honestly this kinda makes me want a rogue-trader-esque Star Trek game where you have to just sort of fuck off into the wild blue yonder, exploring, drop campaigns as DLC and give us a procedural sandbox that stacks planets like rogue-lites do, upgrade your ship and crew, have different hulls REALLY mean something, like the Akira's port and starboard torpedo tubes
I agree it looks amazing, but TBF the shield effects are based on assets present in the Sins 2 engine already. The effects here is very similar to the shield effects for the TEC faction prior to the 2.0 update.
The Intrepid having animated nacelles is something that was looked into, and if/when it becomes possible, it is definitely something the development team would like to do. The Akira is, from what I know, yes. It was a cruiser previously. Star Trek Armada IV is going to be quite a bit different from the previous mod, so do not expect a lot of similarities beyond what would obviously be similar (i.e. factions)
Be interesting if they could somehow repurpose the game engine's ability for turret tracking onto the nacelles to get them animated. I doubt it's that simple though, but it'd be interesting if they could pull it off.
Brilliant Work can't wait to get Sins Of A Solar Empire 2 and gets this mod when it's ready is there any way dev can get the Intrepid Class Nacelles move when the ship goes to warp
@@stellarparallaxstudios I guessed it was something like that, I just found it funny. You guys are doing an amazing job! The only complaint I have is a matter of preference: I don't think the akira should be a capital ship, it should remain a cruiser. (granted I used them heavily in STA3, I am clearly Biased).
Awesome progress! Looks like it needs a little work on the shield impacts though. It gets hard to see all the beautiful ship hulls under those blue effects sometimes.
ST: Armada 4 looks fantastic. Love the modern visuals. I know it's still early in development for the mod, but any chance of seeing ships we didn't get in Armada 3 down the line? Like the the canon Odyssey Class, Pathfinder Class, etc., or non-canon ships like the Sovereign Class Archangel Refit, the Athena or Juno Classes by D.J. Curtis, etc?
Looks beautiful! I would like to see the torpedo visuals continue until the torpedo hits the target as I noticed the torps are only visible a few seconds after they are launched and then they disappear. Hopefully this is something than can be addressed.
This looks absolutely insane. I have some questions. 1: It seems that all (or at least some) of capital ship voice lines are name specific (which is unbelievably cool). This seems like a lot of work, so I was wondering: what happens when a player changes the name of a capital ship? And 2: what happens when there are more capital ships than there are recorded lines for (for example, if you have name specific voice lines for 10 different names, and I build an 11th capital ship, what will happen, or are you planing to make it so that that never happens)? 2: I noticed that the faction you selected at the beginning is called federation - deep space nine. Does this mean you are planning on including multiple eras of factions, kinda like what you did in ages of the federation with the coalition and the federation? Anyway, this looks incredible, you guys are amazing for making this, and I can't wait to play it (also sorry if these question where already answered somewhere)! Edit: I just rewatched the video. Did I just see the phaser MOVE along the strip as it was firing at 5:39 (or was it just the ship turning?). If so, that's a freaking cool touch.
1: Nothing changes, the voice line would remain the same even if the ship's name is changed. As for part 2 of this question, the devs have not yet answered this from what I know. 2: The faction is named that way because they wanted to avoid confusion with the eras and ship types within the factions - that way people weren't asking for TNG or TOS ships or something.
@@ADMNtek Yeah! The voicelines are not done yet, but all ships will match their ship names once they've wrapped everything up. I think it's really cool that they can do that, though
Maybe the structure of sins2 is really similar to the first one, so they don't have to start over with tools and logic parts. Models can be just ported from the first game and adapted to the new shaders / effects
They were working on models before Sins 2's modding tools were released, so they are able to quickly import models to Sins 2, since the models are already done. Whether that applies to all factions, or just the Federation, I am unsure.
@@DecidedlyNinja Good to know, my comment was quite uninformed. I never modded Sins2 nor the original. (I used to mod C&C games) More props to Stellar, they're a top tier modding team.
Fantastic job guys. Hobbs, I was an annoying guy on Discord a few years back that asked you to make a 6-player version of Systems of War map for STA 3. Can you guys make one for STAIV as well? Pretty please.
OH BOY, nice... I hope you guys make the ships more deadly (faster battles) and less tanky once they lose shields (except for the Cardassians of course who can take a hit without shields)
GOD I hope so! Combat in vanilla sins always is so stale with everyone starring at each other...STA3 turned it into the best space combat rts game out there!
Yes in cinematic view torpedoes seem to stop rendering shortly after leaving their tubes. We're looking into it. Expect lots of glitches and weirdness this early on in development.
the akira shouldnt be a capital ship. its literally a ship of the line meant to be used en masse as long range torpedo boats. "also my favorite ship in star trek period"
I hope there are some new ship changes like the Centaur class being changed to the California class, the Constellation class being changed to the Sutherland class, and Miranda being changed to a Luna class. Or if we can pick which Gen of fed ships. Like TOS, TNG, or PE I guess that would too much work for the modelers but a person can dream.
@@dr.garretsshow From what I understand, there will not be any Titan/Dreadnought type ships in the mod, and the Federation roster is complete, but they're willing to make changes if they feel the need for it.
Are the torpedo disappearing after firing part of a bug that will be fixed or a limitation of the engine? Also, why do they sound different? Will you add the original sound? ua-cam.com/video/k2pVYdTFnnM/v-deo.html
someone needs to do this with EVE Online.. CCP could've given us an amazing single/multiplayer 4x game years ago, instead we're getting shitty FPS v2.0
sins of new eden is a mod that exists for sins of the solar empire, that game has so many total conversions, from star trek, to eve, to even stargate pretty sure
@@DecidedlyNinja Don't get me wrong. I love EVE. But sometimes, I want to experience my love of EVE in other ways. I would love to have a 4x game where your pod pilot could actually end the 4 faction stalemate that CCP hasn't changed much at all in the past 20 years.
The Founders are most pleased, most pleased indeed.
Look at that sovereign class. Just beautiful!
She's as beautiful as the day I met her.
Space whale heap of junk. Give me defiant class all day
Detail on the models is insane. I love how the light nacelle and deflector lights illuminate other parts of the ship.
God tier modding gang
You bring great honor to your houses!
Gorgeous ship models! And all in the new engine
I want this for Star Trek, Star Wars and Stargate. All 3 star shows/movies stuff! Looks great!
Oh please almighty people of the Stellar Parallax Studios, make it so the Intrepids Nacelles tilt up during warp
Unfortunately this isn't possible currently in Sins 2 but we live in hope
game has been out for 5 minutes. this is crazy. unbelievably excited for this
The ship is looking fantastic!
Wow. This is quick work. Amazing!
Wow, this looks gorgeous. I can't wait to see more!
You guys are legends, setting the bar for mod quality.
Looks amazing. Can't wait till the ships maneuver while firing like in sta 3
The beauty of the mod is allready amazing. Cant wait!!!! Thank you all for your great Quality work!!!
I want to play Bridge Commander again now
Could watch this all day. MORE PLEASE!!!
USS Sovereign and Star Trek Bridge Commander OST, nice memories returns!!
Looking great guys so excited for this. Love the Bridge Commander music too giving me nostalgia.
I think i had a nerdgasm again from the lighting on that ship
honestly this kinda makes me want a rogue-trader-esque Star Trek game where you have to just sort of fuck off into the wild blue yonder, exploring, drop campaigns as DLC and give us a procedural sandbox that stacks planets like rogue-lites do, upgrade your ship and crew, have different hulls REALLY mean something, like the Akira's port and starboard torpedo tubes
This looks promising, the shield effects look amazing.
I agree it looks amazing, but TBF the shield effects are based on assets present in the Sins 2 engine already. The effects here is very similar to the shield effects for the TEC faction prior to the 2.0 update.
It does look great but IMO its a little bit overboard.
@@PepperPete11 Yeah just a little.
This is gorgeous, I might actually get the game just to play this mod.
thats the right thing to do and im lowkey in the same boat!!
this looks amazing!! great job so far.
I feel these models rival the movie models. Incredible!
Beautiful. For some reason the Torpedoes are rendering
oh man that bridge commander music... Why can't we get a new Bridge Commander game? It would be out of this world, no pun intended, in 2024/2025...
Damn, the Sovereign is a beauty. Kinda sad the intrepid doesn't have animated nacels. The Akira a cap ship now? wasn't it a cruiser in the past?
The Intrepid having animated nacelles is something that was looked into, and if/when it becomes possible, it is definitely something the development team would like to do.
The Akira is, from what I know, yes. It was a cruiser previously. Star Trek Armada IV is going to be quite a bit different from the previous mod, so do not expect a lot of similarities beyond what would obviously be similar (i.e. factions)
Be interesting if they could somehow repurpose the game engine's ability for turret tracking onto the nacelles to get them animated. I doubt it's that simple though, but it'd be interesting if they could pull it off.
@@Imperious4k Akira is in no way comparable to a Galaxy or a Sovereign. It should remain a cruiser. (and it should be smaller than that)
Brilliant Work can't wait to get Sins Of A Solar Empire 2 and gets this mod when it's ready is there any way dev can get the Intrepid Class Nacelles move when the ship goes to warp
Incredible work.
YES! Let the magic happen again.
Sovereign - Uss Galaxy
Wait a minute...
Consider everything WIP in these videos. The voicelines haven't been implemented for the Sovereign yet
@@stellarparallaxstudios I guessed it was something like that, I just found it funny.
You guys are doing an amazing job!
The only complaint I have is a matter of preference: I don't think the akira should be a capital ship, it should remain a cruiser. (granted I used them heavily in STA3, I am clearly Biased).
Looks awesome. Can't wait.
It looks soooo good!
Awesome progress! Looks like it needs a little work on the shield impacts though. It gets hard to see all the beautiful ship hulls under those blue effects sometimes.
The shield effects are still stock Sins 2 currently. They'll get some love in the future
ST: Armada 4 looks fantastic. Love the modern visuals. I know it's still early in development for the mod, but any chance of seeing ships we didn't get in Armada 3 down the line? Like the the canon Odyssey Class, Pathfinder Class, etc., or non-canon ships like the Sovereign Class Archangel Refit, the Athena or Juno Classes by D.J. Curtis, etc?
The StarTrek Game we always wished for...
yesssssssssssssss love it keep them coming its the only way we will keep Hanna from taking a flamethrower to the files for people asking about updates
Looks beautiful! I would like to see the torpedo visuals continue until the torpedo hits the target as I noticed the torps are only visible a few seconds after they are launched and then they disappear. Hopefully this is something than can be addressed.
please more source material music, not just the STA music.. but by gawd the visuals are phenomenal
Wow that was fast
Is there a release date?
Non variable warp geometry Intrepid can’t hurt you, it’s not real
Non variable warp geometry Intrepid:
Guessing that’s still being figured out
Awsom work and would like to ask if you also planning to implement the Nemesis version of the sovereign like in STA 3 that would be awsom ?
Bro, Total Conversion any%speedrun! Hot
anybody got any super rough estimations when the first playable demo will be there? im so hyped looks like awesome work!!
Any considerations to add the California class or the Luna class? 😂
So wait, the Akira is gonna be a capital ship?
I wish Empire at War had Star Trek models and modding quality like this. Sins of a Solar Empire just doesn't scratch the space combat itch for me.
This looks absolutely insane. I have some questions.
1: It seems that all (or at least some) of capital ship voice lines are name specific (which is unbelievably cool). This seems like a lot of work, so I was wondering: what happens when a player changes the name of a capital ship? And 2: what happens when there are more capital ships than there are recorded lines for (for example, if you have name specific voice lines for 10 different names, and I build an 11th capital ship, what will happen, or are you planing to make it so that that never happens)?
2: I noticed that the faction you selected at the beginning is called federation - deep space nine. Does this mean you are planning on including multiple eras of factions, kinda like what you did in ages of the federation with the coalition and the federation?
Anyway, this looks incredible, you guys are amazing for making this, and I can't wait to play it (also sorry if these question where already answered somewhere)!
Edit: I just rewatched the video. Did I just see the phaser MOVE along the strip as it was firing at 5:39 (or was it just the ship turning?). If so, that's a freaking cool touch.
1: Nothing changes, the voice line would remain the same even if the ship's name is changed. As for part 2 of this question, the devs have not yet answered this from what I know.
2: The faction is named that way because they wanted to avoid confusion with the eras and ship types within the factions - that way people weren't asking for TNG or TOS ships or something.
if you pay attention you actualy notice that the audio and the name don't actually match the audio says USS Galaxy but the infobox says USS Sovereign.
@@ADMNtek Yeah! The voicelines are not done yet, but all ships will match their ship names once they've wrapped everything up. I think it's really cool that they can do that, though
@@Imperious4k Thanks for answering!
Great work! if you could find a way to squeeze in the TOS movie/lost era ships I'll be buying this game quick, fast, and in a hurry!
I love this mod but the thing that bothers me is the warp engines on the intrepid, it would be so cool to see them raise up before going into warp
Any chance the intrepid engines can move up for warp speed? Didn’t know if the new game allowed for moving parts
Is it the lack of need for occult rituals to insert models into the game that is causing such a rapid pace of development?
Maybe the structure of sins2 is really similar to the first one, so they don't have to start over with tools and logic parts. Models can be just ported from the first game and adapted to the new shaders / effects
They were working on models before Sins 2's modding tools were released, so they are able to quickly import models to Sins 2, since the models are already done. Whether that applies to all factions, or just the Federation, I am unsure.
@@EnterpriseKnight The structure of Sins 2 is totally different. Much more flexible and easier to use, but you can't port Sins 1 stuff into it easily.
@@DecidedlyNinja Good to know, my comment was quite uninformed. I never modded Sins2 nor the original. (I used to mod C&C games)
More props to Stellar, they're a top tier modding team.
@@Imperious4k Only the Federation. Once their roster is implemented there will be a slow down on the model front as our artists work on fresh models.
Just found this, assuming the akira is now a cap ship does this mean the Prometheus is the new heavy cruiser??
CANT WAIT !!!
please give me ALL Dreadnought Ships in the LORE !!
I will PAY !!!
:)
SO HYPED !!!
Will we see more newer ships?
omg amazing
Bridge Commander music?
Will there be hero classes like in Armada 3?
I wonder if it will be possible to add a Modded campaign. And if so if you are playing with the thought to and one
Amazing team and absolutely stunning mod! Any plan for star war conversion soon? I beg you pardon if this question is offensive in any means
0:24 - Suddenly, Batman! 🙂
Mr. Spock.. Engage !
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Fantastic job guys. Hobbs, I was an annoying guy on Discord a few years back that asked you to make a 6-player version of Systems of War map for STA 3. Can you guys make one for STAIV as well? Pretty please.
Is there a release date or teaser cause I really want to play it
will we get out hands on it like before the end of the year?
The devs have not yet specified on a release date, and likely will not until they're sure they can commit to it, if they give one at all
Sins of the Solar Empire 2?
P.S i notice some 1 accidently forgot the Oberth Class its ok as long as we get it in there the greatest ship class of all time and space
A curse on you and your house.
OH BOY, nice...
I hope you guys make the ships more deadly (faster battles) and less tanky once they lose shields (except for the Cardassians of course who can take a hit without shields)
Will the bigger ships move around in combat like in STA3?
GOD I hope so! Combat in vanilla sins always is so stale with everyone starring at each other...STA3 turned it into the best space combat rts game out there!
Certain ships will move, certain will not. Depends on size and class, from what I know
Is it planned for ships to manouvre around like in sta3 or will they be somewhat static as shown here?
What is the difference between a Phaser Array and Phaser Strip?
i do hope we get Terran Empire as a potential faction...PLEASE!! Pretty please.
Such a shame that the animations perhaps don't allow the Intrepid's nacelles to raise as it goes to warp but beautiful job with the mod tools guys
They did in STA2
@@davidriley1800 wasn't that only when the hero voyager got destroyed and warped off the map?
looks like theirs a glitch on torpedoes.
Yes in cinematic view torpedoes seem to stop rendering shortly after leaving their tubes. We're looking into it. Expect lots of glitches and weirdness this early on in development.
Where will this mod be made available to others? Is it currently playable or just in a test phase?
Add in the Obereth and all other factions are done for
A curse on you and your house.
we already got the fugly ass Olympic do we really need another eye sore.
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the akira shouldnt be a capital ship. its literally a ship of the line meant to be used en masse as long range torpedo boats. "also my favorite ship in star trek period"
I hope there are some new ship changes like the Centaur class being changed to the California class, the Constellation class being changed to the Sutherland class, and Miranda being changed to a Luna class. Or if we can pick which Gen of fed ships. Like TOS, TNG, or PE I guess that would too much work for the modelers but a person can dream.
The faction was labelled as "Federation DS9" I assume that means DS9/Dominion War era.
So I imagine we won't see ship from after that.
I hope they still use fan ships, I much prefer the Elysion Class over the California. Same goes for the STA3 Dreadnoughts
@@dr.garretsshow From what I understand, there will not be any Titan/Dreadnought type ships in the mod, and the Federation roster is complete, but they're willing to make changes if they feel the need for it.
@@Imperious4k truly a small day, the Excalibur and Polaris were some of my favorite ships in STA3
@@Imperious4k most unfortunate.
Are the torpedo disappearing after firing part of a bug that will be fixed or a limitation of the engine? Also, why do they sound different? Will you add the original sound? ua-cam.com/video/k2pVYdTFnnM/v-deo.html
Absolutely amazing, just sad the Intrepid isn't a Hero ship but I get it.
There arent hero ships yet, only capital ships.
someone needs to do this with EVE Online.. CCP could've given us an amazing single/multiplayer 4x game years ago, instead we're getting shitty FPS v2.0
sins of new eden is a mod that exists for sins of the solar empire, that game has so many total conversions, from star trek, to eve, to even stargate pretty sure
It bums me out that the only (well, only well-made) way to experience all the cool stuff in EVE is to play EVE.
@@DecidedlyNinja Don't get me wrong. I love EVE. But sometimes, I want to experience my love of EVE in other ways. I would love to have a 4x game where your pod pilot could actually end the 4 faction stalemate that CCP hasn't changed much at all in the past 20 years.
@@this.is.a.username The SONER team are working on a total conversion mod for Sins 2.
Are those shield effects provisional? Because they don't look like they do in Star Trek (and Armada III for that matter)
they kinda resemble Armada 2 shields
They are currently stock.
The shield effects are still very work-in-progress, there has not been much tweaking to them yet