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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 #1752 Top

When all the moons of our solar system are perfectly aligned.

 

Reply #1753 Top

Quoting Admiral_Kiernyc, reply 1752
When all the moons of our solar system are perfectly aligned.

 

 

Depending on the allowed tolerance zone ... they are perfectly perfectly aligned already! ^_^

Reply #1754 Top

I allow no tolerance...perfect straight line. :P

Reply #1755 Top

Quoting Admiral_Kiernyc, reply 1755
I allow no tolerance...perfect straight line.

 

Then we will be waiting forever. :'(

Reply #1756 Top

When the moon is in the seventh house...

Reply #1757 Top

I think ManSh00ter has left the building.

Come back darn it and give us your stuff!

Reply #1758 Top

What if someone already took it?! 8O

Reply #1759 Top

We wants'sss it, Precious!

Reply #1760 Top

Maybe the silence is a riddle? Yes? o_O

Reply #1761 Top

ManSh000000terrrr!

Reply #1762 Top

Where are our evil space cephalpods? :pout:

Reply #1763 Top

looks like they were 'lost in space'

as is the manshooter.

harpo

 

Reply #1764 Top

X( X(

 

Dawn of Victory MOD is also unheard from in awhile. Invasion and Dawn of Victory are my two most wanted mods!!! And they are nowhere to be seen...

Reply #1765 Top

I don't think this is on my list of mods...

Reply #1766 Top

IT'S ALIVE!!!

As some of you who have been following this mod for a good long time know, I am prone to lapses of silence. Doesn't mean the mod is a goner, just means I am really busy with personal life, or have been for the past few months.

Now that things are settling down finally, work shall resume. However, I do plan on less talking more doing mode of approach, so I will only update this thread with the most relevant announcements.

Reply #1767 Top

good to hear from you again, manshooter

harpo

 

Reply #1768 Top

Glad your ok, Happy New Year to you my friend...

Reply #1769 Top

Cheers! :beer:

 

Reply #1770 Top

Oh, good :) I thought you might've been hit by a bus or something...  8C glad to be wrong! :thumbsup:

Reply #1771 Top

Yay!  I was about to direct 4chan and anonymous your way.

 

O:)

 

 

Reply #1772 Top

This mod sounds awesome, hope you can pull it off ManSh00ter. Just having another playable faction would be wicked in itself. Good luck.

Reply #1774 Top

the mod has not been released yet, and yes WE STILL want to try the mod.

harpo