have u got entrenchment or normal sins and what version. 1.16 and above u need to put it into the galaxyforge folder which is located in.

C:\Documents and Settings\(user name)\Local Settings\Application Data\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\GalaxyForge

for xp

noobie yes they should appear in the galaxyforge map type, for vanilla sins ONLY you can also place them in the program files galaxy folder and they will then show up in the size of map selection, but of you place them in the program files galaxy and then get entrenchment they WILL NOT show in entrenchment

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 1.17/entrenchment 1.03,  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

if you downloaded version 2 or 2.01 you just delete the targetsinsver.txt and it will update the maps

harpo