Hi Guys,

First of all I want to apologize, if you see this post elsewhere   I'm still learning this forum.

I'm a HUGE 4x fan, played Masters of Orion many times.  I just got "Sins," and it looks great!!!  I'm a bit of a "science" nerd. So when I checked out the maps both ingame and the downloadable ones, I didn't find very many that would exist in the "real" universe.  So I downloaded The Galaxy Forge to create my own.  I want to create a huge universe, with seven or eight stars that have anywhere from three to seven planets in each system.

I've already checked out Zoomba and Novaburst's guides.  They were VERY helpful.  But at the same time I've read posts that when someone tried to insert their map into the game it caused problems.  I want to AVOID that at all costs!!!  I've also read posts were you can open up a map in (Notepad?) to see how that map was created.  If so, would I go to the ingame galaxy folder an click on the map I want to see and open it in Notepad?  If that is correct would I then close the notepad map and the original will still be where it is supposed to be?  I'm only asking because I know just enough about computers to get myself into trouble   So I guess I'm asking if there is somewhere where I can find a step by step guide of inserting my map into my Sins game correctly so I won't have problems? Or can someone point me in the right direction to find that info out.  I've already conducted searches and couldn't find the info I needed   One last question I was thinking of connecting my stars via wormholes.  Can someone point me in the correct direction to find out how I would do that?  If the stars are not connected via wormholes will my fleet still be able to reach them?  And if so can I assume that if I'm using "normal" space and not a "phased/wormhole" lane it will take a very long time to reach the other stars?  I want to thank you in advance for any input you may provide

Thanks,

Dada