Adding maps to entrenchment?

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I recently bought entrenchment and i can't figure out for the life of me how to add maps. I know that i have to add the maps name to the galaxy manifest and change the file count. The problem is what galaxy folder do i add the maps too, the sins or entrenchment galaxy folder? I also have maps that made for the original sins. i have 64 files in my sins galaxy folder. I'm a little confused of what goes where, Thanks for any help

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting harpo99999, reply 736
fionbarr here is my standard advice for maps in sins/entrenchment/diplomacy/trinity.

assuming you have sins 1.191/entrenchment 1.051/diplomacy 1.011,  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 is not for a particular mod that has extra home planets and stars

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.

there is a seond type of map which SHOULD be placed in the mapdesigner folder, you can tell if it is by the eight line reading 'randomizeStartingPositions TRUE', if this line is FALSE then it is a gamaxyforge map and could be in an older map format. the current map format version is 3 this can be seen in line two of the file. if the map is a version 0,1 or 2 then the map updater will mak it playable in current versions and expansions

harpo

 

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Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top

Thanks a lot i was putting the file in the wrong spot.

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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top

thanks myfist, you are becoming a very helpful assistant.

harpo