How do you get mods?

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I have heard a lot about mods and they sound cool so I want to try them out. I have version 1.14, (I just updated it) and I would like to know where to download the mods and everything I need to know about running them. Please help! Thank you!

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

generaly speaking there all over.

 

Mad Scientist Mod

and

Distant stars

 

are two mods i suggest, there are SEVERAL others across this forum, and learning to mod the game is relativly user friendly and easy if you got the pacients.

 

Note: assuming the mod loader in the normal sins did not change like it did in entrenchment, go to options, mods, and click on show mod path to see what that path is. after that, copy that path down, open internet explorer and type that path in on the address line and it should take you there. after getting to the mod folder, install the mod by extracting these to it. if you encounter any problems refer to the mod pages for updates and theres a thred about V1.14 of sins if you cant get it to work that might help you.

Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top

Ok!!!! Here u go..... Mods are in the threads named mods.... most are wips. but there are some out.... thing is..... all previous versions are no longer compitable with 1.14 of sins except distant stars(newly updated) which i have just dowload and adding....

 

Most mods have a readme... just follow that and u can't get lost....

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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top

well i wouldnt say they are not compatable, since most are after a slight ammount of tweeking. theres a thread on it.

Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top

in there current stat untweeked there not compitable....... thats like saying a docx is the same as a .doc file for word...... word 97-03 won't take .docx files....

Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top

get a 2007 reader from microsoft.com

If you are sci fi buff, eg, star trek, star war, babylon 5, battlestar gal, there are to mods too,

Reply #6 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting StCobalt, reply 1
generaly speaking there all over.

 

Mad Scientist Mod

and

Distant stars

 

are two mods i suggest, there are SEVERAL others across this forum, and learning to mod the game is relativly user friendly and easy if you got the pacients.

 

Note: assuming the mod loader in the normal sins did not change like it did in entrenchment, go to options, mods, and click on show mod path to see what that path is. after that, copy that path down, open internet explorer and type that path in on the address line and it should take you there. after getting to the mod folder, install the mod by extracting these to it. if you encounter any problems refer to the mod pages for updates and theres a thred about V1.14 of sins if you cant get it to work that might help you.
End of StCobalt's quote

In the note you say "after getting to the mod folder, install the mod by extrcting these to it" When you say "it" do you mean sins of solar empire? Or what do you mean? Could you tell me what I file is "it". Otherwise this was extremly helpful and I downloaded the version 1.14 compatible distant stars mod:)

Reply #7 from Sins Forums Top

well generally when you download a mod theres a folder that contains everything that the mod has in the archive (usualy .rar or .7z). you copy and paste this folder into your sins of a solar empire/mods folder. (the mod folder location varries from operating system to operating system but in xp its usualy c:/Documents and setting/application data/ironclad games/sins of a solar empire/mods.