You can find the latest Forge Tools here: https://www.sinsofasolarempire.com/downloads.aspx.
Available for download are:
Galaxy Forge - Design your own galaxies. (*included in Forge Tools Bundle and seperately)
Particle Forge - Design your own particle effects. (*included in Forge Tools Bundle and seperately)
Map Converter - Created by Ross Placing. Converters one map version to another. Defaults to converting version 2 to version 3.
Developer Exe - Debugmenu, error reporting, asserts and more for both Sins 1.15 and Entrenchment 1.01 (with some new capabilities). (*included in Forge Tools Bundle)
ConvertData - Convert between binary and text or vice versa for both Sins 1.15 and Entrenchment 1.01. (*included in Forge Tools Bundle)
ConvertXSI - Convert XSI files to the Iron Engine Mesh format. (*included in Forge Tools Bundle)
Reference Data - Text versions of all the Mesh and GameInfo for both Sins 1.15 and Entrenchment 1.01. (*included in Forge Tools Bundle)
Documentation - The original Sins modding docs. (*included in Forge Tools Bundle)
grantlundquist, as far as I know from reading the various threads and readme's the particleforge SHOULD go into the game folder, as should all the other forge tools except the galaxy forge which can be placed in any folder, but a I have not used any of the forges other than the galaxyforge , I can not confirm that.
harpo
Thanks for you help. now I feal really stupid i should have looked through the forums more
Question: how do I use the convertmesh format?
I created my own mesh for Sins of a Solar Empire - Trinity, and it won't work.
Even more important, the file was created following the instructions in the PDF files that accompany the forge tools.
Any one capable or willing to assist?
F.A.Q.s
Gracias.
Hi, i have windows 7 OS, my question is, are these downloads compatible with windows 7?
i love the game, would like to try out some of these mods. hope someone can help:)
Yes. Same rules a Vista.
Now that Diplomacy is out I was thinking about doing some modding to SOASE. When do you think the Forge Tools will be compatible with Diplomacy?
It mostly is. New DEV.exe's and ConvertData's are in the games root dir. Updated as patched. Reference files you need to make your own or get harpos already converted files.
Is the Forge tools compatible with Diplomacy?
the tools are, but the included reference files ARE NOT and WILL CAUSE minidumps.
if you want current reference files try this thread, and for diplomacy you will want ALL three sets.
Thanks!
I'm trying to activate my Galaxy forge 3, but i'm not sure if its a seperate code or the same for the actual game, can someone help me?
Activate? There's nothing to activate, you just download it and run it...
i did and i needed to add fmod, binkw32 and SD Activate, unless theres somthing i did incorrectly
Don't know what to tell ya...
When I got ForgeTools 3, of which the Galaxy Forge 3 was part of, I just run it from a folder on my desktop. Nothing else is required or added unless I'm creating maps for a mod, in which case I have the galaxyscenariodef file and some icons for each mod ready to be dropped into the forge folder for use.
All I can think of is maybe it's looking for a copy of the game installed, but I've run it without the game installed, so dunno...
i downloaded it from this site, where did you get yours?
I got the one from the downloads page.
https://stardock.cachefly.net/ForgeTools3.rar
its developerexe that i'm having trouble with
the forgetools developer.exe is from sins 1.15/entrenchment 1.0 is is HOPLESSLY out of date. use the one in yous sins folder next to the sins expanaion exe, and these get updated EACH patch.
how do i do that?
In your game's main folder there will be dev exe's for each version of the game. Quickest way to get there is (if you're running anything newer then XP) right clicking on your existing short cut to the game (even if it's in the start menu) and selecting the option 'open file location' in the context menu that pops up. You'll see the developer executables in there. Right click on those and select create short cut, and you can move those short cuts to your desktop for easy access in the future.
As Harpo the Great Fisherman already stated, those get updated with every patch so you shouldn't have to worry about them ever not working with your current game.
thanks for the help
Is there a place we can get the Sins 1.193 Reference GameInfo files? The one in the forge tools cause crashes (That or I am doing something wrong). Even tried just copying unaltered files in same thing. Crash with a dump file. Tried Harpo's File Factory links but they don't download for me. Just sit there then tell me to get premium.
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