yes, its the first download on the list, its been up for a while

(we will soon update that when the devs update diplomacy, which should be soon)

w00t! 100 pages

If the devs release their update tomorrow, we should be updating on the evening not long after the official update is released all going well, I have alot of work I need to get done for you guys before tomorrow (as im busy all day tomorrow 'til the evening UK time which is usually when patches are released).

Another of the Silent Society of Distant Stars speaks?! is nothing sacred these days?
That is actually an interesting suggestion you have there, and infact its given me an idea for a similar pirate related planetary debuff. Definetely worth looking in to, thanks for the suggestion Sicarii.

We've finally hit the 100 page milestone, thanks to you all for supporting us for this long and hopefully a long time to come. I was doing some checking the other day and since January 1st 2010 we've used over 800GB of bandwidth, almost as much as we did in the entirety of last year in just two months (averaging over 20-30GB bandwidth usage per day in February alone).
Anyway back to work on the next patch for me, no time for my ramblings!

Will vanilla Sins still be supported?

eventually, getting entrenchment and now diplomacy is taking much of our time, plus what is in entrenchment adds some much to the game that anything for vanilla will not be nearly the same.

@Masakary - No problem man, thanks for asking and yeah we wouldn't mind a refreshed version of Galaxy Forge for DS appreciate the hard work

have some Karma man

yeah, those things were from another mod we incorporated into DS

can't effect the artifact thing (thats only a universal modifer) but we will see about the other ideas

Thank you so much, +1 Karma for the help, also while we are on the subject: being an Advent player, I can sure as hell dig the planet type you added, but what about the other races, maybe the TEC could have a Galactic Trade, but to make it interessting, instead of it increasing trade income (kinda obvious) it will lower the Fleet Upkeep, how does this make sence, well imagine a gigantic space station (it will use the trade port model) that handles all of the accounting of the empire, redistributes resources where they are needed most, logically distributes money so that ship crews that aren't doing anything are not recieving the same amount of creds as the frontline fleet, works closely with scientist to better exploit new energy sources. To make ti balanced, all races will be able to take it, and this ability will be upgradeable and it will cost a lot.

Vassari will have a Stellar Porticulus, which will allow them to jump to any object, that they have been to, from it's gravity well, for a big cost and will not be able to jump ships smaller than a cruiser, so that it's balanced. Model whatever you pick.

And ofcourse the Advent as I posted above might have a shield regen increase for all their ships, or extra strike craft squadrons or more craft per squadron, anything which will be usefull. Also please redo the model, as I was thinking of having the same starbase model, only bigger and with a temple of communion in the centre, that would look ballin'.

If I have any more ideas I will post.

In regards to GalaxyForge New...

Where do you find out what all of these bonuses DO? I can't find a list anywhere... or maybe my googleprowess sucks. I mean, Bonuses like:

BigAss, Atmo+, Black, CorroA, Design J/1/2, HardAss, Impure C/M, Lions, Looks +/-, Military, Smug +/-, WarTorn, Wood, Wood again, and Wood++ ???

I'd like a full list of just what all of these bonuses do.

Did you update? I am not sure, because I haven't tried it after I updated, but did you update today?

We really had nothing to do with the planet types. They all came from either Celstial Bodies or Sins Plus. The Advent Citadel and (place mispelled word here) of the Unity are from CB. They were made for a single map they made for that mod. We can see about maybe adding something to them and maybe the other races special planets,though Im not sure if we want to add anymore planet types.

You and me both! All of them came from Sins Plus. So if there is a list of them is sure to buried with that mod. You can convert them to txt and take a look at each one. But there are about 100 or so. I'll look around for a list when I get a chance.

If you have updated to 1.01, DS wont work.

Anddd the patch is fially here, sorry for the slow release guys. It's been a long day!

Diplomacy only release:
Patch:
http://distantstars.mmobase.com/diplomacy/Distant_Stars_(D)_Beta_0.6_Patch_[36815926].7z
Full Download:
Currently uploading, will be available on the 19th patch up from Beta 0.5 'til tomorrow.

Distant Stars (D) Beta 0.6 Change Log:
- Diplomacy 1.01 Compatibility
- Complete Replication of current Entrenchment settings
- New Planetary size icons
- Incorporating Diplomacy 1.01 Changes
- As always other misc changes
- Fixing portrait pictures*
*There is a known issue with the portrait pictures, working on fixing it for the next patch

I warn you all now there was only one internal patch which didnt include the majority of changes that this patch applies so they havent been tested as thoroughly as usual, however the patch should be as reliable as our normal work, just a quick heads up incase it doesnt. If you do find any issues, you know where to find us and we'll fix the issues asap.

As always, Enjoy!

The mini-mods wont work with Diplomacy just yet if you plainly copy them across to the other (the next release of Diplomacy will start to include the mini-mods again) as Diplomacy adds some new lines in to the files the minimods use.

The pirates being so overpowered as they were (Pre Beta 0.6) was due to the developers additions in Diplomacy which added in Pirate research causing the Pirates to become incredibly powerful and sadly until they patched the Pirates there wasnt much we could do to stem the problem. The new patch should help with this somewhat.

You want the bonuses???  Ok.

Non-Colonizable Space        Condition

Asteroid Belt (Dwarf/Huge)    Erratic Debris (Chance to hit -20%)
Black Hole            Grav damage 1/2 (range 16k/8k, dam 20/500), grav pull 1/2 (range 19k/10k, max speed +3k/6k, accel -3k/6k)
Deep Space            Cabin fever (wep cool -15% wep range -15% dam out +10% hit chance -15% hull restore -5% shield restore -5% max speed -7% accel +7%)
Magnetic Cloud            Abilities Disabled
Nebula                Chance to hit -30%
Plasma Storm (Dwarf/Giant)    Strike Craft Launch Disabled
Ship Graveyard           
Space Junk (Dwarf/Huge)        Scrap Materials (Hull Restore +10%)
Wormhole            Wormhole Interference (Wep cooldown +5%, Chance to hit -5%)


Star Conditions:        Target

Light Pulsar Radiation    range 10000, damage 5 (Companion White)
Light Solar Radiation    antimatter restored 1.3/sec (companion RedYellowGreenBlue)
Magnetic Storms        Abilities Disabled (Blue Magnetar/Companion 2meta)
Pulsar Radiation    range 10000, damage 10 (White)
Solar radiation        antimatter restored 2.5/sec (RedYellowGreenBlue)


Planet Conditions:            Target        Function

Ancient Planetary Shield (Relic)    All        Cannot be bombarded or captured (4 min on/off)
Asteroid Debris                All        Wep Range +5%, Damage reduction -5%
Barren world                All        Hull restore +3/5%, Phase jump charge rate -3/5%
Careless targeting            All        Wep cooldown +5/8%, shield restore -5/8%
Extended hours                All        Wep cooldown -3/8%, Hull restore rate +3/8%
Free Reign                All        Hit Chance -5%, Hull Restore +5%
Huge Industrial Factories (indus)    Friendly        Ship build rate +40%
Mass Casualties                All        Wep cooldown -5/8/10%, damage reduction -5/8/10%
Origin Defense                Friendly        Damage Output+10%, Damage Reduction -5%
Overgrown Land                All        Max Speed +3/5/8%, Acceleration +3/5/8%, Phase jump charge time -3/5/8%
Paradise                All        Max Speed +15%, Acceleration +15%, Phase jump charge up rate +15%
Pirate Origins                All        Wep cooldown +5%, hit chance -5%
Solar Reflection            All        Antimatter restore .5/.8/1/sec, Wep Cooldown -5/8/10%
Storm Season (Swamps)            All        Uncolonizable (8 minutes on/off)
Targeting Array Network            Friendly        Weapon range +50/65%, Damage output +10/15%, Chance to hit +50/65%
Toxic Gases                All        Antimatter restore +.3/.8/sec, Shield mitigation -5/10%
Urban Colonization            All        Wep Range +3/5%, Max Speed -3/5%, Acceleration -3/5%
Violent Gases                All        Damage output +5%, Hull restore -5%
Volcanic Ions                All        Antimatter restore .5/.8/1/sec, Wep Range -5/8/10%


Exploration Bonus:            Function

Abandoned Smugglers Base        Tax income +1, trade income +40%
Active smugglers base            tax income -2, trade income -60%
Adhesive resin                trade incone +25%, dev build cost +10%
Ancient planetary shield (damaged)    Planet health +700
Ancient planetary shield (working)    Planet health +2000
Automated defense droids        Max pop -100, Pop growth -100%
Beautiful population            culture spread +40%, trade income +20%, pop growth +30%
Black Market (pirate)            trade income +500%
Breathable Atmosphere            Max pop +200, Dev build cost/rate +50%/+50%, pop growth +20%
Brilliantly designed buildings        max pop +250, planet health +500, pop growth +20%
Caustic Atmosphere            Max pop -15, Dev Built Cost -20%
Completely hollow core            Gravity well radius -66%
Completely Overgrown            Max pop -100, Planet health +800, Development build rate -90%, Pop growth -50%
Conductive Mantle            Culture spread +25%
Constant flooding            Max pop -20, dev build cost -40%, Dev build rate -40%
Construction Droids            Struct Build rate +50%, Dev build rate +100%, Extra constructors +3
Corrosive atmosphere            planet health -100, trade inc -1, dev build cost -50%
Deadly Secret                Max Pop -1000, Planet health -10000
Dense Canopy                planet health +600
Dense Jungle                Max pop -10, Dev build rate -75%, Pop growth -30%
Dense Molten Core            Grav well +33%
Diseased Planet                Max pop -20, tax income -2, trade income -50%, struct build rate -100%, dev build rate -100%, pop growth -90%
Entertainment Hub            Culture spread rate +10%, Tax income +1/sec
Expert Agrarian Society            Trade income +10%
Expert metal miners            metal extraction rate +50%
Expert crystal miners            crystal extraction rate +50%
Extremely valuable timber        trade income +50%
Floating Fauna                Max Pop -5, Trade income +30%
Floating islands (Gas giant)        Max pop +25
Foul Smell                Culture spread -20%, Max pop -20, trade income -10%, Dev build rate -30%, pop growth -10%
Fresh water oceans            max pop +50, trade income +75%, pop growth +30%
Frequent Meteorites (Asteroids)        Max pop -20, Metal/Crystal extraction rate +30%
Friendly Religious Population        Culture spread rate +60%, population growth +20%
Frozen gas core                Max population +5, Planet health +300
Frozen over                Dev build rate -75%
Galactic Trade Center (Urban)        (normal/dwarf/giant/moon) Tax income +3/2/4/1/sec, trade income +40/30/50/30%, pop growth +20%
Gas storms                Max pop -5, Planet health -200, pop growth -25%
Geothermal Hot Spots            Logi slots +4
Giant Fungi Forests            max pop -10, trade inc +40%, dev build cost -20%
Gravitational Anomoly            Logi slots -4, Tac slots -5, Grav well raiis -100%
Gravitational Boon            Logi slots +4, Tac slots +5, Grav well radius +100%
Habitable Cavern System            max pop +15, Planet health +500
Helium Rich Atmosphere            Trade income +25%
Hideous Population            culture spread rate -20%, trade inc -50%, pop growth -30%
High security protocols            Tac slots +5, Trade income -20%
Hostile Religious Population        culture spread -30%, tax income -1
Huge Comm station array            Culture spread +100%, Tac slots -8
Huge crystal processing plant        trade income +10%, crystal extraction +200%
Huge herds of cattle            max pop +40, tax inc +0.5, trade +20%, pop growth +20%
Huge metal processing plant        trade income +10%, metal extraction rate +200%
Impure Crystal                trade income -10%, crystal extraction rate -60%
Impure metal                Trade income -5%, Metal extraction rate -60%
Indigenous Carnivores            max pop -20, dev build rate -20%, pop growth -60%
Indigenous satellites            Culture spread rate +20%
Industrial Wasteland            Culture spread -30%, Metal/Crystal extraction rate +30%
Ionic Storms (Gas giant?)        Max pop -20, Trade income +10%
Kalanite deposits            trade income +20%
Massive Pure glaciers            Trade income +30%
Mega Fauna                Max pop -15, Trade income +25%
Militaristic population            planet health +1000, log slots -4, tac slots +10, tax -2, trade -20%, extra constructors 1
Moon                    Logi slots +4, grav well +25%, Structure build rate +10%
Moons                    Logi slots +8, Grav well +50%, Structure build rate +20%
Natural Radiation            Dev build rate -40%, Pop Growth -80%
Natural Thermal Lift            Structure build rate +25%
Old military outpost            Planet health +1000, tac slots +10, extra constructors +1
Orbital Construction Specialists    Log/Tac slots +4, Struct build cost/rate +30/50%, Extra Constructors +2
Penal Colony                Structure build cost +20%, Structure build rate -30%
Perfect holiday destination (paradise)    Culture spread rate +100%
Persistent Dust Storms            pop growth -25%
Pharmaceutical Flora            Trade income +20%, Pop growth +20%
Planetary Construction Specialists    Planet health +200, Development build cost/rate +30/+50%
Planetary Insurgency            culture spread -20%, planet health -150, tax -2, trade -30%, metal/crystal rate -50%, struct/dev cost -20%, struct/dev rate -60%, pop growth -30%
Planetary revolt            culture spread -10% planet health -100 tax -1 trade -10% metal/crystal rate -20% strct/dev build rate -30% pop grwth -10%
Pleasent Rodents            culture spread +40%, trade +20%
Plundered booty (pirate)        tax income +3.5
Porous Core                Grav well -33%
Precious Stones                Culture spread rate +20%, Logi slots +4, Trade income +50%
Priceless timber            culture spread +20%, trade income +80%
Raiders Outpost                Metal extraction +20%, Extra constructors 1
Scented plants                Culture spread rate +20%, trade income +20%
Seismic Activity            pop -20, planet health -100, tax -1, dev build cost/rate -30%/-10%
Signal interference            Culture spread rate -20%
Slaves                    trade income +10%, struct build cost +30%, dev build cost/rate +50%/+20%
Solar Energy Harvesting            Max pop +15
Space Ponies                Space Ponies!
Spice trade                Culture spread rate +5%, Trade income +10%
Stable Debris Field            trade income +20%
Storm ridden planet            max pop -50, dev build cost/rate -20%, pop growth -40%
Strong Building Materials        planet health +500, trade income +10%, dev build rate -20%
Submerged colony            Max pop +140, Planet health +800
Subterrainian Colony            Max pop +80, Planet health +1500
Super Dense Core            grav well radius +66%
Super Pure Crystal            Crystal Extraction rate +200%
Super Pure Metal            Metal extraction rate +200%
Thaw Cells                max pop +25
Thick Atmosphere            Planet health +1200
Tibanna gas (gas giant?)        tac slots +2, trade income +5%
Toxic Fallout                Max pop -30, Pop Growth -25%
Traces of oxygen            Max pop +50, pop growth +20%
Tundra Farms                Max pop +25
Unstable ground                Dev build cost/rate -50%/-20%
Valuable timber                Trade income +30%, Dev build cost +10%
Vermin Infestation            Tax income -1, trade income -30%, Dev build cost/rate -20%/-20%
War torn planet                culure spread -40%, planet health -200, logi/tac slots -4/-6, trade/metal/crystal -30%/-20%/-20% struct build -40%, dev build/cost -20%/-60%, pop growth -50%
Weapons test facility            Max pop -20, Tac slots +8
Well designed buildings            Max pop +100, planet health +200

Most of them are pretty self explanitory for which bonus gives them, rodents- is vermin infestation, rodents+ is pleasent rodents...  A note about the dev build cost and structure build cost, when I first started making this list a couple months ago, I was just going off of visuals...  in the game if it said cost 40% in red I wrote it as -40% to keep it similar to all of the other bonuses when in fact it's actually an increase in cost.

Thanks for the quick response, and the latest patch. I can't wait to try it out!

Also, Space Ponies, WTF?