General Mod Questions

(Basic Stuff)

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I really tried to find a single source for all the questions I had, but I couldn't find any, and the stickes all seemed to deal specifically with dispensing mods and talking about the tools, which doesn't help me at all. But to cut to the chase, my questions were:

 

 

1. How does modding work? I noted the 'mod' section in-game. Does that mean every single mod available can be enabled and disabled in game?

 

2. What are quality graphics mods? I seem to be running into the trouble of not knowing where to start in my mod acquiring, and I don't want to grab an older version, or an inferior mod because I'm so new to the process.

 

3. How do the conversion mods work? Does it play different at all, or is it the exact same game with different textures?

 

4. What about multiplayer? If I have a mod enabled that they don't have, will it be automatically disabled? Will I just not be able to play with the,?

 

5. What about the Galazy Forge? If I try to host a multiplayer game with a map I custom made, will it download to them, or will I simply have to choose another map?

 

 

 

Maybe I have more questions, but those are it for now, and for now I also think I'm gonna get back to trying to crawl through the labyrinth of information to try and find some key to making it all make sense, 'cause right now I feel flooded and overwhelmed with information, and I don't know what I'm doing or how to make sense of it all.

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Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top

1) YES! any mod in your mod folder will (if the version permits it) be able to be enabled or disabled AT WILL in game through the options menu! Note you can only have ONE active at a time!

2) Try SolarSins..or bailknights graphic mod or even Manshooters Explosions! They are all updated to v1.12 (not entrenchement) and make the game SOOOO much nicer!

3) Conversion = complete reorder! So basically game plays the same as long as you keep the same base! That is you might decide to get rid of asteroids or add a new ressources,etc....but basicaly conversions are all about NEW RACES, NEW SHIPS, NEW TECHS and a completely redone HUD to match the "feel" of the conversion in question!

4) Multiplayer you will only be able to play with people who have YOUR EXACT MOD!!! Add one letter in one of the mod files and it wont accept! If they dont have the mod, just disable it and play multiplayer with normal v1.12 and youll join all games (that dont have mods)!

5)Your opponents MUST HAVE your map, Ie. post on filefront or somehting and tell them to get it then ONLY will it work for them!

 

VOILA!

Hoped it helped!

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Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top

NP at all...I used to be in your shoes 2 months ago I know what its like!

+ I  LOVE HELPING OUT!