returning to SINS after getting trinity

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Ok i did a bit of modding on the original sins, so the basics i recall, and the walkthro's and guides on here are great, however one issue im having problem with with the new trinity i didnt run into with the original, i open any of the .entity files with notepad or notepad++ and they are totally unreadable. any idea why? any help or info greatly appreciated, and if this has alreayd been covered on the forums and i missed it forgive me, i did read thro tons looking for it tho

 

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

They set the entity files to BIN for faster operation. You have the means to change them back to TXT in your files. They are listed as ConvertData_*gamenname*. harpo99999 has a program that will help you use them.

Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top

There has actually been many modding changes between original Sins and the expansions (able to enable multiple mods, no longer needing unchanged files in the mod folder, new location for GalaxyForge maps), but that's something that hasn't changed. The files are in binary format to reduce size, you need to convert them to text. Follow the instructions here, or just get the reference files of wincustomize to get a set of readable versions.

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