Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion v1.96 Release Notes

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Ironclad Games and Stardock are pleased to announce the release of version 1.96 for Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion. This latest update includes a number of bug fixes and quality of life improvements that players have been asking for.

Change Log

[ Gameplay ]
General
  • Fixed exploit that would allow players to build extra free capital ships at game start.
  • Updated the damageUpdater code to refresh more frequently. Damage now applies faster (closer to actual impact) and may resolve various issues besides being generally good.
  • Fixed Social Specialization and Industry Specialization planet upgrades from not applying their population growth modifiers.
  • Updated stat type counters: Colony capital ships are now counted under Utility2, siege units under Utility1 and actual utility ships under Utility0. Updated related strings to match.
  • 'Mad Dark Fleet Titan' event has been updated - will now only appear after at least 1 hour of gameplay and will send out scouts and warnings to herald its arrival. Thanks to Goafan77!
TEC
  • Fixed Counter-Deployment (TEC Loyalist) technology not working.
  • Changed Hoshinko's Demolition Bots ability to affect corvettes.
  • Changed Marza's Radiation Bomb ability to affect corvettes.
  • TEC Rebel titan's Explosive Shot and Overcharged Explosive Shot abilities will now affect titans.
Advent
  • Changed strikecraft to no longer gain a buff from Assimilated Populace tech.
  • Fixed Acclimatization of Will tech to work as intended.
  • Titans are no longer affected by Iconus Guardians' Repulse ability.
Vasari
  • Changed Vasari Loyalist titan's phase missiles to Physical damage type.
  • Changed Stilakus Subverter's Distortion Field ability to affect corvettes.
  • Fixed Vasari Loyalist Jump Stabilization tech to now properly affect friendly and enemy ships.

[ Video ]

  • Borderless Window mode has been added and can be found under Video Options.
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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

Way cool! :D

Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top

Awesome, was excited to see that update waiting for me in Steam. I have a question about possibly requesting something to be added for diplomacy, is it possible to add a request in diplomacy missions to have the A.I. colonize a planet? I was curious from a tactical standpoint it would be helpful when teaming up to be able to request them to take a new planet.

Siege of Centauri
Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top

This is a bit out of scope for us at the moment. 

Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top

Okey doke, thanks for the response!

Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top

Thanks for the update guys! Would there be a possibility of adding a "No Titans" option on the game start in the future?

Reply #6 from Sins Forums Top

Sorry, no. This is also out of scope.

Reply #7 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting Yarlen, reply 6

Sorry, no. This is also out of scope.

Ah ok. I'll stop bothering you guys about it! Good luck and thanks again for supporting this game for this long.

Reply #8 from Sins Forums Top

Still no rebellion.user.setting override to be able to move the mod directory to an alternate location?

I'm still not able to play any mods as they always get backed up to OneDrive which then quickly gets filled up.

That should be quick an easy change that would make a lot of people's life easier.

Reply #10 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting NewHorizons, reply 8

Still no rebellion.user.setting override to be able to move the mod directory to an alternate location?

I'm still not able to play any mods as they always get backed up to OneDrive which then quickly gets filled up.

That should be quick an easy change that would make a lot of people's life easier.

You can setup a symbolic link in Windows to redirect this easily. Just create a Junction to where you want to files to actually live - The Complete Guide to Creating Symbolic Links (aka Symlinks) on Windows (howtogeek.com)

Reply #11 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting Yarlen, reply 10

You can setup a symbolic link in Windows to redirect this easily. Just create a Junction to where you want to files to actually live - The Complete Guide to Creating Symbolic Links (aka Symlinks) on Windows (howtogeek.com)
First thing I tried was a sym-link, but OneDrive follows the link and still backs up the mod directory. Hence the enhancement request as that is the only practical solution I can think of. https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/496444/enhancement-request-make-mod-directory-configurable

 

Reply #12 from Sins Forums Top

Thank You for Your work. Really good game. Any new about sins of a solar empire 2?))

Reply #13 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting NewHorizons, reply 11


Quoting Yarlen,
reply 10

You can setup a symbolic link in Windows to redirect this easily. Just create a Junction to where you want to files to actually live - The Complete Guide to Creating Symbolic Links (aka Symlinks) on Windows (howtogeek.com)

First thing I tried was a sym-link, but OneDrive follows the link and still backs up the mod directory. Hence the enhancement request as that is the only practical solution I can think of. https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/496444/enhancement-request-make-mod-directory-configurable

 

I'm at the office and don't have personal OneDrive on right now, but assuming it's like the business version - right-click on its taskbar icon -> Settings. On the Account tab there should be a Choose folders link. Can you unlink the Sins directory under My Games\Ironclad Games?

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Reply #14 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting Yarlen, reply 13
I'm at the office and don't have personal OneDrive on right now, but assuming it's like the business version - right-click on its taskbar icon -> Settings. On the Account tab there should be a Choose folders link. Can you unlink the Sins directory under My Games\Ironclad Games?

Though anyone who already has mods there has to take care. Clearing the checkbox on the 'Choose Folders' tab also removes the local files, so you'll need to move them elsewhere beforehand. Once you've cleared that checkbox for the mod directory you can put the backup of your mods back and OneDrive will no longer attempt to back it up. All a bit clunky really, especially the removal of local files. Hence why I thought a user-defined mod location would be a more elegant solution.
Reply #15 from Sins Forums Top

It is clunky and potentially horrific. OneDrive really should deal with it more cleanly.

Reply #17 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting gabrielj6611, reply 16

Hallo

Wie komme ich zu diesem Update?

Kann kein Multiplaerspiel mehr spielen?

Steam or whichever store you bought the game from.

Reply #18 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting Yarlen, reply 15

It is clunky and potentially horrific. OneDrive really should deal with it more cleanly.

OK Yarlen. Yet more OneDrive woes with the Mod directory in Sins.

With Windows 11, it appears you cannot have a directory within the OneDrive directory tree that is not backed up by OneDrive.

Clearing the checkbox on the Mods-Rebellion v1.85 folder in the Accounts tab of the OneDrive client now means that those files will not be downloaded to you machine. OK, fine I get that.

However, it also prevents you from creating a directory of that same name.

If you do OneDrive automatically renames it by adding your machine name to the directory name in an attempt to resolve a mismatch in the directory structures between the local filesystem and that on the OneDrive server.

I cannot see where this "feature" can be disabled.

The cynic in me just sees this as a sleazy marketing scam to convince you that you need to give Microsoft some £, $ or € to increase you online OneDrive capacity.

So is there something that I have missed?

Now, with the Advent of SinsII around the corner, I probably don't see Rebellion getting many changes.

But could we at least have a configurable Mod location for SinsII as OneDrive seems to be a disaster in this particular case.