Help a Modding Noob get started

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Hey everyone! I'm just trying out the modding thing to see what i can do, and right off the bat i've hit a pretty major snag.

I downloaded Forge Tools from the downloads section of the site, and I'm reading the manuel that comes with it. The first example it gives is how to remove the advent race from the game.

I create a folder in my Mods-Entrenchment v1.041 folder, and copy the "Game Info" folder from ForgeTools 3 > ReferenceData > Entrenchment like the manuel says to do.

Then I delete the PlayerPsi.entity file, again just like the manuel says.

But when i start up entrenchment and try to enable the mod, it crashes. I'm not sure what i'm doing wrong, but i have a feeling it must have to do with versions of something.

I'm running Sins v 1.181 and Entrenchment v1.041

Massive appologies if i'm missing something obvious here.

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

Your problem is that the gameinfo provided in the Forge Tools is way outdated, so using it will cause crashes. To get the current gameinfo, go to wherever you installed Sins. c:\program files x86\stardock games\sins or whatever yours is. Copy the gameinfo folders from there (there should be one for vanilla sins and one for entrenchment) and paste wherever it is that you want them.

Then you have to convert them to txt, because they start out in binary. On the modding forums there are a couple of GUI's for converting them, I recomend Harpo's, but you can use whichever one you want. Once they're converted, you should be good to go.