Ladies and Gentlemen, it is with great joy that I
can now say that it is out, it is live!
STA3: A Call To Arms Installer version
STA3: A Call To Arms Zip version
Thank you
Star Trek Armada 3 A Call to arms has been an incredible journey, our entire team has worked long and hard to bring you this version and I can safely say I am extremely proud of the result.
The effort and the dedication shown by the team is unlike any other mod I've worked on before and I hope we can equally make you enjoy what we have given you here today.
Armada 3 A Call to Arms will allow you to play as the 4 races in the previous release and the new Cardassian/Dominion faction. All previous factions have been polished and updated to make sure we bring you the up most quality we could achieve in the engine.
Now you may be aware we promised to provide a full manual at release, unfortunately due to my recent accident I was unable to finish these but I will get them done as soon as possible.
Whats Next
We will ensure support for A Call to Arms but due to engine limitations will not be able to add more content. The engine is streched to the limit and at this moment already requires you to use the large address aware tool to play stably.
This is not the end however, as we have a surprise announcement later!
Be wary, if you do have missing textures or random crashes after installing LAA try installing the mod again.
If that fails, download the mod again. The servers are likely been taxed so some packets may be lost leading to a corrupt download.
been having the random crashes, also when i picked the Klingon's as allies they've been federation.
Did you play a map with the *Locked* addendum? There the teams are forced to use the races named in the map-description.
is there a torrent anywhere?
Did everything you said, reinstalled it, then re downloaded it and installed, also did LAA, it still has missing textures and crashes after 7 minutes of gameplay on average, any tips? amazing job on the mod as well.
Trying another re download now gonna try the zip if this doesn't work
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ive redone it about 3 times but it still seems to kick me to the desktop and exit out of sins completely without warning. any help would be appreciated
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*Stands up amongst everyone downloading the mod and presents a massive clap...*
Amazing job, gentlemen. Great work! :D
"Joins in the applause" I just cannot express my gratitude for this masterpiece. SINS has been forever changed for the better with this mod.
Now Prepare for Assimilation!
Downloading now! Oh man, this is gonna be friggin awesome! Great job Devs! This has quickly become my favorite mod of anything, and I cant wait for this 1.4 GB download to finish so I can play Call to Arms!
Esit: Question. If I have already used the LAA(Large Address Aware) on my Sins exe, do I have to do it again? I wouldn't think so, but I would like to be sure.
should not need to but if it crashes assume thats the cause :)
ahh ok thanks!
Thank you all for this release and good luck with mod of the year.
I am proud to have worked on this mod beside so many great people. It really is something to see it all pay off at the end of the day. Congratulations to everyone, and I hope you enjoy.
Congrats on the release guys.
also thanks again for having me with you even though it was just short lived and understandable it was still an honor. ;)
Downloading now I'm sure it'll be awesome as usual ! Already got my vote for MotY.
Yus, YUS! The torture of waiting is over!
The torture is over you say? HOW MANY LIGHTS DO YOU SEE?
I see over 9000!!!!!!
That REFRENCE!!! This is why I love this community XD
Also "There are FOUR lights!"
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Hats off to you guys. This is the best Star Trek Mod out there. I really hope you win the "best mod of the year" award. You really deserve it.
Now if you'll excuse me, the Romulans gotta do some treacherous stuff.
Wich one do you install first the installer version or the zip version .
They are both the same
My game keeps on crashing/failing to respond i.e. I get a black screen for a few seconds then a minute later I get a black screen that stay up with the music still running. So I have to delete and redownload is the general idea so I will do that. Advise to fix this and will reply to my own comment if redownloading doesn't work
Welp the redownloading trick hasn't worked so please help, I can barely get at least 3 to 5 mins of gameplay before my game crashes. will there be a hot fix or is the exe file derpy and I redownload later?
please respond
thanks,
Crocidile90
Things to check (in order):
- GFX Card drivers are up to date
- .NET Framework is up to date
- SOASE has had the integrity of its game cache checked
- STA3-CTA has been installed properly (delete old enabledmods.txt before adding in the new one)
- LAA enabled for the correct .exe
did you have any problems with v1.0?
I have been having the same problem. I am re-downloading now, hopefully that will solve it for me.
I have fixed my issues and funny enough I just followed the PDF instructions and hopefully my game won't crash. I will comment if the crashing shenanigans continues.
Just awsome, best xmas present ever!!!!!!!! thx guys u did a great job!!!
After playing the new version for a bit last night, I can safely say that you guys have done a great job with this update. What was a great mod, now offers an even more enjoyable and well-made experience.
Thanks to the entire team for all your hard work! You guys deserve at least a month at Risa.
Awesome! I've spent the whole day playing it!
As it is now, I'm sure it can easily be published as a separate game, not a mod. Fantastic job!
Buuuuut.... there are a couple of "things" (as I can't decide what to call them).
So where can we (can we?) write our thoughts/suggestions?
On the forums dude :)
Huge congrats guys. Been looking forward to this for a long time. Can't wait to get home and download!
Amazing work team. Can i ask if any of you plan to make a real game and not a mod? You are more talented than most game devs. Looking at STO... you are head and shoulders above them in assets creation. Do you haver coders able to code well enough to start a game?
It's out ! Youhou ! Too bad the download on moddb sucks so much (I began downloading 3 hours ago and i'm only halfway through :O).
Would it be possible to have another way of download ? Perhaps a torrent with the zip version ? That would be much appreciated. If not, I'll keep trying until it works !
The Borg are absolutely terrible but I'm impressed with the Cardies. Good work.
This is so ******* sweet it is unbelievable, you actually released it on the day I reserved for essay writing, HA! You can imagine which one took precedent :D
Who voices the Nova class? It sounds like the Mass Effect codex guy.
Not sure. It was the voice of the Venture scout in Star Trek: Armada II.
My guess is maybe. Google says Neil Ross did the voice for the Mass Effect codex. Neil Ross is also listed in the voice credits for Armada II.
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This may sound super basic, but I can't find the STA3-CTA readme file to save my life!!! I used the installer and it went smoothly, now I want to use the LAA on the correct .exe file, witch is surely explained in the readme file... witch I can't find on my computer!! Lol! HELP!
Nevermind!! Found it!! Ran it! Testing it... lol
So when do these guys get their own video game?
none of my questions have been answered but can u PLEASE answer this question ..... The game has been working great for the last couple of days I have been playing and i load my saved game and for some reason the cinematic mode would go back to seeing anything saved game new game don't matter .. can you please give me some suggestions of something I can do???
Hello and amazing job on the Cardassians and other additions in the latest update. Sad to hear that the game is at it's limits but the modification itself is nonetheless amazing. I do the "Applaud the Mod" series on Youtube and although I've covered the mod fully in another video, here is a short *Update* video on this latest content patch. Thanks for all the awesome work over the years and I'm incredibly excited to hear what you will all be working on next. Youtube.com ---- Conor
I've been experiencing random game crashes as well. Here's the troubleshooting I've attempted so far:
*Verified software has been updated on graphics card
*Uninstalled/Re-installed both the Installer & Zip versions of STA3-CTA
*Verified LAA was setup correctly
*Re-downloaded both Installer & Zip version of STA3-CTA
*Verified the integrity of the game cache
My next step will be to uninstall the entire game and re-install it and hopefully that will work. I've been able to play about 15-30 minutes worth of the game and then it suddenly just closes without any error message at all. Any other suggestions I could try? STA3-CTA is awesome when I can play it! Nice work!
Be absolutely sure that your Sins.exe DOES NOT have the "read-only" setting ticked when you apply LAA. If read-only is enabled, then the .exe will not be properly updated.
Not sure if this is the issue, if it is let me know.
Hey after uninstalling/re-installing the game, and checking the "read-only" I'm still experiencing random crashes. I verified .NET was updated as well (forgot to mention that in prior comment).
NVM
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