it's just a bug...

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Kreyson

Join Date 03/2006

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Errr... i didnt mean to say expansion. Meant, the 1.03 update.

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These changes look fantastic. Thanks so much to Ironclad and Stardock for staying devoted to the game! And yeah, the level of communication is great.

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Anyone have an ETA on this patch??
I'm waiting for the AI upgrade!

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Late next week or early the following is the plan, as far as I know.

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i am not so sure you cannot destroy unfinished buildings i mean
is that not a little cheating?
example: if i just one a fleet victory and i decide to attack his planet with my renmants fleet to counter me all he has to do is get some hangers and turrets up
because i cannot destroy them before its completed
what do you guys think??

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oops one should be won MY BAD

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kryo

Join Date 05/2003

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i am not so sure you cannot destroy unfinished buildings i meanis that not a little cheating?example: if i just one a fleet victory and i decide to attack his planet with my renmants fleet to counter me all he has to do is get some hangers and turrets upbecause i cannot destroy them before its completedwhat do you guys think??

AFAIK that only applies to pre-construction ghosts at 0 HP. Once construction begins, they're fair game.

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-Can't attack unbuilt structures anymore.

Glad to hear it. This has been irritating me since beta 1. But don't forget the "blockade" exploit where you can prevent an enemy cap ship from retreating by plunking down structures in front of it. This problem would be magnified if you can't destroy them but they still physically impede the progress of ships. I've said it before and I'll say it again: unbuilt structures need to be invisible to everyone but the person who queued them and not capable of blocking ship movement until construction has begun.

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Really would like to know if I, and many others, will get a fix for the constant Minidumps in MP games. I have yet to play this game MP because I always get a Minidump.
99% of the multiplayer crashes are caused by some player running a Mod when the others aren't (the couple of other crashes not caused by this have been fixed AFAIK). v1.03 will include code to check for Mods being used to help warn players against this.

nope

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