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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 #776 Top

Lol MAKBAR....ACKBAR..hmmmmm

Reply #777 Top

When are these mods going to be released?  Where will the downloads be when they are?

The mod looks awesome, especially the new race.  I've always thought someone should add a completely new race to the game instead of the mods based on tv shows and mo vies.  

 

 :grin:

Reply #778 Top

First of all, ManSh00ter, this looks like it is going to be an awesome mod. Words cannot describe how awesome it looks. You have obviously put a lot of work into this, and I can only imagine what the final product will be like. Keep up the good work. You get +1 karma for this awesomeness.

Second of all, don't go disrespecting Admiral Ackbar. Admiral Ackbar owns your souls!

:grin:  But seriously, this is awesome.

Reply #779 Top

... I find myself occasionally giggling over "Admiral Pieface" during the day. This is worrying ^_^

Reply #780 Top

Second of all, don't go disrespecting Admiral Ackbar. Admiral Ackbar owns your souls!
End of quote

 

Look. i know you meant no offense but it was a joke.  i actually think akbar is pretty kool but i just wanted to make a funny pic

 

Reply #781 Top

Quoting gamerking345, reply 5

Second of all, don't go disrespecting Admiral Ackbar. Admiral Ackbar owns your souls!


 

Look. i know you meant no offense but it was a joke.  i actually think akbar is pretty kool but i just wanted to make a funny pic

 
End of gamerking345's quote

I was kidding. Admiral Ackbar still owns your soul, but I understand. I actually found the picture pretty funny. Please don't take what I said the wrong way. I was trying to be funny, but I guess it didn't go over very well. Sorry.

Reply #782 Top

Quoting gamerking345, reply 5

Second of all, don't go disrespecting Admiral Ackbar. Admiral Ackbar owns your souls!
 

Look. i know you meant no offense but it was a joke.  i actually think akbar is pretty kool but i just wanted to make a funny pic

 
End of gamerking345's quote

Say Ackbar dont say Akbar X| damn insulting.. cant v think of anothr name.. some tribal name will do fine.. Admiral hooloobo wud do fine :P

hey i found this pic.. from google.. somethin like this?? squidy in nature???

http://www.freewebs.com/pab3/dalekaliensquid.jpg

here is a pic of a real squid tht wud look gr8 if turned in to an alien

http://bp3.blogger.com/_XiaeniEk4Ew/RcaEIjlB4xI/AAAAAAAAAGo/ijg90Q3gtww/s200/squid.jpg

 

It wudnt allow me to just view the jpg link.. only downloadin it....

Reply #783 Top

that first pic is really wierd.

Reply #784 Top

Bunch of spammers, enuf with da Akbar! He is too ugly for the Xin anyway. :p

Reply #785 Top

I really like the first one. Kind of makes me think of 'That 70's show'

 

/Eric does stupidity...............................again

Red: I wish I was an octopus, so I could shove eight of my feet up your ass!

Gotta love that guy.

Well enough post hijacking :( Back to ManShOOter's work of art!

Reply #787 Top

kinda quiet lately...

Reply #788 Top

Been busy lately with some "get-paid" projects. But work on the mod continues, should have some new stuff real soon. :)

Reply #790 Top

Christmas at the latest!

Reply #791 Top

Well, hopefully. Keep in mind that's the estimated release date... and can change. Due to certain RL work and other stuff I have experienced a bit of a slowdown, so its possible the release date will be pushed back. Its too early to tell, and I'll do my best to complete the mod as soon as possible, but after all I do this on my own free time so you know how it is. :)

Reply #792 Top

Nephil are facing the same issues (even though I dont stop myself from modding in the middle of the classroom) :) LOL! But yes with job, family, etc...it does take a toll on my free time! So I know how you feel man, and I fully agree with you!

Reply #793 Top

Hello? Anyone here? Anyway, do we have any updates on the progress of the mod, Mansh00ter?

Reply #794 Top

You want an update? You can't handle an update!

:p

Ok, after a long-ish pause due to RL obligations such as actually getting some cassssh, here are a few eyecandies, just to fill the wait before you get the first-ever interactive information movie, the so-called "Unit Spotlight". These spotlights will be released periodically in place of regular screenshots, and will contain CGI renders of ingame units, background lore, tech specifications for those who like 'em and of course, actual ingame footage. More on that soon.

In the meantime, here are a few ingame screenshots of the Assault Cruiser, the Ravager.

 

The Ravager is slated to receive the first Spotlight, stand by for more soon!

Reply #795 Top

Once again MAnShOOTer strikes and scores an incredible new vessel!

Reply #796 Top

Ah, an update!

Nice ship, although the combination of sharp wing edges and the edge texturing looks a bit ... wrong to me.

Reply #797 Top

Please ManSh00ter, stop the untouchable awesomeness.  I must have this mod and these ships.  Release it, or I kill a hostage every day.  (Runs out and grabs some random pedestrians for use as hostages.)

Reply #798 Top

Soor, if you're thinking about jagged (at places) texture edges, that's a lil' resolution problem with Z-Brush, easily fixed. I just didn't want to go through the motions for the alpha textures since I'm going to have to re-juggle them anyway for 1.1 compatibility. The final version should do away with jagged edges. Sharp wing edges will stay though, they're part of geometry.

SpardaSon21, kittens didn't work on me, what makes you think people will, they're not half as cute. :p

Reply #799 Top

Quoting ManSh00ter, reply 23
Soor, if you're thinking about jagged (at places) texture edges, that's a lil' resolution problem with Z-Brush, easily fixed. I just didn't want to go through the motions for the alpha textures since I'm going to have to re-juggle them anyway for 1.1 compatibility. The final version should do away with jagged edges. Sharp wing edges will stay though, they're part of geometry.
End of ManSh00ter's quote

Well, I'm really not good at rationalising instinctive reactions, but something about the wing edge textures bothers me. Probably the combination of the jagged lines and the fact that the wing-edge part of the texture is very, very large, and doesnt follow the line of the wings very closely. The fact that it doesnt follow the wing shape looks a bit weird, and the disatnce from the actual edge, for some reason, makes my brain think the ship is much smaller than it really is.

I dunno, maybe I've been playing too much Wipeout Pulse >_>

Reply #800 Top

Quoting ManSh00ter, reply 23

SpardaSon21, kittens didn't work on me, what makes you think people will, they're not half as cute.
End of ManSh00ter's quote

 

Crap.  Well, you seem like the kind of guy who would actually want me to kill some family members so I won't threaten them.  How about a deal then.  I remove some annoying family members of yours from this plane of existence, and you give us all episodes of The Last Stand, NOW.