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What RTS/4X does not have a research system? Sins is no exception. Most planets can have a maximum of 24 slots for Industrial stuff like shipyards or research centres etc.ДЄ similar system also applies for defensive systems such as Turrets and Hangers. But you will need to spread your choices over your empire as it grows. That way they add to your resource pool rather than draining it.Д®ach planet only has a certain amount of space around its Gravity Well which can be upgraded via this menu as well. Thankfully this does not take long and it is often wise to slap those developments onto each planet as soon as you have it. Each new world you add has a cost attached for being new and will actually cost you money until it is developed. Then a player wonders why they can not make any money for more. The easiest mistake early on is to rush for planets and forget to develop their most basic stats. If you click on a planet you will see a green button and after clicking on it you will get a selection of ways in which to improve the planet. The last resource is financial(or Latinum in Armada 3) and comes from your population, how developed their planets are and how content they are.Дeveloping a planet is simple as well. You typically have 3 forms of resource and these are collected in simple ways.ДЄsteroids in planetary systems will offer up 2 of the resources so as you capture planets you slap extractors/refineries on and there you go. You do not spend a huge amount of time on the minutia or tax levels etc. You begin in a single planet and must reach outward to gain new planets and with them the resources to create your empire.Д«ut this is not Civilization. Sins is a Pseudo 3D RTS cum 4X Lite game (Camera is full 3D but game plays out on a flat 2D plain).

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In case you are new to Sins I will give a brief run down of how it plays and how to get the Mod to work.

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If you want to change back to vanilla or a different Mod you simply go into the Options menu and under Mods you can enable or disable as you wish. Once installed the next time you load Sins it will begin as Armada 3 with their own little voiced intro. But that does not work quite right for Armada 3 seemingly.

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Prior Mods I tended to extract into the download folder and then just copy across. With Armada 3 I found it works best to Extract it directly into the Mod folder itself.

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The mod is downloaded as a Rar file and then simply needs extracting into the Sins Mod folder. The mods folder will be recreated any time a new version of Sins is released so you will need to move stuff around in the future. It will create a game folder within which is a Mods folder. If you already own Sins or the Steam sale tempts you then pick up this and also give a thought to the other big Trek mod. At least that has been my experience with Sacrifice of Angels 2. Although any good current modders will have patches and fixes out quite soon after. As Ironclad/Stardock alter bits in Sins itself it can make Mods crash more often.

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Usually updating the driver resolves the issue. These sometimes happen whenever a new version of Sins is released or new Graphics drivers. In the very late game on Vast maps I am getting Mini dump crashes which are very annoying. At least when fighting Borg Assimilation Cubes my Sovereigns die faster.

Only minor quibble I had so far was with the Sovereign seeming weaker than the Galaxy. There will be balance issues and other aspects worked on in time. One nacelle above and one below the Saucer. Icon in build menu is a Nebula, but you actually get a Galaxy mod that is like half a Cheyenne class. Many ships have either vanilla Sins icons or ones from other models temporarily. You will see placeholders in parts, such as the refineries just have Temp over each icon. It still uses all the Sins fundamentals but with a nice Trek spin over the top.ДЄs of writing this the Mod is officially 0.75 so is still work in progress but pretty playable none the less.

It is about as good a balance between the 2 games as you can probably get. Of course it uses the name but is still a fan project and I dread to think what Activision will do when someone sees it and brings it to the attention of their copyright holders. So is it really Star Trek Armada 3? Yes and no. It is on sale quite often so you may well see it cheaper again in the not too distant future. This is a Total Conversion mod for Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion so you will need that first.ДЄs of writing Sins Rebellion is actually 50% in the Steam Sale until the 2nd of January. Star Trek Armada 3 has been released now on ModDB.