Not yet. Believe you me, I'm jumping around in circles waiting for 1.2 too

hey uzii im a lil new to modding Sins but would u mind sharing what programs and tools you used to create the planet textures and the technology icons

@ Chaney
Ah, no problem.

@ Aequitas
Nearly there, but I have run into some "unexpected" crashes. I'm working on them as we speak. Although, seeing as 1.03 should be out in the foreseeable future, I may hold it off, so I can release 1.2 to be compatible with it.

@ Grave
I have a few things in mind for 1.3. Not as many new planets, but probably more texture for existing ones, and a few from the 'uncolonisable' section. 1.2 is going through testing now, and is failing. So its just a question now of ironing out the bugs. I don't want another repeat of 1.0

@ Lurker
Photoshop CS2. Takes a very long time to get good with it, but I've come a long way since I messed around with skins back in Rome:TW. There are plenty of tutorials online too, just Google what you need. For modding the text stuff, Notepad++, free, and very useful.

@ diablo
I got your PM and have replied. As I said, you sir, are an Artist.

I like some of your ideas, but, some are too similar to the ones I have at present. I'll give a little breakdown:
- I like the Abandoned Planet, thats a good idea. I may include that somewhere along the line.
- The Swamp planet will most likely be in 1.3, it was mentioned somewhere in this vast thread, so I'll forgive you for missing it
- Crystal and Metal planets have also crossed my mind, but, to make them realistic, the resources they would give would sort your empire for good. They are just too unbalancing.
- Plant planets. Mmmm.. An Organic planet has been mentioned, but at present, won't be included. Maybe in the distant future.
- Canyon, Dune, Dried Ocean planets are just too similar to Desert planets at the moment.
- Ocean and sand will be too similar to Paradise in 1.2
- Shattered, interesting, but would be like the Barren planet, that has numerous craters.
- Moons, once again, like Barren. Also, they won't be 'near' other planets, and so won't really be Moons at all.
- Ocean planets with funky colours will come under Oceanic, just different textures.

I think thats all of them. I like some of them, and if you list more, I may pick up the odd one. However, they are just too similar to the present ones.

When the forum is fixed, I will upload 1.2, it is very nearly finished. However, 1.03 for Sins will be out soon, and if it is released before the forums are fixed, I will incorporate 1.03 with 1.2, then release it.
(For those of you who don't know what I'm talking about: The 'Edit Post' is currently missing from the first post. Therefore, the first post on every thread can't be edited by the author. Very annoying I know.)

Thanks for the input Broken, I do appreciate it.

Most of them are far fetched, but I like the idea of the Burnt planet. I'm just off in a minute, but feel free to keep posting. Or PM a huge list if you'd like it private.

And isn't the last one there, the two-faced one off Star Wars? And your couldn't do that, the planet rotation is hard coded I believe.

You should also try your hand at texturing, if you could texture as well as you imagine, then you'd be an very helpful asset

Thanks again for the input.

Well since you like the burnt planet, I have an idea for it. Make the forest look like it's still on fire. I think that would look pretty cool and unique. Can you make animated textures?

Here's one more before I log off too.

Steam/cloudy planet. Ice planet that used to orbit far from the sun. It's now very close to the sun. Entire planet is shrouded in clouds.

Its a very good question. I will try. Seeing as the Forum STILL ISN'T FIXED! And 1.03 isn't out, I've got some time to kill.

And yes, Chronicles of Riddick was an excellent film, and thats a good idea for a planet. But how would it be portrayed? Texture and Traits?

might have to do with their video card Uzii the DDS files you made are they black on the background??

odd i readed somewhere 2 people was haveing crash's with your mod but was on the last page now i cant find them anymore... ...this forum is a enemy to me..

anyway i use Vista i don't have isue's with your mod

btw i got a new planet type idea or rater striped of from other "games"

Artrifical Planet's
this are planets what normaal not exist so they full of Metal Plating..
Bonus lots of tatical Slots -Sinds they are so HUGH the gravity is so high only a minimal amount of people can "life" on it.. also their are no Resources sinds it's build artifical

guardian of Planets
the Home of the god's (master of orion) type idea
this planet is unlike a normaal planet it's even beter then Paridise..
only 1 small probleem it's protected by the nasty's of ancients...
make a pirate fleet of pirated Capital ships like 10 of them or something of level 10.

not sure if this idea's are already mentioned

Normally I would update the first post. But, something has gone wrong with the forum, as some of you may have noticed (fellow modders ). For the moment we cannot update the first post on threads, so this is the update for my mod. No pretty pictures here (check back a page or two), and only a minimal changelog, for these I apologise.

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Sins Plus v1.2
- 4 New planets; Toxic, Paradise, Industrial, Old Naval Base.
- 11 New Planetary Bonuses

When the forum is fixed I will update the first post and give a proper breakdown of the planets, similar to the others already there. Until then, have a look in-game

Link
Rapidshare.com
I know some people don't like Rapidshare, but at the moment, tough. Everyone can use it, some with better speeds and wait times than others, but it is available to everyone. No complaints about this please, I will upload to FileFront.com tomorrow afternoon(GMT).

I only had time to upload one link, and it is in 7zip format. Basically, this compresses it even more than putting it in a .zip file. You may need this to unzip the .7z file.

I will be around for a few more minutes, but then I will be offline for 16 or so hours. I don't think there is any problems or bugs, but if there are, give as much information as you can, and a screenshot if necessary.

Thanks you all for your continuing support, feedback, and encouragement. Enjoy

Edit: There is a list of files that are changed in this mod. This should come in handy for merges. Also, I have just discovered a small typo on the description for the Old Naval Base ability, however, this is the game cutting off the end, rather than my grammatical error.

When I click enable mod for v1.2 I get a minidump and sins crashes. Do I need to install version 1.1 first, before installing 1.2?