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Galaxy Forge - Beginners Guide

Zoomba — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:50:22 -0400

Download the Galaxy Forge Tool
Introduction

Note: Download the example map that accompanies this tutorial here.

Sins of a Solar Empire is an incredibly robust RT4X strategy game that allows you to grow your empire and conquer the galaxy. Games can last hours, weeks or even months. To start you off, Sins comes with dozens of pre-built maps, 3 sizes of randomized maps and a sophisticated in-game map generator that lets you define virtually every aspect of a map. Set your preferred planets, ...

[INDEX] - Conversion Projects (consolidated)

Spartan — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 15:53:12 -0400

OK since I'm unclear of the current state-of-affairs within our burgeoning Sins modding community and in anticipation of a flood of new members when the game is released I decided to make a quick reference sheet for myself. When I was done it was rather sparse to say the least and I was really no further ahead then when I started. Thus I figured there ought be a single comprehensive thread so the entire community can easily see what is going on and who is working on what project. This would allo...

Forge Tools for Sins v1.05 Now Available

Yarlen — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:32:42 -0400

Greetings Modders,

Ironclad Games and Stardock Entertainment are pleased to announce the release of the Forge Tools for Sins of a Solar Empire v1.05. To download the updated package, just head over to the Downloads section.

New for v1.05 is the release of the Particle Forge tool. Ironclad used Particle Forge to create all of the various weapon fx and other shiny fx for the game.

Happy Modding!

[INDEX] - General Mod Projects (consolidated)

Spartan — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:16:13 -0400

I figured it would be best if the mod project indexes were broken down into broad types.
Consequently the creation of this thread to be used as a quick reference thread for all general, basic or simple mod projects that are not long term in nature or really require a big team of people to produce. I guess some people would call projects of this nature "mini-mods". The data structure for this thread is the same as the Major Mod Project thread for consistency purposes and familiarity reasons. ...

[Tutorial] Modeling, texturing and importing models into Sins...

soviet911v2 — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:41:53 -0400

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Hi this tutorial is going to focus on everything that wasleft out from the doc...

Galaxy Creation – Reference Guide

Novaburst — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:11:29 -0400

Galaxy Creation – Reference Guide

I hope this reference guide helps others in making some great galaxies. I strongly suggest you start small, and learn the basics instead of jumping straight in to making 5 star setups with 40 planets from the beginning. Use the default galaxies for reference and follow the KISS Principle and you'll be just fine.

This guide uses the Close Encounters galaxy file as a point of reference in explaining the galaxy setup. You can find it in ..\Sins of a Solar Emp...

Promote your mod on Impulse!

kryo — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:21:51 -0400

Here in the Sins forums we've got a lot of great-looking mods in development. However, everyone seems to keep to their own threads for the most part. That's fine for just here, but we can do better!

I'd like to encourage all of the major mod teams to start blogs over on impulsedriven.net. Then, any time you have a major update on your mod's progress, post about it over there. People like dev journals and shiny screenshots, and we like to promote modding. If you post there, you've got a good c...

Silent Shade's Mod Introduction and Gameplay Mod

Silent Shade — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:41:44 -0400

My first Mod Guide and a Demonstration mod to go with it. Be sure to read the readme if you want to play with the mod. I will of course take questions in this thread or on the SINS IRC. You can find it on Rapid Share or FileFront

Modifier List - Add constraint, AI define,Triger Type

bailknight — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:02:01 -0400

For who want to mod with abilities and buffs I sort every modifiers you can use for sins.

This may help you..I don`t know

Edit - Add research modifier lists
Edit - Add constraint, AI define,Triger Type
Edit - Add buffOverTimeActionType - Magnetize

Constraint
CanBeCaptured
CanBeJumpBlocked
CanHaveFighters
CanHaveShields
CanPhaseDodge (?)
CanSpreadWeaponDamage
HasAntiMatterPool
HasAntiMatterShortage
HasEnergyWeapons
HasHullDamage
HasPhaseMissiles
HasPopulat...

The library and you--Read before uploading!

kryo — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 13:22:54 -0500

After the first few days of moderating the map and mod uploads, I'd like to give everyone some guidelines here to avoid rejections:

1) If you make a new version of your map/mod, please do not upload it as a new item. If you view the old one on the library, there should be an edit link on that page. Using that you can then update the existing entry. This also has the benefit of maintaining your download count and any comments other users have posted. As a side-note, please wait for the first o...