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Sins of a Solar Empire - Entrenchment Beta Information

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Sins of a Solar Empire - Entrenchment Beta Information

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Welcome to the beta test for Sins of a Solar Empire - Entrenchment!  This micro-expansion is jam packed with enough features to qualify as a full fledged expansion pack, so we know it'll keep everyone busy for quite awhile. ;)  That said, this is a beta - put simply this is going to be very buggy and somewhat unbalanced.

If you don't want to deal with bugs, balance issues or providing feedback to improve the game please wait for the final release!

The Entrenchment beta is available in English only!

Here are the highlights for Entrenchment:

  • Starbases:  Construct powerful bases within any gravity well to help fortify your empire and project your power across the stars.  Each race's base is unique and upgradable with a number of abilities via research.
  • Defense Tech Tree:  Improve your defenses with the new Defense tech tree. Here is where you'll learn how to build starbases and upgrade them, in addition to improving your existing defense technologies.
  • Upgraded Defense Structures:  Improve your defense turrets and hangar bays with new abilities and better firepower!
  • Mine Fields:  Each race can now build (with the appropriate tech) mine fields within their gravity wells (or those of others).  These powerful devices can lay waste to an incoming enemy fleet if positioned properly.
  • New/Updated Frigates/Cruisers: New and updated frigates and cruisers will give you the power to lay mines, establish starbases or bring them down with powerful attacks.
  • Improved AI:  The AI has been improved substantially to be more deadly than ever before and now uses fleet tactics better.
  • Improved Graphics:  New stellar backgrounds, particle fx, and textures make Sins look better than ever.
  • and much more.

To install Entrenchment:

  1. First, you will need the full version of Sins of a Solar Empire v1.12.  This update can be obtained via Impulse (http://www.impulsedriven.com).
  2. Once your pre-order is charged, you will see Entrenchment appear in Impulse under your My Games tab. Just click the Install button and Impulse will handle the rest.
    1. If you don't see Entrenchment appear after getting your order receipt via email from us, try Checking for Updates in Impulse (click the Stardock orb in the upper-left and select Check for Updates).
    2. If that doesn't work, you can manually register your Entrenchment serial number in Impulse. Click the blue ? in the upper right and select Register a Product.
    3. NOTE: Your order number is NOT your serial number.  Your charged pre-order receipt will clearly list your Serial Number.
  3. Once Entrenchment is installed, regular Sins will disappear from Impulse.  You will only be able to play online against other Entrenchment players during the beta.

Posting about Bugs:

Please check out Annatar's stickied thread about providing feedback to us about the beta:

https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/319171

Keep in mind that this version of Entrenchment is not finished. We're at the beginning of the beta process, not the end. ;)

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Reply #176 from Sins Forums Top

Can somebody enlighten me why I did not get charged the 9.99 but a mere 12.87 when I bought Entrenchment two days ago? The addon is priced as 9.99 everywhere, yet Stardock charged my credit card nearly 13 dollars. Can this be right???

Reply #177 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting Craig, reply 25
Hehe...we were well over budget a month ago. This expansion was not priced properly, i highly doubt anyone will complain about its value once they've played it

I suspected that, but does that mean that the price of the next mini-expansion will be higher?

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Reply #178 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting Private-Cowboy, reply 1
Can somebody enlighten me why I did not get charged the 9.99 but a mere 12.87 when I bought Entrenchment two days ago? The addon is priced as 9.99 everywhere, yet Stardock charged my credit card nearly 13 dollars. Can this be right???

Are you outside of the US? If so, it's Kalypso's prices :(

Reply #179 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting Craig, reply 25
Hehe...we were well over budget a month ago. This expansion was not priced properly, i highly doubt anyone will complain about its value once they've played it

sad to hear that (you are way over budget), but it's not surprising considering when it was planned to be released. respect that you waited and improved until it was polished enough, not all developers do that.

and I agree. you do get a whole lot of content for the price. starbases alone are a huge addition and most importantly, the game plays different.

Reply #180 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting Annatar11, reply 3

Quoting Private-Cowboy, reply 1Can somebody enlighten me why I did not get charged the 9.99 but a mere 12.87 when I bought Entrenchment two days ago? The addon is priced as 9.99 everywhere, yet Stardock charged my credit card nearly 13 dollars. Can this be right???
Are you outside of the US? If so, it's Kalypso's prices

when would that have started? I remember I didn't pay as much and I'm not in the US. I was always a bit confused how Kalypso and Impulse coexist, or whatever.

Reply #181 from Sins Forums Top

I don't know the details of that, either. But they do somehow! Have you noticed that when you install Sins now, it asks you for the language? It probably checks your ip and figures out the price per their publishing agreement.

Reply #182 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting Annatar11, reply 6
I don't know the details of that, either. But they do somehow! Have you noticed that when you install Sins now, it asks you for the language? It probably checks your ip and figures out the price per their publishing agreement.

does it? I have a tendency of clicking away pop ups so fast and I rarely remember what they say. well, next time I'll try and and pay more attention.

Reply #183 from Sins Forums Top

Well it's not a problem if its 10 or 13 Dollars since it's a good bang for the buck anyway. But it would have been nice to know before you get your credit card statement. When I purchased (even my email receipt) it displayed 9.99? (the ? was supposed to be a currency symbol). I thought it would be a font problem and a seperate paragraph stated that the charge would be in USD.

So I somehow combined that ? should be $ and I'd pay 9.99$ - well I ended up paying 9.99 EUR - converted back to USD and converted back to EUR to be charged to my credit card.

Guess I've to be really really carful when (and if) I buy from Stardock again. It's not so much a matter of the acutal price (3 USD is not the world) but the uncertainty of the process not knowing how it might end up. After all ? could also mean russian rubel.

Reply #184 from Sins Forums Top

If I was in your shoes, I'd drop an email to [email protected] and explain what happened. They are generally pretty open to suggestions. As far as I'm aware, it is supposed to show you the price in your currency at some point in the process, but you aren't the only one who was confused by it, so I'd say there might be some room for improvement still. ;)

Reply #185 from Sins Forums Top

Interesting, I just went back to my VISA statement and found the same charge of $12.36. I don't really mind, though in principal I don't understand how it can be charged as anything more than $11.19--that is 9.99 + all applicable (BC PST and CAN GST) Canadian taxes. I know all you yanks are much accustomed to taxes on sales being very high, but here in Canada we pay near 15% (12% in BC, where IC is based) in most parts of the country on all purchases... the costs of a just health-care system I guess |-) . Maybe taxation goes a little way towards explaining why above $10, though I still don't get why $12.36 -- especially as I am Canadian and no currency conversion rates or anything should have occured.

Reply #186 from Sins Forums Top

Now I'm really pissed. Now that the addon is released the store shows me the correct price converted into Euros. I's stands at 7.73 Euros now which pretty much equals the $-amount it should cost. And I could buy it for that now, I went all the way through the process but did not made the final click.

 

So why on earth did I get charged 3 Euros extra a few days ago? I contacted Stardock and see what they have to say. When they don't answer I'll let my cc-bank get the charge back.

 

I don't complain about the "loss" of 3 Euros but the fact that now it seems to work correctly again. And I'm more than reluctant to pay for system flaws and hickups.

Reply #189 from Sins Forums Top

i have download the new one it did note work v1.15

i have sins if the solar empire and it will note work on my copy

i got copy win it came out

 

Reply #190 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting Hound, reply 40
Well I installed Entrenchment but it won't launch. Impulse shows Entrenchment as installed.

If I run the game from my old desktop shortcut it launches as the old 1.12 version.

If I run it from Impulse it tells me d3dx9_36.dll was not found.

My DirectX version is 9.0c.

Any suggestions?

 

Hello Hound,

 

Here is the d3dx9_36.dll : [removed]…download it and then extract the downloaded zip file to the system32 folder which is located in windows folder (that is located in your main drive which contains the installed windows)

Reply #191 from Sins Forums Top

Thanks for offering help but that request is about two years old.

Reply #192 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting Ryat, reply 191
Thanks for offering help but that request is about two years old.

Methinks it's most likely just viruses/spam.