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Posted Sat 31 Mar, 2018 6:33 PM
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Hello again STA fans,
Great news !!!
Star Trek Armada 3 - Best of Both Worlds is available for download from Mod DB:
http://www.moddb.com/mods/star-trek-...of-both-worlds
Best of Both Worlds is a combined release of the latest versions of STA 3 The Final Frontier, Nemesis (new release!) and Galaxy Forge (map editor).
If you've already downloaded and are playing Star Trek Armada 3 - Best of Both Worlds, then please post all the noteworthy stuff you encouter while doing so on this discussion thread, so we can all share each other's findings. If you run into trouble and need help, this is also the place to ask for it. Please allow a little time for me to respond, as I'm also just starting to play this release. I will also be placing installation tips and other stuff on this thread as soon as it becomes available!
You may expect a preliminary report at the beginning of next week. I will also update the installation guide a.s.a.p.
Keep an eye on the event calender: if we encouter no major flaws, then the next STA 3 event will be with Best of Both Worlds.
Fleetwide transmission: Red Alert! Battlestations!
Have fun!
Marcus.
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Posted Mon 02 Apr, 2018 11:45 AM
Installation was easy enough, especially if you already have Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion installed (SoaSE:R is the game that STA 3 mods).
The link below leads to a instruction video that takes you step-by-step through the installation proces:
https://youtu.be/_hUYa_a2Jgg
The file you'll be downloading to patch up to STA 3: Best of Both Worlds is almost 2Gb zipped and almost 5 Gb unzipped, so make sure you have enough free disk space!
If you have to install SoaSE:R first, simply follow the installation instructions that come with the game.
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So, after quite a few hours of gameplay on the latest version STA 3 : The Final Frontier AND following that even more game time on STA 3 : Nemesis, I can say that I do notice a difference. Basically it all boils down to STA 3 : TFF maintaining it's enormous diversity, but paying the price for that by becoming increasingly sluggish as the game develops playing the large and especially the huge multi-star maps. STA 3 : Nemesis is much leaner and meaner. The AI in hard setting is quite challenging. You can notice the renewed engine doing it's work through the AI's response and even in a multi-star 8 player map the game didn't slow down like TFF did.
Can't wait to try out the multi-player option.
The event will be up on the calender soon!
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If you want to know more about the differences in the 2 STA 3 versions, read this:
http://www.moddb.com/mods/star-trek-...of-both-worlds
Have fun!
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Posted Sun 22 Apr, 2018 8:46 AM
OK, so during the last event and during private games I have stumbled upon lag issues during multiplayer games with Nemesis.
The circumstances were pretty intense: 3 human players and 3 AI's on Boldly Go settings, al with large fleets and quite a few planets, with developed trade options. The game didn't shudder to a halt, but there was significant "stuttering" in ship movement within the systems of the map.
The game did remain playable, however.
With single player games so far no issues ... Has anyone else encoutered this problem?
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Posted Sun 22 Apr, 2018 3:04 PM
so it is playable, meaning its still enjoyable to continue playing the same match?
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Posted Sun 22 Apr, 2018 3:42 PM
We played this Friday and I didn't noticed any lag issue during the game
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Posted Sun 22 Apr, 2018 8:34 PM
The only negative I have is after you play each faction and a few of the interesting maps...there isn't a lot left to do. Back when I first played it I was obsessed with it but now I know everything about it.
I guess it does get very repetitive over time.
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Posted Mon 30 Apr, 2018 6:00 PM
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Pardon my late reaction - I was on LoA for holidays. Interesting point Kirk, that STA 3 becomes repetitive over time, but then again, name a game where you don't have to repeat the same basic actions over and over again. Whether it be the quests in Warcraft (kill so many of these or gather so much of that), collecting minerals and gasses and researching the same old tech tree in Starcraft. I think every game has a repetitive element.
The thing that really surprises me in STA 3: Nemesis is that the response of the AI seems a lot more coordinated and intelligent. This generates for me a very surprising and fun element in the game, it's a lot harder to predict the AI's response. Also when AI's are in an alliance, they seem to really to combine their forces against their enemies.
So yes, of course there are the repetitive elements in STA 3, but with Nemesis I find that every game has a different edge and tactical situation, especially with this AI.
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I'd really like to hear more game playing experiences from all you STA 3 players!
Please feel free to place your comments here, or respond to an earlier posting!
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Posted Thu 26 Jul, 2018 3:06 AM
What I've noticed about the game is 1; how annoying all the random events are (annoying in a good way)
and 2; that the neutral "militia" AI seems to get stuck in nebulas a lot. They'll venture out, and try to come back, align, but never jump.
I also am bothered by the bug where late game Dominion fleets slow to an absolute crawl. 5 min on 8 times speed just to cross a single gravity well...
Other than that I absolutely love the beejezus out of this mod!
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I always turn the random events off
They seem to have some kind of special sense to happen precisely at the same moment you're dealing with a huge fleet battle on the other side of your territory.
I hadn't read about the Dominion bug yet. So thanks for mentioning it here! Please report all bugs to the developers through ModsDB!
They really appreciate your feedback!
We have regular STA 3 events on Friday evenings. We're kind of in a Summer stop at the moment, but if any of you feel like a STA 3 event, just send me a pm and I'll gladly set something up.