Getting Custom Maps to work

Here's how to fix the problem of getting a custom map made in galaxy forge to work in Sins; both to see the map in the first place and then to be playable (rather than instant defeat).

Firstly : Make sure Sins is installed on C: Drive (as opposed to in Program Files)

2: Once you have made the map in Forge, open it up in notepad.
3: The heading should read :
TXT
versionNumber 1
isBrowsable TRUE
browsePictureName ""
browseName ""
browseDescription "TODO - Add Description Here."
isFirstCapitalShipIsFlagship TRUE
planetArtifactDensity 0.150000
planetBonusDensity 0.400000

4: Change this to :
TXT
versionNumber 0
isBrowsable TRUE
browsePictureName "ScenarioPicture-UserGenerated"
browseDescription "IDS_CUSTOMGALAXY_DESCRIPTION_USERGENERATED"
isFirstCapitalShipIsFlagship TRUE
planetArtifactDensity 0.150000
planetBonusDensity 0.400000

5: Make sure that this file is saved in 'C:\Stardock\Sins of a Solar Empire\Galaxy' and not 'Users/Name/appdata'

Thats it! It works.  :) Your map will come up in Smalll, Medium etc Scenarios, and should work fine. Hope this is some help to other people who have spent ages on a map in Forge, only to not be able to play it!
Cheers,  Alex

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