Welcome to the beta test for Sins of a Solar Empire - Entrenchment! This micro-expansion is jam packed with enough features to qualify as a full fledged expansion pack, so we know it'll keep everyone busy for quite awhile. That said, this is a beta - put simply this is going to be very buggy and somewhat unbalanced.
If you don't want to deal with bugs, balance issues or providing feedback to improve the game please wait for the final release!
The Entrenchment beta is available in English only!
Here are the highlights for Entrenchment:
To install Entrenchment:
Posting about Bugs:
Please check out Annatar's stickied thread about providing feedback to us about the beta:
https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/319171
Keep in mind that this version of Entrenchment is not finished. We're at the beginning of the beta process, not the end.
ARGGGG!!!!!!!! DIES MULTYPLE TIMES FROM BOREDOME AND EXCITEMNT
now why do i ahve to wait my oprder beens waiting since
check email for the serial number
add serial number to your impulse account if its not there
For the vast majority of people, the serial numbers should be added automatically to your accounts when the order is processed. Just refresh Impulse (F5) or blue orb > check for updates after you receive your new e-mail. The one you got way back when you preordered is just an order confirmation, not an order process
Me i got and order number.
So um...anyone else missing d3dx9_36.dll? It downloads and installs fine, but can't find that file. Reinstalled twice...preordered through impulse and everything happened automatically. If I use the Sins exe, it loads regular Sin 1.12.
been waiting since:11/11/2008 5:08:20 PM (GMT-5)
on XP/2000, install DirectX Redistributable (November 2008)
Always amazes me how many people who otherwise keep up on drivers forget to keep up on DX9 updates.
If that's on V, nae clue mate.
edit: I NINJA'D ANNATAR! *feels a great sense of accomplishment*
Odd. Do a google search for that dll, there are several sites that offer dll file downloads, that should be among them. Drop it in your install directory for Entrenchment and you should be ok.
Edit: I am beaten.
Unfortunately, I won't be able to get it installed until around 6:30 tonight when I get home from work...but rest assured...this could be an all-nighter type of night for me.
why is this not woking for me they havent even sent me the email yet
It'll take a little while to work through the preorder queue. Don't worry, they won't forget you
Lol i wonder is witch order it is doing it. Either that or impulse isnt very impulsive.
how hard is it to send a mass email thogh honestly this is crazy
They have monkeys on typewriters sending out the serials But in all seriousness, everyone's waited this long, what's another hour? Take a deep breath, and shoot a pillow or something
Well I installed Entrenchment but it won't launch. Impulse shows Entrenchment as installed.
If I run the game from my old desktop shortcut it launches as the old 1.12 version.
If I run it from Impulse it tells me d3dx9_36.dll was not found.
My DirectX version is 9.0c.
Any suggestions?
Mass email? I didn't know credit card payments and paypal processes were run on emails... I certainly hope not!
Try that.
Or this (courtesy of Soor):
That's not working either...one dll missing leads to another...tried reinstalling dx....that also didn't work...
Turns out I already have d3dx9_36.dll in my Sins install directory and the one I downloaded was an older version anyway. Re-installing Entrenchment didn't help either.
Grr. Thanks for the tip anyway.
They're not. Once your pre-order is processed, then an email will be sent telling you everything was good and then you can get on Impulse and start the fun.
Star hound try reading this
http://www.downloadatoz.com/howto/How-to-resolve-d3dx936-dll-not-found-error.html
or anyone else having trouble, also look at annatar's post above
Uuhhh, putting copies of system DLLs in an app's directory is a really, really bad idea, unless you take ALL of those DLLs.
Otherwise => DLL VERSION HELL, something the windows method of doing shared libraries is (in)famous for, and that always gets a laugh among the unix crowd.
That'd be great, but that's not the only thing missing...appriciate the help though guys. Thanks. I'll try reinstalling again.
Thanks guys. I updated DirectX and it helped but now I'm missing fmod.dll (which I also have in my Sins install directory).
edit: ^^^doh. looks like i'm not alone in this.^^^
I'm getting an error while starting trying to run it. It installed fine, but when it gives me an "Entry Point Not Found" error with "The procedure entry point _FSOUND_GetNumHWChannels@12 could not be located in the dynamic link libary fmod.dll."
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