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Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion BETA 3 Change Log

Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion BETA 3 Change Log

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Stardock Entertainment and Ironclad Games are pleased to inform xenos-loving galactic conquerors that the Vasari Empire arrives in Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion today with the release of Beta 3 for all pre-order customers.

NOTE: BETA 3 IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH PRIOR SAVE GAMES OR REPLAYS.

Changes From Beta 2c:

[ Graphics ]

  • Further refined shield effects.
  • Increased large debris sizes.
  • Fixed some incorrect shield meshes.

[ Gameplay ]

  • The Vasari Loyalists and Rebel factions are now available for play!
  • All races Scout frigates should now be able to properly detect mines again. This ability has been made passive.
  • Flagship's no longer have a role type.
  • Flagship's now count as Battleships in terms of stats.
  • Fixed bug that would improperly boot host and players from a Friends Only ICO game.
  • Fixed bug that was causing abilities that target strike craft to fail.
  • Added missing string for ally titan lost.
  • Fixed bug were Research and Occupation victories would not cause a loss for opponents.
  • Added Titans to new Titan statcount type.
  • Fixed a possible false positive save state mismatch bug (multiplayer desyncs).
  • Fixed bug with HyperspaceAntimatterCostAdjustment - was being calculated incorrectly.
  • Fixed a desync bug in multiplayer.
  • TEC
    • Removed improper constraint on Corsev's Boarding Party ability that prevented it from converting in non-Friendly gravity wells.
    • TEC Loyalists
      • Furious Defense ability hull damage autocast levels adjusted per updated HP stats.
  • Advent
    • Fixed bug with Cultural Integrity Envoy ability that prevented it from working.
    • Fixed bug with Cultural Assistance Envoy ability that was causing it to increase, rather than decrease, planet upgrade build times.
    • Advent Loyalists
      • Unity Mass will no longer be buffed by illusion ships.
      • Subjugating Assault ability will now properly toggle off.
    • Advent Rebels
      • Strength of the Fallen will no longer be buffed by illusion ships.
      • Unyielding Will duration increased from 60/60 to 120/240.

[ Sound ]

  • Fixed missing capital planet lost voiceovers.
  • Fixed enemy research victory 50% complete voiceover.
[ Modding ]
  • Various Galaxy Forge bug fixes.

 

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Reply #51 Top

BUG: No beta 3 known issues sticky.  ;)

Reply #52 Top

the vasari rebel titan (Kolturask) has its 'center' on the little node on its tail, this means that when it turns/pivots around thats the place that stays still. This looks very strange as most of the [weight of the] titan is infront of it and swings sideways to face the target. I think it should be closer to the front, maybe where the tail attaches? Its kind of jarring atm,  it breaks my immersion.

Other than that I'm a big fan of vasari sofar, well done! :grin:

Reply #53 Top

Can someone plz tell me what faction that can use all faction capital ships and how I get them :)

Reply #54 Top

 

the nultiplayer desync bug is NOT solved

there are still big desyncs: it is more extreme 

and pirates attack different players.....

Reply #55 Top

Yeah, i've to agree : Desyncs are still a problem and seems to occur more often than in B2, at least for a friend and me.

Next time, i'll post a report in dedicated thread.

Reply #56 Top

Thanks everyone for the replies and the advice on how to get my game working. It worked lowering the graphics now all they need to work on is the online... it freezes intermittently while my friend and I play and it got kind of annoying. other than that it was awesome thanks again "Sins" community.

 

Michael "AKA" Majorchainpain

Reply #57 Top

lately since Vasari arrived, there has not been any desyncs. looks like iron clad has already ironed out the issues from the previous beta :).

Reply #58 Top

How do you actually download the update? I see no button, option or anything anywhere.

 

Do I have to delete the whole thing and re-install it again? The instructions are a bit shoddy. I keep being directed to download "Stardock Central" which doesn't do anything, either.

Reply #59 Top

Quoting Metacognition, reply 58
How do you actually download the update? I see no button, option or anything anywhere.

 

Do I have to delete the whole thing and re-install it again? The instructions are a bit shoddy. I keep being directed to download "Stardock Central" which doesn't do anything, either.

Se descarga automaticamente la actualización en "steam"

Automatically downloads the update in "steam"

Reply #60 Top

Man I would make a horrible beta tester. xD

Couldn't find anything worth noting or whatever...Vasari's new capital ship looks ool though (pre-ordered the game today). >.>

 

Is the Rebel/Loyalist choice before the game just beta only? I heard a while back that you make the choice sometime in mid-game.

Reply #61 Top

It got moved to the game setup screen because Stardock's testers couldn't handle choosing mid-game.

Reply #62 Top

You think it'll stay like that or will it be back in mid-game for the final release?

Reply #63 Top

It will probably stay like this.  We're too deep in beta to completely change how races are chosen, especially since the Rebel and Loyalist factions have completely separate Player.entity files.  For those who aren't modders, it basically means Rebel Vasari and Loyalist Vasari are coded as different races in the same way the TEC and Advent are.

Reply #64 Top

Me pasa algunas veces que cuando empiezo un juego nuevo o vuelvo al menu principal no aparece el color de skybox, todo negro. ¿alguien tuvo el mismo problema? ¿o sabe cual es el problema?

I happens some times when I start a new game or return to the main menu does not appear the color of skybox, all black. someone had the same problem? or you know what is the problem?

Reply #65 Top

Sucede cuando se usa "filter anisotropic"

It happens when using "anisotropic filter"

Reply #67 Top

Quoting qwer602, reply 66
hi

please can any one tell me how to strip plant to it is core

 

 

Perdon, no entiendo

Sorry, I do not understand

Reply #68 Top

Quoting qwer602, reply 66
hi

please can any one tell me how to strip plant to it is core

 

 

1. Research Stripped to the Core in the Vasari Loyalist tech tree.

2. Colonize a planet you want to strip for resources

3. Scuttle planet (select planet - look for scuttle button in middle of UI for selected planet)

4. Profit!

Reply #69 Top

It seems that only I hae such problem - After installing the update I can't launch Rebellion:(

I can only see it in task manager, where it takes 30MB of RAM, and then it disappears 8C

P.S. I,ve reinstalled it twice...

Reply #70 Top

Can I ask the Rebellion developers to produce fewer AI cheats on normal or easy difficulty for a more subtle strategic front?

I have detailed elsewhere in the forums some of these cheats, but will give here only one recent example.

I was playing the Point Blank map TEC v (random) TEC when, about 15 mins into the game I decided to go in for the kill. I owned two planets as did the enemy and I calculated, fairly accurately, that the enemy would lose one its planets, if not its home planet then the adjacent supporting planet leaving the home planet trapped between my forces. I had a Corbet on each of the enemy's planets showing the information I needed. When I did move in, I sent my fleets to both planets, and within 5 to 8 seconds the AI magically produced a starbase and a second capital ship, which even the statistics (if they are to be believed) would deny one of these items was possible. never mind both. I don't think the program was expecting such en masse early aggression, so it produced emergency measures  --- cheats.

The AI have cheated in all the editions of SOASE on normal and easy and Rebellion seems no different in this respect.

I like this game a lot and once the taste for it is acquired it becomes very addictive. It's strength is in the bitter/sweet decision making. But I am becoming disappointed by the hour when the game lays down the rules and then goes on to reinvent them when it is convenient to do so. In this sense it is not a strategic game, but more or less a lottery.

I am not clear if a game of this kind can be produced without the AI cheating. 

Reply #71 Top

Anyone else able to play this game windowed at a smaller resolution? It seems that I can't here, tried setting it to the lowest resolution and it still takes up the whole screen. Any way to fix this yet? I tend to multitask a lot while playing Diplomacy (since I can easily do that there), but here it seems to be locked on a certain resolution. :c

Reply #72 Top

1. Research Stripped to the Core in the Vasari Loyalist tech tree.

2. Colonize a planet you want to strip for resources

3. Scuttle planet (select planet - look for scuttle button in middle of UI for selected planet)  were????? nothing appear

4. Profit!

please ...........

Reply #73 Top

The scuttle button is the same for planets and structures - it's the thin gold/yellow line at the bottom of the portrait/picture of the planet selected.

Reply #74 Top

Quoting BellGoRiiing, reply 71
Anyone else able to play this game windowed at a smaller resolution? It seems that I can't here, tried setting it to the lowest resolution and it still takes up the whole screen. Any way to fix this yet? I tend to multitask a lot while playing Diplomacy (since I can easily do that there), but here it seems to be locked on a certain resolution. :c

Puede ser la configuracion de la tarjeta de video (escalar a pantalla completa, mantener radio....)

May be the video card configuration (scalar fullscreen, maintain radio....)

Reply #75 Top

Quoting noseforget, reply 74

Quoting BellGoRiiing, reply 71Anyone else able to play this game windowed at a smaller resolution? It seems that I can't here, tried setting it to the lowest resolution and it still takes up the whole screen. Any way to fix this yet? I tend to multitask a lot while playing Diplomacy (since I can easily do that there), but here it seems to be locked on a certain resolution. :c

Puede ser la configuracion de la tarjeta de video (escalar a pantalla completa, mantener radio....)

May be the video card configuration (scalar fullscreen, maintain radio....)
You know where to look? I have GeForce 9500, can't find any options for rebellion in nVidia's control panel or the game's options...