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Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion Pre-Orders Begin

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Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion Pre-Orders Begin

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Eager RTS gamers can now pre-order the upcoming Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion!  All pre-order customers will gain access to the Rebellion beta scheduled for later this year (your credit card will be charged at that time).

New Sins of a Solar Empire customers can pre-order Rebellion for $39.95.  Existing registered Sins players who have registered Diplomacy or Trinity can upgrade to Rebellion for $29.95.

To pre-order, just head to the Store:  https://www.sinsofasolarempire.com/store.aspx

(Please note that if you choose a bundle upgrade option - i.e., Rebellion with the Expansion Bundle - you will be charged immediately.)

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Reply #101 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting ZimatDeltaHalo, reply 97

Also, as a last resort, what if you made it possible to download the original version of the game from Impulse directly onto my own disk?  This could allow gamers to download the original game before the updates.  This would have several advantages, such as allowing gamers to revert to the original version of the game (for Mods, for example), allowing gamers to always have access to a physical copy, possibly allowing gamers to access Impulse on another computer to download their copy if they were without Internet access (my friend accessing his own copy on my computer, for example), and helping to prevent piracy of fully upgraded copies of the game (since the copy in question would be the original version).

Impulse Archive can do this for you. Has been around for a while.

Reply #102 from Sins Forums Top

I placed my pre-order today!

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Reply #103 from Sins Forums Top

Loved sins and the expansions, so I preordered.

Reply #104 from Sins Forums Top

I am not in a hurry to pay for a game that I can't play a final copy for 6+ months.  Other developers have beta tests where you arent duped into paying early for the priveledge. I am a fan don't get me wrong.  But this was game of the year in 2008 and you want me to pay 30+ for an expansion that I don't get to see now.  Just seems like the title is getting long in the tooth to be going all starcraft 2 on us.  (very expensive expansions) 

Lets face it the average gamer spends way too much on hardware and software.  I just dropped 150 on a new case this weekend... a case.  These guys know that.  We know it.  It's a game.  They need to sell preorders way in advance to fund development.  I get it.  But 4th quarter and no teaser media.  Come on guys.  That's way too long for the instant gratification crowd and ya know what... if it's all that and a bag o chips, the extra ten bucks isn't gonna break me.  As it is now with COD Black Ops and Starcraft 2 I barely have time for other games. 

I am not saying no just not right now.  If it was buy and download it now and play I would be on that like 100% organic unprocessed free-range Soylent Green.

Reply #105 from Sins Forums Top

Hello,

i pre-ordered Rebellion because it was said that i would be charged by the time the beta/final version is out, but i was charged now.

 

Did anyone get charged?

 

Im cancelling it now

 

Your order contains at least one pre-order item. You will only be charged for the items in your cart that are available at this time. Your pre-order will be saved in our system, and when the product becomes available or beta access is granted, you will be charged and notified by email.

Reply #106 from Sins Forums Top

Just waiting for paypal payment to be available to pre-order.... i believe it will happen when the beta is available?

Reply #108 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting Darktronik, reply 105
Hello,

i pre-ordered Rebellion because it was said that i would be charged by the time the beta/final version is out, but i was charged now.

 

Did anyone get charged?

 

Im cancelling it now

 


Your order contains at least one pre-order item. You will only be charged for the items in your cart that are available at this time. Your pre-order will be saved in our system, and when the product becomes available or beta access is granted, you will be charged and notified by email.

Were you actually charged, or did the bank put the money on hold? Some banks will place a temporary hold on the money, even if you haven't been charged yet.

Reply #109 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting KernlSandrs, reply 107
Do I have to have the previous expansion packs to be able to play Rebellion?

 

No, but you will get $10 off if you have both of them. The game itself will have all of there features but will not be required to have them.

Reply #110 from Sins Forums Top

pre-ordered the game today. I hope it comes out soon. My only complaint with the game series is that there should be a 64 bit version to stop the 2gb memory limit i can live with that though.

Reply #111 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting kyogre12, reply 108


Were you actually charged, or did the bank put the money on hold? Some banks will place a temporary hold on the money, even if you haven't been charged yet.

 

I was charged.

Reply #112 from Sins Forums Top

Apologies - I've updated the original post: 

(Please note that if you choose a bundle upgrade option - i.e., Rebellion with the Expansion Bundle - you will be charged immediately.)

If you don't wish to be charged yet and haven't downloaded the bundle product (i.e., Entrenchment/Diplomacy), you may contact [email protected] to cancel your pre-order.

Reply #113 from Sins Forums Top

I think Multithreading would be better than a 64Bit Version but i dont think that anything like that is coming.

I dont reach the 2GB Limit on large Maps (200+ Planets) but i think all the AI Commands for managing all the Ships etc. slows down alot.

Reply #114 from Sins Forums Top

Neither is really possible at this point (64-bit or multithreading).

Reply #115 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting Yarlen, reply 114
Neither is really possible at this point (64-bit or multithreading).

 

Bummer but thats ok, Im sure yall will fine tune the current engine even more. Have yall looked at the empire tree as a souce of low FPS/studdering/lag/slowness late game?

Reply #116 from Sins Forums Top

I love this game, and will almost definitely be buying Rebellion, but they won't be seeing a preorder from me until I get some concrete gameplay info (i.e. videos).

Allowing preorders before we've even seen the product seems a little daft.

Reply #117 from Sins Forums Top

The Empire Tree slows alot yeah but it doesnt bring me over 15 FPS in the Late Game so i think there are other Points to work on too.

Reply #118 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting Yarlen, reply 44

Quoting JDoe1013, reply 41https://www.sinsofasolarempire.com/upgraderebellion.aspx

IF I purchase this here, I get diplomacy as well?

The options listed are based on what you have registered with us. If you don't own Entrenchment or Diplomacy, you'll be provided with an option to buy those now in addition to Rebellion in case you want to get in on some more advanced action right away.

Not really the option to buy.  As a Sins + Entrenchment owner, it offers me to pay $40 for Diplomacy and Rebellion.  I don't particularly want Diplomacy at this point, with Rebellion on the horizon listed as a "standalone." But apparently I can buy it for $10 and then get $10 off Rebellion.  Unless I missed something where I could click through and just choose Rebellion?

 

Reply #119 from Sins Forums Top

If you don't own Diplomacy or Trinity, the price for Rebellion is $39.95.  Rebellion will include all the prior Sins content.

Reply #120 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting Yarlen, reply 114
Neither is really possible at this point (64-bit or multithreading).

Can we expect any optimisations to counter late game lag at all? I had hoped to have at least the AI reexamined for speed gains and modability.

Reply #121 from Sins Forums Top

Don't care about the new factions or ships or any such things.  I want to be able to run a huge game silky smooth. If the engine has been optimized so that it is possible with a single thread and 2GB great.  Otherwise, I'm not buying until there is 64 bit and multithread.

Reply #122 from Sins Forums Top

If you have been following the beta, the 1.2 diplo patch will be a significant improvement over current lag (not including network related lag, which would be the user's fault, not the devs).  but... IT WILL NEVER BE 64BIT OR MULTITHREAD.  everyone wants it... but its never. going. to. happen.

Reply #123 from Sins Forums Top

^

Thank you Pbhead. The Devs have been extremely clear on this. Its not worth their time and effort at this moment. It would require a massive re-write and would never return on such an investment.

However, the recent 1.2 patch for Diplomacy has done wonders for lag. You will notice significant changes to the load times, FPS, and general smoothness of the entire game. It is a massive improvement. Not just a few seconds less in load times, but a serious upgrade.

Feel lucky that the game is still getting attention after all this time and that the devs are even producing another expansion. 

Reply #124 from Sins Forums Top

I just do not understand why you can not make the game use 64 bit or multithreading...

The end game still lags for me, it doesn't go and kill itself like it used to do, but does Ironclad expect me to suck it up and be happy over the lag I get?
I've bought the product and I am unable to enjoy it to the fullest. And as far as I've read, they do not plan to make that happen either. And now they plan to give out an stand alone expansion pack that will add even more items to the gameplay, chugging up the pipeline even more without doing anything to improve the flow of things.

Will Rebellion turn SoaSE into a lagfest again? Or will Ironclad do some changes in order to avoid it?

Reply #125 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting rowanlad, reply 123
It would require a massive re-write and would never return on such an investment.


This is why. Its going to take far too long and is far too much an investment in an aging engine. They wouldn't make enough money for them to do so. We are very lucky they are still paying attention to Sins at all, let alone a stand alone expansion.