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[Cologno]

Dafuq? Your beef is with sex-defined honorifics? But to answer your question - they're still there.

 

[Modron]

That pronoun thing, the "sir, ma'am, captain" title part. Have they removed that?

No you can still tell the game if your captain is a dude or a lady under that helmet.

 

[MerchantKing]

Dafuq? Your beef is with sex-defined honorifics? But to answer your question - they're still there.

The correct honorific is admiral since you command a fleet of ships. That's why this tranny "sir, ma'am, captain" shit is so offensive.

 

[std::namespace]

I have been playing this quite a bit, and it's definitely worth buying and playing now for anyone who might be reading this thread.

no
unfinished content
whole universe is empty full of nothing
once you realize that, you also realize wtf you were doing the last 22 hours...

 

[Cologno]

Dafuq? Your beef is with sex-defined honorifics? But to answer your question - they're still there.

The correct honorific is admiral since you command a fleet of ships. That's why this tranny "sir, ma'am, captain" shit is so offensive.

Fair point. Bermuda Triangle/various mothers and navies have a lot in common.

I have been playing this quite a bit, and it's definitely worth buying and playing now for anyone who might be reading this thread.

no
unfinished content
whole universe is empty full of nothing
once you realize that, you also realize wtf you were doing the last 22 hours...

Make or your own fun, or mods. 22 hours isn't much time spent in the game, really.

 

[Commissar Draco]

Some of helmeted people are male sex not gender mind you others are womyn no tranny shit there unless devs added something very recently.

Admiral is official tittle and you are not part of fraction navy just legitimized pirate with lettre de marque, even with the nerexelin mod which allows you to play as ex navy officer you start as either ex Lt or Commander (LTC), Navy Captain which equivalent to Colonel in army is actually not a bad rank although ship commander is always called Captain no matter his rank, you can also if you do have this mod to pick your own honorific I put there Commodore mostly, since those were commanders of flotillas of ships who were not given rank of Admirals.

You are also Broter, Sister or Walker when you fly for Ludd.

 

[ItsChon]

Only 0.98 and 0.99 left before I can try this game. Nice.

 

[Modron]

Only 0.98 and 0.99 left before I can try this game. Nice.

You forgot 0.97, you best come to terms with the reality of the situation: your grandkids will have to play 1.0 in rememberance of you.

 

[Black]

https://fractalsoftworks.com/2024/02/02/starsector-0-97a-release/
Starsector version 0.97a is now out!

• Use exciting new abilities for getting around the Sector – Reverse Polarity and Generate Slipsurge
• Engage with new Colony Crisis mechanics with unique in-depth events that flesh out every major faction and have their own rewards (replaces Hostile Activity)
• Explore the Orion-Perseus Abyss and a new mysterious star system found deep in abyssal hyperspace
• Add a new low-tech phase cruiser (the Grendel-class) to your fleet
• Use the new “Escort Package” hullmod to amp up your destroyers and cruisers when used in combination with larger ships
• Take advantage of more powerful elite skill effects and the revamped Cybernetic Augmentation skill
• Discover more unique encounters, from castaways on the far fringe of the Sector to brewing trouble in the spacer bars of the Core

 

[Cologno]

Damn, that was fast for Alex. I was expecting late March/late March, maybe even April for this.

 

[cpmartins]

Just when at the middle point of a frigate-only run. Thanks Alex!
BTW, don't try a frigate-only run.

 

[ItsChon]

Is there a difference between 0.97a and a 0.97? Will there be more letters or will the next update be 0.98?

 

[Alter Sack]

Time to play again.

What mods do you use with 0.97a for best experience?

 

[cpmartins]

Time to play again.

What mods do you use with 0.97a for best experience?

Mandatory libraries: MagicLib, LunaLib, GraphicsLib and LazyLib

For performance, only Shenandoah 1.7.1. You need to see inside the compressed file which one to use. Huge performance boosts.

For factions: Whatever floats your boat. Just check if they're compatible with 0.97.a

For QOL improvements:
Speed Up. Essential. It allows you to customize your speed up presets so you can stop wasting your time while your Paragon crawls towards the battle or your 14 SBurn fleets drags itself across deep hyper.
Leading PIP: Simple mod to increase your aiming accuracy if you're firing the guns instead of the AI.
Fleet Journal: Instead of keeping a notepad open and annotating all salvageable stuff that you left behind, this will do it for you. Absolutely excellennt.

Gameplay expansions: Only recommended if you've played enough vanilla.
Industrial Evolution: Expands on exploration content and planetary industries.
Ruthless Sector: Straight up difficulty increase. Exploration is made more difficult by having AI fleets roam around in hyper and juggling faction rep is nigh impossible.
Rando Assortment of Things (RAT): Exploration, ships, hullmods and even a randomly generated "dungeon"(it's just a few portals inside a red hyper zone with some cool enemies)
Lost_Sector: The best questline outside the main game, and it gives you a very nice reward at the end.

Flavor:
AudioPlus: More music, and good to boot.

If you're big into Carriers: CarrierUI for finer control over your attack craft.

Here's the official forum page with all those mods:
https://fractalsoftworks.com/forum/index.php?topic=177.0

 

[Alter Sack]

Thanks.

In the past I played with the Nexerelin mod. Does it work well together with Industrial revolution?

Thinking about exchanging Nexerelin with Industrial revolution for my next playthrough.

 

[cpmartins]

Thanks.

In the past I played with the Nexerelin mod. Does it work well together with Industrial revolution?

Thinking about exchanging Nexerelin with Industrial revolution for my next playthrough.

They play completely fine together. Thing is, Nex isn't updated yet.

 

[Alter Sack]

Found out as I installed the new version and mods.

But RATs should work without it.

Hopefully it won't lead to problems later in the game.

And doesn't the new vanilla version encroach on nexerelin anyway?

 

[cpmartins]

Found out as I installed the new version and mods.

But RATs should work without it.

Hopefully it won't lead to problems later in the game.

And doesn't the new vanilla version encroach on nexerelin anyway?

Nope. Nex does invasions differently, it also lets other factions invade their enemies which vanilla doesn't allow. Also on it's last version just before .97 dropped it was testing an optional AI mode that would let the AI factions to focus on strategic objectives instead of spasmodically generate invasion fleets at random planets.

 

[Alter Sack]

So Nex finally got updated.

I am starting a new game with these mods now:

Nexerelin
RAT
Magic Lib
Lazy Lib
Luna Lib
Lost Sector
Industrial revolution
Interstellar Imperium
combat activators
ship and weapon pack
Underworld
Fleet Journal

 

[std::namespace]

there is no mod that fixes the ship economy
u run into a capital drifting around on your first expedition and might as well stop playing
have to larp

you also are like missing the 3 factions that make this shit less boring
diabolos
mikoyan
cockroach looking scy ships

starship legends adds more flavor

 

[Cologno]

I don't think Dassault-Mikoyan mod is coming back, dude. You can still find it outside of Fractal but hasn't been updated since 96.

 

[cpmartins]

there is no mod that fixes the ship economy
u run into a capital drifting around on your first expedition and might as well stop playing
have to larp

With Nex? I've had fleets of up to 5 capitals fully S-Modded and you think one shitty D-Modded cap is gonna cut it?
Sometimes fights for bigger planets like Chicomoztoc will involve fifty+ cap ships with 10+ fleets plus the Star Fortress.
Still, once you reach a fleet big enough, yeah. Game is over, unless you want to conquer the sector

 

[MerchantKing]

Some of helmeted people are male sex not gender mind you others are womyn no tranny shit there unless devs added something very recently.

Admiral is official tittle and you are not part of fraction navy just legitimized pirate with lettre de marque, even with the nerexelin mod which allows you to play as ex navy officer you start as either ex Lt or Commander (LTC), Navy Captain which equivalent to Colonel in army is actually not a bad rank although ship commander is always called Captain no matter his rank, you can also if you do have this mod to pick your own honorific I put there Commodore mostly, since those were commanders of flotillas of ships who were not given rank of Admirals.

Did you forget to mention that you have your own pirate faction and can colonize planets?

 

[Cologno]

Well, shit, site's down. Kind of wish Alex would put it up on Steam for Workshop support if anything.

 

[Axioms]

Well, shit, site's down. Kind of wish Alex would put it up on Steam for Workshop support if anything.

Nah, because then he'd have to pay Steam 30%. Maybe if Steam weren't so greedy.