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[MOD] Sins of a Solar Empire: INVASION (new screenshots, May 28th, 2012.)

[MOD] Sins of a Solar Empire: INVASION (new screenshots, May 28th, 2012.)

Previously known as "The Last Stand"

 

 

Sins of a Solar Empire: INVASION is an addon project aiming to expand upon the existing universe of the Sins of a Solar Empire, providing original and high-quality content on top of the original game. Aside from the new content, the addon will also include multiplayer-friendly gameplay changes as well as reworked or new visuals/sounds.

ETA: To Be Announced

Planned changes/content will include:

  •  A new playable race, created to the highest quality standards. The Xin are a race of utterly alien origin, and the massive fleets of their living, semi-sentient ships have been ravaging the galaxy for millenia. Countless races have perished under their onslaught - and now TEC, Advent and the Vasari will have to face this terrible enemy and win - or die trying.
    Assume the role of the defenders and try to stem the tide of death and destruction, or take command of the invading armada and destroy the impertinent insects wherever they choose to make their last stand. 
  • Volumetric Explosions & Damage Effects, providing not only greater excitement to your space battles by transforming all explosions and persistent damage effect into true 3D affairs, but also better visual cues as to how the battle is going, enabling you to spot at a first glance the hotspots and even the level of damage on particular ships.
  • Dynamic Battle System, where each ship class' strenghts and uses are not determined only by its stats and abilities, but also by its flight characteristics. Certain ship classes will be able to move during fleet battles, which, coupled with the reworked stats of all ship classes should prevent "cookie-cutter" or "spam" strategies.
  • New Ship Classes for the new faction, ranging from specialist ships such as the Warmaster or Emperor Battlecruiser all the way to Titans acting as mobile superweapons capable of facing down an entire fleet on their own or even destroying an entire gravity well in one powerful surge.
  • Reworked Balancing, aiming to further focus various ship classes on their roles, removing any overlapping advantages which ultimately make one ship type or the other the ship to produce. Changes will also include increased gravity wells as well as greater class difference in turning rates and top speeds in order to further accentualize fleet placement, strategic positioning of forward bases and other such details which a great admiral make.
  • New Planet Types, which will also be visually enhanced, primarily by increasing their size in order to make them a true centerpiece of a given sector. New planet types will provide greater variety without providing game-breaking advantages to players.
  • Enlarged Gravity Wells which, coupled with the dynamic nature of space combat, will challenge players to an even greater level, requiring careful placements of planetary defenses and orbital structures, as well as fleets.
  • Unique Structures for the new faction, ranging from formidable Heavy Defense Batteries to deployable Outposts which will be capable of guarding even sectors around otherwise uninhabitable astronomical bodies such as stars or gas giants.

==MEDIA SECTION==

 

==SCREENSHOTS==

 

==TRAILERS==

DRONE SPOTLIGHT I

A short ingame exposition of the Scout, Assault and Siege drones.

 

 

 

==BACKGROUND LORE==

Pangalactic War Timeline 

Clicking the above link will lead you to the download of a .pdf document detailing the rich and dynamic history of the factions which will play a major role in the Last Stand mod, so if you are into background lore, be sure to check it out!

 

==UNIT INFORMATION==

 Pending.

 

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Reply #401 Top
Yeah. Imagine something really Titanic. will be responsible for destruction on a Titanic scale. It will be a ship of Titanic proportions, with a Titanic ending.

It'd be funny if it ended up hitting an iceberg and sinking for its death animation.
Reply #402 Top
If it hit an iceberg... the iceberg would sink.
Reply #403 Top
Yeah. Imagine something really Titanic. will be responsible for destruction on a Titanic scale. It will be a ship of Titanic proportions, with a Titanic ending.It'd be funny if it ended up hitting an iceberg and sinking for its death animation.


lol . . . space iceberg

If it hit an iceberg... the iceberg would sink.


The titans are going to be that massive :SURPRISED:?
Reply #404 Top
If it hit an iceberg... the iceberg would sink.


sounds like a Chuck Norris joke  :LOL: 
Reply #405 Top
lol . . . space iceberg


Why not? Some asteroids in space are made entirely of ice.

The titans are going to be that massive ?


I certainly hope so.
Reply #406 Top
If it hit an iceberg... the iceberg would sink.sounds like a Chuck Norris joke   


Chuck Norris Class(CNC) Battlecruiser :LOL: 

lol . . . space icebergWhy not? Some asteroids in space are made entirely of ice.


I never said there weren't any.
Reply #407 Top
The titans are going to be that massive ?


The Titans are the primary "ohshit"* factor in this mod. So... yeah. :)

*especially if you happen to play against the Xin, since the vanilla saps won't have them. :p
Reply #408 Top
The Titans are the primary "ohshit"* factor in this mod. So... yeah.


*GULP*

Reply #409 Top
The Titans are the primary "ohshit"* factor in this mod.


* :SURPRISED: oh shit! :SURPRISED: *
Reply #410 Top
i was thinking for the xin titan what abou makeing it like the vong warship in starwars dark tide 2 make it like the xin have to get a larg rock or something out of space and work around it to make this very big ship so it would be this very biger the a super star destroyer well?
Reply #411 Top
What about opening a huge rift in the space-time continuum and transporting a Titan ship across hundreds of thousands of light years, straight from the Xin Homeworlds where they have spent centuries maturing into behemoths they are now? :p
Reply #413 Top
What about opening a huge rift in the space-time continuum and transporting a Titan ship across hundreds of thousands of light years, straight from the Xin Homeworlds where they have spent centuries maturing into behemoths they are now?


dude, what if you made space-time continuum rifts a special ability of the titan. like, it's surrounded by an enemy fleet and then bwooop the whole enemy fleet is frozen for like thirty seconds that you can spend wailing away on them. i'm pretty sure that certain cap ships already have a similar ability, so it wouldn't be that hard to do
Reply #415 Top
MachinaManic, the Xin Titan can wipe out that fleet in one shot. No need to freeze them. ;)

JooSight, at the rate its going... this winter. Aiming for a Christmas release. Gonna mess up sales for bigwig companies with me wee free mod! Crivens! :p
Reply #416 Top
I was playing with movie making for the upcoming teaser and I've got a short flick as a result, called "A little trip". Featuring a lone Xin Minelayer doing rounds in a local system... ;)

Download (Mediafire, 6Mb):


A more detailed lore behind the Xin transportation method and its presence in many forms throughout their empire will follow later!
Reply #417 Top
Wow! That is an extremely cool effect ManSh00ter. Great job!!  :CONGRAT: 
Reply #418 Top
whoa! That phase jump looks awesome!
Reply #419 Top
MachinaManic, the Xin Titan can wipe out that fleet in one shot. No need to freeze them.


hehehe :D

i hope my computer doesn't just explode trying to keep up with this thing's awesomeness

also, very nice effects on the minelayer. the credits...lol
Reply #421 Top
the Xin Titan special ability: asplode hard drive


LOL!

Anyway, the Mod looks great (as usual)!!! And nice Xin names :)
Reply #422 Top
Thanks. :)

The preparations for the teaser are coming along nicely, though I find myself spending inordinate amounts of time polishing the particle effects to be "just right"...


Boom headshot!


Now he's in trouble...

:p
Reply #423 Top
the Xin Titan special ability: asplode hard drive


So powerful it completely erases all non-Xin data on your hard drive, leaving them the sole masters of your computer.
Reply #424 Top
So powerful it completely erases all non-Xin data on your hard drive, leaving them the sole masters of your computer.


that might raise some suspicions: right after the mod comes out, all fans/contributors disappear from the 'net? it's a conspiracy!!!!
Reply #425 Top
that might raise some suspicions: right after the mod comes out, all fans/contributors disappear from the 'net? it's a conspiracy!!!!


No, its just the Xin takeover of the world through viruses hidden in Sins of a Solar Empire mods.