Star Wars: Sins of a Galactic Empire 1.0E (entrenchment)

Published on December 1, 2008 By EvilleJedi In Sins Modding

12/12/2009

Sins of a Galactic Empire (SOGE) 1.0e release for Sins of a Solar Empire Entrenchment
A Star Wars total conversion mod for Sins of a Solar Empire
12-12-2009

TEAM
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Models, textures, ship stats: Evillejedi
Abilities and tons of debugging: Psychoak (It would have taken another year without this help)
Swrebellion.com Web support and general debugging: Evaders
Interface icons: Ozwolf
SW Music: Pedro
Many many beta testers, many who didn't do a damn thing thanks to those that gave us valuable feedback!
Probably some other people I am missing, thanks

CONTACT
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Development website http://warlords.swrebellion.com
Development forum http://warlords.swrebellion.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=593&sid=d9baa3b5114c49929088ca5b1506e866
bug tracker http://warlords.swrebellion.com/mantis/view_all_bug_page.php
sins forum https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/331584

INSTALLATION
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The zip file should be around 225mb

Extract the contents of the zip file to your sins mod directory
Example for windows XP C:\Documents\<username>\Local Settings\Application Data\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\Mods-Entrenchment v1.041\
Example for Vista/win 7 C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\Mods-Entrenchment v1.041\
open the game and go into options and select the mod from the list of available mods and then activate it.

THIS MOD HAS NOT BEEN TESTED WITH ANY OTHER MOD AND PROBABLY WILL NOT WORK WITH ANY OTHER MOD BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF FILES IT ELIMINATED TO BE STABLE.

The mod should be working fine if the only races you can select are the star wars races. If this is not the case you have not properly installed the mod in your mods folder.

NOTES
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This release is a compiled version of 1.0e, there are newer builds on the SVN, however these may be unstable or perform poorly, so download at your own risk

If you are in the beta test you will not need to download this file, simply update your SVN repository to get the latest version

This release contains fully playable factions for the Rebel Alliance, Imperial Navy, Confederacy of Independent systems and Galactic Republic

There are currently no star bases in the mod and the Civilian research has not been modified, it will be modified in the future

Since it is a total conversion this mod does not contain the stock races (advent, vasari, tech), this
decision is driven by the hardcode limits imposed by ironclad and by eliminating them makes the mod
much more stable. If you want the star wars races with the standard sins races check out
Star Wars Requiem at http://sins.imperial.cc/

If you would like to participate in the development of the mod we can definitely use your help!
However we are looking for skilled individuals to do development of many detailed aspects of research/ability coding and 2d artwork
and do not need general help. Please post on the development forum if you feel that you can help us.

Please check the development website for updates on news, new content or official patches

If you would like to participate in beta testing the mod you can post in the beta testing forum to get access, we are looking for testers
that will provide detailed feedback of items they find in the game into our bug tracker.

SOME STRATAGIES
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Planetary defenses are great starting elements to protect your planets, especially when upgraded, build lots of turrets!

There are a few planet hardening upgrades in the defense research, these are crucial if you want your colonies to survive.

Capital ships need to be protected before they gain a few levels, once they have a few levels they will become very potent.

The ranges for weapons have been greatly extended. If you want more epic battles move your ships into closer range and many
abilities and other weapons will be used by the vessels.
Remember even Admiral Ackbar thought that it was suicide to move so close to the imperial star fleet!

The Imperials focus on Heavy firepower, Ion weaponry and command and control. It is best to lead groups of star destroyers
with a flag ship. The Empire does not have a low cost colonizer, but the gladiator and ISDs are very capable. The Executor
really has no equal.

The Alliance is focused on survivability, the mon calimari vessels may not have a lot of firepower, but they will be able to
last the engagement. Mix the mon cal vessels with their other vessels for a mixed fleet and protect the Diplomatic vessels,
they have excellent high level abilities

The CIS starts off weak, but has some extremely powerful abilities after a bit of research, build lots of trafed II's at the
beginning and then progress to Lucrehulks with buzz droids.

The republic is based off of mass production of its vessels, use support vessels to supplement homogenous fleets and Lead the
fleets with a Jedi cruiser.

KNOWN BUGS
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Some abilities may not work exactly as described, may have conditional issues or may be over/underpowered. This is being worked
on and some of it requires Ironclad to release a new patch

Research costs have not been finalized, they will change in the future

Some ships may be unbalanced this will be addressed as we get specific bug reports

some descriptions are too long and cause the text to spill out of the description box, this is especially true on lower resolution
screens like laptop screens. We are working to fix this

On some ships it may be possible to zoom in to the point that the models mesh disappears slightly this is being addressed.

some vessels such as the subjugator and some fighters may have no texture or may have incomplete textures, this is being addressed
in future versions

Ywings are currently being displayed as bwings, this will be fixed soon

Some abilities or effects may require work, this is especially true of abilities like Sprint

Some icons are being reworked and will require some adjustments

Fighters fly through ships and bounce around, this is something that needs to be fixed by ironclad, it is an engine issue.

The AI likes to spam some ships, right now there is no fix for this.

Compatibility
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Entrenchment 1.041+ (until ironclad breaks it again)

model files and textures are compatible with older versions of Sins, however Ironclad made
many changes to the SINS code that require 1.041, if you want to backport the mod to a previous
version feel free, but it is a tremendous amount of work

Download Links
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http://www.filefront.com/15122655/SOGE1.0e.zip

Comments (Page 80)

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Blackvenom01

on Apr 11, 2010

Thise one at 2:17 ? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cozXQbUh4U8

All this stuff makes me wish I was young again and play those games to death again, god X-wing, Tie Fighter, Xwing vs Tie Fighter, why didn't they make a remake by now! =d

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Norsehound

on Apr 11, 2010

Yeah, the XQ-2. Of the space platforms from TIE fighter it seems to be the most popular (as it appeared on the cover of The Krytos Trap for the X-wing book series).

Thanks to DOSBox I'm playing TIE fighter again, but I wish I had a joystick...

Either way I don't know how XQ platforms stack up against Golan defense platforms- I've never read a book containing a Golan and they didn't stand out anymore than a space platform. Since you play a campaign where Thrawn builds a Platform in a remote sector to keep pirates under control, I'd imagine the XQ series would fit better as a starbase over a Golan. After all, Starbases in Sins are supposed to have economical capabilities as well and many XQ platforms are employed in this fashion over the games.

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SpardaSon21

on Apr 11, 2010

XQ Platforms are basically TIE hangars; Golans are full-on battlestations.

1189

Blackvenom01

on Apr 11, 2010

Just a thought, but you could use XQ stations as trade centers, and the Golans as the battle(star)stations, and if possible able to make fighters from XQ Stations, perhaps even on Terran planets, have pirates use XQ stations, where Z-95 Headhunters launch from together with frigates/cruiser type things!

k back to reality...

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Norsehound

on Apr 11, 2010

Sparda, XQ platforms are more than just TIE hangars. They can be everything from patrol stations to research bases to trade points. They fit the role of starbase better than the Golan in my opinion, for this reason.

Actually I thought the Golan Is would work as replacements for the gun batteries while Platforms (perhaps the scaled-up XW-Alliance versions at 1km in diameter) would work as the space stations- since you could have merchant and limited manufacturing capability in them as well.

There are five varieties of XQ to choose from, so it's possible to just take another version for other roles of space installation. XQ-1 could be a research platform, for instance. Though I also thought re-purposing the Deep Space Manufacturing Facility would be another obvious answer. Ultimately I don't think EvilleJedi has figured out how the economy works, at least for the empire, so what needs for what facilities is probably up in the air.

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SpardaSon21

on Apr 11, 2010

Regardless of their role, XQ platforms do not have the level of firepower needed to classify as a full Starbase built for securing a gravity well, unless all planets got modded to allow multiple Starbases, in which using the XQ platforms would make sense. A single XQ is not powerful enough to secure a gravity well in the same way a vanilla Starbase is.

1192

Norsehound

on Apr 11, 2010

If you can mod the size, perhaps you can mod the armament as well? Besides, TIE fighter is really restrictive in how the capital ships are armed due to game limitations. An Imperial Star destroyer for example has only the fraction of its canon armament for this reason.

The bottom line is that you're more likely be able to find an XQ in the middle of nowhere as well as being in orbit of a planet. You can establish Sins starbases in relatively empty areas of space (wormholes, for example, or space debris fields). What would a Goldan be doing there except to guard a chokepoint? And why would it be receiving civilian traffic?

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SpardaSon21

on Apr 11, 2010

Uh yeah, I know Starbases are built to secure territory. I'm simply stating that the XQ platform lacks the necessary firepower on its own to secure a chokepoint against incursions by hostile warships, the primary purpose of a Starbase or equivalent, not acting as a tradeport.

1194

SivCorp

on Apr 11, 2010

Just make a death star a starbase.... duh...

1195

Norsehound

on Apr 11, 2010

Well, Star Destroyers in TIE Fighter are under-gunned compared to their canon statistics. Take a rough guess on how much the difference is, apply it to the Platform, and problem solved.

Starbases don't do well against fleets on their own, either.

1196

Malanthor

on Apr 12, 2010

A single starbase of the sins-starbase magnitude cant be an XQ or even a golan as they are to weak to take on that role. Unless you want to have a drastically nerfed starbase that is or as someone said mod the game to allow several. The starbase in sins, beeing only 1 per gravity well has always been a beast when fully uppgraded and it has to be or it will be pretty useless or delegated to beeing support. It can look like.. whatever.. I think evil and crew has the models for starbases allready so im eagerly waiting on any info regarding them.

1197

Evaders99

on Apr 12, 2010

Death Star won't be in the game unless Stardock implements a "destroy planet" Superlaser ability

1198

Norsehound

on Apr 12, 2010

Not sure if any of you would find this interesting, but after I got my first play in of the mod I didn't really like the icons used for the ships. However, it did make me think of the icons used in the breifings for TIE fighter and X-wing.

So I did my best to 'extract' them from screencaptures of the game

TIE Fighter Icons

Obviously this can't run the gamut of the ship selection in the mod, unless I were to try re-creating them in paint or something (The easiest way to work with pixels, IMO). Just thought it would be a neat idea, as I think these look better than the ones being used now (Sorry Eville!). I don't have 'Defenders of the Empire', so I don't have access to some of the other units there (like the Dreadnought, T-wings, Carracks, etx...yet.)

I'd start to make my own icon sheet to paste here but I don't know how it works. I get that you need an alpha channel for transparency but how does the game recognize what coordinates go where to represent the ships ingame?

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Evaders99

on Apr 12, 2010

There is a .brushes file that maps where the coordinates point to. I would suggest just replacing the existing graphic, so that you use the same coordinates defined in the .brushes file

1200

Malanthor

on Apr 12, 2010

Good initiative Norsehound. i for one would like some new icons. But offcource its all up to jedi and crew. hehe.

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