Galaxy Forge Maps Do Not Appear In List

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I cobbled together a map in Galaxy Forge.  Once I finished, I went to test it.  I launched Diplomacy and went looking for my map.

The map was not listed in the Galaxy Forge section.  Nor, for that matter, was it listed anywhere else.

I checked to make sure that the map was present in the Galaxy folder (in my case, the path was E:\SOASE\Galaxy).  Yup, it was there.  Ran Diplomacy again, still no map.

For giggles, I launched Sins, and the map did not show up in the Galaxy Forge section there either.  It did, however, show up in the Medium map list. (God only knows why.)

I did a little poking around.  Since I had both Diplomacy and Entrenchment, each had their own Galaxy folder.  To be on the safe side, I copied the file into both E:\SOASE\Entrenchment\Galaxy and E:\SOASE\Diplomacy\Galaxy.

I launched Entrenchment.  No listing of the map in Galaxy Forge list, no listing anywhere else.

I launched Diplomacy.  No listing of the map in Galaxy Forge list, no listing anywhere else.

 

What, precisely, am I missing here?

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Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top

You are missing the correct location.

You should be putting your forge maps at this location:

C:\Users\(user name)\AppData\Local\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\GalaxyForge

^That location is for a vista computer.  XP is a little different in the location, but not by a whole lot.

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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top

I'm running Win7, 64-bit.  Don't know if it makes a difference, but on the drive where I installed Galaxy Forge, the folder shows up as Galaxy Forge 3. 

The path you're describing does not exist, at all, on my system.  Whether that's because I installed the game and GF to my E: drive instead of my C: drive or not, I couldn't tell you.

Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top

See, mentioning the path was hidden by default would have helped tremendously.  :)

Diplomacy and Entrenchment now properly recognize the map.

 

Out of morbid curiosity, why is it that hiding the path is required for a "Games For Windows" certification?  I know, the easy answer is, "Because Microsoft says so."  I'm curious about the genuine reasoning, or what passes for it at any rate.

Reply #6 from Sins Forums Top

The path isn't always hidden by default.

 

Most people just copy and paste the link in anyway.

 

If it is hidden, it's windows, not the game doing that.  It's to keep the lesser experienced from screwing with things.