Glaxay Forge DL help

for 7zip the rightclick options do not appear to exist, the best advice is to doubleclick on the galaxyforge3.rar which should open it in 7zipthen extract the contents to a folder either by leftclick dragging or using the 7zip extract function.

harpo

7zip right click works for me, are you sure you installed it right?

it worked thnx guys. MUHHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Right click options were there for me, now its gone. Thought about re-install but the drag and drop works fine.

:/ it wont let me save the file in the location they tell me too on the site. it says something like you dont have permission to save in this location. (c:\Program Files\Stardock Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\Galaxy)  is the place im trying to save and it wont let me!!!! WHRYYYYYYY!?!?!?

Have to be an Admin to modify program files but thats no where it goes any longer.

Look here

Make sure that folder isn't set to read only for some reason.

galaxy forge can be run form ANY folder in the computer, I have it in a folder on the desktop in win7 & xp, the ONLY difficulty is in navigating to the

 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.

because of the HIDDEN folders, but after the first time galaxyforge remembers the folder it last opened/saved in so it is a singleshot problem.

first you will want/need a either or both winrar and 7zip to extract files then download and install galaxy forge from the sins download page
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 second 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