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February 17, 2008 1:13:58 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire ForumsSins of a Solar Empire Forums
I can't seem to find where to put my mods that I downloaded at. I orignally put them in the regular program files folder and that didn't work. Then it said in game that the file path was somewhere in my damned documents application data files. Went there and found nothing. So I made an ironclad games/ sins of a solar empire/ mods path and the game still will not find it.

How am I supposed to enable mods when the game doesn't recognize them, or create a path for me to put them in.
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Reply #1 February 17, 2008 1:33:16 PM
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C:\Documents and Settings\yourname\Local Settings\Application Data\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\Mods
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Reply #2 February 17, 2008 1:34:13 PM
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C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Ironclad Games\Sins of aSolar Empire\Mods

Its in that map, for vista anyway
the "appdata" map is hidden by default, so you need to turn on show hidden files to see it
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Reply #3 February 17, 2008 2:26:09 PM
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No I don't think you gentlemen understand I know WHERE its supposed to be, but its not there. I even created the path ie made a folder named it ironclad game then opened it created another folder named it sins of a solar empire opened it and created a folder named it mods and then put the mod i downloaded in there and it still did not work.

What I am saying and I will explain it again, the path is not there ie I went to the application data folder in ducuments and its not there. The game didn't make the folder or whatever there.

BTW I use XP not vista or whatever.
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Reply #4 February 17, 2008 2:40:25 PM
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Hmmmmmm Strange.........

Well I did find the folder I was needing. But I think I've encountered a bit of a hiccup.

You see the confusion is this, when I go to my computer click c: documents and settings/myname/ this is not local setting folder but there is another application data folder. This again is where the confusion came from.

I redownloaded the mod and went to extract it and while rummiging through the folder to get there, I noticed after document and setting/myname/ there WAS a local setting folder. I then opened it and clicked application data and there was the ironclad folder.

Strange that I had to do it that way and am not able to access it manually through C:.

Oh well problem sovled.
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Reply #5 February 17, 2008 2:42:18 PM
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>No I don't think you gentlemen understand I know WHERE its supposed to be, but its not there.

Make sure that you're looking at:
C:\Documents and Settings\yourname\Local Settings\Application Data\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\Mods

Not:
C:\Documents and Settings\yourname\Application Data\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\Mods

This "Sins of a Solar Empire" folder is the same folder where saved games and recorded games are also located (in their own folders). You *shouldn't* have to *create* the Mods folder.

Edit: I see he found it while I was typing.
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Reply #6 February 17, 2008 2:48:24 PM
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Hmm, odd, are you sure you are looking in

C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Application Data
and not in
C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data ?
I couldnt find it first either because i was looking in the wrong application data folder.

If its not that, i cant help you :/

EDIT doh, you beat me to it
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Reply #7 February 17, 2008 2:50:26 PM
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Its a hidden folder, you need to set your folder options to show hidden to see it.
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Reply #8 February 17, 2008 2:52:50 PM
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Yeah. I think this is probably the most common problem with modding Sins. Honestly, I don't understand why the choice was made to put it there as opposed to a MOD directory in the application folder. Any DEVs wanna shed some light on this question?
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Reply #9 February 17, 2008 3:13:16 PM
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Yeah. I think this is probably the most common problem with modding Sins. Honestly, I don't understand why the choice was made to put it there as opposed to a MOD directory in the application folder. Any DEVs wanna shed some light on this question?


Games For Windows certification requires some really stupid things.
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Reply #10 February 17, 2008 5:29:54 PM
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...All I can do is sit here and hope you're kidding...
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Reply #11 February 19, 2008 6:51:16 AM
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Yeah. I think this is probably the most common problem with modding Sins. Honestly, I don't understand why the choice was made to put it there as opposed to a MOD directory in the application folder. Any DEVs wanna shed some light on this question?Games For Windows certification requires some really stupid things.


Too bad that common sense isnt required...
I hope that the devs didnt have to pay a single $ for that weird certification.
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Reply #12 February 19, 2008 12:11:55 PM
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Honestly, I don't understand why the choice was made to put it there as opposed to a MOD directory in the application folder.


Limited user accounts on Vista can't write to application folders (and in a true user-based environment, you really don't want them to) without permissions tweaking. Thus the requirement. Users *can* write to their user folders. However why the GFW specs require it buried two levels deep in hidden folders, rather than in My Documents as it used to be, I have *no* idea. Best thing that can be done is to just get there once and make a shortcut to the folder for future use.

If everything else is there but the mods folder isn't, make sure you're updated to 1.02.
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Reply #13 February 19, 2008 7:26:24 PM
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Thanks for the responce. Not happy about it, but at least it's a responce(ugh)
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