Hey there sorry for the late reply, I was just about to get down and dirty analyzing the mod when you say you will release a new revision in a week or two. Can you say in general what you have changed so I that I can analysize the parts that will be the same? I was planning on starting with looking at the economies.

EDIT: Ah! I see you want me to do the original SOASE for testing. OK, but my question still remains, what (if any) changes will there be for the next version?

At this stage not too much will change i.e HUD's, voice's, a few abilities (and it won't crash 30 mins into the game) ... if you can wait for a few days I can send you a pre-release for testing.

Roger, will do. For now I can set up the datasheets so there will be really no lost time anyway.

Hi BadTune,

"the range buff in that force field one" (Binary Planet) checked and will put in stack limit. Thanks for the feedback.

how can i make maps for this in galaxy forge using new planet mods

Hi davidt0504,

I haven't made any new maps for the Maelstrom mod so I can't comment.

However, there is nothing special about the new Planets i.e meshes, textures, entity, particle files are in the standard locations.

You could asked another modding team how they inserted their planets i.e the 'Distant Star' team are expert map makers!

davidt & maelstrom, the trick is the modified GalaxyScenarioDef.galaxyScenarioDef. if copy  the mod's GalaxyScenarioDef.galaxyScenarioDef to a copy of the galaxyforge3 folder it then should work with the extra planets/stars

harpo

thanks harpo, helpful as always

I have been getting a mini dump with the entrenchment version about 25 minutes into the game. Every time i try reloading it, it mini dumps in 30 seconds or less. Im playing a medium map with 4 players and using the cators. 

Your playing the beta version of Maelstrom, with this known issue.    

Good news is take I'm releasing the full version (issue 1) as we speak. I'm updating the Maelstrom website, SoaSE forum and ModDB forum as of today.

The .zip is uploaded (the link above should be good to go) and the .7z is an hour away.

Thank you for the quick response. Look forward to playing it! Btw, excellent job with this mod. One of my favorites. 

  Mike

If there are any improvements you would like to see let me know.

I will, thank you.

Whats new in the full version?

I can't remember everything ... my head is currently buzzing with Diplomacy.

Highlights ... abilities on Starbase's completed, Icons finished, new mines, new sounds, etc ...and yes minidump fixed.

Awesome. Keep up the good work. 

I've played the mod a couple of times and have noticed that with the double planet system it is almost impossible to place your orbital structures. I have to use auto placement. Also it seems that the trade ships are over sized compared to the vanilla edition.

Thanks for the feedback.

The Binary planet orbital structure placement is intentional. Which can be changed if you think it is overly problematic. I wanted this "Planet" to be hard to defend.

When you say the "trade ships are over sized" do you mean their icons or meshes? And for which race/s?

Just missing the dreads now hint hint. Hehe.

Malanthor ... your very cheeky !

I have a suggestion...

Do you still have the planet glow around some of your new planets?

If you do, you can remove it by setting the isAsteroid to TRUE.

Thanks will have a look ... though on the binary I don't mind the "problem".

When you say the "trade ships are over sized" do you mean their icons or meshes? And for which race/s?

I believe it it is the icons as compared to the standard races.

If memory serves me right I think it is the Norlamin Tradeships. Nonetheless, I'll look at it for the next release. Thanks.

Downloaded the entrenchment mod today and so far I have a one hour in game crash on two ocassions.

The is no error report and there is no mini dump screen, it just quits.