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Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion

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Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion
Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion cover
Developers
Ironclad Games
Publishers
Stardock Corporation
Engines
Iron Engine
Release dates
Windows June 12, 2012
Reception
Metacritic 82
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase, DLC, Subscription gaming service
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Bird's-eye view
Controls Multiple select, Point and select
Genres RTS
Themes Sci-fi, Space
Series Sins of a Solar Empire
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Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view RTS game in the Sins of a Solar Empire series.

General information

Official manual
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
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Windows
Official website
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Windows
GamersGate
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Ultimate Edition also available.
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Ultimate Edition.
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Humble Store
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Gold Edition also available.
Windows
Microsoft Store
Microsoft Store
Xbox Game Pass for PC
Windows
Steam
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Ultimate Edition also available.
Windows

Version differences

The Ultimate Edition includes the base game, Forbidden Worlds, Outlaw Sectors, Stellar Phenomena, Minor Factions and the digital soundtrack. Also included is Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity.

Monetization

Type Notes
DLC Additional content.
One-time game purchase The game requires an upfront purchase to access.
Subscription gaming service Available via Xbox Game Pass for PC.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Forbidden Worlds
Windows
Outlaw Sectors
Windows
Stellar Phenomena
Windows
Minor Factions
Windows

Essential improvements

Skip startup game intro

Move, delete or rename the intro video
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\Localizations\[language]\Movie.
  2. Move, delete or rename the following file: OpeningCinematic.bik.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire Rebellion\
Microsoft Store
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/204880/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire Rebellion\
Microsoft Store
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/204880/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud
Approx. 100 MB available.
Xbox Cloud

Video

Video Options
Video Options
Effects Options.
Effects Options.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
See Mouse cursor not restricted.
Ultra-widescreen
[1]
4K Ultra HD
UI can be scaled in Options->User Interface->Interface Scale %
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Up to 16 samples.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Up to 8 samples.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Key Bindings.
Key Bindings.

Z-axis movement

To move in 3D-space, assign a button to the z-axis and then hold that button as well as the movement key (default D). This allows you to set 3-dimensional movement points.[2]

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Can be toggled in sound options.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Czech
Fan-made; download
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Russian

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
10
Online play
10

Connection types

VR support

3D modes State Notes
vorpX
G3D, Z3D
User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction.

Issues fixed

Mouse cursor not restricted

The game does not restrict the mouse cursor, meaning that on multi-monitor configurations instead of moving the camera, the mouse will go onto the other screen, effectively crippling the ability to effectively move the camera in that direction.
Lock cursor with Special K[citation needed]
  1. Install Special K by following the Special K Unofficial Guide.
  2. Start the game and press Ctrl+ Shift+← Backspace to toggle Special K's Control Panel.
  3. Expand "Window Management" and "Input/Output Behavior".
  4. Set "Cursor Boundaries" to "Keep Inside Window" and close the Control Panel.
  5. Press Ctrl+ Shift+O to toggle Special K's On-Screen Display.
Lock cursor with Cursor Lock (Steam)[citation needed]
  1. Download Cursor Lock
  2. Open Cursor Lock Setup.
  3. Select "Open Program" and then find the path to the Steam executable (usually %PROGRAMFILES%\Steam\Steam.exe)
  4. Select "Open Program Args" and put in -applaunch 204880.
  5. Select "Lock Program" and then find the path to the game's main executable in the installation folder.
  6. Click the "Create Shortcut" button to create a permanent shortcut to the game with Cursor Lock.
Lock cursor (temporary fix)[citation needed]
  1. Open video settings and deselect use full screen and press apply
  2. When asked to accept changes, press no
  3. Game will go back to full screen. The cursor will now be captured to that window. Alt-tabbing will not break this fix, but it has to be repeated after restarting the game.

Stuttering or frame lag ingame and on the main menu

A Nvidia driver update broke the default cursor.[citation needed]
Enable System Cursor
  1. Go to Options → Video and check "Use System Cursor".[3]

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
Shader Model support 3.0
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio FMOD
Cutscenes Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Vista SP2
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 5 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 6800
ATI Radeon X1650
256 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
Shader model 3.0 support


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/204880/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (204880) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. Steam Community :: Group :: /r/ultrawidemasterrace Group - last accessed on May 2023
  2. forums.sinsofasolarempire.com - last accessed on May 2023
  3. Verified by User:Ninjaxi on 2021-12-13