im a noob

All of the ships stats are located in that ships .entity file. You can find this in the gameinfo folder. However, to actually mod them, you'll need to make a copy of that folder and then convert them into a readable format. The easiest way to do this is with a GUI program like Harpo's.

Once you do that, make your changes and make a new folder in your mod folder. Put your modded files in a folder called Gameinfo within that folder and enable the mod in game, and you should be done.

Basically there is a format for all of the files, so go thru any of the files and compare to others of the same type they are pratically are the same but with different

ok so i did all that i got it to work but now in-game when i click on options>Mods none the mod isnt showing up ive follwed everthing on sins wiki on how to fix it but its still not showing up idk what to do.

assuming you have sins 1.181/entrenchment 1.041/diplomacy 0.95,  the Mods NEED to be placed here for xp
C:\Documents and Settings\'user name'\Local Settings\Application Data\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\Mods-v1.181
C:\Documents and Settings\'user name'\Local Settings\Application Data\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\Mods-Entrenchment v1.041
C:\Documents and Settings\'user name'\Local Settings\Application Data\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\Mods-Diplomacy v0.95

or here for vista/windows 7
C:\Users\'user name'\AppData\Local\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\Mods-v1.181
C:\Users\'user name'\AppData\Local\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\Mods-Entrenchment v1.041
C:\Users\'user name'\AppData\Local\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\Mods-Diplomacy v0.95

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

and if the mod you want to use is from an EARLIER sins/entrenchment version place the mod in the mods folder FOR THAT version eg mods-entrenchment v1.03, then download and run my mods updater from the latest version archive which will have the same number as the vanilla sins version number, and AFTER updating the mod(s) to the current version for any mods of pre 1.04 entrenchment ALSO run the manifest maker on ENTITY manifests on EACH of the mods EXCEPT for total conversion mods

and for making a mod the folder structure is mods folder eg Mods-Entrenchment v1.041/mod name folder/gameinfo\texture\other foledrs

hope this helps

harpo