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"Star Wars - Requiem" mod for Entrenchment and Diplomacy

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"Star Wars - Requiem" mod for Entrenchment and Diplomacy

The war begins...

http://sins.imperial.cc
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About

For all you Star Wars fans, I've finished off the latest version of a mod which adds the Alliance and Empire as new races. This is a playable versus the existing Tech/Advent/Vasari races, and balanced against them.

"Star Wars - Requiem" is a mod for Sins of a Solar Empire - Entrenchment and Diplomacy that brings the following:

  • 2 new race; Alliance and Empire
  • 6 new strike craft; TIE Fighters, TIE Bombers, TIE Interceptors, X-Wings, B-wings and A-wings.
  • 11 new frigates; Nebulon B, Nebulon B2, Lancer Frigate, Tartan Patrol Craft, Carrack Gunship, Corellion Gunships, Corellion Corvettes, Siege Frigate Mk II, MC30b series, Acclamator I frigates and Galofree Transports
  • 9 new cruisers, Interdictor, Enforcer, Escort Carrier, Loronar Strike cruiser, MC40a light carriers, Nebulon B escorts, Bulk cruisers, Assault Frigate Mk I and Dreadnaughts
  • 9 new capital ships; Victory II-class Star Destroyer, Victory IIC-class carrier Star Destroyer, Imperator-class Star Destroyer, Imperial II-class Star Destroyer, Mon Calamari 80 and 80a, Mon Calamari Defiance and Libery class and Venator-class battlecruisers.
  • 2 new starbase: the Alliance XQ1 platform and the Empire with an Executor Super Star Destroyer starbase model
  • 3 new weapons; concussion missles, proton torpedos and ion cannons
  • 60 new ship names with unique Alliance and Imperial star destroyer names
  • 23 new music themes consisting of ambient and battle soundtracks
  • over dozens of new ship audio and sound effects
  • Star Wars player portraits
  • Alliance and Empire icon symbols
  • a modified Alliance and Imperial research tree, with unique abilities (Interdiction, Tractor Beam, Shield Focus. Boarding Party, Rebel Defenders etc,)
  • Star Wars EU immersion through appropriate ship use, laser color replacement for all ships and text descriptions updated

    • Credits

    1. This mod was created by JasonFJ, a Star Wars fan and avid gamer, who somehow managed to thrash out this mod despite holding down a full time job and one hell of a fine girlfriend. Appreciate my sacrifice!
    2. Goafan - The only other modder for Requiem, a great co-conspirator who has contributed a lot to the evolution and improvements of Requiem. Also the author of the "Requiem Plus" add-on.
    3. George Lucas - Full tribute belongs to George Lucas who as we all know was the originator of all thought and material that now comprises the Star Wars universe. George if you're ever in Singapore or Australia drop me an email I'd like to buy you dinner sometime. If you're a Lucasarts legal suit looking to sue me for copyright, consider how much free publicity I've given the company and franchise and consider sending me a $10,000 cheque for my time
    4. EvilJedi - for the significant graphics and audio effects that are the cornerstone of the mod without which I probably would never have done this mod.
    5. Gurkoz -  for the incredible sound effects that make this mod even better.
    6. ManShooter - for the Volumetric Explosions mod which was included in Requiem Entrenchment to v2.8... truly a god-like graphics enhancement!
    7. Tohklidan -for components of Celestial Bodies mod that really inspired me to work on the celestial bodies artwork.
    8. Uzii -for the planet textures and inspiration that came from the awesome Sins Plus mod.
    9. Bailknight and Moguta - for the original and continued development of this mod which I've adapted for use with Requiem Diplomacy.
    10. Credits to Grundel for the icon button graphics
    11. Thanks to Warmaster and all his info and guidance on making this mod as true to the Star Wars Universe as possible.
    12. Thanks to Carl for providing and prompting me to introduce the Alliance and Empire theme icons.
    13. A salutation to John Williams, the composer who wrote all the Star Wars movies music. If you like the music you can buy the official Star Wars music CD with all the songs from all the movies.
    14. Thanks to many posters over in the official Sins->Modders forum for all your helpful posts. Stimon000 and Vunda for early suggestions. Special mention to MajorStress and Harpo for helping out on the forums and contributing valuable material to not only Requiem, but the modding community in general.

    Downloads

    http://sins.imperial.cc

    For installation help click here.
    For help with bugs or reporting click here.

    Hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making (and playing it) myself!

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    Reply #601 from Stardock Forums Top

    yeh I thought that would do it, I just hope I can actually code it right. Thanks though, I'll give it a shot!

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    Reply #603 from Stardock Forums Top

    Quoting rommhan, reply 581
    these mini dumps are very frustrating. i get mini dumps always at the same time in the game. i dont really know how to open up the file and pinpoint the problems but the graphics being an issue is definitely not the problem because i lower the  graphics as low as the game alows it to be playable (otherwise the game just loses the point if you lower it to the lowest settings).

    heres a couple of examples of when the mini dumps occur and i've re-started games with different maps and different team setups but always 10 players:

    i play three hours and it autosaves as usual throughout the game. when the mini dumps occur i reload the autosave file and play until about half way through of where the mini dump occured. i then resave. when the mini dump occurs at the same spot, i reload the game from the 'new' point and resume gaming. the mini dump occurs as usual at the same point.

    ive done the same procedure in about 3 different games and it comes back with always the same results. the minidump occurs at a specific point at the game. it doesnt matter what it is that i would or the AI would be doing, its always at the same point.

    i hope you guys can find out what the problems are for the mini dump and help with the game play because with these minidumps the game is just frustrating. 

     

    exact same problem i have v2.7

    Reply #604 from Sins Forums Top

    Quoting ailfawka, reply 602
    wasen't 2.7 ment to fix the minidump problem?

     

    Do you have a minidump problem? I don't. Though I would try these things if you do.

    *Lower your graphics settings, especially if you have them on highest (my Sins computer can't run the game on highest, so I haven't been able to investigate this issue).

    *Delete the pipeline effects folder

    *If you still are have trouble, please post details here.

    Edit: I was never able to figure out what that problem was because I could never replicate the it. I played a 3-4 hour game with just Rebels V. Empire and it worked fine. Quit and loaded it a couple times too. Any specific information about the game you played would be much appreciated.

    Reply #605 from Sins Forums Top

    nothing graphical works tried all types of graphics settings.

     

    I will try deleting the pipeline effects folder.

    if i still have problems i will post details where you designated

     

     

    Reply #607 from Sins Forums Top

    Just tried 2.7 and it is awesome work!

    Two things I have noticed, this string not found and the oceanic planet is not requiring artic tech to be colonized; might be intended I don't know.

    Lo

    Reply #608 from Sins Forums Top

    Hey JasonFJ... just wanted to chime in here and say a hugh thanks for making a great and well balanced MOD. I've run through 3 games, 2 small ones and 1 with 84 planets in it and the mod works fantsticly !!!!!

     

    so thanks for all of your very hard work :D :D

     

    Hope u get what you want for Christmas if you celebrate it :)

    Reply #609 from Sins Forums Top

    I just noticed this, and am not sure if it is because of my computer screwing up something or not, but has anyone else noticed that even after researching the "Failsafe Hyperspace Jump" ability (I think thats what its called, its the one that makes scouts immune to phase jump degradation), the Imperial Faction's Tartan Scout is still affected by the Jump Inhibitor's?

     

    I havent tried this on the Alliance side yet, so I do not know if the Corellian Scout's are also affected by the Inhibitor even after researching the immunity ability. Please advise.

    Reply #610 from Sins Forums Top

    I'm about a dozen hours into a brutal game: Me vs 2 vs 2.  Basically Me as 1 team, Alliance and TEC as another and Vasari and Advent as the 3rd, all set to unfair, teams NOT locked.  It's going on 13 hours, pretty much all the available planets are colonized by someone, and all 5 teams are building into good size fleets, fairly well balanced. I have no idea how many more hours it will take to finishes this madness...lol... but so far no mini-dumps or glitches I can find other than not needing any research to colonize an ocean planet.

     

    Reply #611 from Sins Forums Top

    Quoting LoTeK_83, reply 607
    Just tried 2.7 and it is awesome work!

    Two things I have noticed, this string not found and the oceanic planet is not requiring artic tech to be colonized; might be intended I don't know.

    Lo

     

    Hmm, I can't remember what bonus that's supposed to be off the top of my head, but thanks for finding it! I thought arctic research was supposed to be necissary but I could be wrong.

     

    Quoting vishnu79, reply 609
    I just noticed this, and am not sure if it is because of my computer screwing up something or not, but has anyone else noticed that even after researching the "Failsafe Hyperspace Jump" ability (I think thats what its called, its the one that makes scouts immune to phase jump degradation), the Imperial Faction's Tartan Scout is still affected by the Jump Inhibitor's?

     

    I havent tried this on the Alliance side yet, so I do not know if the Corellian Scout's are also affected by the Inhibitor even after researching the immunity ability. Please advise.

     

    Can't say I've noticed this problem, but then I've rarely run onto phase jump inhibitors, and even more rare still research the tech. I'll be sure to test it thought, it could easily be an oversight.

     

    I'm glad its working good for everyone else, ailfawka's problem seems to have been from a bad install, so I believe most people can get this to work now (though maybe not at the highest graphics settings). I must say seeing entire fleets dueling with two SSDs in a Star's Gravity certainly looks amazing. I can only imagine how it must look on higher end PCs. o_O

    Reply #612 from Sins Forums Top

    finally downloaded 2.7, great job no minidump problems at all.

    took some screenshots to post, i just cant find the file it went into!

    Reply #613 from Sins Forums Top

    rommhan:
    Look for the Screenshots folder in the same place your Mods folder is.

    Reply #614 from Sins Forums Top

    Mod's looking great.  Zero minidumps after a couple hours of play, and that's at all max settings.  I really like the new effects and colors.

    One moderate gripe and one minor gripe:

    1.  Repair platforms (Empire) don't automatically repair units within their range. 

    2.  The victory screen shows up all white with only the two buttons viewable.  Luckily, I can click them and end/continue the game.

    Reply #615 from Sins Forums Top

    Quoting Lord_Zath, reply 614

    2.  The victory screen shows up all white with only the two buttons viewable.  Luckily, I can click them and end/continue the game.

     

    Uh? Who were you playing as? My victory screen as the Rebels worked just fine.

    Reply #616 from Sins Forums Top

    Empire.  I have yet to try as rebels; maybe tonight though I just LOVE having the SSD in :)

    Reply #617 from Sins Forums Top

    Played through as Rebels last night.  I did have a crash to desktop, but that could be attributed to the fact I was playing at max game speed (16x or 8x). 

    One suggestion regarding the Rebel Starbase's abilities - Mobilize Defenders needs to be beefed up a little.  For the cost of researching and then building it on the station, it doesn't seem to add much (2 flak, 2 corvettes).  What about adding a few fighters and a few bombers?  The idea of the ability is really cool and jives well with the Star Wars theme, so definitely keep it in!

    Also a note about the SSD - it feels like it turns far too fast for such a large, massive ship.  At the same time, I realize it takes forever to move anyways so perhaps it should just be left alone (or speed up its velocity/acceleration).

    Reply #618 from Sins Forums Top
    Actually, mobilize defenders does spawn star fighters. In fact the level one ability only creates them, no frigates at all. Use the ability in an empty gravity well, and pay close attention to the units it spawns (I find it easiest to look in the empire tree).
    Reply #619 from Sins Forums Top

    Any way to post a mirror link on a site that you DONT have to register?

    Reply #620 from Sins Forums Top

    Major Stress- I believe you do not need to register with sins.imperial.cc to D/L Requiem. For when I did, I was able to D/L w/o registering.

    Reply #622 from Sins Forums Top

    So I finally finished my Rebel game tonight.  Same issue - all white victory screen except for the two buttons. 

    I also came upon a weird asteroid with population of 270!  It was kinda comical seeing all the orbiting structures/vehicles...

    Reply #623 from Sins Forums Top

    Quoting Lord_Zath, reply 622
    So I finally finished my Rebel game tonight.  Same issue - all white victory screen except for the two buttons. 

    I also came upon a weird asteroid with population of 270!  It was kinda comical seeing all the orbiting structures/vehicles...

     

    Hmm, I don't know what the problem is then, by Rebel victory screen worked fine. Did you download the full game, or the 2.6-2.7 patch?

     

    Yeah, I've seen some of those weird asteroids too. One of the planet bonuses gives a 250 bonus to population, which is obviously a major increase to a mere roid. 8(|

    Reply #624 from Sins Forums Top

    I went for the full install into a fresh install of sins/entrenchment.  Figured less chances of something not copying over properly :)

    Reply #625 from Sins Forums Top

    Another thought - I'm wondering if the Rebellion should have a Deliverance Engine-style superweapon instead of the Galaxy Gun.  It makes more sense to me personally because the Rebels I've seen in the movies were all about converting others to their cause, not blowing up planets...