You must sign in to post. | 1.3.0 - Mods - Public Release :: Jul 4, 2007 @ 7:23pm |
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 philhassey
Joined: Nov 30, 2006
Posts: 915
Location: Zarcon | Hey,
Announcing Galcon 1.3.0 - with the new mods system completed! This release includes the classic Missions, six example mods, and six *amazing* new missions and mods by Galcon users!
http://www.imitationpickles.org/galcon/download.html
The highlights include:
- ThirdMissions - A set of Missions by ThirdParty, these missions are geared towards advanced players who want to hone their skills.
- Gnip Nuke - Ever want to just BLOW UP A PLANET? Well, now you can. SirGnip has brought us this great fun new mod! Neutralize planets by the dozen with your nukes!
- Symmetry - Another jewel by ThirdParty - finally, you can play a fair round against the computer and see how you stack up against it. All maps are symetrical, and thus guaranteed to give equal positioning to all players.
- Map Editor - Galcon now includes a map editor, allowing you to try creating your own planet layouts and try them against the computer.
- Gnip Elite - Another one by SirGnip - this one lets you have an "elite fleet" which gets special bonus when attacking planets. Quite fun!
There are a handful of other new mods, so check them out! The best bit is, you won't have to download and install the mods by hand anymore, they are included right in the game under the "Single Player" menu item! Please come to the website and post in the forum and tell SirGnip and ThirdParty thanks for their great mods!
http://www.imitationpickles.org/galcon/forum/7/
Have fun playing Galcon!
- Phil | | Re: 1.3.0 - Mods - Public Release :: Jul 4, 2007 @ 7:28pm |
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splord Joined: Jan 7, 2007
Posts: 21
Location: Saarbrücken | Very nice, great job :-) | | Re: 1.3.0 - Mods - Public Release :: Jul 4, 2007 @ 7:35pm |
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philhassey
Joined: Nov 30, 2006
Posts: 915
Location: Zarcon | Fix for windows users who are seeing duplicates of the "example" mods:
Go to c:\program files\galcon\mods
Remove all ex_* folders. (They were installed with a previous version of Galcon, and aren't needed anymore.)
- Phil | | Re: 1.3.0 - Mods - Public Release :: Jul 5, 2007 @ 2:40am |
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 trzn
Joined: Jan 22, 2007
Posts: 5
Location: Finland | I don't seem to be able to download the new version. When I try to go download the galcon-install.exe, all I get is the 1.2.2 I downloaded yesterday from the same comp. | | Re: 1.3.0 - Mods - Public Release :: Jul 5, 2007 @ 6:50am |
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 gremlin
Joined: Feb 7, 2007
Posts: 48 | Great fun! I especially liked the orbitting planets mode :) | | Re: 1.3.0 - Mods - Public Release :: Jul 5, 2007 @ 7:02am |
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felix-rabe 
Joined: Jun 13, 2007
Posts: 55
Location: Switzerland | Yes, that one was great. But the first time I ran it I had to abort it because some stupid bot fleet that was slower than the planet it was chasing just didn't want to give up on it. And then I got an exception with something about moons.
Thanks for the update Phil! | | Re: 1.3.0 - Mods - Public Release :: Jul 5, 2007 @ 3:15pm |
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SirGnip 
Joined: Dec 27, 2006
Posts: 59
Location: Chi-town | Thanks tons for including the mods in this realase. Tons of fun!
One minor heads up. I have a version (not sure which) of mission_newbie.zip in my mods dir, and when I run 1.3.0, select "single player" and mouse over the "mission_newbie" thumbnail, I get this exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "mymods.pyc", line 536, in fnc
File "mymods.pyc", line 728, in update
File "mymods.pyc", line 641, in do_exec
File "safe.pyc", line 128, in safe_exec
File "safe.pyc", line 119, in safe_run
File "", line 1, in ?
File "mymods.pyc", line 804, in update
File "mymods.pyc", line 763, in update
File "mods\main\gui.py", line 1049, in paint
File "mods\main\gui.py", line 408, in func
File "mods\main\gui.py", line 236, in func
File "mymods.pyc", line 943, in subsurface
ValueError: subsurface rectangle outside surface area
['exec: g.update(screen)']
The mission_newbie.zip contains a icon.jpg file with dimensions of 180x144. Don't know if this has any bearing, but thought it might be helpful with the rect-related exception. | | Re: 1.3.0 - Mods - Public Release :: Jul 5, 2007 @ 3:19pm |
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philhassey
Joined: Nov 30, 2006
Posts: 915
Location: Zarcon | Yeah - I'm in the midst of fixing a handful of bugs. I figured this release would be a bit rocky for the first 24 hours :) Thanks to everyone who braved it.
I'll be putting out a bug-fix release soon, which should have the main problems cleaned out. :)
If you see any crashes, please post them here with details on how you made it crash though! Super helpful!
Phil |
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