Serious issues with files

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I am attempting to mod my game and I go onto the game, into the mod area and select the show mod file location "Or whatever it is" It tells me :c/documents and settings/"Administrator"/application data/ironclad games/sins of a solar empire/mods-v1.16

So I look for the file in my application data of my administrator files and ironclad games are not on the list at all. I got into all users and that file has ironclad games listed on it, but when I go into ironclad games and then into sins of a solar emire, it only has a folder labeled lisence and no other files are in there. This is confusing to me, because if the game is not in the file it says it is running out of, how am I running the game?

When I minimise my sins game a second time, it shows a error and does a dump, completely closing sins down.

I have also selected to show hiden files so I know there are no files hidden in this location.

 

All help will be greatly appreciated, I wish to play some modded games.

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

Let me see. So you found a mod in your mod list, and checked it's file path. Then you went there, to find a folder with the name of the mod, but no modified files inside! This is normal. If you simply have a folder with a name in the proper mod-version folder, the mod will appear in that version of sins.

 

Did you try to somehow look up where to modify game files by looking through crap while the game is running? That is a terrible idea. What you want to do is look for a file called SINS_modset. It is in the ForgeTools 3. It will tell you where files should go when you modify them.

 

I don't know why you had a minidump, though. You must have screwed around and saved a file there, or modified a file somewhere in a way that the game cannot make sense of it.  If the game is capable of making sense of why you had a minidump, it will tell you provided that you go to the secondary Sins of a Solar Empire directory (the one that is not the install location; this is the directory that is located in AppData, C:\User for Vista, something else for XP). When you reach that secondary Directory (This directory is probably where your game told you the location of a mod or something was), go into the folder called Settings, open user.settings (or simply user with file type settings if you've already opened a similar file, or it, into a word document), with a word document. Notepad is preferable, as it can unwrap.

 

Inside of it, change "ShowErrors TRUE" to "ShowErrors FALSE".

 

That should tell you what is causing the minidump, if the game is able to make sense of what is causing the minidump. If you're in the same situation as I currently am in... or a situation that is similar, you're SOL.

 

 

Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top

first off the folder SHOULD be C:\Documents and Settings\'user name'\Local Settings\Application Data\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\Mods-v1.16 for sins 1.16

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

unless you DID access the local settings folder you WERE looking in the WRONG location and should turn off the hide hidden files & folders.

hope this helps

harpo

 

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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top

So I look for the file in my application data of my administrator files and ironclad games are not on the list at all
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Some of these directories are hidden by default. To unhide them, go to Control Panel -> Folder Options -> View and set yourself to view hidden files and folders.