Custom maps

have u got entrenchment or normal sins and what version. 1.16 and above u need to put it into the galaxyforge folder which is located in.

C:\Documents and Settings\(user name)\Local Settings\Application Data\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\GalaxyForge

for xp

I have the normal sins version 1.17 and when i put the maps in the folder they don't appear in game

Are they supposed to appear under the galaxy forge menu?

noobie yes they should appear in the galaxyforge map type, for vanilla sins ONLY you can also place them in the program files galaxy folder and they will then show up in the size of map selection, but of you place them in the program files galaxy and then get entrenchment they WILL NOT show in entrenchment

first you will want/need a either or both winrar and 7zip to extract files then download and install galaxy forge from the sins download page
assuming you have sins 1.17/entrenchment 1.03,  the galaxy forge maps NEED to be placed here for xp
C:\Documents and Settings\'user name'\Local Settings\Application Data\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\GalaxyForge

or here for vista/windows 7
C:\Users\'user name'\AppData\Local\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\GalaxyForge.

NOTE the first two folders after the 'user name' are hidden , so to see them you must first click on 'tools' then 'folder options', then 'view', then click on 'show hidden files& folders' then click ok, then you will be able to browse your want to the folder. I suggest when you find the folder that you create a shortcut to it on the desktop

also the galaxy forge maps only show up in the galaxy forge tab of map types

and if a map you want to play was released before 25th feb 2009 then you will also neet the sins map updater from here
http://files.filefront.com/sins+map+updater+v201rar/;13585432;/fileinfo.html

harpo

Ok I downloaded 3 maps from the internet, i placed them in C:\Documents and Settings\Me\Local Settings\Application Data\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\GalaxyForge

None of the maps i placed in the folder appear ingame under the 'GalaxyForge' tab.

I have Sins of a solar empire version 1.17, I do not have entrenchment. (Your map updater does not work with version 1.17)

if you downloaded version 2 or 2.01 you just delete the targetsinsver.txt and it will update the maps

harpo

Now whenever i try to get to the Galaxy Forge tab, the game crashes with a runtime error

ok now it works (a map was causing the error), thank you!