Help! trouble with galaxy forge...

you need to plase you Galaxy Forge maps here for Vista- C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\Galaxy Forge.

It is likely some variation of the for XP. AppData is a hidden folder.

Im an xp user and I put it in the entrenchment galaxy folder. Now i just tried putting in in the normal sins galaxy folder and in regular sins it shows up in the small scenarios list but When i put it in the entrenchmant galaxy folder is does not show up in the list for entecnhment...

you may need to add it to the Entrenchment galaxy.manifest file. Add it, and DON'T FORGET TO UP THE COUNT BY TWO! (Since your adding two maps), and IT IS VERY CASE-SENSITIVE!

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.

for sins 1.15/entrenchment 1.01 and earlier, the correct location IS the program files \galaxy folder, and you also NEED to edit the entrenchment's galaxy.manifest to include the maps and also the total count of maps

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

NOTE 2 the 'user name' in the above paths is your WINDOWS login user name, eg Administrator

also the galaxy forge maps in the local apps galaxyforge folder only show up in the galaxy forge tab of map types in sins 1.16+/entrenchment 1.02+

if the map IS a galaxy forge and giving the instant win/loss screen then MAKE sure that EACH player has a home planet

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

harpo

I got that figured out now. Thanks for the help. Now im having a new problem however. How do you connect wormholes on Galaxy forge?

you just link them with a phase lane and change the phaselane to a wormhole track by clicking on the phase lane and changing the type in galaxy forge 3

harpo