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General Discussion / A compliment to the writing

« on: May 02, 2021, 07:22:46 PM »

Spoilers for the Academy Quests

Just wanted to compliment the writing, especially with the newest update. I've always really liked Starsector since it really nails a particular vibe and the writing, even the incidental stuff which most people who haven't had to slave over a Google Sheet of 1,000 random dialogue blurbs that need to be made for the coders don't appreciate, has always really built that up.

Anyway I have been doing the new Academy quests finally and I've actually been extremely impressed with how well it's written and I feel like that hasn't been said enough. As a game writer myself, it is really lovely how well it ties around the universe and makes the whole thing feel alive. Normally I just wipe out pirates and make friendly with the rather faceless factions and *** off to settle colonies till I'm bored.

However, tracking down the scientist for the Academy and having to shake and bake with a who's who in galactic politics has been a blast. I loved actually throwing money around to pirate bosses and sitting down with them for chats, talking to some dock workers about their superstitions about the local calamity that was a huge event to them and is little more than a blip on my radar to me, and then negotiating with the station head and hearing about how byzantine the inner workings of the League are and how her station has its own outlook and culture and dislike of other League planets.

It just makes everything feel so much deeper but I feel almost nobody ever talks about this sort of thing (I noticed the same with Battle Brothers!) so I just wanted to show my appreciation of it in case nobody else had.

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Modding / Ideas for faction mod?

« on: April 24, 2021, 12:19:45 PM »

Been wanting to actually release a mod for years after first tinkering with the tools before we even had other sectors. Finally plan on dedicating some time to it soon but my problem is I'm not a crunch person, I like my lore more. So I can't really tell you the intricacies of all the factions I've downloaded from other modders and I can't really say what's been done before.

So I'm mostly just looking for any ideas on what specific niches in factions haven't been explored yet. Wanted to just make a small faction with a very tight theme, so I'd appreciate it.

Thanks!

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Modding / JSONObject["id] not found

« on: December 08, 2012, 09:57:34 PM »

Spoiler

0    [main] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher  - Starting Starfarer 0.54a launcher
1    [main] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher  - OS: Windows 7 6.1
1    [main] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher  - Java version: 1.6.0_18
9    [main] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.launcher.ModManager  - Found mod: blackrock_driveyards [C:\Program Files (x86)\Fractal Softworks\Starfarer\starfarer-core\..\mods\Blackrock Drive Yards]
10   [main] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.launcher.ModManager  - Found mod: CAELUS [C:\Program Files (x86)\Fractal Softworks\Starfarer\starfarer-core\..\mods\CAELUS]
11   [main] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.launcher.ModManager  - Found mod: minimash [C:\Program Files (x86)\Fractal Softworks\Starfarer\starfarer-core\..\mods\Minimash]
11   [main] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.launcher.ModManager  - Found mod: ringer [C:\Program Files (x86)\Fractal Softworks\Starfarer\starfarer-core\..\mods\Ringer]
22   [main] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.loading.LoadingUtils  - Loading JSON from [data/config/settings.json]
440  [main] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher  - Found display mode: 640x480, 60Hz, 16bpp
440  [main] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher  - Found display mode: 640x480, 59Hz, 16bpp
440  [main] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher  - Found display mode: 640x480, 60Hz, 32bpp
440  [main] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher  - Found display mode: 640x480, 59Hz, 32bpp
440  [main] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher  - Found display mode: 640x480, 72Hz, 32bpp
440  [main] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher  - Found display mode: 640x480, 75Hz, 32bpp
441  [main] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher  - Found display mode: 640x480, 75Hz, 16bpp
441  [main] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher  - Found display mode: 640x480, 72Hz, 16bpp
441  [main] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher  - Found display mode: 720x576, 72Hz, 32bpp
441  [main] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher  - Found display mode: 720x576, 75Hz, 32bpp
441  [main] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher  - Found display mode: 720x480, 72Hz, 32bpp
441  [main] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher  - Found display mode: 720x480, 75Hz, 32bpp
441  [main] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher  - Found display mode: 720x480, 75Hz, 16bpp
441  [main] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher  - Found display mode: 720x480, 72Hz, 16bpp
441  [main] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher  - Found display mode: 720x576, 75Hz, 16bpp
442  [main] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher  - Found display mode: 720x576, 72Hz, 16bpp
442  [main] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher  - Found display mode: 720x576, 60Hz, 16bpp
442  [main] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher  - Found display mode: 720x576, 56Hz, 16bpp
442  [main] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher  - Found display mode: 720x480, 56Hz, 16bpp
442  [main] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher  - Found display mode: 720x480, 60Hz, 16bpp
442  [main] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher  - Found display mode: 720x480, 56Hz, 32bpp
442  [main] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher  - Found display mode: 720x480, 60Hz, 32bpp
442  [main] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher  - Found display mode: 720x576, 60Hz, 32bpp
443  [main] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher  - Found display mode: 720x576, 56Hz, 32bpp
443  [main] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher  - Found display mode: 800x600, 56Hz, 32bpp
443  [main] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher  - Found display mode: 800x600, 60Hz, 32bpp
443  [main] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher  - Found display mode: 800x600, 56Hz, 16bpp
443  [main] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher  - Found display mode: 800x600, 60Hz, 16bpp
443  [main] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher  - Found display mode: 800x600, 75Hz, 16bpp
443  [main] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher  - Found display mode: 800x600, 72Hz, 16bpp
443  [main] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher  - Found display mode: 800x600, 72Hz, 32bpp
443  [main] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher  - Found display mode: 800x600, 75Hz, 32bpp
443  [main] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher  - Found display mode: 1024x768, 60Hz, 32bpp
444  [main] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher  - Found display mode: 1024x768, 60Hz, 16bpp
444  [main] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher  - Found display mode: 1024x768, 70Hz, 16bpp
444  [main] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher  - Found display mode: 1024x768, 75Hz, 16bpp
444  [main] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher  - Found display mode: 1024x768, 70Hz, 32bpp
444  [main] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher  - Found display mode: 1024x768, 75Hz, 32bpp
444  [main] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher  - Found display mode: 1152x864, 75Hz, 32bpp
444  [main] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher  - Found display mode: 1152x864, 75Hz, 16bpp
444  [main] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher  - Found display mode: 1280x768, 60Hz, 32bpp
444  [main] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher  - Found display mode: 1280x800, 60Hz, 16bpp
444  [main] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher  - Found display mode: 1280x800, 60Hz, 32bpp
445  [main] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher  - Found display mode: 1280x768, 60Hz, 16bpp
445  [main] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher  - Found display mode: 1280x720, 60Hz, 32bpp
445  [main] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher  - Found display mode: 1280x720, 59Hz, 32bpp
445  [main] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher  - Found display mode: 1280x720, 50Hz, 32bpp
445  [main] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher  - Found display mode: 1280x720, 60Hz, 16bpp
445  [main] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher  - Found display mode: 1280x720, 59Hz, 16bpp
445  [main] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher  - Found display mode: 1280x720, 50Hz, 16bpp
445  [main] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher  - Found display mode: 1360x768, 60Hz, 32bpp
446  [main] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher  - Found display mode: 1360x768, 60Hz, 16bpp
446  [main] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher  - Found display mode: 1366x768, 60Hz, 32bpp
446  [main] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher  - Found display mode: 1366x768, 60Hz, 16bpp
446  [main] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher  - Found display mode: 1600x900, 60Hz, 16bpp
446  [main] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher  - Found display mode: 1600x900, 60Hz, 32bpp
1588 [Thread-6] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher  - Running with the following mods (in order of priority):
1589 [Thread-6] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher  -     Ringer Ship [id: ringer] [version 0.1] (from C:\Program Files (x86)\Fractal Softworks\Starfarer\starfarer-core\..\mods\Ringer)
1589 [Thread-6] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.StarfarerLauncher  - Mod list finished
1589 [Thread-6] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.settings.StarfarerSettings  - Loading settings
1595 [Thread-6] INFO  com.fs.starfarer.loading.LoadingUtils  - Loading JSON from [ABSOLUTE_AND_CWD: null (data/config/settings.json)]
1744 [Thread-6] INFO  com.fs.graphics.J  - Using refresh rate:60
2329 [Thread-6] DEBUG com.fs.graphics.TextureLoader  - Loading [graphics/particleline32ln.png] as texture with id [fs.common/graphics/particleline32ln.png]
2338 [Thread-6] DEBUG com.fs.graphics.TextureLoader  - Loaded 0.01 MB of texture data so far
2338 [Thread-6] DEBUG com.fs.graphics.TextureLoader  - Loading [graphics/particleline32sq.png] as texture with id [fs.common/graphics/particleline32sq.png]
2341 [Thread-6] DEBUG com.fs.graphics.TextureLoader  - Loaded 0.01 MB of texture data so far

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Current version, trying to test this mod I just made and am getting this.

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Modding / Guide for mission making

« on: December 08, 2012, 09:06:12 PM »

Can some one make a guide for mission making? I am going blind on this text document and it seems bloody impossible.

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Suggestions / Big battles should be changed

« on: December 04, 2012, 12:39:41 PM »

I love fighting in the game, but I absolutely despise doing it with many ships. The reason is it is simply bland.

Regular fights are fun cause you can get right to it and easily maneuver and engage, but with the nodes and everything all that is severely limited. You want to use your massive fleet? Nope, get the nodes. You want to try and surround them? Nope, get the nodes. Even when you try to get the nodes, their entire fleet goes to them and you end up just finishing the battle there. By the time you can get reinforcements, the enemy is retreating.

It all just feels limiting when you can't use your superior numbers or skill and instead you have to try and bum rush the nodes to prevent them from getting there first. If there was a mode that simply disabled the node rush, than by god would I love it.

I am not saying the feature should be removed, but it needs a serious revamp.

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Suggestions / Radio chatter

« on: November 18, 2012, 06:05:36 PM »

So something I always loved about the game Gratuitous Space Battles is that if you look at the very top of the screen in a battle you can see your men reporting about the battle and such. It always added to immersion and I have found it as a fun little thing. I think if you added something like that, maybe just on the tactical display, it would be a great addition.

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Bug Reports & Support / Download problems

« on: November 17, 2012, 06:48:01 PM »

So I started to feel bad and paranoid cause of the piracy message the pirated copy gave me, so when I bought it I got the standard download links from BMTmicro. Whenever I click on any of the download links, Chrome just starts to load and does not stop (the circle spins in the tab.) I retried in internet explorer and still got the same effect. I then tried to restart my computer and got the same again. Every other program downloads fine.