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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 #1476 Top

That's the idea. :)

Before the upcoming inauguration of the mod's facelift, here's a couple more screenies of two kinds of combat drones Xin use:

 

Reply #1477 Top

The one on the left I recognize as the "Assault Drone", IIRC.

The one on the right intrigues me; it has a very deep-sea manta feel to it.

 

ManSh00ter, you have my approval. This mod=WIN.

Reply #1478 Top

Thanks. :) As for manta look, I just had to take this screen:

:p

Reply #1479 Top

and if you look to the left you will see a large schoolof blackhole-making space fish,on the right there is a large battallion of giant space sphincters.enjoy your stay at the xin domains.

Reply #1480 Top

Quoting ManSh00ter, reply 1478
Thanks. As for manta look, I just had to take this screen:



End of ManSh00ter's quote

That screen is EPIC WIN.

Quoting FredLed, reply 1479
and if you look to the left you will see a large schoolof blackhole-making space fish,on the right there is a large battallion of giant space sphincters.enjoy your stay at the xin domains.
End of FredLed's quote

Except I don't think the manta-Xin make black holes.

Reply #1481 Top

More 'shots till I find the time to make a new awesometastic thread:

 

Reply #1483 Top

oh good, this is excellent

also, the xin reminds me of the yuuzhan vong

Reply #1484 Top

Quoting ManSh00ter, reply 1481
More 'shots till I find the time to make a new awesometastic thread:



 
End of ManSh00ter's quote

I (respectfully) demand you release this mod NAO.

Reply #1485 Top

PATIENCE!!!! O:)

Reply #1486 Top

Quoting boshimi336, reply 1485
PATIENCE!!!!
End of boshimi336's quote

I did *respectfully* demand it, so there was much groveling and offering of rum and wenches to ManSh00ter.

Except all the rum is gone.

Reply #1487 Top

Why is the rum always gone?

Reply #1488 Top

Quoting zigzag, reply 1487
Why is the rum always gone?
End of zigzag's quote

Because the pirates drink it all.

So I'd say to switch to vodka. It's better anyways.

Reply #1489 Top

you knw the song, 'YO HO and a KEG of RUM' don't you

by the way they cleaned the song up a lot by changing the KEG to a tiny bottle.

harpo

 

Reply #1490 Top

Quoting harpo99999, reply 1489
you knw the song, 'YO HO and a KEG of RUM' don't you

by the way they cleaned the song up a lot by changing the KEG to a tiny bottle.

harpo

 
End of harpo99999's quote

Keg>bottle.

But with Vodka, all you need is a bottle. And a couple of friends. One of whom is preferably Russian.

Reply #1491 Top

and a few women doesn't hurt.

Reply #1492 Top

Quoting Whiskey144, reply 1490

Quoting harpo99999, reply 1489you knw the song, 'YO HO and a KEG of RUM' don't you

by the way they cleaned the song up a lot by changing the KEG to a tiny bottle.

harpo

 

Keg>bottle.

But with Vodka, all you need is a bottle. And a couple of friends. One of whom is preferably Russian.
End of Whiskey144's quote

If one of them is Russian, you're going to need two bottles of vodka: one for the Russian and one for everyone else to share.

Reply #1493 Top

If one of them is Russian, you're going to need two bottles of vodka: one for the Russian and one for everyone else to share.
End of quote
or if I am ther then it is at least three bottle, TWO for me to relax while drinking at the start , then the remainder to share between the drinkers that remain, and yes I AM a two fisted drinker ie one full bottle in EACH hand, and HAVE been doing this for the last forty years

harpo

 

Reply #1495 Top

Quoting FredLed, reply 1491
and a few women doesn't hurt.
End of FredLed's quote

Durr. I totally forgot about that.

Quoting SpardaSon21, reply 1492
If one of them is Russian, you're going to need two bottles of vodka: one for the Russian and one for everyone else to share.
End of SpardaSon21's quote

Make it 7 bottles. Must have spares.

Quoting harpo99999, reply 1493

If one of them is Russian, you're going to need two bottles of vodka: one for the Russian and one for everyone else to share.or if I am ther then it is at least three bottle, TWO for me to relax while drinking at the start , then the remainder to share between the drinkers that remain, and yes I AM a two fisted drinker ie one full bottle in EACH hand, and HAVE been doing this for the last forty years


harpo

End of harpo99999's quote

That's a very innefficient way to drink if there are women present. Because if you have a bottle in each hand, where will you hold a woman?

Reply #1496 Top

unless he doesn't like women like that.

Reply #1497 Top

That's a very innefficient way to drink if there are women present. Because if you have a bottle in each hand, where will you hold a woman?
End of quote

that is what the third 'arm' is for, but seriously the bottles are only held for a few minutes then a second and third can be grabbed

*_*

harpo

 

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Reply #1498 Top

lol, "third arm",that is a good one, +1 karma for that.

Reply #1499 Top

Quoting harpo99999, reply 1497
that is what the third 'arm' is for, but seriously the bottles are only held for a few minutes then a second and third can be grabbed



harpo

 
End of harpo99999's quote

Lulz. Innuendo FTW.