STELLARIS: New Paradox Game in SPAAAACE

[celedhring]

That's a pity then, when I saw that banner about modding units I had hopes for some cool stuff. But using Maya is quite a stumbling block.

[Darth Wagtaros]

It certainly explains part of the price tag. 

[Crazy_Ivan80]

Art looks relatively easy to mod for the graphically inclined.

Well except that any new anims will require a person to have Maya. Did a quick look and that license sure ain't cheap!

not that everyone on the internets pays for all their licences of course...

[garbon]

I guess so. Still hardly as rosy/beneficent of P'dox as it appeared on first blush. Here's the details on what they said of tutorial on how to do for portraits:

If you want to create an animated character, you have two options. One, you can mod an existing one by modifying an existing character's texture. This is desirable if you don't want to or can't use Maya for any reason but your Photoshop skills are high. This is a bit limiting of course, since you can only change the look so much within the confines of that character. The animations will of course be the same, so you can't move the eyes etc.

If you want to do this, take an existing texture and add some more colors to the entire texture, and you can see the entire area you have to work with.There is some space outside the edge of the character to work with.

And then yeah units are Maya heavy.

http://www.stellariswiki.com/Maya_exporter

[PRC]

Ringworld:

[Josephus]

So what's the specs on this game?

[Barrister]

Minimum:
OS: Windows 7 x86 or newer, Processor: AMD Athlon II X4 640 @ 3.0 Ghz or Intel Core 2 Quad 9400 @ 2.66 Ghz, Memory: 2 GB RAM,  Graphics: AMD HD 5770 or Nvidia GTX 460 with 1024MB VRAM, Latest available WHQL drivers from both manufacturers, DirectX: 9.0c, Storage: 4 GB available space, Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c-compatible sound card, Controller support: 3-button mouse, keyboard and speakers, Special multiplayer requirements: Internet Connection or LAN for multiplayer.

Recommended:
OS: Windows 7 x64 or newer, Processor: AMD Phenom II X4 850 @ 3.3 Ghz or Intel i3 2100 @ 3.1 Ghz, Memory: 4 GB RAM, Graphics: AMD HD 6850 or Nvidia GTX 560TI with 1024MB VRAM, Latest available WHQL drivers from both manufacturers, DirectX: 9.0c, Storage: 4 GB available space, Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c-compatible sound card, Controller support: 3-button mouse, keyboard and speakers, Special multiplayer requirements: Internet Connection or LAN for multiplayer.

[Josephus]

Thanks. Think I'm good

[jimmy olsen]

Just pre-ordered the Nova edition. I need those evil looking spiders.

[Grallon]

I was debating whether or not I should wait for some of you people's reviews but it appears there's a consensus so for those who pre-order we'll be able to download on the 9th?  Also, will I be able to install it on 2 separate machines?  I'll be traveling on the 14th and I want to have it on my laptop as well as my regular rig.


G.

[garbon]

Also, will I be able to install it on 2 separate machines?  I'll be traveling on the 14th and I want to have it on my laptop as well as my regular rig.

G.

I would think so. Works that way for all other p'dox games on Steam.

[HVC]

Embargo is over. You can watch lets plays on YouTube, if you're so inclined

[Richard Hakluyt]

I've been watching Quill18's Stellaris let's play, I'd say it is a pretty solid display of the early game acting as both a kind of review and tutorial.

[Martinus]

Preordered the Nova pack this morning. 

[jimmy olsen]

I've been watching Quill18's Stellaris let's play, I'd say it is a pretty solid display of the early game acting as both a kind of review and tutorial.

He's kind of annoying though. I watched the Elysium lets play, looks really good.