Great mod!

Looking forward for maybe more planet types? Also the Microbe planet's crystal extractors don't work, just wanted to let you guys know. Keep up the good work.

Can not wait until 1.2 version is realease also wondering with it work with Distant Stars .99. Ugh..guess its back to City of Heroes in the meantime

It will work with Distant stars only after hard manual tuning 

Is there a older version for Entrenchment so I can play until it is updated? I can't seem to find it.

No version for the Entrenchment...

Aplos, check out my thread, i have made some planet textures (and working on some more), just so you know, you're free to use 'em

Is this mod still going to be updated?

^ Read reply #103

2.31 is released:

• New research chains for interstellar & interplanetary phasetravel speed (from slow to fast). Additional defense, weapon boost (technology optimization), vehicle speed and science rate researches. Increased quantity of research levels with an emphasis on weaponry.
• Additional & reorganized planet & star types. Very diverse planets in price of development, size, profit.
• All starbases are movable & populated.
• Harder diplomacy.
• Balanced Pirates (irritating but not catastrophic). Reduced maximum pirate fleet power in quests (not to be the doomsday in multiplayer) and prolonged break time. Pirates can do interstellar phase jumps.
• New various maps with more realistic planetary systems.
• New Titan ship for every faction.
• Rescaled ship sizes (from tiny to giant).
• New weapon and ability effects.
• New types of militia.
• New ambient music.

 COMPATIBLE: SoaSE Diplomacy 1.011

Out of curiosity ... how did you accomplish this?

Just wanted to say this mod looks awesome and I plan to give it a spin or two once I pick up Diplomacy.

Prolly gave the pirates a custom long range jump tech, without the need for any research stations, or a special artifact spawning on the pirate base.

I simply gave them the research, guys! 

• New research chains for interstellar & interplanetary phasetravel speed (from slow to fast). Lengthened chains for many research fields. Additional defense, population capacity, vehicle speed and science rate researches. Increased quantity of stage levels with an emphasis on weaponry.
• Additional & reorganized planet & star types. Very diverse planets in price of development, size, profit.
• All starbases are movable & populated.
• Harder diplomacy.
• Balanced Pirates (irritating but not catastrophic). Prolonged break time between pirate quests for suiting multiplayer conditions. Pirates can do interstellar phase jumps.
• New various maps with more realistic planetary systems.
• New Titan ship for every faction.
• Rescaled ship sizes (from tiny to giant).
• New weapon and ability effects.
• New types of militia.
• New ambient music.

Reviews are appreciated! Cheers!

Good work Aplos, can't wait to test it but I can't seem to find the download for the latest version... Are you having upload problems or something or is it me being stupid?

No...  ... not stupid, be sure....! 

It's in the authorization process on ModDB now.

kk, can't wait to try it out! 

When will the authorization be done I must play!! lol

Yeeees finally be able to play this as well .

ModDB has finally authorized the download.  2.4 is now available.

the download isn't working on moddb

nevermind, it's probably something wrong on either my end or moddb itself

I had loaded Stars into Sins a long time back and it crashed often so I had never got a chance to really play it.  I had re-loaded it just as they removed the 1.19 version from Impulse and again didn't get a chance to run it.  When you put the new Diplomacy version up I installed it and have just been playing it the past day.

Perfect Mod! 

• I absolutely love the planet and star model textures--just perfect. 
• The music sets an entirely different mental mood and really works with a "thinking game style".
• I have never liked most research changes as they are usually "tacked on" and don't integrate well with the game but the new abilities in Stars blend perfectly with strategy and development.
• The planet balance and colonization/development requirements make this epic.  Sins is like speed chess, Stars is like chess.
• I haven't actually got to the dreadnaughts yet but perfect touch.  This isn't a game you finish in a single night (which I love).

This is the first mod I played solo that really has the feel of a classic strategy war game (which I grew up playing).  Awesome job.  It's going to be hard to go back to other mods now.

I have asked the developers about making the opacity/color of phase lanes adjustable specifically for this mod.

Love the clear UI. An awesome job with everything else as well. Still prefer DS's research line but that is a personal opinion.

Yeah--DS, Maelstrom and Stars all have some highly desirable features.  Each one has areas where they stand out.  Stars is the most like an actual board game of old though--hands down.

You should collaborate on a merged mod release--which would probably melt the game.

Having trouble downloading this...is there another place to download it?  Every time I click the link I just get a black screen...

I had same issue--hit the "mirror" link if you can before the black appears.