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Content: Shipsets, Subsystems, Resources, Races, Maps, Graphics, Sounds
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The year is 723 AP. Desperation has torn the galaxy apart. The C'k'tnilit continue to clash with the other races, demanding their assistance with - if not their participation in - their grand exodus. Just as implacable, the Atroans seek to shield themselves against the Heralds' ancestral foe on the edges of the galaxy. Elsewhere, a vast coalition of races struggles to prevent the Bluuhbi from summoning their great masters to conquer the galaxy, all the while dreading the possible resurgence of the same warmongers they had defeated but a few short years ago.

Only a handful of races continue undisturbed. Some out of ignorance. Some out of confidence. And some... Some races are simply overlooked. Such is the case of the Khalerii - small, industrious, hateful creatures toiling away beyond the outskirts of civilized space. Preparing, stockpiling troops and weapons for their ultimate endeavour.

An endeavour which may very well change the fate of this war-torn galaxy...

A large-scale mod that seeks to expand and improve various aspects of SR2's gameplay. Designed primarily for use with the Wake of the Heralds expansion. While the mod should still function normally, some content may be missing.

NOTE: This mod now requires the SR2 Community Patch to be installed in your game's mod folders in order to function.
  • Workshop users can subscribe to the CP from the Required Items section to the right.
  • Users of SR2MM 1.1.0 should have it automatically installed as a dependency, and may safely ignore this note.
  • Users of SR2MM versions before 1.1.0, or users installing the mod manually, will have to download from the "master" branch of the Community Patch GitHub repository, listed at the bottom of this modinfo.

Once the CP has been installed, you do not need to enable it in order to play Rising Stars.

Current version: 1.3.1 (The Khalerii Endeavour)

The current release of the mod features the following:
  • Six new lifestyles with various pros and cons
    • Berserkers, exemplified by the warlike Rahta race
      • Be the finest warriors in the galaxy, but be wary of galactic peace, for your internal strife will cripple you
    • Pacifists, such as the telepathic Fasshi
      • Peace is a means and a purpose to your people, but war disturbs them greatly
    • Researchers, exemplified by the determined Alipha
      • Stop the impending Overlord invasion through the power of superior technology
    • Progenitors, represented by the ancient, recently reawakened Ulthaar
      • Rebuild your broken civilization and awaken the Remnants to reclaim your heritage
    • Ringworlders, the first 'Vanguard' race, exemplified by the hedonistic, sedentary Bluuhbi
      • Funnel the galaxy's resources to your Ringworlds as you work to reassert your dominance over the Vanguard and gain the favor of the Overlords by ensuring their conquest of this galaxy
    • Swarmers, the second Vanguard race, represented by the industrious Khalerii
      • Wield unparalleled industrial capabilities in your quest to prove yourself an equal of the other, "superior" Vanguard races
  • A fully transformed tech grid, bringing back the organized nature of the ABEM grid and reintroducing its specialization system
  • More than a dozen new subsystems, including Ferrofluid Armor, Miner Hulls, Covariant Shield Generators, and Singularity Cores
  • A complete overhaul of weapon balancing
  • Several new resources, such as Technofarms, Ancient Shipyards, and Tropical Paradises
  • Several new orbital modules - Stellar Shield Generators, Power Transmitters, Subspace Telescope Arrays, and others
  • Several new buildings, including Command Centers and Centralized Coordination Complexes
  • Increased control over the way the game plays, with settings such as First Contact Mode, Research Effectiveness Decay, and more being changeable during game configuration
  • New gameplay mechanics:
    • Flux - an FTL type originally developed for WotH before being polished up in RS, Flux ships can periodically teleport between star systems for free, but cost FTL to build, and can neither use other FTL types nor travel through the interstellar void
    • Derelicts - flagships not using Sinew now have a chance of being disabled rather than destroyed when they lose all their Control, depending on how badly damaged they are
    • Stellar Phenomena - the unique 'Nebula' system of the base game is now a variety of non-unique nebulae with all sorts of different effects and valuable resources, while black holes hold valuable 'Ancient Hubworlds' that are guarded by powerful Remnant fleets, and are no longer limited to galactic cores
    • Boarding - send troops to attack the enemy from within and take their ships for yourself
    • Vanguard Victory - races such as the Bluuhbi and Khalerii can construct Portal Stabilizers on Ringworlds and Artificial Planetoids, working to summon an unstoppable alien armada
    • Linear Research Scaling - most research effects now stack additively rather than multiplicatively, radically reducing the penalty for researching a more diverse range of effects
    • Materials - resources such as Ore can now be stored and used in a global resource pool, and are now used more frequently
    • Starbases - most orbitals have been converted into modules for large, upgradeable 'Starbase' orbitals, capable of performing a variety of functions and potentially resilient enough to repel raiding parties
    • Mining Complexes - an Economic Starbase module that tractors a nearby Ore asteroid and provides a steady flow of Ore, the Mining Complex can mine a depleted asteroid at a reduced rate indefinitely
    • New Movement Physics - includes Darloth's "New Movement Physics" and "NMP Graviton Adjust" mods to improve the tactical feasibility and versatility of sublight drives
    • Shield Mitigation - similarly to Dolynick's Faction Addon, RS shields reduce incoming damage and do not suffer bleedthrough against most weapons, becoming a viable primary defense in their own right
    • FTL Suppression - most FTL jamming effects now only impede FTL travel instead of preventing it, though the standalone FTL Jammer can still temporarily block transit
    • Logistics - building multiple ships of the same design grants scaling cost reductions and partial XP sharing, while early warning orbitals complicate surprise attacks
  • New maps:
    • Precious Clouds - 4-player map; race to rule the rich nebulae at the heart of this small sector

Full patch notes can be found in the forums.
Links
SR2 Mod Manager: https://github.com/DaloLorn/SR2ModManager
Community Patch on GitHub: https://github.com/sol-oriens/SR2-Community-Patch
Rising Stars on GitHub: https://github.com/DaloLorn/Rising-Stars
Rising Stars wiki: https://github.com/DaloLorn/Rising-Stars/wiki
Rising Stars forums: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/discussions/812827373
OpenSR Discord chat: https://discord.gg/sUJKJDc
Support Rising Stars on Patreon: https://patreon.com/rising_stars_sr2
Patch notes: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/workshop/filedetails/discussion/812827373/133256959375172954/
Credits: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/workshop/filedetails/discussion/812827373/133256959375200731/
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Dalo Lorn  [author] 4 Jun @ 6:48am 
You can't even run SOI and RS side-by-side, so that's not the issue. (Also, SOI issues are out of my domain to begin with, since I have neither permission nor interest in maintaining submods.)

As for the CP/MP? As far as I know, this issue predates them. That hasn't stopped me trying to patch it, but the Workshop build is several years out of date (not that development has been particularly consistent), so the only way to see if it's been fixed would be to install it from GitHub, likely via the OpenSR Launchpad.
_Roke 3 Jun @ 2:19pm 
dalo what if the community patch and shores of infinity are mucking with the ai trying to use the new planet types and this is causing a crash

dalo its been years i beg u

dalo pls

<3
Dalo Lorn  [author] 5 May, 2024 @ 11:48am 
Or dragging the starbase closer. Yeah.
Killer Turnus 5 May, 2024 @ 1:20am 
ohhh i thought it sent freighters. Will dragging the asteroid closer using tractor ship work?
Dalo Lorn  [author] 5 May, 2024 @ 1:03am 
Did you build the station close enough to the asteroid? You'll know it's working when the station has the asteroid caught in a tractor beam.
Killer Turnus 5 May, 2024 @ 12:56am 
sorry i deleted a comment, it was related to the default resource asteroid mining. It seems the ore mining isn't working.. Have had the eco station set to mine for a bout 20 minutes now, and no luck. XD
Dalo Lorn  [author] 5 May, 2024 @ 12:22am 
... More context to what?

But if you're asking about mining starbases: You're supposed to periodically see freighters between the starbase and the nearest owned planet.
Killer Turnus 4 May, 2024 @ 3:58pm 
Sorry, more context, am i supposed to see freighters or something between the economic base and the asteroid in question?
Dalo Lorn  [author] 28 Mar, 2024 @ 11:46pm 
It's a long-lamented flaw of SR2's mod menu. Yes, the CP needs to be installed for RS to use its files, but no, it does not need to be enabled. Just enabling RS will suffice.
kabel 28 Mar, 2024 @ 12:24pm 
so i disabled the community patch and it let me enable rising star? i thought it needs it