<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" version="2.0"><channel><title>Sins of a Solar Empire Forums » RSS Feed » Technical Posts</title><link>https://feeds.feedburner.com/Stardock/SinsOfASolarEmpire/forum/408</link><copyright>© 2006 - 2026 Stardock Corporation. All rights reserved.</copyright><description>Recent Posts In Technical</description><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:03:47 AM -0400</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:03:47 AM -0400</lastBuildDate><docs>http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html</docs><generator>Stardock Rss Generator v1.0</generator><managingEditor>info@stardock.com</managingEditor><webMaster>kwilas@stardock.com</webMaster><item><author>Bossdarling</author><comments>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/534191</comments><description><![CDATA[i just download and enable dawn of the reapers mod (mass effect mod) in the game however everytime i tried to play custom maps or galaxy forge maps i can't either because of i got saved minidump errors or suddenly i got defeated in the single player match how do i fix this?  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/534191</guid><link>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/534191</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2025 2:29:11 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2025-02-18T14:29:11-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>i can't play custom maps and galaxy forge in dawn of the reapers mod</title></item><item><author>Bossdarling</author><comments>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/534176</comments><description><![CDATA[i just installed dawn of the reapers mod for the game but everytime i trying to use my custom map Saved minidump error message appears and later it not responding and close by itself why does it happened? how do i fix this?  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/534176</guid><link>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/534176</link><pubDate>Sun, 02 Feb 2025 6:47:43 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2025-02-02T06:47:43-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Saved Minidump Error when using custom map for single player</title></item><item><author>Furrycheezit270</author><comments>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/526757</comments><description><![CDATA[I recently replaced my GPU and Monitor; and upgraded from Windows 10, to Windows 11.  Now every time I try to change any settings in Sins of a Solar Empire, the "Apply Changes" button remains greyed out and I can't change them.  I'm stuck running the game in a 1920x1080 "window" on a new ultrawide 3440x1440 monitor... and while the new Resolution IS selectable... the "apply changes" button doesn't work.  There is also nothing listed to select for Refresh Rate either.  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/526757</guid><link>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/526757</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2024 7:41:46 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2024-03-20T19:41:46-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Can't Change any Settings in Sins of a Solar Empire.</title></item><item><author>traveler0627</author><comments>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/522791</comments><description><![CDATA[  Hello,    I just wanted to report a bug.    I built a broadcast center at my home planet generating culture with a culture rate of 10.0/sec. Then I researched both &lsquo;Addictive Consumerism&lsquo; (level 2/2) and &lsquo;Cultural Monopolization&lsquo; (level 2/2). The culture rate should increase by 20% now, but it&lsquo;s still at 10.0/sec.    Once I destroy and rebuild the broadcast center the culture rate changes to 12.0/sec.    Does anyone have the same problem?    Best regards,    trave...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/522791</guid><link>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/522791</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Sep 2023 12:27:05 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2023-09-20T09:27:05</pubDateParsed><title>No increase in culture rate after upgrading broadcast center</title></item><item><author>Exodus7977</author><comments>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/521718</comments><description><![CDATA[ICO server for Sins of a Solar Empire Rebellion is currently lagging and disconnecting all players for multiple regions.  &nbsp;  Please reboot ASAP!  &nbsp;  Thank you in advance    ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/521718</guid><link>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/521718</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Jul 2023 6:47:11 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2023-07-26T18:47:11-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>ICO Server Lagging and Disconnecting all players for multiple regions</title></item><item><author>Toxic1661</author><comments>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/521288</comments><description><![CDATA[Hello,  &nbsp;  Recently found my Elemental:&nbsp; War of Magic hard copy. Didn't work by itself.     Registered the key on the website. Downloaded the file.&nbsp;  Stardock Account Registration pops up and I'm now getting the Maximum activations reached error.&nbsp;  Submitted a ticket, but got a generic email back.&nbsp;  &nbsp;  Please help.  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/521288</guid><link>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/521288</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Jul 2023 7:38:16 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2023-07-05T07:38:16-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Maximum activations reached.</title></item><item><author>jmcGreat</author><comments>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/517601</comments><description><![CDATA[ Tiles -&nbsp; 1) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;    Is there any way to show the icons and texts of apps or shortcuts in a smaller size?    &nbsp;      2) &nbsp; &nbsp; 2)&nbsp;      I added a program&rsquo;s titlebar to the Tiles window. Then, if I close the program, it disappears from the window.&nbsp; How can I have the shortcut stay in the window even if the actual program is closed?    &nbsp; ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/517601</guid><link>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/517601</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Mar 2023 9:06:12 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2023-03-17T21:06:12-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Tiles question</title></item><item><author>SrBurner</author><comments>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/511655</comments><description><![CDATA[When Playing Sins of a Solar empire Rebellion (updated, Steam version) o Windows 10/11 and playback device changes (for example change from speakers to wireless headset) the game stops all sound, until you close and start again the game in order to have any sound.  I think this is related on how the game manges sound and sound devices.  P.D. If possible bring back "Skip intro movie" in options please  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/511655</guid><link>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/511655</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2022 5:13:56 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2022-07-19T17:13:56-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>No sound when change Playback device</title></item><item><author>fitnessinc</author><comments>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/512212</comments><description><![CDATA[Start11 latest version 1.22 stuck at 98% installation. Windows Bootcamp.&nbsp;  Edition Windows 10 Home  Version 21H2  Installed on &lrm;2/&lrm;25/&lrm;2022  OS build 19044.1682  Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 120.2212.4170.0  Could send me the standalone version?  &nbsp;  Thanks  &nbsp;  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/512212</guid><link>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/512212</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2022 9:39:59 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2022-05-06T09:39:59-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Start11 Standalone latest version 1.22</title></item><item><author>jonathana157</author><comments>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/511283</comments><description><![CDATA[ I&rsquo;m playing the game on macOS using parallels. I&rsquo;ve got two machines a 2020 MacBook Air M1 base model and a 2021 MacBook Pro M1 14in base model.&nbsp;     on the Air, the weaker machine, I&rsquo;m able to select any resolution and set the texture filter setting to 16x. On the MacBook Pro I don&rsquo;t have any resolutions to select, anti aliasing isn&rsquo;t changeable and neither is texture filter. I am able to change resolution and anti aliasing through the txt file. I also man...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/511283</guid><link>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/511283</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2022 2:56:01 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2022-04-01T02:56:01-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Issue with not being able to select anti aliasing and texture filtering options</title></item><item><author>waelmarashly</author><comments>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/510474</comments><description><![CDATA[Hi there,&nbsp;  I am wondering in which programming language your software is written. is it written in C++?  If only it is not a secret I hope to know it. Would you please tell me?  &nbsp;  especially " Object desktop"  I've purchased it last year and I'm very very admired your software.  Your developers seek perfection and I think they've achieved it.  Thanks in advance&nbsp;  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/510474</guid><link>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/510474</link><pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2022 12:04:14 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2022-03-07T09:04:14</pubDateParsed><title>Inquiry about your software programming language</title></item><item><author>Ff15</author><comments>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/509095</comments><description><![CDATA[I recently bought the macbook air M1 and I tried to launch the game with Crossover, but after 15 seconds the game crashed. I'd like to know if someone managed to play the game or it's just impossible on the new Macs. Maybe I was using a wrong version of Crossover or the game, idk.  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/509095</guid><link>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/509095</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2021 6:30:33 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2021-12-21T06:30:33-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Someone knows if SOASE Rebellion works on new M1 Macs with Crossover ?</title></item><item><author>AceXMachine</author><comments>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/504104</comments><description><![CDATA[Has anyone else experienced lag in game when moving the cursor since upgrading to NVidia drivers 46*.** when not using "System Cursor"?&nbsp; This does not occur for me with 457.51 (the last driver prior to 460+ that I could find).&nbsp; If I use the "System Cursor" option it runs fine again in 460+.&nbsp; Please let me know if anyone else has seen this and what your specs are.  My Specs:  i9-9900K  32GB DDR4  RTX 2080  m.2 and SATA SSD storage  Windows 10 Pro  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/504104</guid><link>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/504104</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2021 4:34:36 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2021-12-01T16:34:36-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Cursor lag with NVidia drivers 460+</title></item><item><author>Timmaigh</author><comments>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/507425</comments><description><![CDATA[Hi there,  just wanted to report rather unpleasant levels of lag and stuttering, while playing Sins multiplayer today with my friend over ICO. The issue seems to be not strictly multiplayer related though.  This was for the first time i played the multi after quite some time, maybe five years or so. I used to play it with 2 other guys, not just one, playing bigger maps, playing more AIs and while it used to get somewhat laggy near the end of the games, i dont recall to be ever this bad.  T...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/507425</guid><link>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/507425</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2021 4:37:55 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2021-11-01T04:37:55-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Sins multiplayer heavy lag</title></item><item><author>ShadowHornet</author><comments>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/505662</comments><description><![CDATA[I don't know if anyone already reported this as I couldn't find anything.  I noticed A possible error with the tool tip when I was about to strip a Terran World and that was that I ended up getting almost 4 times the resource the tool tip told me I should get. I paused just before the stripping was done and emptied all my resource storage and the 2th picture is what I had a second later which is just short of being 4 times higher than what the tool tip told me.  At the time I also had 38% fl...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/505662</guid><link>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/505662</link><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2021 7:10:15 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2021-06-27T07:10:15-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Possible Tool tip error with Stripped to the Core</title></item><item><author>chrissmithespana1667</author><comments>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/505632</comments><description><![CDATA[I am running a PC with windows 10 which is fully updated. My graphics card is NVIDIA GeForce GT730, with the latest drivers.  The game, Sins of a Solar Empire, will load and run without problems, but after saving my game and quitting the game, my screen goes blank - just a black screen with no mouse pointer. The computer is still running, but with no video, all I can do is press reset and restart my PC.  Any help with this problem will be appreciated.  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/505632</guid><link>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/505632</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2021 9:07:44 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2021-06-25T09:07:44-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>No Video after quitting the game</title></item><item><author>Visor5445</author><comments>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/497389</comments><description><![CDATA[Greeting, my problem is the following.  I know the e-mail address what I don't have is access. I bought the game 9+years ago since then you guys did a password update but I couldn't login, but since it was a game I was no longer playing I moved on. I'm curious if there is a way to activate the game on a new account. I have the login name, email address and the both cdkeys. I do not have access to the old e-mail to transfer is it over and I've already tried activating it on steam.  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/497389</guid><link>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/497389</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2021 6:34:43 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2021-03-18T06:34:43-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>can't merg old account</title></item><item><author>KIKI443</author><comments>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/500166</comments><description><![CDATA[Hello  &nbsp;  I am experiencing a strange issue while playing Sins of the solar empire rebelion.  The PC shuts down with CPU debug light on motherboard lit up, I can't tell what is causing this, the event happens roughtly after 15 mins after I start the game just when larger battles start happening, I have a fleet composed of 1 capital ship and 10 light frigates attacking a nearby Ice planet to colonize, first I send my capital ship and then the frigates, as soon as they arrive the PC shu...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/500166</guid><link>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/500166</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2020 5:43:59 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2020-12-18T17:43:59-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>PC shut down</title></item><item><author>trackpads</author><comments>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/500927</comments><description><![CDATA[For anyone else who couldn't find this.&nbsp; I also see several old posts where the user could find it either.&nbsp; In REllelion you can change the cursor to use the system one which is in sync with your desktop mouse speed settings.&nbsp; Here is the setting:  UseSystemCursor TRUE  &nbsp;  Does this keep the speed on the desktop?&nbsp; I think it is still slower than the desktop.&nbsp; I have arthritis so it helps to have a fast cursor.&nbsp;  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/500927</guid><link>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/500927</link><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2020 1:25:06 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2020-07-25T13:25:06-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Cursor Speed</title></item><item><author>-DE-KhannunisT4188</author><comments>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/499931</comments><description><![CDATA[I'm having an issue where my Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion crashes on startup, and produces a minidump error. I've taken a&nbsp; recording of the crash , and can reproduce this 100% of the time. So far some of the attempts I've made to fix the problem have been going through all of the FAQ thread solutions, and some in addition including installing on a different drive on my PC.  The Windows Fullscreen Optimization fix does not fix my issue , neither does launching the game in windowed mode....]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/499931</guid><link>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/499931</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2020 7:08:43 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2020-06-29T07:08:43-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>SoaSE v1.94 and Above Crash on Startup</title></item><item><author>nobodyinspace</author><comments>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/499947</comments><description><![CDATA[2 different improvements use the same text for the hint:     &nbsp;  Sometimes positive effects are marked in red color, for example:  &nbsp;     (And maybe more somewhere else).  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/499947</guid><link>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/499947</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2020 9:19:31 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2020-05-15T09:19:31-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Small bugs</title></item><item><author>LVmember</author><comments>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/499719</comments><description><![CDATA[Lately I have been having a problem with launching the game. When I click play on sins it will get stuck on the loading screen then crash. I will then get the message:  &nbsp;  "An Error has caused sins to stop working properly. A report on this error has been logged to the developer."&nbsp;  &nbsp;  Then I get a link to:  &nbsp;  C:\User\username\AppData\local\Temp\SinsDump\Sins-Rebellion etc.  &nbsp;  I click on the notepad to see what is wrong with the game but everything is i...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/499719</guid><link>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/499719</link><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2020 7:20:00 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2020-05-02T19:20:00-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Sins Rebellion won't launch.</title></item><item><author>BellTec</author><comments>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/499674</comments><description><![CDATA[ Hello to All  I am writing to you in the hope that you could help me, I have purchased Sins of The Solar Empire Rebellion on Steam, having previously played and enjoy the game series. One of the aspects I enjoy most is the custom galaxy creation via the Galaxy Forge application, unfortunately I am unable to launch the Galaxy Forge provided by Steam. I have tried everything I can think of including verifying files, complete removal and re-install, and compatibility modes. I have also installed t...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/499674</guid><link>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/499674</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2020 3:31:37 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2020-04-30T15:31:37-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Wanted map editor that works</title></item><item><author>cplbond</author><comments>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/499607</comments><description><![CDATA[I am able to launch the game and start playing a skirmish however my game will keep crashing no matter how big or how small the game is. It doesn't say anything else other then a problem has occurred here is the mini dump file location. I can see that the game running around 1.4GB of ram. Any help would be greatly appreciated as this is quite annoying.  I have also tried running the game in Dev.exe mode also leads to minidump crashes.  I have removed the game completely including all the fil...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/499607</guid><link>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/499607</link><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2020 1:35:25 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2020-04-25T13:35:25-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>constant mini dump crash</title></item><item><author>ripsa</author><comments>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/494827</comments><description><![CDATA[Hi  I'm getting a problem running the game on a new PC, when attempting to launch the game doesn't start and shows as not responding in task manager. It will however launch if VideoIsWindowed is set to true in the settings file. Any ideas on why this may happen and how to fix?&nbsp;  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/494827</guid><link>https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/494827</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2020 8:44:58 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2020-04-24T20:44:58-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Game Doesn't Launch / Only Launches if Windowed</title></item></channel></rss>