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Reply to [FIX Italian language file]Send a message to a friend in game in Demigod Technical Support Demigod Forums

I dunno, but if memory serves, Shift+Enter sends to allies only. Alternatively you can use the overlay. Shift+Tab to bring it up, CTRL+mouse drag to resize elements. Then all you have to do is agree with your friend on a channel name and both of you hit "/channel #name" & chat away. You can also run the game windowed by creating a shortcut and adding the command line modifier " /window X Y" where X & Y are pixel width and hight, and run your preferred IRC/messenger thi

Reply to SUPPORT: Solving Connectivity Problems in Demigod Technical Support Demigod Forums

[e digicons]:blush:[/e] But, but.. why would anyone change their address in the middle of a gaming session? I'm sorry if I'm being retarded, it just sounds really strange.

Reply to New Patch Crashing Game on Join in Demigod Technical Support Demigod Forums

So err.. Any time horizon on a patch for the patch?

Reply to SUPPORT: Solving Connectivity Problems in Demigod Technical Support Demigod Forums

Hi Monk Thanks for the explanation. I guess I'll have to confer with the network admin. Maybe I can bribe him into giving me the log-in details or something so I can ease the restrictions when I need to. Would you mind trying to explain to me why the NAT setting matters? My (evidently mis-) understanding was it shouldn't for the purposes of multiplayer games, so now I'm feeling a bit confused. I tried to check the wiki, but... I'm afraid I'm none too fluent in t

Reply to SUPPORT: Solving Connectivity Problems in Demigod Technical Support Demigod Forums

Hey all I'm having a ton of connection problems. It can work, but I fail to connect to about 50% of everyone, so it's really painful. From experimenting with friends, it seems pretty clear the connectivity problems aren't random. If I can connect with a guy, I always can & vice versa. I'm behind a company non-UPnP NAT router sharing 1 public IP on a dual ADSL line and have no direct access to anything. I have, however, forwarded Monk's guide and the relevant bits of the De

Reply to Entrenchment problems, bugs, ideas in Stardock Games Stardock Forums

Make a 20-100 mine cap. Increase the effect of mines by 500+ percent. Make mines targetable & give them 1 hp. Make mines undetectable (and thus invulnerable) to all but constructors and support-type ships. Mines is space is a silly concept, but it could work really well in SoaSE 2D space. Right now though, all they're good for is killing the framerate.

Reply to Things I'd Like To See In Galactic Civ 3 in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

I'd like to see a greater degree of realism. Plausible star systems and interstellar distances would be cool. Plausible star system usage would be cool too. As would plausible travel times. Imagine 2+ races all colonising the same system, before any of them can establish supremacy over it. Then imagine reinforcements might arrive anywhere from 1 week to 50 years later. Or opening a wormhole from your massively militarized system into an unknown one, h

Reply to Update next week in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]You posted a great info post about the games features but I didn't think that that could be a replacement for an updated manual.[/quote]Seconded. Up to date manual would be nice. Speaking of which, I think you need to stress the population = economy thing more, because judging by various exasperated comments online, I'm not the only one who didn't get it right away. In the mean time though, drish311, the GalCivopedia (or whatever it's called) is up to date, and you can find almos

Reply to [MOD] The Mars Effect v1.5 (Updated Sunday 2/3/2008) in Sins Modding Sins Forums

I still haven't had a chance to try myself, but I can at least tell you that PlayerTech is the TEC entity, nothing more. The other two are called PlayerPsi and PlayerPhase. You'll need to merge the relevant bits of each player file, and make sure there's no conflicts between the research topics themselves (again, unique for each race). You also have to make sure there's no problems with multiple things using the same icons and similar pitfalls. You probably also have to update the gamep

Reply to [MOD] The Mars Effect v1.5 (Updated Sunday 2/3/2008) in Sins Modding Sins Forums

Glad to be of help Aequitas :) I haven't had much playtime since you released v1.0, but I think the fighter/bomber balance is just about perfect now. @ the rest of you: combining Aequitas's mod with mods that have new/modified research trees is basically a mod project in itself. If you're willing to sacrifice the new Point Defence in Mars Effect, you can combine it with Sin's Plus following the existing instructions, but doing so imbalances the game, so I would suggest waiting

Reply to [MOD] The Mars Effect v1.5 (Updated Sunday 2/3/2008) in Sins Modding Sins Forums

Hmm.. OK first of all, this explanation only covers Aequitas's Mars Effect mod and Uzi's Extra Planetary Bonuses mod. Combining the latest Mars Effect mod with Uzi's other mods is trickier. As for the instructions: 1. Go to your [I]C:\Documents and Settings\spasser\Local Settings\Application Data\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\Mods[/I] folder, and create a new folder called [I]Mars Bonuses.[/I] 2. Go to the folder you installed the game in, copy the [I]

Reply to [MOD] The Mars Effect v1.5 (Updated Sunday 2/3/2008) in Sins Modding Sins Forums

He has, I just merged them. Simple as can be, thanks to you both :)

Reply to [MOD] The Mars Effect v1.5 (Updated Sunday 2/3/2008) in Sins Modding Sins Forums

Not that I've had a chance to try yet mp8481, but you can still do combine the mods. You just have to combine the stringinfo files. Do NOT overwrite one with the other. Instead open both in the editor of your choice (Notepad, UltraEdit or whatever). Now, you're going to use one of the files, and discard the other. Decide which. Then scroll down to the bottom of the file you're not going to use, until you find this: [I]StringInfo ID "IDSICODefaultChannel3"

Reply to [MOD] The Mars Effect v1.5 (Updated Sunday 2/3/2008) in Sins Modding Sins Forums

You can combine them yourself, Zyxx. xXAequitasXx's mod doesn't change any of the files from the Planetary Bonuses mod. The easiest way, I think, is to install xXAequitasXx's mod first & extract the Planetary Bonuses mod somewhere else. In the PB mod, there's a couple of folders. Move the ones that aren't called "GameInfo" into xXAequitasXx's mod. Then look in the PB "GameInfo" folder and find the files modified AFTER 2/9/08. Copy the lot of them, and overwrite the ones in the "Game

Reply to [MOD] The Mars Effect v1.5 (Updated Sunday 2/3/2008) in Sins Modding Sins Forums

[quote]2.a)this was the first time that the AI carrier spammed me to death[/quote]Just happened to me too. So, no need to increase the damage of flack vessels. It just seemed the AI didn't carrier spam.[quote]b)if you made that much changes to buff defenses, why not make a tactical structure like Point Defense autocannon that targets fighters and bombers and use that nice rapidfire gfx3.[/quote]There's a balance issue with hangars to consider, but it would look cool.[quote]I like the nice docume

Reply to [MOD] The Mars Effect v1.5 (Updated Sunday 2/3/2008) in Sins Modding Sins Forums

Thanks a lot xXAequitasXx. I was trying to do almost exactly the same as this mod, so you've saved me a ton of work :) As for feedback: I only have two suggestions so far. 1. Increase the damage of anti- Fighter/bomber vessels even more. Carrier spamming is too easy right now. 2. Increase the homeworld/culture damage bonus, or something to that effect. The cap increase has made it a viable tactic to have reserves trundling about, which is lucky for the AI, but it's not enough to

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

[quote]about something like that, but so far couldn't find a real tactical use for such a unit. Unless you could completely cloak a fleet and sneak past fortified planets, but then the whole point of enhancing static defenses would be void. However, I do plan to implement mines which would be great as a countermeasure for cloaked fleets, and if that works out all right, I might try to tinker with units to make something like this, but coding it into AI behaviour, making mines able to detect cloa

Reply to Is there an inventory of files/functions somewhere? in Sins Modding Sins Forums

Thanks a lot Tjorriemorrie.

Is there an inventory of files/functions somewhere? in Sins Modding Sins Forums

Well is there? I'm feeling a bit lost at the moment. In case there isn't, but one of you happens to know what I'm looking for, here's what I'm trying to do right now: I'm trying to rebalance the quest and pirate systems. I know how to prolong quests, but not how to increase the interval between them. I'd prefer the latter, because my problem is that AI players on large maps seems to use it to create massive, unbeatable alliances. Decreasing the frequency of quests would put