Trinity vs. Diplomacy...

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This is going to sound basic, but I am argueing with my friends over it.  They all bought Trinity, while I just bought and added Diplomacy to the Sins + Entrenchment I already owned.  They have suggested that Trinity is a seperate game, since they could launch Sins, Entrenchment, Diplomacy or Trinity seperately.  ("Does your title screen say 'Trinity'?").  They are concerned that they will not be able to play with me, or if they did, that they would somehow lose 'features' that Trinity has, and Diplomacy does not.

From everything I have read, Trinity is just a compilation, and has absolutely nothing more then Sins/Entrenchment/Diplomacy.  Can anyone actually confirm this?  The more replies the better...I want to show my friends this thread.  And if it is the same, can I, from my Diplomacy title screen join a game hosted from their Trinity title screen?

I think I'm pefectly OK, but my friends don't believe me.  Your replies here would help considerably.

Thank you in advance,

-Nem

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Trinity is TECHNICALLY a separate game, considering it does say "Trinity" on the title screen. However, it is, from a codebase standpoint, the same game as Sins/Entrenchment/Diplomacy. It is fully interoperable with the previous.

So yes, you will be able to join games that they host and vice-versa.

Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top

You are correct. Trinity is just the game "soase" and the two epansions.

This is the same as if you bought each individually.

For them to launch sins, they need to start trinity, which opens soase, then there is an option to load the expansion that they want.

So.. yes, you can play vs them since you both have diplomacy.

The reason for trinity is that prior to this, entrenchment/diplomacy was only available as a download, not a hard copy.

 

EDIT:

Whoops, i was posting while wisky144 was posting.

 

Ashes of the Singularity II
Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top

Sins+Entrenchment+Diplomacy = Trinity

Content-wise, you have the same stuff.  Don't worry about the fine print as to whether your's is titled "Trinity" or "Diplomacy".

Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top

You all have the right of it.  Initially, for pre-orders and whatnot, Trinity was a bundle, where you would get seperate registrations and keys for the base game, Entrenchment, and Diplomacy.  When the boxed version was coming about, Trinity became its own thing, with only one key.  The content is exactly the same, the files themselves, with some very minor exceptions (launcher, etc), are the same, and for things like multiplayer, they're 100% compatible.

With Trinity, you can choose which 'chapter' you want to play from, so if your friend only has the base game, you can still play with him, you'll just need to play the base game chapter.  They, however, cannot join a game that you host if you're in the Entrenchment or Diplomacy chapters.

Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top

Thank you, all of you.  If my friends continue to think I have anything less then their Trinity copy, because I instead bought Sins, Entrenchment and Diplomacy seperately, I'll point them right here!

Thanks again,

-Nem

Reply #6 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting Rosco_P, reply 4
You all have the right of it.  Initially, for pre-orders and whatnot, Trinity was a bundle, where you would get seperate registrations and keys for the base game, Entrenchment, and Diplomacy.  When the boxed version was coming about, Trinity became its own thing, with only one key.  The content is exactly the same, the files themselves, with some very minor exceptions (launcher, etc), are the same, and for things like multiplayer, they're 100% compatible.

With Trinity, you can choose which 'chapter' you want to play from, so if your friend only has the base game, you can still play with him, you'll just need to play the base game chapter.  They, however, cannot join a game that you host if you're in the Entrenchment or Diplomacy chapters.

Hi, I was wondering- is it possible to play a game with both the features from Entrenchment and Diplomacy (aka both starbases and the new diplomatic stuff) if you bought sins, entrenchment, and diplomacy seperately, or do you need Trinity for that (or, based on what I've read here, what with the information that Trinity people have to choose a chapter to play from, is it not possible at all?)

I'm asking because I'm thinking about getting diplomacy, but already have soase and Entrenchment, and I'm not really interested in all the diplomacy changes/diplomacy research/diplomatic victory if I can't also build starbases/research defensive tech/ect.

Sorry for the spot of necromancy, I hate to unearth a month old thread, but not as much as I hate to start a new one.

Reply #7 from Sins Forums Top

Diplomacy requires and builds on top of Entrenchment, so when you're playing Diplomacy, you get all of the Entrenchment content along with the new Diplomacy stuff.

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Reply #8 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting Annatar11, reply 7
Diplomacy requires and builds on top of Entrenchment, so when you're playing Diplomacy, you get all of the Entrenchment content along with the new Diplomacy stuff.

thanks, been wondering this :)

Reply #9 from Sins Forums Top

Hey I registered on this forum to ask this very question. So if I understand correctly, to have a complete game with all features, I should skip vanilla and entranchement and just play Diplomacy all the time... Thanks!

Reply #10 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting DrakenL, reply 9
Hey I registered on this forum to ask this very question. So if I understand correctly, to have a complete game with all features, I should skip vanilla and entranchement and just play Diplomacy all the time... Thanks!

yes