Rebellion Map for Beginners (Updated for Release)

https://www.wincustomize.com/explore/sins_maps/343/
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Sins is a game with a fairly long learning curve, and while two new tutorials will certainly help new players, its really a game you have to spend some time with on your own pace. Before this wasn't a problem as in Trinity you could play any map without any AI players if you wished, but in Rebellion for some reason that feature was removed.

To get around this, I've made a modified small map where all phase lanes to the AI's homeworld have been removed, preventing it from interacting with the rest of the game in any way. It is intended for players who have just finished the tutorials as a sort of sandbox tutorial, where they are free to expand and experiment at their own pace. Player can still get some combat experience if they leave on the pirates (and don't research Truce Amongst Rogues as TEC Rebels), and can even win the game via occupation or research victory if they so desire.

The second version is much larger, features militia from all races, and plenty of fortified planets for you to practice combat on. Can you get the secret victory after fighting through all six titans at once? o_O

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

T.A.R is rebels, and that's a good idea. Does the AI auto defeat when they keep building ships / increasing supply?

Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top

Thank you for spending the time to do this...i don't need the experience but if i was a new player i would really appreciate this so enjoy some karma... :grin:

Sins of a Solar Empire II
Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting Scudhawk, reply 1
T.A.R is rebels, and that's a good idea. Does the AI auto defeat when they keep building ships / increasing supply?

Thanks, I don't know why I'm getting the two confused when I always play Rebels. v_v

The AI will probably keep building ships and stuff, but they'll never be able to send them anywhere. At most they'll just take up a tiny amount of processing and RAM, but the map is small enough to be negligible (might want to leave the AI on easy to mitigate this as much as possible). Its impossible for them to leave their gravity well, and they don't have enough logistics space to get enough labs for the research victory even if they had the money to get that far, so it really should be as if the AI doesn't exist.

Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top

Would it not be possible to have their homeworld be a Dead Asteroid so they quite literally have nothing?

Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting Mr., reply 4
Would it not be possible to have their homeworld be a Dead Asteroid so they quite literally have nothing?

Sure, but I didn't bother because it's probably overkill. I don't see how it can possible be a problem honestly.

Reply #6 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting GoaFan77, reply 5
[quote who="Mr. Haze" reply="4" id="3115962"]Would it not be possible to have their homeworld be a Dead Asteroid so they quite literally have nothing?


Sure, but I didn't bother because it's probably overkill. I don't see how it can possible be a problem honestly.[/quote]

 

it would just be out of cruel spite, and i'd be ok with that.

Reply #7 from Sins Forums Top

Map has been upgraded for 0.76 beta. Its now much larger, and should explore the player to pretty much everything if they explore everything, including all six titans. ;)

Reply #8 from Sins Forums Top

Bump for the updated release version, and for new players to see.

Reply #9 from Sins Forums Top

Is it just me or is the link redirecting to map list, and not a specific map? Which map is it?

Reply #10 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting ShotmanMaslo, reply 10
Is it just me or is the link redirecting to map list, and not a specific map? Which map is it?

Well when I click it I get a screen with a title of "Rebellion Free Tutorial and Exploration Map". There should be a green download button below the text descriptions.

I did just update it today so perhaps it was changing something right when you happened to click on it?

Reply #11 from Sins Forums Top

from my searching of the wincustomise the latest map is dated 29th may 2012, so they must not have authorised it yet.

harpo

 

Reply #12 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting harpo99999, reply 12
from my searching of the wincustomise the latest map is dated 29th may 2012, so they must not have authorised it yet.

harpo

Hmm, maybe I can still see it because its my map. Here's the direct download link, maybe that will work.

https://www.wincustomize.com/explore/sins_maps/343/download

Reply #13 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting GoaFan77, reply 13

Quoting harpo99999, reply 12from my searching of the wincustomise the latest map is dated 29th may 2012, so they must not have authorised it yet.

harpo



Hmm, maybe I can still see it because its my map. Here's the direct download link, maybe that will work.

https://www.wincustomize.com/explore/sins_maps/343/download[/quote]

 

Does not work. You should upload it somewhere else. 

Reply #14 from Sins Forums Top

even following the direct link does not work for me either, so it does boil down to sd/wincustomise having not authorised the map yet.

harpo

Reply #15 from Sins Forums Top

Okay, I believe the map is now approved and working now. Sorry for the delay.

Reply #16 from Sins Forums Top

I'm sad to say it still doesn't work. I have the map in the Galaxy Forge folder, as specified in the readme file but I can't see it in game.

Reply #17 from Sins Forums Top

lightpl, you DID extract the galaxy from the zip, right?

I have done a quick read of the map and it appears to be a valid rebellion map with no obvious problems, and also a readme and a picture included with it

harpo

 

Reply #18 from Sins Forums Top

Yes, otherwise I wouldn't be able to access the readme file, would I? :P

I found the problem though. The readme states that the file should be placed inside a "Galaxy Forge" folder (note the space). Since I didn't have it, I just created it manually. This is why it didn't work, the file had to be put into a folder called "GalaxyForge"

Reply #19 from Sins Forums Top

Friendly bump for all the new players from the Thanksgiving sale.