I downloaded and installed SoaGE R1021. I keep getting a runtime error when I got to activate it. Did a little testing and discovered something in the CORE mod is pissing off the game enough to give it a runtime error on activation. Tried lowering the graphics like the documentation suggested, but no dice. I don't know if the download was bad or what, but I really want to play this mod.

The CORE module is, as the name implies, the foundation of the mod itself. If you are having problems with CORE, it means you have a bad download or an old version of Sins. Update to Sins 1.1, or if you are on 1.1, re-download the mod; using one of the alternative mirrors is suggested.