Are you sure that the mod you're using makes changes that are immediately evident? If you've gotten as far as it appearing and being enabled in the mod options, it should be applied.

If you put maps in the correct GF folder, they should appear under a GF category in the map selection when creating a new game (not by size like they used to). Just click through the sizes until you reach it.

dna the galaxy folder is the old location and while maps can be seen in there is sins 1.16 you NEED to alter the galaxy.manifest for entrenchment to see the maps.

as KYRO stated the correct location is the GalaxyForge folder next to the mods folders(note no spaces in the name and it is created upon first run of sins/entrenchment

another cause of maps not being seen is te map is the WRONG version. for 1.15+/entrenchment1.00+ the map version should be 3, but it is a lot more than the mapversion line in the maps there is also the quickstart and normalstart lines in the map and EACH planet. below is my standard advice for maps problems

assuming you have sins 1.16/entrenchment 1.02,  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.

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

also the galaxy forge maps only show up in the galaxy forge tab of map types

and if a map you want to play was released before 25th feb 2009 then you will also neet the sins map updater from here
http://files.filefront.com/sins+map+updater+v201rar/;13585432;/fileinfo.html

harpo

the program will run from ANY folder in the computer and uses theregistry to find the sins folder and the localapps registry value to find the mods/settings/galaxyforge/mapdesigner areas, but it does need all the oldstruct & newstruct txt files. one you un-rar the map updater then run the exe and click on the find galaxies then click on the fix galaxies and the program will find all the galaxy files and during the fix galaxies phase it lists each file that it fixes and also counts all the files it fixes

harpo

you might need to do the same for the mods. and for karma click on the thumbs up below the person's post

harpo

ive changed my screen name by the way

yes i even copied the game info folder into the main mod folder and still no luck

ive saved and extracted the mod to Entrenchment v1.03 mods folder, clicked enable and apply in the options but it doesnt work, it seems to load then when i play a game no changes, no additional races if the mod has them, no new ships, effects, planet sizes and types, nothing changes AT ALL

they didnt work before the patch either, the mods are for v1.02 and the 1.03 compatable ones dont work either

i use 7zip to extract the files

i tried to use Celestial Bodies MOD,

Star Wars Requiem Mod

and im downloading Distant Stars as im typing, this one IS 1.03 compatable

the latest CB Mod im sure of it, that what it said, ive had to do some stuff to the comp, and i cant get onto impulse or uninstall it so i can  reinstall it,

I've almost the same problem, I just have 3 maps for entrenchment and when I add some to the galaxy & texture directory it doesnt work.

+ My map generator doesnt work as well on entrenchment.

I would really enjoy playing more than 3 maps...

Hi Harpo, thanks for your answer.

I did what you told me to do with the entrenchment galaxy.manifest but the maps still dont show up.

Here is my galaxy.manifest file:

maps listed in the maifest should be in either the program files\sins of a soalar empire\galaxy folder or in the program files\sins\entrenchment\galaxy folder if the galaxy's are in other locations then they will not be found, also if the maps are version 2(the second line in the galaxy) they will NOT be read by sins & entrenchment as the current map format version is 3, but there is may more changes than just the version number, ie each planet needing quickstart and normalstart lines, so if the maps you want are versions 0,1 or 2 and you want to play them in entrenchment then you NEED my map updater to correctly update the maps to v3

I would like to try everything thats possible in order to play more than 3 maps.
May you tell me how to I alterate the manifest for making the maps v0, 1 or 2 compatible with entrenchment ?
If I could just see how it looks like, I could reproduce it.