Installation Questions

[Apv301]

Hello everyone, I have recently (tried) to download the "Sins of a Galactic Empire"

Mod. I have the 1.05 update for Sins and the download worked well except I have a small problem. When I go to Download it the 'Open With' has the horrible 'Sims 2 Body Shop' as the selection and I don't know what i should use to open it.

It's a dumb question but I honestly haven't a clue. Also after I download it what do I do?

[Evaders99]

Use WinRar (or 7zip, or ... many other programs ) to extract to Sin's mods directory. And then it should appear as a mod to activate within the Sins menus.

 

Note: it does not work with 1.05. You must have the 1.1 patch, which you get from Stardock's Impulse system

 

 

This is the official from Eville Jedi

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Extract rar file to your C:\Documents and settings\\Local Settings\Application Data\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\Mods\ path

(Vista is slightly diffrent, I think it is C:\users\\Application Data\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\Mods\)

 

in game select the mod from the mod options panel and click load at start up, if it doesn’t show up then check your path again (go to the ironclad forums for this http://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/forum/443)

 

(I am sticky'ing this topic for all installation questions)

[Swiftdraw]

C:\Documents and settings\\Local Settings\Application Data\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\Mods\ path and

C:\users\\Application Data\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\Mods\ do not exist for me. I get as far as application data and there is no Ironclad Games folder present. I'm wondering if this is due to the fact I downloaded the game off of Impulse and not the store version.

[Evaders99]

I think you just create a Mods folder then. But I don't know why you're not seeing an Ironclad Games folder. Perhaps something is different from the Impulse version or a change in one of the patches, I really don't know.

[Swiftdraw]

Edit: Never mind the idiot here, missed the 'local settings' part....

[Daohor]

And I was so foolish at to place the mod in a double folder (soge\soge) and was wondering why it didnt work.

 

I can happen if you extract it with out chekcing and makeing sure the path is correct.

[tmh32293]

Ok i have a question, how exactly do I update it to the needed patch if impulse updates it to 1.12?

[Jagged]

I have the version 1.15. Will this mod work on it?

[Zeridian]

I'm pretty sure it will work 1.11 up to atleast 1.13. I don't know if it will work on 1.15, but silverwarrior4 said he is running it on 1.13. It won't hurt to try, just drop it in the mods folder and try it. If it doesn't work, just delete it and wait for another release or reinstall to 1.11 only if you want to play real bad .

[stormtrooperge]

i'm kind of confused myself on getting this to work also, i have 1.05 so i know thats it but i dont know how to get the Impluse to work, every time i try and use it, it wants me to make an account but the window is so small it doesnt show everything i need to fill out. any ideas?

[Evaders99]

For Impulse issues, you really do need to go to Stardock about that

http://www.sinsofasolarempire.com

[Segur]

I installed the Mod correctly and have 1.16.051 but the mod doesn't seem to work. It wont show up in the "mod" section when I open the game. I've checked and reinstalled it about a dozen times. Any ideas what could be wrong?

 

 

thanks,

Segur

 

EDIT:

 

Found the problem. Apparently 1.16 adds a new mods folder that you have to move everything to.

[MrPhildevil]

I'd like to play this mod, but honestly, it is so complicated. Anybody can tell me exactly what do I need? There are 3 Sins game now: Diplomacy, Trinity, Entrenchment. Which one would I need to buy? Where can I buy-it? There doesn't seem to be a Sins of a Solar empire regular anywhere. I know where to find the Entrenchment Expansion pack, but it says I need the aforementionned version and all they'll sell as the "full" game is trinity, which seems to be more recent than this mod. Please, if you could tell me exactly what I need to buy, that would be great.

[Evaders99]

Trinity includes the base game, along with both expansions Entrenchment and Diplomacy.

It's absolutely worth it to buy it, as you can run any of the three by themselves.

 

Currently this mod requires Entrenchment... but future version will probably require Diplomacy. So just go and get Trinity and you'll have no worries

[Sevrun]

So where exactly can I get this mod? I've looked all over your forum and the closest I've found was "download links coming soon" at the tail end of the 1.0e release.

[Evaders99]

http://warlords.swrebellion.com/wp/?p=72

See: Download Links

[Tom]

Sorry if this is a repeated question, but I couldn't see a straight answer anywhere..

 

 

I have a vanilla install of just SOSE - what updates and/or expansion packs do I need to use the mod?

[Lharrs]

You need the Entrenchment Expansion. I have mine patched to 1.51 I think or 1.051 or something like that. I believe what you need is 1.04 but it works with my patched version.

 

Take Care and God Bless,

Lharrs

[Lavo]

For 1.0E, Entrenchment w/1.041 (or 1.04, forget which) patch is required. If you get Entrenchment and slap on the latest patch it'll work.